The Sinister Six are a group of supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe, drawn from Spider-Man's rogues gallery. There are several different formations of the group along the history of Marvel Comics' publications whose objectives vary from joining forces against Spider-Man or another common enemy to world domination mostly facing spider-man.
Membership
Founding members Character Real name Joined in Notes Founding members Doctor Octopus Otto Gunther Octavius The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (October 1964) Current member and leader of the Sinister Six. Left team after the third incarnation had disbanded. Founded the seventh incarnation of the team during the Superhuman Registration Act and disbanded after Ends of the Earth. While Octavius' mind was in Peter Parker's body, he captured and assembled his own "superhero team" which he controlled through tech implanted in the villains. The team later disbanded once the villains regained control; the team reassembled once again while under the influence of Kindred.
Former member of the Masters of Evil, the Thunderbolts, the Avengers, Parker Industries, the Spider-Army/Web-Warriors and Hydra. Electro Maxwell "Max" Dillon Current member. Left team after the fifth incarnation had disbanded. Re-joined team during Ends of the Earth and disbanded when captured. Later was brainwashed by Octavius (while in the body of Peter Parker) to join the "Superior Six". He regained control of his mind and left the team. Dillon re-joined the team while under the influence of Kindred.
Former member of the Emissaries of Evil, the Frightful Four and the Sinister Twelve. Kraven the Hunter Sergei Nikolaevich Kravinoff Current member. Left team after the first incarnation had disbanded. Mysterio Quentin Beck Current member. Left team after the fourth incarnation had disbanded. Re-joined team during Ends of the Earth and disbanded when captured. Later was brainwashed by Octavius (while in the body of Peter Parker) to join the "Superior Six". He regained control of his mind and left the team. Beck re-joined the team while under the influence of Kindred. Sandman William Baker (a.k.a. Flint Marko) Current member. Left team after the second incarnation had disbanded. Formed and led the fifth incarnation to get revenge on Doctor Octopus. Re-joined team during Ends of the Earth and disbanded when captured. Later was brainwashed by Octavius (while in the body of Peter Parker) to join the "Superior Six". He regained control of his mind and left the team. Joined a new incarnation led by Aaron Davis and later left the team. Baker re-joined the team while under the influence of Kindred.
Former member of the Avengers, the Frightful Four, the Wild Pack and the Sinister Twelve. Vulture Adrian Toomes Current leader of the Savage Six under the influence of Kindred. Founding member, left the team after the fifth incarnation had disbanded. Re-joined team during the Superhuman Registration Act and disbanded after Ends of the Earth. Later was brainwashed by Octavius (while in the body of Peter Parker) to join the "Superior Six". He regained control of his mind and left the team.
Former member of the Sinister Twelve.
Sinister Six #2 The second incarnation was formed by Doctor Octopus.
Doctor Octopus (leader) Electro Hobgoblin (Jason Macendale) Sandman Mysterio Vulture (Adrian Toomes)
Sinister Six #3
Doctor Octopus (leader) Electro Hobgoblin (Jason Macendale) Gog Mysterio Vulture (Adrian Toomes)
Sinister Seven
Hobgoblin (Jason Macendale, leader) Beetle Electro Mysterio Scorpia Shocker Vulture (Adrian Toomes)
Sinister Six #4 The fourth incarnation was formed by Sandman to get revenge on Doctor Octopus.
Sandman (leader) Electro Kraven the Hunter (Alyosha Kravinoff) Mysterio (Daniel Berkhart) Venom (Eddie Brock) Vulture (Adrian Toomes)
Sinister Twelve This team was formed by Norman Osborn at the time when he was unmasked as the Green Goblin.
Green Goblin (Norman Osborn, leader) Boomerang Chameleon Electro Hammerhead Hydro-Man Lizard Sandman Shocker Tombstone Venom (Mac Gargan) Vulture (Adrian Toomes)
Sinister Six #5 The fifth incarnation was formed during the Civil War storyline.
Doctor Octopus (leader) Grim Reaper Lizard Shocker Trapster Vulture (Adrian Toomes)
Sinister Six #6 The sixth incarnation was formed following the Origin of the Species storyline and were the main antagonists of the Ends of the Earth storyline:
Doctor Octopus (leader) Chameleon Electro Mysterio (Quentin Beck) Rhino Sandman
Sinister Six #7 The seventh incarnation debuted in the Marvel NOW! event. After their defeat by the Superior Spider-Man, who took the Living Brain to be his own assistant, the remaining five became the lead characters in The Superior Foes of Spider-Man:
Boomerang (leader) Beetle (Janice Lincoln) Living Brain Overdrive Shocker Speed Demon
Superior Six The Superior Spider-Man (Doctor Octopus' mind in Spider-Man's body) captures and assembles his own "superhero team" which he controls through tech implanted in the villains. This incarnation debuted in Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #5 (2013). The roster corresponds closely to the original lineup.
Spider-Man (Otto Octavius, leader) Chameleon (mind controlled) Electro (mind controlled) Mysterion (mind controlled) Sandman (mind controlled) Vulture (mind controlled)
Sinister Sixteen In order to steal valuables from the Chameleon, Boomerang's Sinister Six (minus the Living Brain and the Shocker) ally themselves with the Owl, who hires 11 others to create the "Sinister Sixteen".
Boomerang (leader) Owl (leader) Armadillo Beetle (Janice Lincoln) Bi-Beast Clown (half-brother of Eliot Franklin) Cyclone (Pierre Fresson) Human Fly (Richard Deacon) Kangaroo (Brian Hibbs) Man Mountain Marko Mirage (Desmond Charne) Overdrive Scorcher Shriek Speed Demon Spot Squid (Don Callahan)
Sinister Sixty-Six Mojo and the Chameleon abduct Spider-Man and his X-Men students, and force them to star in a show which pits them against the Sinister Sixty-Six. The group, which is not seen in its entirety, consists of holographic stand-ins of various enemies of Spider-Man.
Beetle Carnage Demogoblin Doctor Octopus Electro Gibbon Green Goblin Grizzly Hammerhead Hobgoblin Jackal Jack O'Lantern Kingpin Kraven the Hunter Lizard Morbius the Living Vampire Mysterio Puma Rhino Ringer Sandman Scorpion Shocker Tombstone Venom Vermin Vulture
Sinister Six #8 The eighth incarnation is assembled by Swarm in Spider-Man and the X-Men. While stealing a delivery of gold, the group is confronted by Spider-Man and his X-Men students; after Swarm is defeated by Hellion, his teammates surrender.
Swarm (leader) 8-Ball Delilah Killer Shrike Melter Squid (Don Callahan)
Sinister Six #9 The ninth incarnation is assembled by Miles Morales' uncle Aaron Davis, who is wearing a re-colored and modified version of the Iron Spider armor.Spider-Man #234
Iron Spider (Aaron Davis, leader) Bombshell (Lana Baumgartner) Electro (Francine Frye) Hobgoblin Sandman Spot
Sinister Sixty In Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (vol. 2) #6, Spider-Man plays with Nathan, a cancer patient, where they envision that Nathan becomes Spider-Bite and they "fight" the Sinister Sixty who wish to obtain Spider-Bite's action figure of Spider-Man.
Stilt-Man (leader) Absorbing Man Big Man (Frederick Foswell) Black Cat Black Tarantula Boomerang Calypso Carrion Carnage Chameleon Demogoblin Doctor Octopus Doppelganger Electro Enforcers Fancy Dan Montana Ox Fusion Green Goblin Grey Goblin Hammerhead Hobgoblin Hydro-Man Jack O'Lantern Jackal Joystick Juggernaut Kaine Kingpin Kraven the Hunter Kraven the Hunter (Alyosha Kravinoff) Kraven the Hunter (Ana Kravinoff) Lady Octopus Lizard Mephisto Mister Negative Molten Man Morbius the Living Vampire Morlun Mysterio Raptor Rhino Sandman Sasha Kravinoff Scorpia Scorpion Scream Screwball Shocker Shriek Silvermane Sin-Eater Alistair Smythe Stunner Swarm Tarantula Tombstone Venom Vermin Vulture
Sinister War In "Sinister War", six teams with 36 villains total are formed under the influence of Kindred and paired up in a contest to see who can take out Spider-Man first.
(sinister six #10) Doctor Octopus (leader) Electro Kraven the Hunter - This version is a clone of Kraven the Hunter who was formerly known as the "Last Son of Kraven". Lizard - This version was separated from Curt Connors by the Isotope Genome Accelerator. Mysterio Sandman
Vulture (leader) King Cobra Rhino Scorpion Stegron Tarantula
Beetle (leader) Electro (Francine Frye) Lady Octopus Scorpia Trapster White Rabbit Kraven the Hunter (Ana Kravinoff)
Boomerang (leader) Hydro-Man (replacing Beetle) Overdrive Shocker Speed Demon
Foreigner (leader) Black Ant Chance Jack O'Lantern Slyde Taskmaster
Sin-Eater (leader) Grey Gargoyle Juggernaut Living Laser Morlun Whirlwind
Sinister Six #11 This incarnation of the Sinister Six fought the students of the Avengers Academy:
Squid Kid (leader) - An A.I.M. operative and self-proclaimed Scientist Supreme with cybernetic squid-like tentacles that are a variation of Doctor Octopus' cybernetic tentacles. Apostate - Ailouros was a former Dora Milaje who was turned into a vampire when infiltrating a vampire hive called the Temple of the Shifting Sun. Lizard Boy - The son of Lizard, Billy Connors was given the Lizard formula to save his life, transforming him into a lizard-like form. He sustained amnesia and was left unable to remember his own name. Squid Kid later recruited Billy into the Sinister Six, promising him that he would be able to return to the surface world from his sewer home and eventually be restored to his human form. Mysteriant - Qaari Beck is the son of Maggie Beck and the first cousin once removed of Mysterio. Before dying from cancer, Mysterio gifted Qaari a ring that gives him illusion-casting abilities. Rhinoceress - Cindy Shears sported a variance in her DNA distinct from the X-Gene which gave her super-strength. She later wore a pink variant of the Rhino armor. Willow-Wisp - Ignacio Fuentes was once abducted by Alchemax during Norman Osborn's ownership of the company alongside his sister Lucy for a super-soldier experiment that ended up giving him a flaming skull. He then made off with a copy of the Green Goblin equipment.
Other versions Age of Apocalypse In the Age of Apocalypse 10th anniversary limited series, Mister Sinister assembles his own group dubbed the Sinister Six to fight Magneto's X-Men. However, this group is unrelated to the more established lineup of criminals.
Blob Cloak Dagger Phoenix Sauron Sonique
Avataars: Covenant of the Shield On the planet Earth created by the Shaper of Worlds, the Sinister Six are known as the Six Most Sinister, a group of criminals operating a tollbooth in the Webwood who are led by the Goblin King. When the Champions of the Realm attempt to pass through the Webwoods, they are attacked by the Six Most Sinister, who they easily deal with and leave defeated as they move on.
Tentaclus Jolt Huntsman Mysterium Sandstorm Talon
Devil's Reign Doctor Octopus faces a tantalizing, unprecedented opportunity to scour the Multiverse, amassing an army of himself - the Superior Four.
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius, leader) Ghost Rider (Otto Blaze) Hulk (Otto Banner) Wolverine (Otto Howlett)
The Fist's 2099 A.D. In an alternate reality in 2099 A.D., where the Fist – a splinter group of The Hand – succeeded in destroying the country, the Sinister Six have taken over Alchemex and rule the dystopian New York. Their leader, the Goblin, however, is secretly an informant working for the resistance. After being discovered, she is killed by Doctor Octopus, and they instead find a new leader in Venture, who now employs them with the Fist, in the past.
Venture (Qweeg)