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on spider-man's enemies well probably
not but Petey just can't catch a break
today I'll be your spirit guide Jack
Finch as we slap up a web and take in
the view and fittingly asked the
question who were the sinister six roll
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look who's here in short the answer to
this question is relatively
straightforward the sinister six are a
posse of super villains who perpetually
pose a threat to Peter Parker in one
form or another it almost always
features Doctor Octopus or the Green
Goblin and is comprised of spider-man's
most threatening ly relevant enemies
it's a narrative device that's worked
incredibly well throughout the
spider-man franchise and has seen
incarnations from a vastly different
number of bad guys throughout the Marvel
Universe that's where it gets
complicated and for us to say that
there's one straight-up group of the
sinister six is a bit of a cop-out
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why do we care about the sinister six if
at all while it's because of two things
in the mid credit scene of spider-man
homecoming Adrian Toomes
aka the vulture after his heartbreaking
story arc plays out ends up incarcerated
in prison did anyone else feel that the
vulture was 100% vindicated anyway
he meets Mac Gargan aka scorpion who
tells him that he's got some boys on the
outside who are planning a little
revenge pie for old Spidey leaving
things in an excitedly precarious
position for Tom Hollands spider-man and
his future franchise storylines our
second point while minor also makes
things relevant during the Sony Pictures
hack of 2014 a crucial email chain from
executive producer Amy Pascal revealed
that Tom Hollands spider-man was very
much intended to appear in a sinister
six scenario and it looks like things
are picking up steam with spider-man far
from home scheduled to be released on
July 5th 2019 who the hell are these
guys anyway well the sinister six were
created by Stan Lee himself way back
when in 1964 after suffering three
miserable defeats in a row at the hands
of spider-man Doctor Octopus ends up
separated from his tentacle pack and
what ends up in prison
well the tentacle pack ends up saving
the day and breaking him out of prison
and he's so utterly pissed off that he
round
every villain that's ever cross paths
with spider-man which in the amazing
spider-man annual number one turns out
to be vulture electro Kraven the hunter
the original Mysterio and William Baker
aka Flint Marko aka Sandman strangely
enough though in the original sinister
six the notorious group of baddies don't
get off on the best foot and end up
arguing over who will have the grand
honor of killing spider-man once and for
all they come up with the brainwave that
they'll fight him individually all's
fair in villainy and war which perplexed
Petey at the time why didn't they just
band together and pound him into the
ground six on one easy life right that
kind of lack of crucial critical
thinking essentially plagues the
sinister six throughout the rest of
their villainous career we see them next
in return of the sinister six running
between issues three three four and
three three nine of the amazing
spider-man same line if essentially
except Kraven the hunters dead and this
time we get the demonically infused
Hobgoblin to stir things up a bit Doc
Ock betrays everyone revealing his grand
scheme to take over the world and
Sandman turns out to be a good guy great
stuff then we have revenge of the
sinister six electro Mysterio vulture
Sandman and Hobgoblin team up to take
revenge on dr. occupies after his
shenanigans
they also recruit GOG the
inter-dimensionally teleporting super
monster you know to round it up to six
doesn't end up too well for the team and
the majority end up whacked in jail your
sense a bit of a theme here after that
they figure six just isn't enough to
take on spider people this time with
Hobgoblin at the helm the group consists
of beetle electro Mysterio Scorpio
shocker and vulture overkill yeah it
doesn't work this time either things
start getting out of hand a little after
that Sandman switches back to a life of
villainy Mysterio commits suicide at the
hands of a daredevil defeat and we
conveniently get a brand new guy
venom joins the party and Kraven the
hunter returns as the newly founded
Alyosha Kraven off then things get
really out of hand in 2004 Marvel
Knights spider-man when we step it up to
the sinister 12 led by Mac Gargan aka
scorpion and he throws pretty much
everything but the kitchen sink to
finally get revenge
vulture Sandman electro the chameleon
the lizard hydro-man the shocker
hammerhead
Tombstone Green Goblin you get the
picture
this was peak 90s they didn't even have
a lot to go off if you think that's
ridiculous then don't hold your breath
because in 2015 spider-man and the x-men
issue number three spider-man and his
x-men students get a prime-time pounding
by mojo and chameleon who managed to
rack up a staggering sinister 66 pitting
them against the likes of electro jackal
carnage beetle demo goblin grizzly
Mysterio rhino tombstone Sandman
scorpion shocker shriek Kraven the
hunter Puma rhino ringer Morbius the
living vampire Doctor Octopus Green
Goblin Hobgoblin hammerhead
jack-o'-lantern kingpin and lizard
yeah that's not even 66 there's such a
crammed full cast of villains that we
don't even get to see them in their
entirety inked in the storyline
thankfully though we're figuring that
the Marvel Cinematic Universe version is
going to be a little bit more
streamlined to say the least it's also
going to be the first ever time that the
group of villains have appeared in a
live-action spider-man film after
failing to get clinched during Andrew
Garfield shot at the web-slinging title
so what do we know about the 2019
cinematic version of spider-man sinister
six well there's already quite a few
clear cast members Michael Keaton is set
to reprise his role as vulture with
Michael mando taking up the mantle of
scorpion as his jail cell buddy we've
already seen shocker played by beau
Keene would buy him in spider-man
homecoming albeit for a brief instance
maybe it's just a random cameo but our
bets on him returning him far from home
one big name is already joining the
sinister cast with Jake Gyllenhaal
confirmed to be picking up the
plexiglass fishbowl as Quinton Beck aka
Mysterio who if Gyllenhaal was acting
career is anything to go by will add a
depth of complexity that has
complimented the franchise excellently
while so far we know that donald glover
made a brief appearance as prowler in
homecoming so perhaps the seeds were
sown for him to appear as a reluctant
member of the sinister six
so who else is there who would be the
perfect casting to complete the sinister
six set up Tom Hardy has already taken
up the symbiote reins of venom perhaps
he'll work his way into the MCU via
scorpion and vulture
gang well why don't you let us know your
thoughts in the comment box down below
it's been a lengthy one I can tell you
that the sinister six is definitely more
than the sum of its parts
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