Though super-villain teams are not a new thing, very few of them have a lasting legacy. Perhaps second only to The Light, the group of Spider-Man-hating adversaries known as the Sinister Six have time and time again persisted, re-formed, and re-invented themselves.
The group had a simple beginning. After suffering a number of defeats himself, Doctor Octopus gathered together a group of villains who had all suffered defeats at the hands of Spider-Man. He recruited Electro, Kraven the Hunter, Mysterio, Sandman, and The Vulture. Seeking to succeed as a group where they failed on their own, they attacked Spider-Man en masse. They would have succeeded if their own petty need to be the one to kill the wall-crawler didn't cause the group to dissolve into inter-team conflict.Though initially unsuccessful, the pattern of the Sinister Six (as it was known amongst the super-villain community) had been set. Over the next few years, Peter Parker saw a number of super-villain team-ups occur under the auspices of the Sinister Six. Most of these were created by Doctor Octopus or one of the original members of the team.
Most of the iconic Sinister Six remained members of the team, though some were unavailable due to incarceration or death. When there were gaps, the leader would invite a temporary replacement. Some of the notable recruits were The Beetle, Captain Boomerang, Chameleon, The Green Goblin, The Hobgoblin, Jack O'Lantern, Lizard, Morbius the Living Vampire, The Rhino, Scorpion, Shocker, The Trapser, and Venom.
In a current departure, the diabolical Black Spider has emerged to craft his own brand-new Sinister Six which he calls his Superior Six. His hand-picked choices are virtual unknowns to the Spider-Family: Constrictor, Hydromancer, The Prowler, Superior Octopus, and Toxin.
The original Sinister Six have clashed with the Superior Six on several locations, stemming from the fact that the "Superior Octopus" was a failed clone of Otto Octavius, the man known as Doctor Octopus.
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