Sinister Six formation question

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How was the Sinister Six originally formed? Who were the original members? Were they the same at in The Return of the Sinister Six storyline?

Any Sinister Six information is helpful and appreciated.

Thanks,

I found one of my cards on them:

Wow! That was almost exactly what I needed! Thanks.

Also, that card had most of the information... but how did the Sinister Six get formed the FIRST time? And was it always six, or did Doc Ock start with himself (or a couple) and add more until they were six?

Thanks, David

anyone? The card was all the info i had... im a new spidey fan-my 3 year old got me interested!

Well... I don't know if the story told in the animated series is close enough to the comics... On the Animated series, the 'Sinister Six' are actually called the Insidious Six... They were put together by The King Ping in an attempt to get rid of Spiderman. They almost succeded. The members are somewhat different, as the SandMan was never on the animated series.

Anyway, it is an alternative story line, isn't it?

G.

One of my favourites. Nice simple story, aunt may is kidnapped by doc ock and spiderman has to fight each villain to fine where she is. The sandman builds a box so spiderman can't escape and then collapses from lack of air, no holes, while aunt may sips tea with doc ock and thinks he's just great (possibly the start of their romance, didn't they almost get married at one point).

there's a nice doublepage spread on the Sinister Six in the DK Spider-man book, at your local bookseller now! It condenses their history nicely