The Sinister Seven are a minor antagonistic faction in Ultimate Spider-Man.
They are the secondary antagonistic faction of the Hydra Attacks/The New Sinister Six arc in Season 4: vs The Sinister 6, with Doctor Octopus as the main antagonist, Kraven the Hunter, Rhino, and Hydro-Man as the secondary antagonists (along with Arnim Zola), the Ultimate Green Goblin, and Electro as the tertiary antagonists (along with Vulture) and Scarlet Spider as the anti-hero.
It was a supervillain team that Doctor Octopus founded that is typically composed of seven of Spider-Man and S.H.I.E.L.D.'s formidable foes to destroy Spider-Man, his teams, and S.H.I.E.L.D. once and for all. After Doc Ock joined Hydra, he started creating the team by secretly pretending to try and gather six villains while placing his seventh member, Scarlet Spider, as his spy in S.H.I.E.L.D. and to free himself from Hydra for their mistreatment of him. Doc Ock struggled many times to complete the group due to Spider-Man and the Web-Warriors intervening with it before finally succeeding in completing the group. After having the group distract the New Warriors and Web-Warriors, Doc Ock succeeded in gaining the Anti-Hydra Weapon, and Scarlet Spider betrayed Spider-Man and the teams by revealing Spider-Man's identity to Doc Ock and getting the key to the Anti-Hydra Weapon while Doc Ock used the weapon to not only bring Hydra Island back but also turn it into Octopus Island. However, after finding out that he was seen as a servant, Scarlet Spider defected and stopped Doc Ock's plan by crashing Octopus Island into the ocean. However, Doc Ock escaped but was captured by Hydra for his failure.
History[]
In the season premiere of "Hydra Attacks", Spider-Man, Iron Spider, and Agent Venom pursue Doctor Octopus and defeat and detain him. However, this is actually part of Ock's plan, as he has a miniature Octobot break into Swarm's cell and bond to his nanites, causing him to explode and sending the Octobot nanites all over the Tri-Carrier, transforming it into Hyrda Island. Doctor Octopus is reconfigured into a new life-support armor (resembling his Ends of the Earth design) and reveals that he formed an alliance with Arnim Zola and HYDRA and has created an army of Goblin Soldiers (Goblin-mutated versions of his Spider-Soldiers). Doc Ock then releases the supervillains aboard the Tri-Carrier (Batroc the Leaper, Boomerang, and Kraven the Hunter, among them). He informs them he intends to reform the Sinister Six and offers that the first one to capture Spider-Man will be the first to join. Kraven takes up this offer, and he pursues Spider-Man and his aggressive partner, Scarlet Spider. Ock also intends to transform Norman Osborn back into the Green Goblin to lead his Goblin Army, but after Osborn reveals he has inoculated himself with a cure that makes him immune to the serum, he attempts to inject Harry Osborn instead. However, Spider-Man and Scarlet Spider's timely interference saves the Osborns. After the spider-related heroes manage to send Zola and Hydra Island flying into space, Doc Ock escapes and sets out to find the former members of the team to reinstate it.
Spider-Man and his Web-Warriors have been systematically eliminating various supervillains to thin out Ock's number of Sinister Six candidates.
Doctor Octopus has assembled his Sinister Six with Kraven the Hunter, Ultimate Green Goblin, Rhino, Hydro-Man, and Electro, where they attack the Triskelion. After most of the Sinister Six were defeated by the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy, Doctor Octopus revealed to Spider-Man that he actually formed the Sinister Seven when his spy on the inside was revealed to be Scarlet Spider (not Rhino), who defeated and unmasked Spider-Man.
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The Third Sinister Six
Scarlet is ordered to retrieve the key to the Dr. Connors Anti-Hydra weapon from Aunt May's house. After a fight, Doc Ock was able to use it to turn Hydra Island into Octopus Island. Through the efforts of Spider-Man and Doc Ock's callousness, Scarlet Spider turned against him due to his respect for May for owing his debt to him and learned Doc Ock only sees Scarlet as a tool, should he fail. Octopus Island was rendered incapable of flight and was going to crash into New York. The Scarlet Spider gave his life to save the city.
Members[]
Former Members[]
- Doctor Octopus/Dr. Otto Octavius (Leader)
- Kraven the Hunter/Sergei Kravinoff
- Rhino/Alexander O'Hirn (Unwillingly)
- Electro/Maxwell Dillon
- Ultimate Green Goblin/Norman Osborn
- Hydro-Man/Morris Bench
- Scarlet Spider/Benjamin Reilly (Defected)
Recruits For The Sinister Seven[]
Defeated Recruits[]
- Batroc the Leaper/Georges Batroc
- Shriek/Frances Barrison
- Grizzly/Maxwell Markham
- Shocker/Herman Schultz
- Boomerang/Frederick Meyers
- Beetle/Abner Jenkins
Failed Recruits[]
- Green Goblin/Norman Osborn
- Vulture/Adrian Toomes
- Lizard/Dr. Curtis Connors
- Venom Symbiote
- Sandman/Flint Marko
- Anti-Venom/Harold Osborn
Appearances[]
Ultimate Spider-Man[]
Episodes[]
Comics[]
| Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man vs The Sinister 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1. "Issue 1": | Absent | 6. "Issue 6": | Absent | |||||||||
| 2. "Issue 2": | Mentioned | 7. "Issue 7": | Mentioned | |||||||||
| 3. "Issue 3": | Absent | 8. "Issue 8": | Mentioned | |||||||||
| 4. "Issue 4": | Mentioned | 9. "Issue 9": | Absent | |||||||||
| 5. "Issue 5": | Absent | 10. "Issue 10": | Appears | |||||||||
| 11. "Issue 11": | Appears | |||||||||||
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- During Doctor Octopus's search for old and new members for the Sinister Seven, it was thought that the Ultimate Green Goblin was the first recruit. However, it is revealed that Scarlet Spider is the first recruit after his creation, thus making the Ultimate Green Goblin the second recruit.
Background in other media[]
- In the comics, the Sinister Seven consisted of Hobgoblin, Beetle, Electro, Mysterio, Scorpia, Shocker, and Vulture.