The Sinister Initiative, otherwise known as the Sinister Six, is a superhuman program founded by Gustav Fiers and Norman Osborn to serve as Oscorp Industries' countermeasure against S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Avenger Initiative. The idea was to bring together a select group of individuals to do the dirty work the Avengers never could in keeping the world under HYDRA's government control. The Initiative was originally supposed to have a controlled Spider-Man be the team leader, but the resulting coincidental accident that led to Peter Parker gaining his spider-powers has since led to Spider-Man opposing the Sinister Six's members out of a sense of it being the right thing to do.
They are currently being assembled to serve as a strike squadron within the ranks of HAMMER.
Members[]
- Goblin King - Norman Osborn, the team's founder and secret financier/banker
- Green Goblin - the title of the Osborn family's super-criminal identity, field squad leader
- American Son - intended to serve as replacement Green Goblin after his father's retirement, instead became an enemy of the entire operation and an ally to Spider-Man
- Doctor Octopus - the current team leader and organizer, founding member
- Vulture - founding member
- Kraven the Hunter - founding member
- Electro - founding member
- Mysterio - founding member
- Sandman - founding member
- Rhino - member of second line-up
- Shocker - member of second line-up
- Lizard - brainwashed member of third line-up
- Scorpion - member of second line-up
- Chameleon - secret ally to founding line-up
- Hobgoblin II - member of third line-up
- Hydro-Man - member of third line-up
- Beetle - member of third line-up
- Human Fly - member of Savage Six line-up
- Venom - member of fourth line-up
- Carnage - member of both the Noxious Nine and Savage Six line-up
- Jack O' Lantern - member of the Savage Six line-up
- Molten Man - member of fourth line-up