Super Fiends: The 10 Greatest Supervillain Teams In Comic Books

1) Sinister Six

Marvel and DC have come up with so many seminal supervillain teams over the years, but the best archetypal example of a rogues gallery teaming up to take on the hero has to be the Sinister Six.

First appearing in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 from 1964, the Sinister Six were formed by Doctor Octopus, who decides that Spider-Man‘s enemies might stand a better chance against him if they work together. The original team included Sandman, Vulture, Kraven, Electro and Mysterio. Over the years, however, the group has featured just about every major enemy of Spider-Man at one time or another. These include Venom, Shocker, Chameleon, Hydro-Man, Hobgoblin and, of course, the Green Goblin. On some occasions, the villains have decided that six is not enough and have expanded their group to become the Sinister Seven, the Sinister Twelve and even the Sinister Sixty Six.

The strength of Spider-Man’s rogues gallery is what makes the Sinister Six such an awesome supervillain team. Each of them are great antagonists on their own, which ensures they’re much more of a threat when they come together. Thanks to the cancellation of The Amazing Spider-Man franchise, we likely won’t be seeing them assemble on the big screen just yet, but you can bet that they won’t be halted forever.