The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (Oct. 1964):
“The Sinister Six!”
by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko

The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1

Title: “The Sinister Six!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 1964

Publisher:
Written by: Stan Lee
Art by: Steve Ditko

32 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (lead character)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Sandman (Flint Marko)		Intruders (leader); Next Wave...  Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve; The Avengers; The Frightful Four; Wild Pack		388
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)		Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil...  Thunderbolts Army		1,006
Electro (Max Dillon)		Doom's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Electro)...  Hood's Army; Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve; The Frightful Four		274
Vulture (Adrian Toomes)		Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve		342
Mysterio (Quentin Beck)		Sinister Six		116
Kraven the Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff)	hunting	Sinister Six		92
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
The Thing (Ben Grimm)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Girl (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
Aunt May	Protestant	[raised Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		1,368
J. Jonah Jameson	hates Spider-Man	[Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer]		1,719
Flash Thompson	Alcoholics Anonymous	U.S. Army		718
Betty Brant	Students of Love (temporary)	[former girlfriend of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)]		612
Liz Allan		[longtime friend of Peter Parker]		429
Sally Avril		[1st app: Amazing Fantasy (vol. 1) #15 (Aug. 1962)]		25
Seymour O'Reilly		Midtown High School [Peter Parker's high school classmate; Flash's buddy]		19
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (cameo)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (cameo)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake) (cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Giant-Man (Hank Pym) (cameo)	atheist	Commission on Superhuman Activities; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Defenders; The Liberators		1,543
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (cameo)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
The Beast (Hank McCoy) (cameo)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) (cameo)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Iceman (Bobby Drake) (cameo)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Angel (Warren Worthington III) (cameo)	Episcopalian	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Renegades; Secret Defenders; St. Joe's Preparatory School; The Champions; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		1,741
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (cameo)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (cameo)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Uncle Ben (Ben Parker) (cameo)	Protestant	[Spider-Man's beloved late uncle]		51
The Burglar (Carradine) (cameo)	manifestly non-religious	[murdered Spider-Man's Uncle Ben]		9

The original X-Men make a cameo appearance in this issue. Additionally, Spider-Man foe utilizes robots of his own creation that masquerade as three of the X-Men: Angel, Beast and Cyclops.

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (Oct. 1964) created 2 November 2010. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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