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FACTF1LE

REAL NAME

Silv»o Manfred i

OCCUPATfON

Crimłnal leader and mastermmd

BASE

New York City

SlLYERMANE

HEIOHT 6 ft 2 in; (as cyborg) 7 ft WEIOHT 195 Ibs: (as cyborg) 440 Ibs

The Amazing Sptder-Man •73 Utonę 1969)

A leader of the Maggia crimc syndicate, the clderly Silwrmane ordered the theft of an ancicnt tablet bearing a formula for a youth serum. He forced Dr. Curt Connors to creatc the serum and drank it.As a horritied Spioer-Man watchcd. Silwrmane grew younger and younger until he seemingly disappeared complctely.

Fortunatcly the serum had a boomerang efFcct. and I Silwrmane rapuily aged b.u k mto his tbrties.

Silwrmane brietk took owr .1 New York-based I    splmter gnmp ot ! IN I )R A .md tlien vaml\ ittempted to

unitę New York Citys organized crimc under his Icadership. He tell from a great height whilc tightmg the third Grli \ Goblin and Snder-Man. His injurics undid the ctfects ot*the youth serum, causing liim to rewrt to old age. Ne.uk slain bv the

As a cyborg. S4vermano possosses suportuiman strengthond supefhumarty acute S0H9OS rosistant to discase and fattguo.

i As a cyborg, the one© [ trą* Sitowinano has { ama/wig strength

FACTFtLE ORIGINAL MEMBERS DOCTOR OCTOPUS

Mastermind. mechanlcal arms. VULTURE Mechanical wings ELECTRO Humań dynamo. KRAVEN THE HUNTER Super-stroog combatant.

LIZARD Bloodthirsty human/ reptile hybńd.

HYDRO-MAN Converts his body Into water.

FIRST APPEARANCE

Uncanny X-Men •221 (Sep tern ber 1967)

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Aftcr sufiering three humiliating defeats by Spiiur-Man, Doctor. Ociopus deeided to adopt a new tactic. He contactcd five ot* the Wcb-Swinger s greatest cnemies and tbrmed 3 team of Super'Villams that had only one purpose to destroy Spidcr-Man. Rcalizing that this unruly bunch was incapable of working Łogcther for long, Doctor Octopus designed batdeplans that utilized each members powers and appealed to each villain‘s lust for glory.

He deeided that each member of the Six would take on Spidcr-Man in tum. remorselessly wearing liim down ;Ą until hc was finally killed.    /

Since failing to kill the Wall-Crawlcr on    Al

numerous oceasions, the team has bccn known to

pxpand its inembership from six to    :

scven or even twclve. Replacement members liave included Hoiw;om in,

Vlnom. li«

rtle (sec Mac:h-4). Scorpia, (a femalc with similar powers to the Scorpion) SllOCKEK, SANDMAN ANI) MySTERIO. TO

Unknown to the Sirótor Sue Sptdor-Man liad temporarily tost t*s sptdor-powers when he first conłrorrtod them.

I SonJmon 2 łulturc J Doctor Octopus 4 lilrctro 5 Kraitn 6 Mysterio