Squadron Sinister
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The Squadron Sinister (left) battle the Avengers on the cover to Avengers #70 (Nov. 1969). Art by Sal Buscema.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Final panel of The Avengers #69 (Oct. 1969) |
| Created by | Roy Thomas; Sal Buscema |
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| Base(s) | Pocket Dimension |
| Member(s) |
Doctor Spectrum Hyperion Nighthawk Whizzer |
The Squadron Sinister is a fictional supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Squadron Sinister first appeared in the final panel of The Avengers #69 (October 1969), created by Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema.
The first version of the Squadron Sinister is formed by the Elder of the Universe known as the Grandmaster as pawns to battle the champions of the time-traveling Kang the Conqueror, the superhero team the Avengers. The Grandmaster creates four villains — Doctor Spectrum; Hyperion; Nighthawk and the Whizzer — to face heroes Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and Goliath (Clint Barton). In interviews, Thomas and Jerry Bails have stated that the Squadron was based on the DC Comics superhero team the Justice League of America.
The limited series Squadron Supreme, written by Mark Gruenwald, explains that the Grandmaster creates the Squadron Sinister modeling them on the already-existing Squadron Supreme of the Earth-712 universe. The similarities also caused confusion in Marvel's production department, as the covers of The Avengers #85 (February 1971) and #141 (November 1975) "cover-blurbed" appearances by the Squadron Sinister, when in fact it was the Squadron Supreme that appeared in both issues.
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