

Now add in the potential for Michael Mando’s Scorpion (who first appeared in Spider-Man: Homecoming, but not as his costumed self yet). Only Electro, Vulture, and Rhino seemed to crave their power and acted eager to use it for selfish, greedy purposes that didn’t require any mental manipulations or loss of self-control due to their “powers.” So they seem most likely to be outright villains again if/when given a chance. Green Goblin, Doc Ock, and Lizard were all scientists with good intentions who loose control of themselves because of their powers, but who want to be good people if they can avoid transforming into their evil selves.

Likewise, Sandman was always treated as a low-level criminal whose superpowers were mostly used to try to fix his own life and help his little girl, as opposed to outright villainy. Venom for example is more an anti-hero at this point in the films, and Morbius appears to be either a villain protagonist or a reluctant anti-hero as well. Then again, these same villains have been conflicted and waver between the angel on one shoulder, or the devil on the other. What complicates things is the fact many of these villains were “cured” in No Way Home. There are also hints of Vulture existing in the other universes - Michael Keaton’s flying scavenger from the MCU’s Spider-Man: Homecoming pops up in the Morbius trailer, implying some version of him also exists in Sony’s separate Spiderverse.

With Tom Hardy’s Venom, Jared Leto’s Morbius, Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin, Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock, Thomas Haden Church’s Sandman, Foxx’s Electro, Paul Giamatti’s Rhino, and Rhys Ifans’ Lizard, that’s more than enough to comprise a Sinister Six, even if no other new villains show up. Namely, that Garfield is in fact a great Spider-Man/Peter Parker and deserves more credit - and deserves another shot.Ĭue No Way Home, the multiverse, and all those Spidey villains getting tossed around into their own single shared corner of reality alongside Garfield’s wall-crawler.

It only took seven years, but at least everyone is catching up to part of those truths. That’s what Spider-Man is all about, folks.
