![]() Well, that's a new twist by me, but I guess it's not too unreasonable. Rhino reckons that he just wants money to get his hide removed, and he doesn't want a murder rap pinned on him. But as the Beetle and Hydro-Man move in to permanently put out Spidey's lights, the Rhino speaks out against killing him. Quite reasonably, the five heavy-weights manage to drop Spidey without too much trouble. So naturally, when the bad guys turn up at the Federal Reserve, and the Rhino and Boomerang do the heavy break-in work, Spidey is there on the scene to help the security guards try and stop the Quiminal Quintet from heisting all the gold in the vault. Davis, does that name ring a bell?īut anyhow, after they've gotten past the obligatory "scrapping over who's gonna lead this outfit" routine, and Beetle is clearly nominated as the head honcho, they head out in the van for their first crime, passing via Chelsea, which of course means that they nearly run over Peter Parker, on a mission to grab Chinese takeaways for dinner, since MJ is out of town on a photo shoot.īut what bad luck! In spite of Peter not seeing the van until his Spidey-Sense gives him a last-minute warning to leap into the air, and in spite of it being dark in a dimly-lit part of town, the quick flying glimpse Parker gets is enough to convince him he saw Boomerang and Speed Demon in the rapidly departing van. She's a honey, and her name is Leila Davis. Also, Boomerang has dragged his girlfriend along to drive their getaway van. Beetle, Rhino, Boomerang, Hydro-Man, and Speed Demon. I guess life working for a brutal criminal overlord can be like that.īut now, let's skip forward a few days, and invite ourselves to a meeting of the Sinister Syndicate! The whole gang is here. ![]() He turned up again in Daredevil #291, and Spectacular Annual #11, then dropped out of sight. But now Jenkins owes Kingpin, and thanks to a new Beetle suit created by the Tinkerer, he's ready to start the payback!įor posterity, let's mention that the Kingpin's right-hand man is a guy named Pembroke, whom I don't recall seeing before. It seems that the Kingpin had a little hand in Jenkins being released on parole after only a couple of months of his sentence. Meanwhile, Kingpin knows Abner is being let out, and plans to offer him the choice of working for Fisk Corp, or being dead. But Schultz is terrified of Punisher, Scourge, Spidey, and all those good guys, and can't face heading back to the super-villain schtick. Schultz talks about Abner Jenkins (The Beetle, natch) being released on parole, and being expected to go back to his life of crime. I didn't know they had those, but hey, I'm not from those parts, so maybe they do. Herman is in "The Tombs Prison" which seems to be an inner-city tower-block prison, smack in the heart of New York. In fact, counting ads, we're on page eight before he wakes up. Yeah, the first five pages of story say "The Shocker is having a nightmare". But then Spidey turns up, and wants to kill him too! Yep, Spidey, with a big green demonic tongue! Oh, heck, it's just a dream! But anyhow, both Punny and Scourge wanna kill Schultz. I thought he was called the "Scourge of the Underworld". Seems like The Punisher has him cornered, and is gonna shoot him. First up, we have Herman Schultz, AKA "The Shocker". Instead, let's have a look and see what's happening. Even more disturbing, the Editor is Terry Kavanagh! So I really don't think we can expect too much positive editorial influence from the guy who is often considered to be the worst Spider-Man writer ever!īut let's not pre-judge. The writer is Danny Fingeroth, who already starred in a "Worst of the Worst" feature for his "Spider-Man: Friends and Enemies" limited series. Instead, let's flip open the cover and check the splash page. but now they've joined forces!" Of course this omits one key point, that in fact the last time they joined forces they were also defeated! But let's not quibble over marketing details. The cover boldly claims: "Alone they were defeated. Perhaps things will be different this time? Thanks to Sandman coming to the aid of the White Hats, the Syndicate was defeated on that first meeting. At that time, their aim was to eliminate Silver Sable, who had co-incidentally just employed Spider-Man to assist her. These guys first came together under the name "The Sinister Syndicate", in Amazing Spider-Man #280. The four-part limited series, "Deadly Foes of Spider-Man" re-unites Boomerang, Beetle, Speed Demon, Rhino, and Hydro-Man. A Spidey story…as remembered by the villains! The Beetle is back, and he's joining forces with some of Spidey's most notorious foes - Rhino! Boomerang! Hydro-Man! Speed Demon! Introducing the SINISTER SYNDICATE!
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