MISTER SINISTER
Marvel’s resident expert geneticist. Dr. Nathaniel Essex’s long history of experimenting on mutants is as horrifying as his origin and self-made mutations. In his quest for a perfect mutant race, Essex procures his subjects by any means, earning him a name as evil as his intent - Mister Sinister.
Unnatural Selections
Something Sinister This Way Comes
In Uncanny X-Men (1981) #221
In his first appearance, Sinister recruits his mutant Marauders to eliminate Madelyne Pryor – his very own clone of Jean Grey.
A History of Violence
In X-Men: Colossus Bloodline (2005) #3
Chronicling the unexplored past of Nathaniel Essex. In Victorian London, a young biologist becomes inspired by Darwinian theory…and adapts his own scientific method for the Origin of a Super Species.
Inferno
In Uncanny X-Men (1981) #239
In Inferno, Sinister’s strange fixation with Cyclops leads to the creation of his perfect mutant. Nathan Summers is born of Scott and Jean Grey’s clone in a carefully controlled environment. But when Madelyne’s dark nature manifests itself in the Goblin Queen, Essex’s happy family becomes another failed experiment.
The Nasty Boys
In X-Factor (1986) #75
Sinister’s task force makes their first appearance while fighting X-Factor – and show off their barrage of weird mutant powers!
Morlock Massacre
In Uncanny X-Men (1981) #350
In an attempt to cleanse the mutant race, Essex once employed a team of ‘Marauders’ to kill the Morlocks, a sewer-dwelling community of mutants. Gambit’s involvement in the Massacre is laid bare, as is his complicated past with Sinister.
Nathan Summers
In Cable (1993) #6
Sinister displays his strength and telekinesis while teaching Cable a lesson about his parentage. He also reanimates Cable’s evil clone Stryfe, placing his consciousness inside Nathan’s body.
The Marauders
In X-Men (2004) #203
Gambit, Mystique and Lady Mastermind join the Marauders in Sinister’s bid to save mutantkind from extinction.
Messiah Complex
In X-Factor (2005) #27
Sinister’s dangerous obsession with mutants seals his doom. In what could be mutants’ final hour, Sinister and his team rush to claim the mutant baby known as the Messiah. But the madman oversteps his bounds, underestimating the ruthlessness of the cohorts he keeps.
Regenesis
In Uncanny X-Men (2011) #1
In one of his more baffling turns, Sinister creates a Utopian haven. And for Essex, ‘Utopia’ is Victorian England with a population of Sinister carbon copies!