User blog comment:ProfessorKilroy/Sony Announces "Venom" & "Sinister Six" Films/@comment-1895174-20131213170343/@comment-1895174-20131216010722

But it wasn't well known among non-comics fans before it became a big movie thing. Ask someone what "the Avengers" is a few years ago and they're more likely to start talking about Emma Peel than they are Tony Stark. All they need to do for a Sinister Six is show off who exactly is in the movie and they've found their audience.