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Created by writer Chris Claremont, the character is first mentioned by the villain Sabretooth in Uncanny X-Men #212 (December 1986) during the Mutant Massacre, when the group of criminals known as the Marauders slaughters a majority of the Morlocks. In the following Uncanny X-Men issue, Psylocke picks up a shadowy mental image of the enigmatic master of the Marauders from Sabretooth.

Mister Sinister makes his full appearance in Uncanny X-Men #221 (September 1987), drawn by Marc Silvestri. He goes on to play a major part in the "Inferno" crossover and is apparently killed by Cyclops in X-Factor #39 (April 1989).

The character however would reappear (his previous death is explained in X-Men #23 (Aug. 1993) as a "ruse") during the 1990s as a behind-the-scenes villain. In the Age of Apocalypse storyline, Sinister's true name is revealed to be Nathaniel Essex which is mentioned again in X-Men Annual #1 (October 1995).

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