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(Doctor Octopus listen)) is a fictional character who appears in the Marvel Comics universe. First mentioned in The Amazing Spider-Man#3 (The Amazing Spider-Man, July 1963). Invented by a writer and artist. He is a highly intelligent evil scientist and one of Spider-Man's arch-enemies. Obsessed with the goal of proving his genius and killing Spider-Man. On his back there are 4 powerful mechanical tentacles. Stan Lee himself has said that Doctor Octopus is one of his favorite villains.

Starting from issue 698 The Amazing Spider-Man, Otto switches bodies with Spider-Man and after the last fight, Peter Parker dies in the body of Doctor Octopus. Octavius relives all of Spider-Man's memories and vows to do good in this way, taking his longtime adversary's place as the superhero.

In 2009, Doctor Octopus was ranked #28 on the " 100 Greatest Comic Book Villains"According to IGN.

Biography

Born in New York, Otto Octavius had a turbulent childhood. His father, Torbert, a factory worker, was cruel to Otto and his mother Mary, forcing him to be unsociable at school. Torbert Octavius did not appreciate his weak-willed son, who was bullied by everyone, and demanded that Otto fight back when dealing with bullies. Mary Octavius defended her son against Torbert's attacks, saying that Otto was a gifted thinker who would use his brain rather than his fists to solve his problems. Otto focused all his efforts on his studies, regularly receiving top marks. Otto's dedication to his studies paid off by being awarded a university degree. After a year of studying at the university, his father died due to an industrial accident, as a result of which Otto devoted all his efforts to research in the field of physics. After graduating from university, Otto Octavius found work in an engineering firm.

Otto became a well-known and respected nuclear physicist, inventor and teacher. He designed a number of advanced mechanical instruments, controlled through a brain computer interface, to aid in the study of atomic physics. The tentacle tools were resistant to radiation and were given greater strength and precision of movement when attached to a harness strapped around his body.

Although his relationship with his staff was hostile, researcher Mary Alice Anders befriended him when Otto impressed her with a demonstration of his safety belt, explaining that he had invented it for scientists to be able to handle hazardous chemicals from a safe distance. They started dating, Otto asked Dr. Mary Alice to marry him, and joyfully announced to everyone that Dr. Anders would soon become his bride. However, Otto's mother did not approve of the wedding, believing that no woman could be good enough for her son. To appease her, he called off the wedding. With the death of his mother and the departure of Mary Alice Anders from his life, Octavius began to pay less attention to detail and safety precautions in his work.

During an accidental radiation leak that ended in an explosion, the device melted to Octavius's body. It was later shown that the radiation had altered his brain so that he could control the movement of his tentacles using only his thoughts.

Although Doctor Octopus himself is in poor physical shape, also being nearsighted, with the help of his harness, he is physically more than a match for Spider-Man: in his first appearance, he beat him so badly that he considered giving up his heroic career.

Over the years, Doctor Octopus has become one of Spider-Man's most dangerous opponents, going through many intense fights with him over the years. He formed the original Sinister Six to fight Spider-Man.

Doctor Octopus later showed the ability to activate his mechanical weapons remotely, and used them to free himself from prison. Otto later waged war against Hammerhead.

Octavius later attempted to hijack a nuclear submarine. He also attempted to poison New York with printer ink, and fought against the Punisher and Spider-Man.

Doctor Octopus has worked with other villains more than once top level, most often as the leader of the Sinister Six. He transformed it more than once.

Despite obvious obstacles, Octavius was for a time on good terms with Peter Parker's Aunt May, whom he first met in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual#1 (1964), when he kidnapped her and Peter's friend Betty Brant to attract Spider-Man's attention. In fact, it was only because, at a later time, May Parker and Otto Octavius were too busy that they did not marry.

In the story arc Dying Wish The dying Doctor Octopus manages to switch bodies with Peter Parker. As a result, Peter Parker dies in the body of Doctor Octopus, and Octopus himself, having survived all of Peter's memories, becomes the new Spider-Man. He creates a new and improved suit for himself and gives himself the name Superior Spider-Man.

Other versions

Ultimate

IN Ultimate Spider-Man, Doctor Octopus is younger than himself classic version. He wears dark glasses because of the terrible wounds he received after the explosion. Controls and manipulates tentacles telepathically. Has enormous power over them. And also knows how to manipulate metal. Otto first began fighting Spider-Man when he tried to kill his rival. Spider manages to defeat Octavius, then Otto escapes from prison and learns that a film about Spider-Man is being filmed in Hollywood. Doctor Octopus appears on the set of the film and encounters Peter (while he knew Spider-Man's secret), Otto managed to catch the hero. He takes Peter with him on a hijacked plane, and Spider-Man is later able to free himself. When the plane was able to land in Brazil, Spider-Man was able to defeat Otto and go home. Doctor Octopus finds himself in Trixelion, where Nick Fury destroys Otto's tentacles. After the final confrontation with Spider-Man, the CIA secretly offers Doctor Octopus his freedom in exchange for research with Ben Reilly into creating superhuman soldiers. They create five clones of Spider-Man, and they also created a clone of Gwen Stacy. For the creation of Spider-Woman, who was a female clone of Spider-Man, Doctor Octopus received an award. Peter meets Octavius again after learning that Otto is behind it, Peter and Spider-Woman named Jessica Drew were ready to kill Doctor Octopus. During the fight, Otto kills one of the clones, but Spider-Man and the female clone manage to defeat Doctor Octopus.

During an attack by Reed Richards, the Brain Team captures Jessica Drew and suddenly she learns that their leader is Otto Octavius. He explained in detail to his subordinates that Spider-Woman was his greatest creation. But Spider-Man ruins Otto's plans, he saves Jessica, and she begins to beat Doctor Octopus. Later, Peter and Jessica leave, but suddenly the Roxxon building was destroyed, Otto managed to survive thanks to Jessica and Peter. After this, Octavius has changed, he wants to help and joins the heroes in the decisive battle against Reed Richards. After Otto voluntarily surrendered, at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, Octavius is interrogated by Jessica Drew and Carol Danvers.

IN storyline Death of Spider-Man, Doctor Octopus was freed by Norman Osborn from the Trixelion as part of the Six, and after refusing to kill Spider-Man, he was killed by Osborn.

Capabilities

Octavius is a genius in the field of atomic physics. A brilliant engineer and inventor, he is also a superb strategist and charismatic leader.

Due to exposure to radiation, Doctor Octopus can mentally control four electro-mechanical titanium tentacles. This weapon can lift several tons, provided that at least one arm is used to support the body. The reactions and agility of mechanical appendages are increased and surpass human ones. The weapon allows Octavius to quickly move across any terrain and even vertical surfaces.

Doctor Octopus has possessed a total of three different harnesses throughout his career: the original titanium harness, the more powerful adamantium harness, and the current harness, with octopus-like tentacles. Previous belts were destroyed in battles with Spider-Man. His current seat belt is made from a mixture of niobium steel and titanium alloy, which is stronger and at the same time lighter in weight. When wearing a harness, the tentacles allow him to walk along walls. They are also used to grab objects of any size and as weapons. The pincers at the end of each tentacle can also be used to tear the flesh of enemies. The seat belt is also capable of carrying out a small jump. Doctor Octopus is able to spin his tentacles around himself in such a way as to deflect bullets. Ultimately, Dr. Octavius's seatbelt was surgically removed, but he was still able to control it mentally, even from a great distance. This ability is explained by the fact that the original accident resulted in Doctor Octavius and his weapon being fused together both physically and mentally.

In the media
Cartoon series

Doctor Octopus appears in the 1960s TV series" Spider-Man", voiced by Vernon Chapman.

Doctor Octopus appears in the animated series " Spider-Man" in the episode entitled "Bubbles, Oil and Other Troubles", voiced by Stanley Jones.

Doctor Octopus appears in the 1982 animated series " The Incredible Hulk" in "Episode of Hulk the Unknown Hulk", voiced by Michael Bell.

And again voiced by Michael Bell as Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, in the episode "Spidey Meets Tomorrow Girl".

Doctor Octopus made several appearances in the 1990s animated series" Spider-Man, voiced by Efrem Zimbalist Jr. with a thick Germanic accent and a gruff voice. First appearing in the episode "Doctor Octopus, Armed and Dangerous", Otto Octavius was Peter Parker's science teacher at science camp when young man was 10 years old. He also appears in the episode "Secret Wars".

Doctor Octopus with a cameo appearance in " Spiderman Unlimited".

Spectacular Spider-Man", voiced by Peter MacNicol. Otto Octavius is a timid researcher working under Norman Osborn at Oscorp, and plays a role in the transformation of Flint Marko into Sandman and Alex O'Hearn into Rhino, thereby earning himself the nickname "Doctor Octopus", which he sees it as humiliation.

Doctor Octopus appears in the humorous series " Robot Chicken", in the episode "A Hero Revealed", voiced by Seth Green. In the episode "Superheroes Tonight", the paparazzi arrest Spider-Man appearing from the window of Aunt May's house, leading Doctor Octopus to think that Aunt May was Spider-Man.

Doctor Octopus appears in " Ultimate Spider-Man", voiced by Tom Kenny. In this version, a laboratory accident leaves him physically paralyzed and completely dependent on his tentacles. Thanks to Norman Osborn, Otto Octavius has, he appears with long hair, wears a ventilator-like apparatus, and the tips of its tentacles can be transformed into various weapons.

Doctor Octopus appears in " Hulk and the Agents of SMASH", in the episode "Venom Within", voiced again by Tom Kenny. He creates an altered Venom symbiote, which ends up on Skaar, She-Hulk, Red Hulk, A-Bomb and the Hulk in an attempt to destroy Spider-Man. However, the Hulk and Man- The spiders defeat the altered Venom Symbiote and eventually find Doctor Octopus' hidden hideout.

Doctor Octopus appears in " Lego Marvel Superheroes: Maximum Overload", voiced once again by Tom Kenny.

Movies

Doctor Octopus appears as the main antagonist in the 2004 film " Spider-Man 2", the role was played by actor Alfred Molina. He meets Peter Parker for the first time when Curt Connors recommends visiting him. As a result of an experiment with tritium, Octavius uses tentacles for safety, but due to an accident, these tentacles merge with his spinal cord.

Doctor Octopus appears in the opening scene of the film " Spider-Man 3", like one of the newspaper portraits on J. Jonah Jameson's office wall.

Doctor Octavius' tentacles appear in the 2014 film" The Amazing Spider-Man: High Voltage". There they are in a protected box, which can be seen when Gustav Firs passed by them on his way to the Rhino's armor. And next to the tentacle box, there is a box in which the Vulture's wings are located.

Games

Doctor Octopus appears in Spider-Man Questprobe.
Doctor Octopus was one of Spider-Man's many adversaries, appearing in the arcade game Spider-Man: The Video Game.
Doctor Octopus is one of the bosses in The Amazing Spider-Man for Game Boy.
Doctor Octopus is the final boss in Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six.
Doctor Octopus is the first boss in the game "The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin".
Doctor Octopus is the first boss in both the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis premium games Spider-Man Animated Series.
Doctor Octopus appears as a boss in the Japanese Super Famicom game, Spider-Man: Lethal Foes.

Efrem Zimbalist Jr. reprises his role as Doctor Octopus in the video game" Spider-Man" For PlayStation, Dreamcast, PC, Nintendo 64 And Game Boy Color. Doctor Octopus works with Carnage to turn all the people in New York into symbiotes, but they are both defeated by Spider-Man. Once defeated, Carnage merges with Doctor Octopus, transforming him into the Occ Monster (voiced by Markus Shirok). After Monster Occ is defeated, the Carnage symbiote is separated from Doctor Octopus and he is arrested.

Doctor Octopus appeared as the final boss in the game for Game Boy Color, "Spider-Man 2: The Sinister Six".
Doctor Octopus is seen at the end of the game" Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro"still in his cell.

Doctor Octopus appeared in the game " Spider-Man 2", voiced by Alfred Molina. He appears as a boss several times and is the final boss at the end of the game.

Doctor Octopus is a playable character and boss in " Spider-Man: Lethal Foes", voiced by Joe Alaskey.
Doctor Octopus - appears as a villain in two missions of the game" Marvel Super Hero Squad Online", originally voiced by Charlie Adler and replaced by Tom Kenny.

Doctor Octopus is available as a downloadable character for the game" LittleBigPlanet" as part of the "Marvel Costume Kit 1".

Doctor Octopus appears in " Spider-Man: Edge of Time", voiced by Dave B. Mitchell. The story is changed so that Alchemax was founded in the seventies, Otto Octavius is a scientist employed by the company and has never been involved in crime, although he still uses tentacles as tools for his research. His bio The game reveals that the founder of a time travel company, Walker Sloane, recruited him the day before the accident. He and Sloane attempt to use Anti-Venom to kill Spider-Man. But when Spider-Man 2099 intervenes, Doctor Octopus is abandoned into a time portal with Sloane and Anti-Venom, where they are trapped between the present time and the year 2099, resulting in them merging into the monster Atrocity (voiced by Fred Tatasciore), who uses the tentacles of Doctor Octopus and the powers of Anti-Venom.

Doctor Octopus, featured as a boss in the Facebook game" Marvel: Avengers Alliance".

Doctor Octopus and Superior Spider-Man appear in MMOs" Marvel Heroes", voiced by Tom Kenny (Dr. Octopus) and Christopher Daniel Barnes (Superior Spider-Man). Doctor Octopus is shown as a boss in multiple locations, while Superior Spider-Man is shown as a playable character.

Doctor Octopus and Superior Spider-Man both appear as playable characters in " Lego Marvel Super Heroes", voiced by Dee Bradley Baker and James Arnold Taylor (Superior Spider-Man).

, Vulture, Sandman, Electro, Scorpio, Rhino, Ambal, Shocker

Enemies Spider-Man Special powers

High intelligence
Mental control of tentacles

Equipment

Mechanical tentacles
Various inventions

Doctor Octopus- a fictional character in the Marvel universe. First mentioned in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #3 (The Amazing Spider-Man, July 1963). Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. He is a highly intelligent evil scientist who is one of Spider-Man's arch-enemies. Obsessed with the goal of proving his genius and killing Spider-Man. On his back there are 4 powerful mechanical tentacles. Stan Lee himself has said that Doctor Octopus is one of his favorite villains.

In 2009, Doctor Octopus was ranked 28th on IGN's list of the 100 Greatest Comic Book Villains.

Biography

Doctor Octopus later showed the ability to activate his mechanical weapons remotely, and used them to free himself from prison. Otto later waged war against Hammerhead.

Doctor Octopus has worked with other top-tier villains on more than one occasion, most often as the leader of the Sinister Six. He transformed it more than once.

Despite obvious obstacles, Octavius was for a time on good terms with Peter Parker's Aunt May, whom he first met in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (1964), when he kidnapped her and Peter's friend Betty Brant to attract Spider-Man's attention. In fact, it was only because, at a later time, May Parker and Otto Octavius were too busy that they did not marry.

Powers and abilities

Octavius is a genius in the field of atomic physics. A brilliant engineer and inventor, he is also a superb strategist and charismatic leader.

Tentacles

Doctor Octopus has possessed a total of three different harnesses throughout his career: the original titanium harness, the more powerful adamantium harness, and the current harness with octopus-like tentacles. Previous belts were destroyed in battles with Spider-Man. His current seat belt is made from a mixture of niobium steel and titanium alloy, which is stronger and at the same time lighter in weight. When wearing a harness, the tentacles allow him to walk along walls. They are also used to grab objects of any size and as weapons. The pincers at the end of each tentacle can also be used to tear the flesh of enemies. The seat belt is also capable of carrying out a small jump. Doctor Octopus is able to spin his tentacles around himself in such a way as to deflect bullets. Ultimately, Dr. Octavius's seatbelt was surgically removed, but he was still able to control it mentally, even from a great distance. This ability is explained by the fact that the original accident resulted in Doctor Octavius and his weapon being fused together both physically and mentally.

Other versions

Ultimate

Ultimate Doctor Octopus

In Ultimate Spider-Man, Doctor Octopus is younger than his classic version. He wears dark glasses because of the terrible wounds he received after the explosion. Controls and manipulates tentacles telepathically. Has enormous power over them. And also knows how to manipulate metal. Otto first began fighting Spider-Man when he tried to kill his rival. Spider manages to defeat Octavius, then Otto escapes from prison and learns that a film about Spider-Man is being filmed in Hollywood. Doctor Octopus appears on the set of the film and encounters Peter (while he knew Spider-Man's secret), Otto managed to catch the hero. He takes Peter with him on a hijacked plane, and Spider-Man is later able to free himself. When the plane was able to land in Brazil, Spider-Man was able to defeat Otto and go home. Doctor Octopus finds himself in Trixelion, where Nick Fury destroys Otto's tentacles. After a final confrontation with Spider-Man, the CIA secretly offers Doctor Octopus his freedom in exchange for research with Ben Reilly into creating superhuman soldiers. They create five clones of Spider-Man, and they also created a clone of Gwen Stacy. For the creation of Spider-Woman, who was a female clone of Spider-Man, Doctor Octopus received an award. Peter meets Octavius again after learning that Otto is behind this, Peter and Spider-Woman, named Jessica Drew, were ready to kill Doctor Octopus. During the fight, Otto kills one of the clones, but Spider-Man and the female clone manage to defeat Doctor Octopus.

During an attack by Reed Richards, the Brain Team captures Jessica Drew and suddenly she learns that their leader is Otto Octavius. He explained in detail to his subordinates that Spider-Woman was his greatest creation. But Spider-Man ruins Otto's plans, he saves Jessica, and she begins to beat Doctor Octopus. Later, Peter and Jessica leave, but suddenly the Roxxon building was destroyed, Otto managed to survive thanks to Jessica and Peter. After this, Octavius has changed, he wants to help and joins the heroes in the decisive battle against Reed Richards. Otto then voluntarily surrendered, and at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, Octavius is interrogated by Jessica Drew and Carol Danvers.

In the "Death of Spider-Man" storyline, Doctor Octopus was freed from Trixelion by Norman Osborn as part of the Six, and after refusing to kill Spider-Man, he was killed by Osborn.

Appearances outside of comics

Movie

Doctor Octopus in the movie Spider-Man 2.

In film Spider-Man 2 Otto Octavius is a talented scientist, Peter Parker's university physics teacher. Harry Osborne invested in his research. To perform the experiment, Octavius created tentacles that were inert to heat and magnetization. During the experiment, an overload occurs and the process becomes unstable, but Dr. Octavius refuses to stop it. During the experiment, his wife dies, and the inhibitor nerve chip that allowed him to control the mechanism is destroyed and the weapon is fused to his spine. Otto is sent to the hospital to have the tentacles removed, but they kill the surgeons and he escapes. The tentacles begin to influence Octavius's mind, playing on his vanity and ego, as a result of which he decides to end the experiment at any cost.

To finance his experiments, Doctor Octopus tries to rob a bank where Peter Parker and his Aunt May happen to be. After a short interval, Spider-Man appears, but Doctor Octopus takes Aunt May as a hostage. When Spider-Man saves her, she reconsiders her attitude towards him and realizes that he is a hero.

Otto is almost done rebuilding the reactor and needs tritium to power the reactor. To do this, he goes to Harry Osborn. He agrees to this in exchange for Spider-Man being brought to him. Mary Jane meets Peter at a restaurant to ask if he still loves her, when Doctor Octopus throws a car into a building. The Doctor kidnaps Mary Jane in order to lure Spider-Man into a trap. He accepts the challenge and encounters Octavius on the roof of the train. During the battle, Doctor Octopus destroys the brakes on the train, forcing Spidey to save the runaway train. Peter manages to do this, but after this he becomes weak.

Spider ends up in Osborn's mansion. Harry discovers his true identity, but Peter convinces Harry to reveal Octavius' location so he can save Mary Jane. Spider-Man finds Doctor Octavius in an abandoned warehouse on the pier coastline, where he restarted his experiment. After fighting Doctor Octopus, Spider-Man manages to call upon Octavius' true nature and begs him to stop the machine. Otto uses his mechanical weapon to destroy the floor of the building, sinking the device at the cost of his own life.

Cartoon series

Doctor Octopus appeared in the first Spider-Man animated series in 1967, voiced by Vernon Chapman.
In the animated series "Spider-Man" 1983 Doctor Octopus was voiced by Stanley Jones.
Michael Bell voiced Doctor Octopus in the animated series "The incredible Hulk" 1982 and "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends" 1981-83.
In the 1994 animated series Spider-Man, Doctor Octopus was voiced by American actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Doctor Octopus makes a cameo appearance in the first episode of The Invincible Spider-Man.
In the animated series The Amazing Spider-Man, Doctor Octopus was voiced by Peter MacNichol.

Video games

Doctor Octopus appears in the game Spider-man: Return of tne Sinister Six as the final boss Doctor Octopus appears in the game Spider-man 2000 as the main boss in a duet with Carnage * Doctor Octopus is also the main boss in the game Spider-Man 2: The Game.

Doctor Octopus is the first boss in Spider-Man: Friend or Foe.
Doctor Octopus (female) is a boss in the game Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions in the world of 2099.

Doctor Octopus (under the name "Doctor Octagonapus") also appeared in the Lazer Collection video series, famous on the Internet, where he plays the role of a villain who kills others with a laser beam from his mouth.
In the Spider-Man Noir comics, Otto Octavius is a scientist in the service of the Third Reich.
In the Spider-Man 2099 comics, Doctor Octopus is a woman, Doctor Serena Patel. She uses more modern tentacles and is obsessed with killing the Spider - doing what her predecessor could not. She heads the scientific department of the Alchemax company, from which Miguel O'Hara left (Spider-Man 2099).

Notes

Spider-Man
Creators	Stan Lee Steve Ditko
Spider-Man's "Family"	Spider-Man (Peter Parker) Scarlet Spider (Ben Reilly Cain) Spider-Girl (Anya Corazon) Anti-Venom (Eddie Brock) Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew Julia Carpenter) Toxin
Minor characters	May Parker Ben Parker Mary Jane Watson Jay Jonah Jameson Harry Osborn Gwen Stacy George Stacy Felicia Hardy (Black Cat) Flash Thompson Betty Brant Debra Whitman Ben Urich Richard and Mary Parker Robbie Robertson Gloria Grant Prowler Liz Allen Randy Robertson Ned Leeds Anna Watson Jean DeWolf Silver sable Madame Web John Jameson Rocket Racer Carly Cooper Thomas Fairhut
Enemies	Venom (Eddie Brock) Hydro-Man Brute Doctor Octopus Beetle (Abner Jenkins) Green Goblin Sinister Six Carnage Kingpin Kraven the Hunter Mephisto Mysterio Morbius Tombstone Rhino Spider Hunters Sandman Stain Silvermane Scorpio Vulture Tinkerer Chameleon Sledgehammer Hobgoblin Jackal Shocker Electro Lizard
see also	Alternate versions of Spider-Man (Spider-Girl Spider-Man 2099 Miles Morales) Spider-Man in other media Comic book series (Storylines)

Sinister Six

Creators

Stan Lee · Steve Ditko

Members

Original	Doctor Octopus· Electro · Kraven the Hunter · Mysterio · Sandman · Vulture
Other	Beetle · Boomerang · Chameleon · Gog · Green Goblin · Relentless Reaper · Hammerhead · Hobgoblin II ·

Doctor Octopus,Doctor Octopus(Doctot Octopus), or as he is more often called, “Doc Ock” has been both a supervillain and an antihero, both old and young. Otto Octavius is a talented nuclear scientist and inventor. To help in his work, he invented a mechanism with metal tentacles - the tentacles were immune to radiation. However, after an accident, the mechanism was permanently fused with Otto's body, and he was able to control the tentacles as parts of his body, even when the tentacles were removed, he could remotely make them move.

To understand the reasons for his transformation from a brilliant scientist to brutal killer, it is necessary to turn to his childhood. At school he got it from bullies, and at home he got it from his father for not fighting back the bully. When Otto introduced his mother to his bride, she did not like her son's choice, which caused the couple to break up. Shortly after this, his mother died. So Otto lost both his mother and his bride in a short period of time, which left an indelible imprint on his character. And after the explosion in the laboratory, Otto’s brain, in order to better control his additional limbs, was transformed and his disgusting character acquired criminal tendencies.

Otto's strength and resourcefulness are best demonstrated by the fact that he effortlessly defeated Spidey at their first meeting. Of course, he was defeated a little later, but he returned several times and led several members of the Sinister Six. (Sinister Six). As the signature leader of the Six, Octopus greatly disliked it when he learned that a team was being assembled under the leadership of someone else in his absence.

Being a nuclear scientist, Otto liked to use nuclear technology. He repeatedly threatened to use nuclear weapons, stole a nuclear submarine, and in order to get his hands on the island inherited by Aunt May, on which the nuclear power plant was located, Otto decided to fool the old woman. His plan gradually developed into a wedding with the elderly May Parker. True, the gangster Hammerhead intervened. This prompted Otto to start acting even tougher, going so far as to beat Black Cat half to death, after which he himself was beaten half to death by Spidey. So much so that in addition to his schizophrenia, Otto also had arachnophobia - the fear of arachnids. The merciful Spider-Man allowed himself to be beaten to help Otto recover from a recently acquired illness.

Otto was killed by Cain, Spidey's insane clone. A little later, the Hand, a mystical order of ninjas, will revive Doc Ock. During Civil War, when a friendly neighbor revealed his identity, Otto went wild - why, all this time he could not defeat some kid! And this kid defeated him again.

After countless lost battles, poisonings and radiation exposures, Otto’s body began to give out. Doc Ock decided to leave with a bang. Having stolen a lot of various high-tech junk with technologies from Stark, Richards and Pym (and not only), Otto created a network of satellites capable of changing the climate on Earth. Doc Ock intended to destroy most of the planet's population and forever go down in history for the surviving part of the population. Spidey, of course, again ruined the plans of his implacable enemy. However, Peter miscalculated something...

Otto found a way to transfer his mind into Spidey's body. Peter Parker sadly died in the body of Otto Octavius, and Otto, in Peter's body, became inspired by superheroism and decided to become a new, improved Spider-Man (Superior Spiderman). To bring good, but in a harsher form than Peter did. However, the restless spirit of Peter Parker remained somewhere in the corner of his brain and began to thoroughly spoil Otto’s mood. Trying to drown out Peter's voice, Otto began to correct Spider-Man's "mistakes" - for example, killing villains, and Otto-Peter returned to college.

Otto tried hard to erase Peter's mind, and he almost succeeded, but, as it turned out, Parker's memory hid in the depths of the subconscious, and eventually returned. As a result, after several clashes with heroes and villains and the help of Spider from the future, Otto Octavius voluntarily returned control of Peter's body and erased his consciousness.

Being one of the main, if not the most important, enemy of Spidey (according to one version, he is involved in the creation of the radioactive spider that bit Peter), Otto appeared in almost all animated series about Spider-Man, and not only, for example, he can be seen in the old animated series about Hulk.

The Marvel universe is full of supervillains with extraordinary powers. Some heroes are featured in comic book adaptations, others appear only in episodes in order to provide an opportunity to learn more about them in subsequent projects. Doctor Octopus is one of the characters related to the legends of. In 2009, this hero took 28th place in the list of “100 Greatest Comic Book Villains.”

History of creation

The real name of the hero hiding under the pseudonym Doctor Octopus is Doctor Otto Gunther Octavius. He has appeared in the comics as Superior Spider-Man and the Living Brain. The character's first appearance took place in the pages of the third issue of The Amazing Spider-Man in July 1963. The idea of such a character was also developed by Steve Ditko.

A highly intelligent scientist and enemy of Spider-Man, the main goal of the hero is to prove his superiority and kill Peter Parker. The character's main weapon was mechanical tentacles extending from his back.

Doctor Octavius is involved in terrible crimes described in comic books. He almost became the husband of Peter Parker's aunt and created the Sinister Six. The villain died at the hands of Cain, a clone of Spider-Man, but was resurrected thanks to the Order of the Ninja. In the 698th issue of The Amazing Spider-Man, the scientist switched bodies with his sworn enemy: he fought with Parker in the body of Doctor Octopus, while in the body of Spider-Man, and achieved the death of the enemy. In the finale of events, Doctor Octopus is forced to hide in the form of his own robot under the name Living Brain.

Doctor Octopus in Marvel comics

The hero's biography is unusual. He was born in New York, and the child’s childhood was not cloudless. The boy's father was cruel to his family, and the boy was bullied at home and at school. His mother forbade him to communicate with girls, thinking that this could harm her son’s genius. Otto constantly studied and demonstrated excellent progress. The reward was a university degree. After the death of his father, the guy began to study physics. After graduating from university, he got a job at design organization. His achievements in the field of nuclear physics did not go unnoticed.

Mechanical developments controlled by computers have become business card The doctors. He developed tentacles that were secured with straps on human body. Relationships with colleagues did not work out. Apart from Mary Alice Anders, Otto had almost no contact with anyone. The scientist dreamed of marrying a girl, but his mother was against the union. After the death of his mother, he also lost his beloved. The researcher plunged into his work, finding no joy in anything.

The turning point in his life was radiation, which awarded him titanium tentacles. These tools allowed Octavius to overcome any obstacles and landscapes. Among his achievements are three types of seat belts: titanium, adamantium and a tentacle belt. The scientist used them in fights with Spider-Man, deftly climbing the steep walls of the building behind his opponent. Using tongs at the ends of the tentacles, the Doctor easily tears the flesh of his enemies. These same devices help to hide from bullets. Octavius controls his weapon mentally, so after surgery he continued to operate with the help of a belt and tentacles.

Enemies and allies

Doctor Octopus has appeared in comic books as a villain opposing Spider-Man and. He also opposed. The hero was armed and dangerous, so he deftly fought back against characters who had gained powers as a result of mutations and technical improvements.

The character collaborated with various representatives of the world of negative heroes. Together with other allies, he attacked the White House. Captured by Spider-Man, Octavius was brought into the custody of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. With the help of Stark Industries, Nick Fury rid Doctor Octopus of his tentacles and melted them in lava.

Octavius collaborated with the CIA during an operation to capture the Spider-Man clones: Cain, Tarantula, Scorpio, Richard Parker and Jessica Drew. He also interacted with the Fantastic Four and S.H.I.E.L.D. in this project.

Film adaptations

The character first appeared on television screens in 1960 in the animated project “Spider-Man.” He was voiced by actor Vernon Chapman. Stanley Jones gave his voice to the hero in the cartoon called “Bubbles, Oil and Other Troubles,” related to the legend of Peter Parker. In 1982, Octavius became the protagonist of the multi-part cartoon "The Incredible Hulk", where he spoke in the voice of Michael Bell. He performed the same voice in “Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends.”

Efrem Zimbalist voiced Doctor Octopus in the project, released in 1990. Peter MacNicol and Seth Green worked on the image and voice of the character in subsequent cartoons. The character appeared in the projects The Spectacular Spider-Man and Robot Chicken. The hero found a place in the animated series "Ultimate Spider-Man", where he spoke in the voice of Tom Kenny. The same artist voiced the supervillain in the cartoons “Hulk and the Agents of SMASH” and “Lego Marvel Superheroes: Maximum Reboot.”

Until 2004, the character appeared only in animated projects. Then they paid attention to him when filming films. For the first time he appeared on camera in the film “Spider-Man 2”. He performed in this image. The hero was also mentioned in the full-length film Spider-Man 3. In 2014, he became the protagonist of the film “The Amazing Spider-Man: High Voltage.” Fans are waiting for the character to appear in major projects, suggesting that he could become an agent of Hydra.

The image of Doctor Octavius was used in the creation computer game"Contest of Champions", released in 2017.

Otto Günther Octavius) is a character, supervillain, later antihero, appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. First mentioned in The Amazing Spider-Man No. 3 (July 1963). Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. He is a highly intelligent evil scientist, archenemy Spider-Man (as Doctor Octopus), later his ally (as Superior Spider-Man), as well as one of the smartest characters in the Marvel universe. On his back there are 4 powerful mechanical tentacles. Obsessed with proving his genius and killing Spider-Man, he also came into conflict with other Marvel characters such as Iron Man, Hulk and Captain America.

Doctor Octopus has become one of the most iconic characters in Spider-Man comics. In his first meeting with Spider-Man, Otto beat him so badly that Peter wanted to give up his career as a superhero. Doctor Octopus was responsible for the death of Captain George Stacy - the father of Gwen Stacy, who was Peter Parker's girlfriend, and was also responsible for the fatal attack on Black Cat, who almost died from the wounds received from the Octopus. In addition, Otto almost married Aunt May and founded the Sinister Six. Subsequently, Octavius reorganized his team several times. During the events of "The Dying Wish", Otto switches bodies with Spider-Man, and after the final battle, Peter Parker in the body of Doctor Octopus dies. Octavius relives all of Spider-Man's memories and vows to do good, taking his longtime adversary's place as the super hero in his own comic book series. The Superior Spider-Man and its branches, later taking on the guise Superior Octopus .

Subsequently, Otto Octavius as Doctor Octopus and the Superior Spider-Man appeared in various merchandise (clothing, toys, trading cards). Doctor Octopus has also appeared in most of the Spider-Man animated series and video games. He was voiced by such actors as Efrem Zimbalist Jr. , Peter MacNicol, Tom Kenny, etc. In the film Spider-Man 2 the character was played by Anglo-American actor Alfred Molina. In a full-length cartoon Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse the female version of the character was voiced by actress Kathryn Hahn.

Biography

Otto became a well-known and respected nuclear physicist, inventor, and teacher. He designed a number of advanced mechanical instruments, controlled through a brain computer interface, to aid in the study of atomic physics. The tentacle tools were resistant to radiation and were given greater strength and precision of movement when attached to a harness strapped around his body.

Although his relationship with his staff was hostile, researcher Mary Alice Anders befriended him when Otto impressed her with a demonstration of his safety belt, explaining that he invented it for scientists to be able to handle hazardous chemicals from a safe distance. They started dating, Otto asked Dr. Mary Alice to marry him, and joyfully announced to everyone that Dr. Anders would soon become his bride. However, Otto's mother did not approve of the wedding, believing that no woman could be good enough for her son. To appease her, he called off the wedding. With the death of his mother from a heart attack and the departure of Mary Alice Anders from his life, Octavius began to pay less attention to detail and safety precautions in his work.

Beginning of a criminal career

During an accidental radiation leak that ended in an explosion, the device was permanently attached to Octavius's body. It was later shown that the radiation had altered his brain so that he could control the movement of his tentacles using only his thoughts.

Although Doctor Octopus himself is in poor physical shape, also being nearsighted, with the help of his harness, he is physically superior to Spider-Man: in his first appearance, he beat him so badly that he considered giving up his heroic career.

Doctor Octopus later showed the ability to activate his mechanical weapons remotely, and used them to free himself from prison. Otto later waged war with Hammerhead.

Octavius tried to hijack a nuclear submarine. He also wanted to poison New York with printer ink, and fought against the Punisher and Spider-Man.

Doctor Octopus has worked with other top-level villains on more than one occasion, most often as the leader of the Sinister Six. He transformed its composition more than once. He was a member of the gang, the Green Goblin's Sinister Dozen.

Despite obvious obstacles, Octavius was for a time on good terms with Peter Parker's Aunt May, whom he first met in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (1964), when he kidnapped her and Peter's friend Betty Brant to attract Spider-Man's attention. In fact, it was only because May Parker and Otto Octavius were too busy at a later time that they did not marry.

Arachnophobia

His greatest criminal accomplishment was the near-fatal beating of Black Cat, which led to Spider-Man beating Doctor Octopus in return. The injuries he suffered caused Otto Octavius to fear Spider-Man and spiders in general. For many years he had to be treated for acute arachnophobia. Spider-Man later allowed Octavius to defeat him in battle so that he would rid himself of his fears and help save New York from a nuclear reactor explosion. Octavius planned to blow up the reactor to kill Spider-Man, but after defeating him, it seemed completely pointless to him. Spider-Man convinced Otto to stop the reactor so that there would be witnesses to his “triumph over the enemy.” Octavius left Spider-Man alive to suffer from the humiliation he experienced.

Death and Resurrection

Otto Octavius meets a young businessman named Carlisle, who wanted to recruit Octavius to work in his company, Nexus Industries. Tired of his criminal past and failures, Otto agrees to Carlisle's proposal. This turns out to be just a trick and Carlisle, having put the doctor to sleep, steals his tentacles and, based on them, creates armor for himself with six improved limbs. Leaving Octavius chained and his tentacles in an iron case, he sets off to rob a bank. Otto manages to concentrate and free himself with the help of his tentacles. He finds Carlisle at the hotel and gets into a fight with him. Spider-Man arrives at the scene of the battle, but Carlisle destroys the walls of the hotel, causing the entire building to collapse. Otto helps Spider-Man get all the visitors out, but at the same time leaves him under the rubble of the building. Carlyle goes to the set where they are filming a new film in which Mary Jane Watson is taking part. By coincidence, Aunt May was next to her. Carlisle takes the site hostage and, to show the seriousness of his criminal intentions, he wants to kill one person and his choice falls on Aunt May. At this moment, Otto appears on the set and again engages in battle with Carlisle, but he injures the Octopus. Before this, Otto manages to damage his armor. Spider-Man, who got out from under the rubble of the building, hurries to the scene. Octavius tells Peter about the damaged armor and Spider-Man shoots a web inside his suit. Carlisle is defeated, but Parker notices that Doctor Octopus has escaped.

After upgrading his tentacles, Octavius tracks down Spider-Man and invites him to voluntarily take off his mask and walk through Time Square. Peter refuses and Oak demonstrates his dominance over him by defeating him with ease. Octavius kidnaps the Palestinian ambassador and reminds Spider of his demands: either Spider-Man takes off his mask in public, or Octopus kills the ambassador, thereby provoking international conflict. Fortunately, the Palestinian secret services, with the help of Detective Garrett, find and rescue the ambassador, and the Spider deals with the Eye and leaves him to the police.

The Doctor is taken to Riker's prison island, where he is brainwashed and sent to kill Norman Osborn. He interrupts the fight between Spider-Man and the Goblin, but both villains are struck by lightning and fall into the river. Otto was fished out of the river with no memory of the incident.

Later, teaming up with the newly-minted super-villain Alloy, Octavius begins developing cyber prosthetics for the Biotechnics company, with which they can influence the human brain. Biotechnics' clients included major military and government officials who became disabled after accidents. When Spider-Man became interested in Biotechnics, he entered the company's building and discovered Octopus with the Alloy. After a short fight, the Spider escapes, taking Octavius' case. In this case, Parker finds a note marked “John Hancock” and turns to Nick Fury with a question about who this man is. Fury explains that "John Hancock" is the name of a tracking device that can locate anyone anywhere in the world. Having acquired this device, Fusion was going to find Spider-Man and reveal his secret identity, but Octavius had other plans: Oak pretended to be Fusion's puppet until he took possession of this device, and when Fusion got hold of "John Hancock", Octavius severely beat him and left him die. Otto was going to sell the device for a large sum of money, but Spidey, with the help of Daredevil, found Octavius, neutralized him and gave the tracking device to Nick Fury.

Civil War

During the Civil War, Doctor Octopus unsuccessfully attempts to form the New Sinister Six because Captain America's Secret Avengers defeated a group of super-villains, although Otto himself escaped capture. Then, Otto sees on TV that Spider-Man has revealed his secret identity and is revealed to the public as Peter Parker. In a rage, he begins to destroy the entire city. Otto can't believe that he was beaten numerous times by the teenager and that he himself lost a good opportunity to kill Spider-Man in one of his first encounters with him. Octavius was stopped by Spider-Man when Ock was distracted by two students from Peter's class.

Dying Otto

Octavius learned that he was dying as his body was deteriorating due to years of fighting Spider-Man. He decides that he must give the world something for which he will be remembered and subordinates all the devices and machines of New York to his thoughts, but Spider-Man manages to stop him. Otto runs away, thinking that Spider-Man will always ruin his plans, and if he prevents him from giving the world something great and useful, then he will give him something great and terrible.

Octavius is desperately trying to find a way to heal himself from death. During Peter's date with Carly Cooper in a cafe, Lily Hollander bursts in - ex-girlfriend Harry Osborn, as well as the super-villain Menace, who is about to give birth to Norman Osborn's child. Due to the fact that this baby was born under the influence of the Goblin Serum, he has unlimited scientific potential, which Octavius wanted to use as a cure for his fatal disease. He delivers Lily's baby and is about to leave, but at the last minute Spider-Man snatches the baby from the Octopus's tentacles and moves away from him. Otto sets all the powerful super-villains of New York against him, and after a battle with almost every one of them, Peter gives the child to Harry Osborn, but he says that the child has died. Spider-Man sets out to find Octavius and flies away. Harry actually turns out to be a Chameleon and the child is still alive. Peter, in a rage, beats up many super-villains in an attempt to find Otto and finds the Chameleon, who reveals to Spider-Man that this is all Doc Ock's plan, to whom he wanted to take the baby, but he was kidnapped by the Lizard. Otto himself, knowing that the child was kidnapped, follows the Lizard's trail and comes across Spider-Man, who invites him to team up to prevent Osborn's son from dying. Suddenly, the Octopus attacks Peter and tries to kill him. Peter realized that the proximity to the Lizard's lair was causing Octavius to give in to his instincts. He defeats Doc and finds Lizard, who says that the child is useless. Parker examines the baby's blood and realizes that there is no Goblin Serum in it. He says that the child will not help Octavius, who has appeared to destroy the Lizard who has infected his intellect. Peter escapes with the baby, leaving Otto to fight the Lizard.

Destroying the planet

Otto has several months left to live, his body is literally falling apart, he cannot live without a special life support installation, which is built into his new suit, which also contains eight new adamantium tentacles, for greater mobility and lethality.

Octavius puts into orbit many octolenses that can increase the effect of global warming and activates them for a few seconds. He then appeals to all the inhabitants of the Earth with a request to help humanity, since his lenses can not only increase the effect of global warming, but also reverse it. He asks that octolens factories be launched all over the planet, asks that the Sinister Six be forgiven for all their sins, that two billion dollars be transferred to everyone's account, and that Otto Octavius University be built in memory of the day when he saved everyone. Spider-Man does not believe the Eye and joins the Avengers in battle against the Sinister Six. Octavius developed a brilliant plan and defeated the entire team of superheroes. Spider-Man Black Widow and Silver Sable managed to escape from Doctor Octopus, and therefore, Doctor Octopus tells the inhabitants of the planet that if they are not stopped, then all Otto’s efforts will be pointless. Meanwhile, Black Widow, Silver Sable and Spider-Man begin to destroy Octavius's octolens factories, but Otto triggers the Doomsday Device and, as a result, half of planet Earth burns in flames. It turns out that this whole performance was staged by Mysterio and, in fact, the planet was not damaged by the Octopus's device. Peter begins searching for Octavius and encounters the Avengers, who were being controlled by Octopus using his Octobots. Spider-Man knocked out the Octobots and headed to Otto's underwater base, where he learned that his real criminal plan was to destroy all of humanity. Doctor Octopus pins Peter down with his tentacles, and after getting out of his suit, he tries to press the destroy button, but Spider-Man breaks Octavius's tentacles and throws one of them into the device, which immediately fails. Octavius tries to drown himself, but Spider-Man saves him, saying that no one else will die. He asks Xorizon Labs scientists to build a life support installation for Otto.

In the epilogue, Spider-Man transports Octavius to Raft Prison and tells him that his companions were easy to hack and could not be used for good purposes. He leaves Otto alone, while saying that his legacy is nothing.

Death of the Amazing Spider-Man

Even the final greatest defeat cannot stop Doctor Octopus. In the Dying Wish story arc, a dying Otto manages to switch bodies with Peter Parker using the Golden Octobot, which Octavius mentally controlled while locked in Raft.

After learning that the dying Doctor Octopus is constantly saying Peter Parker's name, Otto (Spider-Man) arrives at Raft Prison and taunts Peter, saying that he is now Otto Octavius with what little he has left. Parker suffers a heart attack, but doctors are able to save him. Peter realizes that every time he used Octavius' technology, it gave him full access to his brain. Realizing that he can still control the Golden Octobot, he sends a message to all the super-villains of New York asking for help. His call is answered by Scorpion, Hydro-Man and Trapster, who rescue Parker and connect him to a more mobile life support unit and Octavius' old tentacles. Peter manages to set up the Golden Octobot for a reverse transfer of consciousness, but Otto learned that Peter had escaped and was at his former base and gave its location to the police. Peter escapes and goes to Columbus Circle, Avengers Tower, to fight Octavius one last time. Otto decides to protect himself, so he sets Scorpio against Jonah Jameson, whom he placed in the tower along with all of Peter's loved ones and colleagues from Horizon Labs, but seeing that he could harm May Parker, for whom he still had friendly feelings, he One blow blows off Scorpio's jaw. Peter, in horror, grabs Otto and throws himself out of the window with him. In the struggle, Peter manages to get close to Octavius' skull with the help of the Golden Octobot, but it turns out that it is protected by a layer of carbonadium. Otto hits Peter in the face with all his might and wants to kill him, but he can’t, because now all of Peter’s memories are in Otto’s head, and he understands that “ with great power comes great responsibility" Peter dies and asks Otto to take care of all his loved ones and Otto swears that he will bear the burden of Peter's responsibility. Otto Octavius becomes the new Spider-Man. He creates a new and improved suit for himself and gives himself a name - Superior Spider-Man.

Superior Spider-Man

Otto begins to build his legacy as Peter Parker. Octavius's first major achievement is the victory over the new Sinister Six, led by Boomerang, whom he wanted to kill, but was stopped by the ghost of Peter Parker, who remained in his own body as a projection of memories. Trying to improve Parker's personal life, Ock tries to build a romantic relationship with Mary Jane Watson, but after several failed attempts, Otto leaves her. He shows his difference from Parker by first blinding the Vulture and then killing the super-villain the Ripper, which attracts the keen interest of the Avengers. Octavius is working on his doctorate at New York University, where he meets a small girl, Anna Maria Marconi. Gradually, Otto's sympathetic feelings for Anna develop into love.

Doctor Octavius notices something wrong in his behavior and in order to figure it out, he tries to get his own neurolytic scanner - a device that allows you to enter the subconscious, which was taken by the anti-hero Cardiac in order to perform a complex operation on a little girl who suffered from Otto’s actions during "Ends of the World". Otto realizes his guilt and carries out the operation himself. Taking the scanner, Octopus finds Peter in his subconscious and defeats him again in battle, erasing Parker's memories.

Having received the former prison for super-criminals Raft from Mayor Jameson for the murder of Alistair Smythe, he supplies it with his technology and hires people as minions. Otto's next action is the destruction of the Land of Shadows - the Kingpin's fortress and the capture of the Hobgoblin. Later, Otto helps Spider-Man 2099 prevent a time rift, but due to a time explosion, he ends up some time in the future. Otto receives his doctorate and founds Parker Industries. During the Darkest Hour arc, he becomes the host of Venom, but due to his excessive pride, he loses control over him and removes him with the help of Peter Parker, who survived and began to collect his memories scattered from Doc Ock's memory.

At the same time, in the New York subway, the army of the Green Goblin completed its formation. In the Goblin Nation arc, Otto loses everything he has achieved while being Spider-Man. The Goblin learns, thanks to Carly Cooper's diary, the Spider's true identity and uses Otto's loved ones, including Anna Maria, as hostages. Finally desperate, Otto finds no other way out but to erase his own memories in order to save Anna Maria. At the same time, Otto admits to Peter that he was arrogant and did not notice it. Doctor Octavius erases his memories and finally tells Peter that he is the only and true Superior Spider-Man.

Spider World

Events unfold during the explosion at the Horizon Corporation, when Otto is accidentally sent to 2099.

Deciding to return to his own time, he begins to rob mega-corporations such as Alkemax and Stark Fujikawa in search of teleportation equipment. Having assembled a teleporter, Otto begins to travel through dimensions in search of his own time, but instead ends up in other universes and finds dead Spider-Men. Realizing that they are being hunted, he continues to travel through the universes to save as many Spider-Men as possible. He saves Indian Spider-Man from a supernatural being named Karn, who killed all the Spiders that Otto found. Octavius assembles his own team of super-heroes, consisting of Spider-Man from the Noir universe, Spider-Monkey, Spider-Man, who became a killer after the death of Gwen Stacy, Spider-Woman - the granddaughter of Peter Parker from an alternate reality, Six-Armed Spider-Man and begins to develop a plan to fight Karn. Afterwards, he finds Cyborg Spider, with whom they try to stop Karn, but during the battle Bora and Brix appear - his brother and sister. Realizing that they are impossible to deal with, Superior Spider-Man retreats and decides to find out more information about enemies, study them, and then engage them in battle.

Octavius continues to prepare for the battle with the Heirs, but his plan is ruined by Peter Parker. As a result of Parker deciding to merge his team with Octavius' team, they are found by the Heirs and Otto loses his refuge, which infuriates him. Octavius decides that in order to win he needs to be more decisive and cruel and therefore declares himself the main Spider-Man. A fight breaks out between Peter and Otto. Through cunning, Peter defeats Otto, who thought that this Parker was from a past timeline, when Octavius had not yet subjugated his body, so Otto thought that if he killed this Parker, he would disappear himself. Still, he decides to help Parker’s team and join forces to fight the Heirs. Together with other Spider-Men, he finds himself in a world contaminated with radiation and finds a bunker in which another Spider-Man, Uncle Ben, was located. Ben said that this world was destroyed because of the local Otto Octavius, who blackmailed the world with a nuclear bomb, but although his demands were met, the bomb went off and destroyed all life. Otto later found out that Peter managed to regain his body, but did not tell anyone about it. He and Parker travel to the home world of the Heirs to stop the ritual they wanted to carry out to prevent the appearance of all Spiders in all realities. While Peter is fighting Morlun, Octavius decides that the ritual can be interrupted in a more “perfect” way and kills the Master Weaver, the ruler of all realities and the Spider destinies, who was under the control of the Heirs. Morlun calls Otto crazy and tries to drain Parker's life energy, but Peter, using a teleporter, goes with Morlun to a world contaminated with radiation and leaves him there.

Otto is trying to change his destiny and to do this he begins to cut the Great Web of Life and Fate, which was controlled by the Master Weaver. The Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Woman and Spider-Girl try to stop Octavius and learn that although Otto killed the Master Weaver, someone else may take his place. Karn (who sided with the Spiders) decides to take the place of the Master Weaver and finds out that it was himself, but at a later time. Otto fights Peter, who again defeats him and tells Otto that he himself gave Parker his body and admitted that he was the Superior Spider-Man. During the battle, Otto asks his holographic assistant, who has taken the form of Anna Maria Marconi, to turn on sleep mode and begin the 100-day countdown. Otto gives in and says he will take revenge on Karn and Peter for their defeat, after which Karn opens a portal and Parker pushes Octavius out after the explosion at Horizon Labs.

All-New, All-Different Marvel

After removing his memories and returning his body to Peter Parker, Otto Octavius managed to survive. Using technology he acquired in 2099, Otto stored a copy of his consciousness and recorded it on his web shooter, which he modified into a fully functioning Octobot. After the "100 days" mode, a copy of Octavius's consciousness is activated, however, it lacks information about the events taking place during the "Goblin Nation", and Otto from this time point had not yet learned the lesson about great responsibility and did not know how Parker regained his body, so decided not to put himself at risk and transferred his mind to the design of the Living Brain.

Working as a servant in the London branch of the company, which he is extremely dissatisfied with, Otto hides his true identity from everyone. Thanks to Octavius' sabotage, Peter fires Sajani Geoffrey, whom he had long suspected of dark affairs against the company. Later, Otto unexpectedly learns that Anna-Maria has started dating Aiden Blaine, her colleague at the London branch of Parker Industries. Otto is horrified and promises that he will not allow this to happen.

Octavius assists Spider-Man in the fight against the criminal organization Zodiac, and after Peter defeats the organization's head, Scorpio, Otto decides that it is time to put his criminal plan into action and "make a comeback."

Clone Conspiracy

Otto learned that there was a technology that could restore old and damaged organs, making them better. This technology is owned by the New U corporation, headed by the returning Jackal. While attempting to transfer his mind into Aiden Blaine's body, Octavius discovers that his brainwaves can only be received by Peter Parker's body or his original body. Later, in a conversation with Anna Maria, he learned that Anna Maria, the girl he loved so much, truly loved the person who was Otto in Peter's body, and treated Doctor Octopus with contempt, especially when she found out Learn more about Octavius' criminal past. Otto wants to repeat the process of transferring his mind into Peter's body, but to do this he finds out exactly how he was erased when he was Spider-Man, which infuriates him. Thinking that he had been cruelly betrayed, Otto, in a rage, attacks Spider-Man and Anna Maria, and then blows up his robotic body, and he leaves in his modified Octobot, while saying that he will never return to Peter's body, believing that Parker's limited cognitive superpowers have damaged his mind. He decides to regain his real body using New U technology.

Otto goes to Potters Hills Cemetery, where his old body is buried, but discovers that the body is not in the grave. Using 2099 technology, Otto learns that it was stolen by tomb robbers and is preparing to be transported to Symkaria. To prevent this, Otto contacts the thieves and asks them to bring the body to the New U corporation. The corporation is trying to reanimate Otto’s body, but Octavius himself recalls that at the time of the death of his old body, it contained the consciousness of Peter Parker. The Octobot penetrates the flask with Otto's new body, and Octavius's consciousness clashes with Spider-Man's restored consciousness. Otto emerges victorious from the battle, destroying Parker's consciousness in his body. The Jackal presents Doctor Octopus with his old tentacles so that Otto can be convinced that his body is not cloned, since his connection with the tentacles is due to the peculiarities of Octavius's old body. Doctor Octopus is back. Now Otto is forced to take a special drug “New U”, otherwise his body will begin to collapse from cellular degradation. The Doctor invites the Jackal to cooperate to solve this problem, to which the Jackal agrees.

Spider-Man decided to investigate the disappearance of Jerry Salteris, an employee of Parker Industries on whom New U technologies were used. He infiltrates the company's headquarters and discovers not only the returned Rhino and Electro (Francine Frye), but also a reanimated Gwen Stacy, as well as Doc Ock. In the fight, Otto reveals the details of his return to Peter, beating him and about to kill him, but is stopped by the Jackal.

Doctor Octavius begins to work on the problem of cellular degradation and creates a "proto-clone" - an ideal host body into which consciousness can be placed. Later, Anna Maria joins his work, having become a hostage of the Jackal (who turns out to be Ben Reilly, a clone of Peter Parker). Octavius tries to talk to her, but Marconi is angry with Otto, saying that he will never forgive him for what he did to her life. Anna tells the Jackal that she has solved the problem of cellular degradation, to which the Jackal offers Anna Maria a new body without any physical defects. This infuriates Octavius, as he loved Anna Maria for who she was. Trying to attack the Jackal, he realizes that Ben is actually a spider clone and activates a device due to which all those reanimated begin to turn into mutating zombies. Degenerating himself, Otto accidentally infects Anna Maria.

Peter tries to stop the mutation virus, and together with Marconi, they find the right frequency that heals the infected. Doctor Octopus fights Ben to buy time, thereby sacrificing himself again. When Peter and Anna Maria find the New U laboratory, they see that only ashes remain of Ben, Otto and Gwen Stacy, while Anna notices that the “proto-clone” of Octavius has disappeared. It was later revealed that Otto had fooled Ben Reilly and managed to escape by transferring his mind into the body of a "perfect host".

Superior Octopus

Having escaped after a battle with Ben Reilly, Otto goes to his old base, intending to take revenge on Parker for destroying the Parker Industries company that Octavius built for himself. Entering the base, Otto discovers Hydra agents there, who, due to the death of Doctor Octopus, founded their own lair there. With his new body, Octavius easily defeats a squad of Hydra soldiers. Otto discovers that Arnim Zola is also present at the base, who invites Octavius to become one of Hydra's generals to help the organization destroy Parker's company. Otto accepts the offer. He creates a new suit, a set of new tentacles and gives himself the name Superior Octopus.

Later, Otto arranges a meeting with Parker and tries to convince him to hand over the reins of Parker Industries to Octavius himself. When Spider-Man refuses, Superior Octopus blows up the company's London branch and escapes. In San Francisco, Otto breaks into Horizon University and seizes all the Parker Industries technology located there. Next, Otto plans to destroy the Shanghai branch of Parker Industries and, in secret from Hydra, seize all of the company's intellectual property. However, Peter decides to infect all of his technology with a virus so that it does not fall into the hands of the Octopus, thereby completely destroying Parker Industries. Octavius, in a rage, destroys Spider-Man's armor, only to discover that underneath it is Peter's old suit. Spider-Man hacks into Superior Octopus's tentacles, forcing him to retreat. At the Hydra base, Arnim Zola celebrates the success of Octavius's operation and gives him praise from Steve Rogers, who considers the Eye one of his best soldiers. Otto notes that he will not accept his position as a common Hydra minion and will take revenge on Parker for destroying his empire.

As a reward for the destruction of Parker Industries, Superior Octopus becomes the leader of the HYDRA Avengers, which included Scarlet Witch, Deadpool, Vision, Black Ant, Odinson and Taskmaster.

After HYDRA's defeat, Octavius evaded capture. When Norman Osborn, with the help of the Carnage symbiote, turned into the terrible Red Goblin, he decided to destroy all of Peter's loved ones in order to hurt him. He sends his grandson Normie Osborn (whom he also infected with the symbiote) to kill Aunt May. However, at the last moment, Superior Octopus appears and rushes to May's defense. When the Red Goblin arrives, Octavius shields her from Osborn's darts, saving her life. When Spider-Man appeared, he saw that May was alive thanks to Otto. It turns out that Peter's memories in Otto's head actually changed him for the better. Peter, in gratitude, forgives Octavius everything that happened between them, letting him go with a clear conscience.

In the epilogue, Dr. Otto Octavius (under the name Elliot Tolliver) begins new life, as a scientist at Horizon University, alongside Anna Maria Marconi, returning to his superhero guise as Superior Spider-Man.

New Start

Spider Armageddon

At the same time, on Earth-001, Karn and Spider-Britain discovered that someone was using Scion cloning technology. Spider-Britain, Spider-Man Noir, Miles Morales and other Spiders arrive at Octavius's lair, where they engage him in battle to destroy Superior Octopus's cloning device. However, after tracking down the Eye's technology, the Inheritors escape by transferring their consciousnesses into new bodies, killing Spider-Man Noir and Spider-Britannia in the process. Superior Octopus activates his base's self-destruct device, giving the rest of the Spiders a chance to escape. Otto changes the Superior Octopus costume to the Superior Spider-Man costume and, together with Octavia, Otto again begins gathering the Spider Army, the Spiders of which are ready to kill the Heirs. He recruits Cain, Ben Reilly into his army, sends Spider-Punk to also gather his squad, and also arrives on Earth-1048, where he meets Spider-Man from the game of the same name, and warns him about the threat of the Inheritors.

At this time, another team of Spiders under the command of Morales make their way to the former New U headquarters, where the Heirs have settled. Having recreated Solus's body, the Heirs are nevertheless unable to reproduce the Jackal's technology and cannot create a supply of cloned bodies for themselves, so they can still be killed. Morales' team is quickly discovered, but thanks to Octavius' rescue mission, all the Spiders retreat to Leopardon (a giant robot controlled by Japanese Spider-Man). The heirs resurrect Solus. In the army of the Superior Spider-Man, Spider-Man (Norman Osborn) decided to trick the Eye by trapping the Inheritors on Earth-616. Spider-Norman confronts Octavius, saying that none of the Spiders will accept the former Doctor Octopus as their leader. To Osborn's disappointment, all the Spiders sided with Superior Spider-Man. Otto kicks Osborn off the team, taking his communicator to prevent Norman from traveling between worlds. However, Osborn manages to get to Earth-001 through the portal and destroys the Web of Life and Fate, cutting off Earth-616 from all other universes. Octavius and Ben Reilly, having learned about what happened, come up with a plan to destroy the Heirs, but at the last moment, Otto knocks out Ben (who knows how to use New U technology) and gives him to the Heirs, in exchange demanding that they leave Earth-616. Spider-Man of Earth-1048 sees this and attacks Octavius, accusing him of betrayal, but when Jennix tries to absorb the Scarlet Spider, he experiences memories of Ben's 27 deaths and goes crazy. Otto reveals to Earth-1048 Peter that Ben was trying to redeem himself by stopping the Scions from recreating the Jackal's technology. The rest of the Spiders and Morales, who has the Cosmic Power, come to the aid of Otto and Peter. While Morales and the Spiders fight Solus and the Inheritors, Superior Spider-Man and Octavia Otto resurrect Ben Reilly, but erase all memories of his misadventures, returning him to "factory settings". Octavius devises a plan that results in the Spider-Men killing the Inheritors, but Otto transfers their consciousnesses into the bodies of babies, also erasing the memories of who they were. Aunt May from an alternate universe, who has become the Spider Madame, is called in to raise them. Octavius and Peter from Earth-616 agree that a better candidate could not be found. Octavius says goodbye to Peter Parker from Earth-1048, after which Morales and Peter from Earth-616 tell Otto that they are always ready to help him if he has problems. Ock reciprocates, but notes that Superior Spider-Man can handle all threats himself, no matter where they come from.

Hero of San Francisco

Returning to the identity of Superior Spider-Man, Otto Octavius finally breaks himself from his past as Doctor Octopus and Peter Parker. Setting a goal to not be a great Peter Parker, but the best person, than Octavius originally was, Otto, with the help of the Night Shift (a team of villains hired by Octavius), protects San Francisco from threats. But his past catches up with him when Anna Maria recognizes Professor Elliot Tolliver as Otto Octavius and plans to bring him to justice for all his crimes. Their argument is interrupted by Galactus' former herald, Terrax, who attacks San Francisco. Anna has no choice, and she lets Otto go to fight him. In a battle against an opponent with cosmic powers, Otto is mortally wounded, but at the last minute, with the help of a device used by Doctor Doom to siphon power from the Silver Surfer, Superior Spider-Man receives Terrax's cosmic powers. With its help, Octavius defeats Terrax, but after the cosmic power leaves Otto, he passes out from his wounds. He is saved by Anna-Maria, who decides to give the Eye a chance, but keeps the same device, charged with cosmic power, in case Otto returns to the path of evil again.

Gradually, Otto becomes a real hero, truly realizing that "with great power comes great responsibility". After defeating Terrax, Octavius throws all his strength into helping the residents of the city who suffered from an attack by the former herald Galactus. At the same time, a new romantic interest appears in Otto's life - Emma Hernandez, his colleague at Horizon University. On his first date with her, Otto, at the insistence of Anna Maria, reveals his true identity to Emma, after which she runs away from Octavius in horror, trying to turn him over to the police, but finds herself subjugated by the demons of Master Pandemonium. Ock realizes that demons have taken over all of San Francisco and turns to Doctor Strange for help. Together they defeat Pandemonium, after which Strange sends him to Hell.

During the "War of the Realms", when Thor's enemy, the dark elf Malekith, goes to war on Midgard, Octavius is the only hero in San Francisco, which began to besieged by ice giants. Using experimental technology, Otto transports everyone in the city to another dimension in order to avoid human casualties, and then teams up with the West Coast Avengers with the intention of ending Malekith's threat himself. Having met with a team sent in search of Thor, consisting of Spider-Man, Wolverine, Captain America and other heroes, Octavius tries to lure them to his side, but realizes that he is needed on the periphery, protecting his own city.

With the end of the war, Superior Spider-Man is awarded the keys to San Francisco for his many services to the city and people, but Otto quickly leaves the ceremony. Anna Maria notices Octavius's strange behavior, so she asks Spider-Man to talk to the Eye. During their conversation, Otto is angry with himself for not being able to save all the people in America, talking about the thousands who died during the war. Octavius completely loses confidence in his actions as a “superior hero”, but Emma (who decided to give Otto a chance after being saved from Pandemonium) convinces him that Otto is the same person as everyone else, therefore he needs help and support, after which, she and Otto go on a date together. Spider-Man (Norman Osborn) decides to take advantage of Otto’s problems, who intends to take revenge on Otto for his humiliation during the second battle with the Heirs. He reveals on the news that Spider-Man of San Francisco and Doctor Octopus are the same person, and then blows up Horizon University. Otto manages to save Anna Maria and Max Modell from the explosion, but Emma is seriously injured. Spider-Norman intends to destroy everyone Octavius cares about and sets his next target to James, the little boy whom Otto saved after the battle with Terrax. Otto realizes that he cannot defeat Osborn because he cannot risk James' life. Octavius realizes that he has changed too much inside, going all the way from a villain and a murderer to a real hero who cares about others, while Osborn is ruthless, cunning and does not attach himself to anyone, so Otto cannot win. Octavius finds a solution in the form of Mephisto, who offers Otto a deal - Octavius loses Peter's sense of responsibility as well as his new body, but Mephisto restores Otto's old body and "cures" him of any psychological trauma that Otto believed was the cause of his evil behavior as Doc Oka, and also leaves Octavius with all his heroic memories. Despite Anna Maria's pleas, Otto realizes that he will have to do this to save James and defeat Osborn. Otto Octavius once again becomes Doctor Octopus and goes in search of Osborn with the goal of destroying him at any cost. The octopus finds Osborn and easily defeats him in a fight, saving James at the same time. Using his many mechanical arms, which Oak summoned to fight Osborn, Otto breaks most of the bones in Osborn's body, saying that he will forever remain in a crippled body and throws Norman into the portal of his home dimension. Octavius publicly announces to the world that Doctor Octopus has returned. Doc Ock returns to Anna Maria and Emma to say goodbye, saying that he doesn't remember anything Spider-Man remembered, including Peter's secret identity. Anna-Marie and Emma beg Otto to stay with them, but Doctor Octopus leaves. Some time later, the funeral of "Elliot Tolliver" takes place. Octavius stands in the distance, watching the procession. Digger asks Otto what he will do next, to which Ok gives Digger an envelope containing payment for the Night Shift and says that the die has already been cast and there is no turning back. Doctor Octopus gets rid of his Superior Spider-Man costume and leaves.

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