The character of Doctor Octopus first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #3 (July 1963), and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. 2.10.1 "Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy".Comics journalist and historian Mike Conroy writes of the character: "Created by Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, Doc Ock, as he became known, has become one of the web-slinger's most persistent, enduring, and dangerous foes." In 2014, IGN rated Doctor Octopus as Spider-Man's greatest enemy. Olivia Octavius in the 2018 animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, while William Salyers voiced the character in Marvel's Spider-Man (2018) and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order (2019). Kathryn Hahn voiced a female version of Doctor Octopus named Dr. Alfred Molina portrayed the character in Spider-Man 2 (2004), and reprised the role in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Following Spider-Verse, a copy of his consciousness became a villain, though a second volume of The Superior Spider-Man launched in 2018 saw the duplicate taking on the mantle before returning to the Doctor Octopus mantle as an antihero.Ī fan favorite character and well-known figure in popular culture, Doctor Octopus has been featured in various media adaptations of Spider-Man over the years, including feature films, television series and video games. The original Spider-Man has since been resurrected after the death of Otto Octavius.
In 2013, Marvel launched a 45-issue The Superior Spider-Man comic book series focusing on the character's redemption and superhero career. The Superior Spider-Man possesses all of the original Spider-Man's abilities, memories, and equipment, along with additional gadgets created by Octavius, though he often struggles to live up to his predecessor's legacy and turn his life around after being a villain for years. As such, he adopted the Superior Spider-Man alias, which was introduced in Avenging Spider-Man #15.1 following a cameo in Daredevil vol.
Following Spider-Man's death in the 2012 storyline " Dying Wish", which saw a dying Octavius swapping bodies with the hero and letting him die in his original body, Octavius became motivated to prove he can be a better Spider-Man. While usually portrayed as a supervillain, Doctor Octopus has also been occasionally depicted as a conflicted antihero and ally of Spider-Man.
He is the founder and leader of the Sinister Six, the first supervillain team to oppose Spider-Man. He has endured as one of Spider-Man's most prominent villains, and is regarded as one of his three archenemies, alongside the Green Goblin and Venom. After his mechanical harness became permanently fused to his body during a lab accident, Octavius turned to a life of crime, and came into conflict with the superhero Spider-Man. He is a highly intelligent, myopic, and somewhat stocky mad scientist who sports four strong and durable appendages resembling an octopus's tentacles, which extend from the back of his body and can be used for various purposes. Doctor Octopus was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #3 (July 1963). Otto Gunther Octavius), also known as Doc Ock for short, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Carbonadium plating over his neck and skullĭoctor Octopus ( Dr.Possesses Spider-Man's powers, abilities, memories and equipment.Telepathic control over his mechanical armsĪs the Superior Spider-Man/the Superior Octopus:.Wears super-strong and durable mechanical appendages.Elliot Tolliver, the Cosmic Superior Spider-Man, the Cosmo-Spider, the Cosmo Superior The Master Planner, the Master Programmer, the Bowery Bum, the Superior Spider-Man (Peter Parker), the Superior Venom, the Superior Octopus, Dr.
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