Doctor Octopus


This article is about the first Doctor Octopus, Otto Octavius. For the second Doctor Octopus, see Lady Octopus.
Doctor Octopus

Doctor Octopus drawn by John Romita Jr.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Amazing Spider-Man #3 (July 1963)
Created by Stan Lee
Steve Ditko
In-story information
Alter ego Otto Gunther Octavius
Team affiliations Sinister Six
Masters of Evil
Thunderbolts
Legion Accursed
Notable aliases Master Planner, Master Programmer, Doc Ock, Bowrey Bum, Prisoner #4756689
Abilities
  • Genius-level intellect
  • Super-strong and durable mechanical appendages

Doctor Octopus (Dr. Otto Gunther Octavius) is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. A highly intelligent mad scientist, Doctor Octopus is one of the greatest enemies of Spider-Man who is portrayed as a stocky, myopic man who utilizes four powerful, mechanical appendages, and is obsessed with proving his own genius and destroying Spider-Man. In his first several appearances, Dr. Octopus' last name was spelled "Octavious." All stories since have spelled it Octavius. Spider-Man has also nicknamed Octopus as Doc Ock. Creator Stan Lee has said that Doctor Octopus is one of his favorite Spider-Man villains.[citation needed] The character has appeared in numerous Spider-Man cartoons and video games and was portrayed by Alfred Molina in the 2004 film Spider-Man 2. In 2009, Doctor Octopus was ranked as IGN's 28th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.[1]

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Publication history

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The character of Doctor Octopus first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #3 (July 1963), and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko.

It has been speculated that his appearance was originally based on that of Roy Orbison.[2]

Fictional character biography

Born in Schenectady, New York, Otto Octavius had a turbulent upbringing. His father, Torbert, a factory worker, was abusive and violent towards both Otto and his mother Mary, leading Otto to be shy and reclusive in school. Young Otto's shyness and good work in school got him targeted as a "teacher's pet" and a subject for bullying. Torbert Octavius did not appreciate having a bullied son, more for having to pay the bills for new pairs of eyeglasses than other things, and roared at Otto to use violence in dealing with the bullies. Mary Octavius would defend her son from Torbert's tirades, saying Otto was a gifted thinker who would use his brain to solve problems, not his fists. At his mother's insistence and her disgust towards men who worked in manual labor (clearly due to her abusive husband), Otto was determined not to become like his father and threw all his efforts into his education, regularly scoring top marks. Otto's devotion to study paid off with him being awarded a university scholarship. During Otto's freshman year of college, his father's death due to an industrial accident pushed Otto towards the study of, and obsession with, physical science. After graduating from college, Otto Octavius found work in an engineering firm.

Otto became a brilliant and respected nuclear physicist, atomic research consultant, inventor, and lecturer. He designed a set of highly advanced mechanical arms controlled via a brain-computer interface to assist him with his research into atomic physics. The tentacle arms were resistant to radiation and were capable of great strength and highly precise movement, attached to a harness that fit around his body.

Though his relationship with co-workers was typically hostile, a fellow researcher named Mary Alice Anders befriended him when Otto impressed her with a demonstration of his harness, explaining that he invented it for scientists to be able to safely work with dangerous chemicals from a safe distance, and the two began a courtship. In due time, Otto proposed marriage to Mary Alice, and joyfully announced to Mary that Dr. Anders is to become his bride. However, Otto's mother did not approve, and to please her, he ended his engagement. Later, when he discovered that his mother had begun dating a librarian, he rebuked her causing her to have a fatal heart attack in the heat of their argument. With the death of Otto's mother and Mary Alice Anders out of his life, Octavius' disposition towards nearly everyone became mean-spirited, and he had become more distracted from paying attention to detail and safety precautions in his work.

Cover of Amazing Spider-Man #3 (July 1963), first appearance of Doctor Octopus. Art by Steve Ditko.

During an accidental radiation leak that ended in an explosion, the apparatus became fused to Octavius' body. It was later revealed that the radiation (or possibly his own latent mutation) had mutated his brain so that he could control the movement of the arms using his thoughts alone. The tentacles have since been surgically removed from his body, although Octavius retains the power to control them telepathically from a great distance. The accident also seemingly damaged his brain (although it was later suggested that what was interpreted as brain damage was in fact his mind rewiring itself to accommodate four extra limbs[3]), and the scientist turned to a life of crime.

Though Doctor Octopus himself is portly, in poor physical shape, and is near-sighted, with his harness attached he is physically more than a match for Spider-Man: in his first appearance he beat Spider-Man so badly that the wall-crawler considered giving up his heroic career,[4] until he was inspired to continue by the Human Torch at the time when the Fantastic Four were called in to fight Doctor Octopus.

Over the years Dr. Octopus has become one of the most identifiable members of Spider-Man's rogues' gallery. He remains one of Spider-Man's most dangerous foes, having many legendary battles with him over the years. Doctor Octopus formed the original Sinister Six to fight Spider-Man.[5] Disguised as the Master Planner, he organized a theft of atomic equipment.[6]

Doctor Octopus later attempted to steal the Defense Department's Nullifier device, and set a trap for Spider-Man.[7] He became May Parker's tenant,[8] then got close enough to use the Nullifier on Spider-Man and rendered him amnesiac,[9] and tricked Spider-Man into helping him.[10]

Doctor Octopus later exhibited the ability to activate his mechanical arms remotely, and used them to free himself from prison.[11] His resulting battle with Spider-Man resulted in the death of Captain George Stacy.[12] Doctor Octopus later waged a gang war with Hammerhead.[13] He attempted to wed May Parker in order to acquire an island with an atomic plant which she had recently unknowingly inherited.[14] Doc Ock escaped death when the island was destroyed, and began a life as a homeless person never able to raise a gang again in fear of the ghost of Hammerhead. [15] He next battled the "ghost" of Hammerhead, and was able to return him to human form and defeat him after a temporary alliance with Spider-Man.[16]

Doctor Octopus later attempted to hijack an atomic submarine.[17] He also attempted to poison New York City with printers' ink, and battled the Punisher and Spider-Man.[18] He next battled the Owl and his gang. [19] He successfully deactivated a nuclear reactor in a laboratory before meltdown. [20] He later displayed symptoms which Mister Fantastic diagnosed as multiple personality disorder.[21] Doctor Octopus was taken to the Beyonder's Battleworld, where he fought a horde of heroes.[22]

His crowning achievement of evil was the near-fatal beating of Spider-Man's then-partner, the Black Cat, who was placed in critical condition and led to Spider-Man beating "Doc Ock" to within an inch of his life. The trauma of the beating he received from Spider-Man left Octavius afraid of Spider-Man and spiders in general for years, and he needed to be treated for his acute arachnophobia. [23] Spider-Man was forced to let his nemesis beat him in combat so as to allow Octavius to break free of his fears and recruit him to save New York City from an exploding nuclear reactor.[24]

Doctor Octopus has worked with other super villains on several occasions, most notably as the leader of the original incarnation of the Sinister Six. He reformed the Sinister Six[25] more than once, and founded his own short-lived version of the Masters of Evil when his teammates from the Sinister Six proved too difficult to manipulate.

Despite the 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 abducted her and Peter's then-girlfriend Betty Brant to attract Spider-Man's attention. In fact, in later years May Parker and Otto Octavius were briefly engaged to be married. Their wedding was interrupted by Hammerhead.

During the Clone Saga, Doctor Octopus saved Spider-Man from certain death due to a poison injected by the Vulture. During the healing process he discovered the identity of Spider-Man and then allowed himself to be taken in by police, expecting to be saved by his accomplice/lover Stunner. But Stunner was knocked out and Doc Ock was murdered by the insane Peter Parker clone named Kaine. Octavius' student Carolyn Trainer took over as "Doctor Octopus" until the original was resurrected by a branch of the mystical ninja cult known as the Hand. Upon his resurrection, it was revealed that he had no knowledge of Spider-Man's identity. The reason was that the memories he gained came from a computer chip provided by Carolyn Trainer with his recorded memories; that recent memory had not been recorded at the time of his death.

In recent years, Octavius attempted to create his own personal assassin in the form of a villainous mutated entity he dubbed "Spider-Woman", and was involved in a plot involving using prosthetic limbs as mind-control devices, to create an army of minions. He has also had to deal with another usurper, in the form of an arrogant young businessman and con artist named Carlyle, who pretended to employ Octavius at his company. This, however, proved to be a ruse, and Carlyle subdued Octopus and stole his technology, using it to create his own version of Octavius' harness. During a prolonged battle with Octavius and Spider-Man, Carlyle was defeated when Doc Ock ripped open his suit, allowing Spider-Man to fill Carlyle's suit with webbing.

Then, Dr. Octopus took the ambassador of the newly-formed Free Palestinian State hostage, demanding that in exchange for the ambassador's freedom, Spider-Man would meet him in Times Square and unmask himself in front of the world. When Spider-Man went to Times Square, he pulled off his mask to reveal another mask—angering Octavius enough to distract him from the release of the ambassador by agents of the Israeli Secret Service.

Dr. Octopus was taken into Ryker's Island and was drugged and brainwashed to take down the Green Goblin. He interrupted a battle between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin on the Brooklyn Bridge, and the two villains were struck by lightning and fell into the river below. Octopus was dragged out days later with no memories of the event.

He broke out of jail but was returned there after being defeated by Spider-Man and Invincible.

Octavius unsuccessfully tries to form and lead another version of the Sinister Six, because Captain America's Secret Avengers managed to defeat the villainous group, although Ock himself eludes authorities. In Sensational Spider-Man #28, Dr. Octopus is seen viewing a telecast of Peter Parker revealing himself to be Spider-Man. Ock then goes rampaging throughout the city, in utter disbelief that not only was he beaten numerous times by a teenager, but of the lost opportunity he had when he unmasked Parker in one of their first encounters (at the time, Peter was severely weakened by a bad case of flu and Octavius assumed he was an impostor). He is again defeated by Spider-Man, who confronts Dr. Octopus unmasked, after two of Peter's students distract Octavius. He is then sent to Baron Zemo's super-villain detention facility (as seen in Thunderbolts #104 and Iron Man Vol IV #14). He is one of the ex-super villains trying to hunt down the renegade super heroes.

In "One More Day" Part 2, Octavius is one of the people Spider-Man contacted to see if he could help with Aunt May's condition; although no speech is given in each of the panels, he most likely did not have a clue, like the others, of what to do.

It has been revealed that Octavius will return in Amazing Spider-Man #600. His role in it has not been revealed.[citation needed]

Powers and abilities

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

Due to exposure to atomic radiation, Doctor Octopus has the ability to control his four artificial tentacle arms (even when they are not connected to him, he can also control them over vast distances), electrically powered, telescoping prehensile titanium-steel tentacle appendages are attached to a stainless-steel harness encompassing his lower torso. These arms are capable of lifting several tons, provided that at least one arm is used to support his body. The reaction time and agility of his mechanical appendages is enhanced far beyond the range attainable for normal human musculature. The arms allow Octavius to move rapidly over any terrain and to scale vertical surfaces and ceilings. He has developed his concentration and control to the point that he can engage a single opponent, like Spider-Man, or multiple opponents with the arms while performing a completely separate, more delicate task, such as stirring coffee or constructing a machine.

Doctor Octopus has also employed an armored body suit enabling him to breathe underwater and designed to withstand extreme water pressure.

Harnesses

Dr. Octopus has possessed a total of three different harnesses during his career: the original titanium harness, a more powerful adamantium harness, and the current harness, with tentacles bearing an octopus-like motif. The original and adamantium harnesses were both destroyed in the Lethal Foes of Spider-Man miniseries. His current harness is made of a titanium-steel-niobium alloy mixture that is dense but light weight in composition. While wearing the harness, the arms are powerful enough to allow him to walk up sheer concrete walls and move about quickly. They are also used to grab items, both small and large, and as literal weapons in terms of being swung at objects and people like clubs. The pincers at the end of each tentacle can also be used to cut and tear into the flesh of his enemies. The adamantium harness was powerful enough to both restrain and pummel the Hulk into submission during a series written by Erik Larsen. The harness is also capable of holding a small jetpack allowing him to fly to places faster and able to evade Spider-Man more easily. Doctor Octopus is even capable of whirling his tentacles around to deflect small projectiles like bullets.

Eventually, Dr. Octopus' harness was surgically removed, but he was still able to control it mentally, even at a distance. This power was initially explained as having been caused by the initial accident; Octopus and his arms were fused together mentally, as well as physically. In fact, when the original harness was destroyed it caused Octavius excruciating pain. He was seen sweating profusely and screaming. Later stories suggest that Octavius possessed minor telepathic powers that gave him a direct mental link with his harness. These telepathic powers were also hinted at to have caused a brain aneurysm in his father when they first developed during puberty.

Other versions

House of M

In the House of M reality created by the Scarlet Witch, Otto Octavius makes an appearance as a researcher for the government, studying stem cells.

Marvel Zombies

On Earth-2149 (a world in which almost all heroes and villains are zombies) an undead Doctor Octopus first appears in Marvel Zombies series alongside several other zombie supervillains attempting to kill and devour the invading Galactus; this incarnation of Doctor Octopus is apparently destroyed piecemeal by several cosmically powered hero zombies after he got in the way of an attack they were aiming at Galactus. [26]

In the prequel series to Marvel Zombies, Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness and Marvel Zombies: Dead Days, the zombie Doctor Octopus makes few cameo appearances, as a member of the undead Sinister Six.

MC2

In the MC2 alternate continuity, it is revealed that Doctor Octopus attacked the Daily Bugle shortly after the disappearance/retirement of Spider-Man, killing editor-in-chief Joseph "Robbie" Robertson. This motivates Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson to initiate "Project: Human Fly", an attempt to create a government controlled superhero. Mercenaries (later revealed to be in the employ of Doctor Octopus) attempt to steal the Human Fly suit, but are thwarted when Jameson's grandson takes the suit (the controls of which bond to the first user) and becomes the superhero The Buzz. The Buzz and Spider-Girl eventually apprehend Doctor Octopus, who—now being struck with cancer—falls into a coma from which he is not expected to recover.

Later, the mantle of Doctor Octopus is taken up by Lady Octopus.

Noir Doctor Octopus

In the Spider-Man Noir series, although Otto has not made any appearances, his name however appeared in the Daily Bugle newspaper near the end of issue 4 as one of the scientists set to find the "Lost City of Atlatas'.[volume & issue needed]

Spider-Man: India

In Spider-Man: India, Dr. Octopus is featured as a minion/meek doctor who is transformed by Nalin Oberoi into a mystical version of Doc Ock. He is later killed by Oberoi.

Spider-Man: Reign

In the Alternate Universe as conceived by Kaare Andrews, in which many Superheroes had grown old and retired, Octavius appeared to save Spider-Man from death at the hands of an older version of the Sinister Six. While he originally appeared to merely be world-weary, relying on his 'four sons' (his tentacles) to keep him alive, he revealed via monologue that he had in fact been dead for months, and had left the tentacles a program that would force them into action to find Spider-Man. Furthermore, the tentacles were used to play the tape on which his monologue is recorded, and take him to the graveyard where his loved ones lay. The hope is to use Spider-Man to reignite the age of the super powered beings, as both Doctor Octopus and Spider-Man were born from nuclear accidents.

Ultimate Doctor Octopus

Doctor Octopus as seen in the pages of Ultimate Spider-Man #18 (April 2002). Art by Mark Bagley.

In Ultimate Spider-Man, Doctor Octopus is no longer fat, but younger and very muscular. While the original Doctor Octopus wore sunglasses due to myopia, the Ultimate Octavius wears them to disguise horrible wounds inflicted on his eyes during the accident that created him, that leave him very sensitive to light. His arms are also different: he modifies them so that their ends are made up of nanobots, and thus can have various lethal accessories, transforming the three-pronged 'claws' into flamethrowers, tasers, and machine guns. Ultimate Six revealed he had a psychic link with his arms and could control them remotely; #103 expanded on this, revealing Octavius also has the ability to manipulate metal. It has not yet been revealed how similar or dissimilar his power is to that of Magneto.

Dr. Otto Octavius is introduced as a scientist at OsCorp and secretly a corporate spy for Norman Osborn's business rival, Justin Hammer. He is caught in a lab accident (the same one that turns Norman into the Green Goblin), grafting his traditional metal arms onto his body. After this incident, he is able to communicate with these mechanical arms via telepathy. He modifies his arms to have the power to morph into different shapes, and then seeks revenge against Justin Hammer, but Spider-Man intervenes. Although Octavius is defeated by Spider-Man, Justin Hammer perishes due to a heart attack caused by Doctor Octopus attacking him. Afterwards, Octavius is brought into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody where he, along with Norman Osborn, form the Ultimate Six, consisting of some of Spider-Man's rogues gallery and an unwilling Spider-Man himself. In a battle between the Six and the Ultimates on the White House lawn, Octopus is taken down by Wasp. Octavius is separated from his tentacles and held in a different prison far away from them. Octavius later finds out that his ex-wife is giving the rights to use his likeness in the Spider-Man film. Outraged, he summons his tentacles from the S.H.I.E.L.D. facility and goes on a rampage, until he is once again stopped by Spider-Man. Back in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody, Nick Fury melts Doctor Octopus' mechanical arms in front of him and instructs the guards to watch the melting mechanism for at least an hour afterwords to make sure the arms would not try to escape. However, in the Ultimate Hobgoblin story arc, it was revealed that a spare set of arms existed within a bunker belonging to Norman Osborn. Plans for these remain to be seen.

In the Ultimate Clone Saga, Otto Octavius was revealed to be responsible for all the Spider-Man clones, including an older clone of Peter believing itself to be Richard Parker, and a Gwen Stacy clone that can transform into the Carnage creature. His experimentation and research was done for the FBI/CIA (both organizations are said to be behind it in different issues) in order to find a way to create super soldiers so the U.S. Government wouldn't have to be reliant on Nick Fury's monopoly on the Ultimates. In #103, he smugly reveals he is now outside Fury's jurisdiction and takes pleasure in pointing out to Peter that his work perverts the hero's life. In issue #104 he creates a new set of arms out of metal scraps and battles both Spider-Man and Spider-Woman, killing two other clones in the process, before being knocked out.

Octavius makes a brief appearance in Ultimate Spider-Man #113 confronting Norman Osborn as the latter breaks out of the Triskelion; Octavius attacks his former boss to prevent his escape, informing him that he betrayed him by giving the OZ formula to the FBI. Ock is beating Norman senseless until his other former ally, Electro, intervenes and shocks Ock with a bolt of electricity, knocking him out.

In other media

Television

Spider-Man (1967 TV series)

  • Doctor Octopus appears in two episodes, "The Power of Dr. Octopus" and "The Terrible Triumph of Dr. Octopus", in the 1960s Spider-Man animated series, voiced by Vernon Chapman.

1980s animated appearances

  • Doctor Octopus appears in the episode "Bubble, Bubble, Oil and Trouble" of the 1981 Spider-Man animated series , voiced by Stanley Jones.

Spider-Man: The Animated Series

Spider-Man Unlimited

The Spectacular Spider-Man

  • Doctor Octopus appears in The Spectacular Spider-Man, voiced by Peter MacNicol. Dr. Octavius is a research scientist working under Norman Osborn at OsCorp. He is very timid and willing to apologize for every little thing, a direct contrast to his boss, Norman. He is one of OsCorp's most intelligent scientists and the creator of a four armed harness that makes him able to do dangerous experiments, playing a part in the creation of Sandman and Rhino, earning him the nickname "Doctor Octopus", which he considers demeaning. Eventually, as the result of a devastating accident, orchestrated by the Green Goblin, and more vengeful, completely different personality, taking "Doctor Octopus" as his new name. With his arms permanently fused to his back, he then seeks to destroy all of those who have wronged him, but Spider-Man eventually defeated the menace at a Coney Island carnival. In the following days, Doc Ock sent letters to Electro, who was going through therapy at Ravencroft. He convinced Electro to break him and the other members of the Sinister Six - Vulture, Sandman, Rhino and Shocker - out of Ryker's Island to fight Spider-Man. Doc Ock showed an interest in Spider-Man's symbiote costume during the final battle at Central Park. Spider-Man's symbiote costume started to take control of Spider-Man and if it weren't for the intervention of Captain George Stacy, Doctor Octopus wouldn't have survived the battle. At the beginning of the second season, he is moved to Ravencroft where he is being treated by Dr. Kafka along with Electro and Cletus Kasady, and is apparently cured. He was offered a chance in the new Sinister Six, but Electro mentioned he isn't worth saving anymore, since he's no longer interested in villainy. At the end of the episode Reinforcement, his tentacles break him out of Ravencroft, apparently by force. His alter ego (Master Planner) is the primary antagonist of the first 4 episodes of the second season (planning world domination), later revealed to be one and the same - he had been pretending to be cured to ward off suspicion, while manipulating events outside from within Ravencroft. Doc Ock uses the stolen equipment to amplify the power of the chip that allows him to control his arms, enabling him to control all the computers in the city with his mind. In order to spread his influence to the entire world, Dr. Octopus attempts to manipulate George Stacy into getting him the codes he requires from the FBI by having Electro kidnap Captain Stacy's daughter, Gwen. Spider-Man pursues Electro but is unable to beat him to Doc Ock's lair, but learns its location by interrogating the Tinkerer. Spider-Man foils the Master Planner's plan by tricking Electro into overloading the system connected to Doc Ock, forcing him to disconnect himself. Defeated, Dr. Octopus self-destructs his lair and flees in an escape pod, but Spider-Man is able to escape with Gwen and Electro. Doctor Octopus is poised to be a major player in the coming war for control of New York City with his gang of "costumed weirdos," as Frederick Foswell mentions in the eighth episode of the second season, Accomplices. In that episode, Doc Ock and Vulture are seen at the auction for a jump drive blueprints to create an army of Rhino-armored supermercenaries, but do not take part in the bidding. Doc Ock later informs Rhino of the drive's existence, prompting Rhino to set out to destroy it. In Gangland. Octavius, with Vulture as backup, attends a criminal summit with Tombstone and Silvermane. However, Hammerhead provokes the three into fighting each other, incurring Spider-Man's intervention. Spider-Man eventually manages to knock the villain out, and removes his tentacles' power disk.

Film

Main article: Spider-Man 2
Alfred Molina as Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man 2 (2004).

Director of the Spider-Man films, Sam Raimi, has stated that Ock was intended to appear in the first film, teaming up with Green Goblin, but wasn't included because Raimi thought it "wouldn't do the movie justice to have a third origin in there."[27] In the sequel Spider-Man 2 (2004), Doctor Octopus is portrayed by Alfred Molina as the main antagonist. Unlike the comic version, the movie version is portrayed as a sympathetic character, married to a woman named Rosalie. Octavius is first seen working with his wife on a fusion reactor. Peter, who to some extent idolizes Octavius, meets him through the recommendation of Dr. Connors. Eventually sparking a friendship, Octavius invites Peter to the upcoming unveiling of the generator. At the unveiling ceremony, Octavius displays his invention, as well as the four mechanical and artificially intelligent arms he has developed to keep the energy machine in control. He also explains that since the artificial intelligence of the arms is so great, he has to have a special inhibitor chip built in to keep his brain functions in control of theirs. The experiment commences, but goes horribly awry when the miniature sun has an energy spike. Instead of shutting it down, Octavius is convinced that it will stabilize. When it doesn't, he can't resume control of the machine and it proceeds to self destruct. Spider-Man is able to get everyone to safety, but the machine explodes and destroys part of the building as well as the experiment. Octavius could have escaped if he had not been partially traumatized by the sight of his wife being killed by a large shard of glass. He is electrocuted (which destroyed the inhibitor chip) is knocked out and taken to the hospital.

Doctors attempt to remove the tentacles using buzz saws, but they react and kill all of them. Octavius awakens to see the horrific sight and unwittingly escapes to an abandoned warehouse on the docks of the river.

Octavius laments his tragic loss. He eventually begins getting mental messages from his robotic arms and begins having apparently psychotic thoughts. He realizes the inhibitor chip has been destroyed and is now connected to his spinal cord, fusing the two intelligences. Although he tries his hardest to stay in control, his arms convince him that his energy invention can be successful and he must continue his research and create a larger, more stable containment field for his creation. Upon realizing that he has no materials to make it with, he is convinced to steal them.

Peter and Aunt May try to get a loan from the bank, but are turned down. As they start to leave, Octavius appears and robs the bank. Peter becomes Spider-Man and battles with Octavius, who in response, holds Aunt May as a human shield and climbs to the top of a building, with Spider-Man in pursuit. While he and Spider-Man fight, Aunt May manages to save the day by hitting him in the side of his head with the handle of her umbrella, breaking his sun glasses. As Spider-Man brings her to safety, Octavius escapes back to his lair, where he continues his construction.

J. Jonah Jameson has difficulty finding a name for Octavius to use in the papers, but eventually settles on Doctor Octopus, or Doc Ock for short (after rejecting it from a staff member moments before.).

Nearing completion, Ock realizes that he needs more Tritium, which was supplied to him originally by OsCorp, now run by Harry Osborn. He confronts Harry and requests a new supply, and eventually a deal is struck, if Ock brings him Spider-Man, Harry will give him the tritium.

Spider-Man battles Doctor Octopus atop a subway train

Ock attacks Mary Jane and Peter Parker in a cafe, and after Mary Jane is abducted Peter is forced out of retirement in order to battle Ock. He and Doc Ock have a fight again, which leads them to battle atop an elevated train. Ock destroys the brakes of the train, and Spider-Man has to stop the train before it crashes. After Spider-Man stops the train and is unmasked, Ock appears and takes advantage of his weakened state and delivers him to Harry, who supplies the tritium and unmasks Spider-Man again.

Still with Mary Jane in his clutches, Ock activates his machine, which again spikes and causes havoc in the streets with its tremendous magnetic pull. Spider-Man returns and has a brief fight with Ock. Realizing he can't possibly destroy the device, he begs Ock to return to his senses and destroy it. The fight briefly knocked his sanity back, and Octavius marches towards the devices and destroys its support beams. The immersion in water destroys and eliminates the machine once and for all, but brings Octavius down with it to the depths of the river, where he apparently drowns. With the city saved, he fulfills his last desire of "Not dying a Monster."

It should be noted that in the film each of his tentacles displays a different variety of tools. The tentacle on the top left displays an attractable wire that is used mostly for carrying (this was used to carry Aunt May and Mary Jane), the tentacle on the bottom right displays a metallic dagger which Ock uses to impale Spider-Man with on a couple of occasions, while the other two tentacles each displays miniature size pincers which are mostly used for grabbing smaller objects or items.

Archive footage of Molina as Dr. Octopus appears in the opening scene of Spider-Man 3, and an old newspaper headline in J. Jonah Jameson's office states that Octopus is still at large.

Video games

Doctor Octopus appears in many Spider-Man computer games and video games, some of which feature him as the game's primary antagonist.

  • Doctor Octopus appears in the Spider-Man Questprobe game.
  • Doctor Octopus appeared in the Spider-Man 2 game based on the movie Spider-Man 2 and was the final boss in the game, in addition to being in other boss fights. He also is seen in the boss arena along with Rhino, Shocker, and Calypso, respectively replacing Mysterio.[citation needed]
  • In the PC/Mac version of the Spider-Man 2 game, the prologue cutscene takes most of the cutscene from the main console version where Dr. Octavius's machine goes haywire and Spider-Man swings in to stop it. Taking from that, Doc Ock is responsible for nearly all of the game's events. It is possible that he was responsible for having several crooks cause a major riot at the New York Maximum Security Prison and free the supervillain known as the Rhino, which was successful, though the Rhino failed to kill Spider-Man when he escaped. After the Rhino was defeated when he accidentally blew up a gas station and was sent several blocks away from the explosion, knocked unconscious, we see Ock's arms spiriting Rhino away. In the next level, Doc Ock pulls a heist on the bank, like he did in the movie and the main console version, and after Spider-Man defeats several of Ock's crooks and saves several security guards and civilians, he confronts Ock in the bank's basement. There, Ock is stealing much gold and money in a vault and after Spider-Man solves a puzzle that opens the large triple door that is separating them, they battle. Ock escapes, and Spider-Man is forced to let him go to save his Aunt May from three crooks whom have decided to kidnap her and place her in their van. Later, after Spider-Man defeats the supervillain Puma at a construction site, Puma reveals to Spider-Man he was merely a distraction for Spider-Man while Ock kidnapped his girlfriend, Mary Jane Watson, which Ock did. Later, Ock was responsible for the hold-up at OsCorp with his thugs, the Rhino and the eight bombs Ock planted in the building. Spider-Man took care of all those, but Ock counted on Mysterio to distract the vigilante with an illusion of New York literally torn up out of the ground. Mysterio failed, and Spider-Man lived. Later, Spider-Man fought through several of Ock's cronies at the subway station, and confronted him on top of a moving train where Ock constantly threw things at Spider-Man and dismantling the carts of the train. That is until it crashed, and both superhumans survived. Spider-Man tracked Doc Ock down in his compound, fighting through more thugs, destroying gun turrets Ock placed around and inside the compound, until Spider-Man finally found Mary Jane and Ock activated his machine. There, Ock confronted Spider-Man on a platform on top of a machine, throwing explosive barrels at Spider-Man, and the vigilante defeated him by shooting at four generators that caused explosions that temporarily stunned Ock and let Spider-Man pummel him several times. Once Spider-Man finally defeats Ock, he realizes the error of his ways like he did in the movie, and sacrifices himself by pulling his machine down into the river as Spider-Man saves Mary Jane.

Toys and collectibles

  • Doc Ock has been recreated in action figure form multiple times, first as part of Mattel's Secret Wars line, then later many times by Toy Biz in their Spider-Man and Marvel Legends series, and finally by Hasbro as apart of their Spider-Man: Origin series. The movie figure will also be featured in Hasbro's Marvel Legends Spider-Man 3 wave. The action feature from this figure was removed. Hasbro released a Spectacular Spider-Man action figure later.
  • The character has also been recreated in several statues and mini-busts, by the likes of Diamond Select, Art Asylum, and Bowen Designs.

Attractions

  • Doctor Octopus appears as the leader of the Sinister Syndicate in The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man ride at Universal Orlando Resort, where he has invented an anti-gravity cannon, and uses it, with the Syndicate, to hold the Statue of Liberty for ransom. He attacks guests several times during the ride, before he is finally defeated by Spider-Man on the New York rooftops and is last seen bundled together with the rest of the Syndicate, attempting to attack Spider-Man one last time before his tentacle is webbed to the Hobgoblin's head.

Bibliography

  • Amazing Spider-Man #3,11-12,18,31-32, 53-56,87-90,94,100,112-115,130-131,134,152,154,156-159,339,365,397,427-429,533,600, Annual#1,4, 6, 13
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2 6,36
  • Avenger Annual #2
  • Captain America Vol. 1 #259
  • Dark Reign Files
  • Dazzler #17
  • Defenders Vol. 2 #10
  • Excalibur Vol. 1 #8
  • Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #24
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 #28-29
  • Marvel Comics Presents Vol. 1 #127
  • Marvel Fanfare Vol. 1 22-23
  • Marvel Saga Vol 1 9-10
  • Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #1-12
  • Marvel Team-Up Vol. 1 #55
  • Marvels #4
  • Nova Vol. 3 #1
  • Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #72-74, 79, Annual #1
  • Thunderbolts #104, 107-108
  • Spider-Man: Funeral For An Octopus #1-3
  • Spider-Man/Doctor Ock: Year One #1-5
  • Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Out of Reach #1-5
  • Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Negative Exposure #1-5

External links

References

  1. ^ Doctor Octopus is number 28 , IGN.
  2. ^ Conroy, Mike (2004), 500 Comic Book Villains, Barron's, ISBN 0764129082 
  3. ^ DeCandido, Keith R.A. (1997), "Arms and the Man", in Stan Lee and Kurt Busiek, Untold Tales of Spider-Man, Berkley Trade; Boulevard edition, ISBN 1572972947 
  4. ^ Amazing Spider-Man #3
  5. ^ Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1
  6. ^ Amazing Spider-Man #31-32
  7. ^ Amazing Spider-Man #53
  8. ^ Amazing Spider-Man #54
  9. ^ Amazing Spider-Man #55
  10. ^ Amazing Spider-Man #56
  11. ^ Amazing Spider-Man #88
  12. ^ Amazing Spider-Man #89-90
  13. ^ Amazing Spider-Man #112-115
  14. ^ Amazing Spider-Man #130-131
  15. ^ Amazing Spiderman#152, 154, 156
  16. ^ Amazing Spider-Man #157-159
  17. ^ Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #1
  18. ^ Amazing Spider-Man Annual #15
  19. ^ Spectacular Spider-Man #73, 75, 76
  20. ^ Spectacular Spider-Man #124
  21. ^ Fantastic Four #267
  22. ^ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #1-12
  23. ^ Web of Spider-Man #4-5
  24. ^ Amazing Spider-Man #297
  25. ^ first in Amazing Spider-Man #334
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