Dr Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus/Superior Spider-Man Appreciation 2023.

[Batman Begins 2005]

The die is cast!

[Batman Begins 2005]

Honestly, the Superior Spider-Man is my favourite iteration of Otto Octavius (check that alliteration out!) Nobody wrote the character better than Christopher Yost.

[Frontier]

Happy New Year to Otto and his fans .

[Huntsman Spider]

Honestly, the Superior Spider-Man is my favourite iteration of Otto Octavius (check that alliteration out!) Nobody wrote the character better than Christopher Yost.

That is indeed true, mostly because Yost did excellent character work on Otto first and foremost instead of just filtering Silver Age-style mad scientist/supervillain theatrics through the vessel of Spider-Man.

[Celgress]

...Honestly, the Superior Spider-Man is my favourite iteration of Otto Octavius (check that alliteration out!) Nobody wrote the character better than Christopher Yost.

Mine as well. It was Superior Spider-Man that got me back into reading Spidey comics post-OMD. Spock will always hold a special place in my comic book fan heart.

How disappointing that all the great character development Otto underwent since Spock has been retconned and no I'm not just talking about the powerset or body I mean his actual memories and all they brought him. The personality reset is by far the most insulting aspect of current Doc Ock to me as a post-Spock Otto diehard fan. If they wanted his iconic appearance back fine but they should have let him keep his character growth.

[K7P5V]

Happy New Year to Otto and his fans .

Indeed. Long may he reign.

[Matt Rat]

A priceless gift for a priceless woman

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

I liked the tie-in issue he had during the Beyond era. He and Aunt May had chemistry lol.

I'm surprised Sony hasn't decided to give him his own film yet. The Spock era is built for their universe.

[Frontier]

A priceless gift for a priceless woman

I'm still not sure what I feel about this relationship.

[Huntsman Spider]

A priceless gift for a priceless woman

I'm still not sure what I feel about this relationship.

Understandable, considering so much of it was under false pretenses on Otto's part. That said, the art's good.

I liked the tie-in issue he had during the Beyond era. He and Aunt May had chemistry lol.

I'm surprised Sony hasn't decided to give him his own film yet. The Spock era is built for their universe.

Ha, yeah. That was fun. And funny. The ending where Aunt May cut him off because he couldn't (or wouldn't) contain his ruthless and violent tendencies was priceless.

[Jman27]

I liked the tie-in issue he had during the Beyond era. He and Aunt May had chemistry lol.

I'm surprised Sony hasn't decided to give him his own film yet. The Spock era is built for their universe.

Ben is rolling in his grave

[Matt Rat]

[Batman Begins 2005]

That is indeed true, mostly because Yost did excellent character work on Otto first and foremost instead of just filtering Silver Age-style mad scientist/supervillain theatrics through the vessel of Spider-Man.

Mine as well. It was Superior Spider-Man that got me back into reading Spidey comics post-OMD. Spock will always hold a special place in my comic book fan heart.

How disappointing that all the great character development Otto underwent since Spock has been retconned and no I'm not just talking about the powerset or body I mean his actual memories and all they brought him. The personality reset is by far the most insulting aspect of current Doc Ock to me as a post-Spock Otto diehard fan. If they wanted his iconic appearance back fine but they should have let him keep his character growth.

In full agreement.

[Alex_Of_X]

Ock and Venom (and Boomerang, weirdly) are definitely the winners of XXI Century Spidey-Villain Glow-Up Awards(trademark)

Wonder if the current run's aim is, in a way, to do that with Norman and the whole Gold Goblin saga

[Daibhidh]

Ock and Venom (and Boomerang, weirdly) are definitely the winners of XXI Century Spidey-Villain Glow-Up Awards(trademark)

I don't believe anyone cared much either way about Boomerang before Nick Spencer got his hands on him. I normally disapprove of character deaths for drama but Boomerang's death was properly earned.