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In a freak laboratory accident, volatile liquids exploded – bombarding the scientist with radiation. The substances left him capable of mentally controlling the arms, but the accident also caused irreversible brain damage. It transformed the respected scientist into a megalomaniacal criminal.

The son of an overbearing mother and a bullying father, Otto Octavius grew up to become a reclusive but brilliant atomic researcher. To help manipulate radioactive substances from a safe distance, Otto constructed a chest harness controlling four mechanical, tentacle-like arms. This earned him the nickname Doctor Octopus. The good Doctor’s proficiency with those tentacles is impressive. He often manages to hit Spider-Man himself, and performed well against Mister Fantastic and other highly agile and/or flexible opponents. He has also occasionally proved to be surprisingly strong due to his maniacal intensity.

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I’m excited to see him back on film.Doctor Octopus’ abilities derive from his 4 titanium tentacles. Attached to a stainless-steel harness encircling his lower chest and waist, each telepathically-controlled, telescoping tentacle is capable of moving at speeds of 90 feet per second and can strike with the force of a jackhammer.ĭoctor Octopus can also generate a 50-mph wind by spinning these prehensile limbs like a giant fan. At full extension, the mechanical appendages allow him to travel high above the ground as if on stilts - either using two tentacles, or all four for maximum speed (about 50 mph).Įach tentacle is about 5 inches in diameter and terminates in three, single-jointed pincers. The pincers can rotate in relation to the tentacle for 360 degrees, in a screwdriver-like twisting motion. In any incarnation, he’s one of the best characters in Marvel. Criminal, supervillain, and leader of the Sinister Six. So who is Doctor Octopus? Friend, boss, and mentor to Peter Parker. Remember in the trailer to Avengers: Endgame when they were walking as a team, not wearing their time suits and without smart Hulk? Yeah.

There’s also the possibility that the trailer is a ruse. Will he be the maniacal and desperate Doc Ock trying to replicate his experiment? Or is this the version of Otto who took back control, somehow surviving his own sacrifice to arrive as a friend and mentor to Peter Parker? Since he already has the tentacle arms, trench coat, and shades in the trailer, it’s safe to assume this is the version of Otto who has already lost his wife. This all begs the question: which Doctor Octopus will we see in the upcoming movie? Really, it makes me wonder how, but that likely has something to do with magic and multiverses. In the end, Peter (revealing himself as Spider-Man) is able to reach the humanity in Otto, and Otto sacrifices himself to stop his experiment from destroying all of New York City. He makes a deal with Harry Osborn: his needed rare element in exchange for Spider-Man. Otto does everything he can to contain it, but the fusion power loses containment, killing Otto’s wife and burning through the inhibitor chip that keeps the artificial intelligence in the tentacle arms from interfacing with his own nervous system.Įnraged by the death of his wife and twisted by the influence of the artificial intelligence, he seeks to correct his failed experiment by any means possible. In the middle of the demonstration, there is a power surge. As you can well predict, something goes wrong.