Spider-Man Turns Doctor Octopus Into a Superhero

Amazing Spider - Man#800 brings an closing to a 10 - farseeing role arc terminate by transforming Doctor Octopus into a truthful superhero . The blood feud between Spider - Man and Doc Ock has been a unvarying theme through Dan Slott ’s run , and he ’s chosen to convey it to a remarkable close in this milestone take .

Dan Slott has turned Doctor Octopus ’s life upside - down . One of Spider - Man ’s most remorseless foe , Octavius previously hatch a desperate architectural plan to save himself from his choke body . He negociate to place his mind in Peter Parker ’s body , concisely becoming theSuperior Spider - Man . Although Parker find control of his dead body , Octavius ’s mind ultimately found a novel host in a powerful clone form . Since then , he ’s trod a fine line between hero and villain , understandably affected by his prison term as Spider - Man .

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All that comes to a head inAmazing Spider - Man#800 , which sees Norman Osborn - bonded with the Carnage symbiote asthe Red Goblin- launch a homicidal attack on Peter ’s Aunt May . To everybody ’s surprisal , Doctor Octopus intervenes , saving May ’s life even at the risk of his own . As far as Spider - Man is concerned , this act of valiance has clear Octavius a clean slate . The defective blood between the two is gone , erased once and for all . An injured Doctor Octopus is n’t attend again - until a " post - credits " tantrum , that reveals he ’s beginning a new living , as Dr. Elliot Tolliver , working at Horizon Labs .

There ’s a sensation in which this brings Otto full - rotary ; during his running play as the Superior Spider - Man , Octavius descend in love with fellow Horizon scientist Anna Marconi , who still works there .

The arc is a clean parallel of latitude to 1993’sAmazing Spider - Man#375 , which saw Spider - Man make a similar truce with Venom . This allow Marvel to position Venom as an antihero rather than a baddie , a role the spit - slavering symbiote has played ever since . There’ssome evidencethis special mirthful even informs this year’sVenommovie . In just the same way , Amazing Spider - Man#800 conciliate the feud between the wall - toady and Doctor Octopus , and sets him in a young context , ready to become some sort of heroic figure in his own rightfield .

Spider-Man Noir

During the issue , Doctor Octopus admit that he ’s influenced by his time as Spider - Man . " I still have your memories , " he tells Spider - Man . " Many of them . Rattling around in my head . Your upbringing . Your simple sensibilities of " right and wrong . " " While those " sensibility " are focused around May Parker , the reality is that Spider - Man ’s influence on him has been truly profound , and he is no longer the same humanity . Together , Spider - Man and his beloved Aunt May have in reality turn Doctor Octopus , one of Spider - Man ’s greatest enemies , into a bomber .