Trapster was defeated but was able to put a tracking device on him which led to Midtown High School just after he refused to join S.H.I.E.L.D. Dr. Octavius hired the Frightful Four to bring Spider-Man to him. Later, when Spider-Man appeared in New York City, Norman Osborn became obsessed with him and kept watching him ever since. Nick Fury about Doctor Octopus's history in the Fury Files Featurette The explosion nearly destroyed Octavius's body but Osborn quickly constructed a mechanicle harness to keep Octavius alive. We do know that Octavius was instructed to build weapons for Norman Osborn at Oscorp, but one day, an accident in his lab changed everything. Realizing the wisdom in Spider-Man's words, he takes it upon himself to help Spider-Man save the heroes and willingly turns himself in, thus possibly beginning his redemption.ĭetails are sketchy. After Spider-Man saves him by curing him, Spider-Man makes him realize the error of his ideology of using fear as an anchor to gaining respect and recognition. This obsession ended up nearly destroying him when he, out of intense anger and denial, injected himself with a serum that causes him to mutate into a giant mutant octopus with limited intelligence. He believed that "with great power, comes great fear and with great fear, comes great respect". His ideology is to be respected by the world, by utilizing fear since no one would respect him for his brilliance alone. It is revealed that Doc Ock has a vendetta against HYDRA for some reason on keeping Ock in even worst slavery treatment than in Oscorp, and soon he removed one of its main leaders, Arnim Zola, to cover his status as a traitor.
His inferiority complex is the cause of this. Like a real octopus, Doctor Octopus is always hiding in the shadows, concealed in the cracks of his lab.ĭoctor Octopus hates being told what to do even by other villains like Loki or Armin Zola or the former Green Goblin. Although being insane, he feels sadness after his accident, which caused him to change physically. Octavius has shown to have no fear of being killed, shown to still chase after Spider-Man even as large amounts of water leaks into his lab. Although Doctor Octavius is always in his lab, after his first time of chasing and capturing someone, he enjoyed it and stated that he should have done it more often and that the thrill excites him. Nick Fury about Doctor Octopus's personality in the Fury Files Featuretteĭoctor Octopus is a mad scientist that experiments with dangerous subjects, as shown when he created the symbiote. Look's like the man is as brilliant as he is sinister. After Spider-Man cured him, he returned to his previous form he was in when changed. When he injects himself with octopus DNA he is turned into an octopus mutant monster. In addition, his voice no longer has a voice modulator.
His attire has changed into that of his classic green and yellow comic costume (resembling his Spider-Man: The Animated Series incarnation). Later on, he is cured and regresses back to his original appearanceĭoctor Octopus once again used another nanite that transformed him into a healthy looking well-fit man with brown hair. Later on, his hair grew back and he had his tentacles again, but still has his current goggles, he also had a scar on his eye and a scar on his lip.ĭoctor Octopus is reconfigured by nanites into a new life-support armor (resembling his Ends of the Earth design) under Hydra's support.ĭue to a mutation by Morbius, he took on a mixture of Carnage with mechanical tentacles. He also had a new pair of goggles, which are silver in color with thin red lenses. When he was captured by Norman Osborn again, he was bald and his tentacles were removed and replaced with a green ball with cables on his head. He wears a grey scientist suit, around his stomach, along with a mechanical device that enables him to breathe, and four octopus arms attached to it.īefore the accident, Otto Octavius was handsome once. He has long black wet hair and wears red goggles. 3.5 Season 4: Ultimate Spider-Man vs The Sinister 6ĭoctor Octopus has a short height and is very pale and also hunchbacked.Leader and Founder Member of the Superior Sinister Six (formerly)įor me? For me?! You treated me like a slave! Destroyed my lab with me in it! You turned me into this. Leader and Founder Member of the Sinister Seven (formerly) Leader and Founder Member of the Sinister Six (tech) (formerly) Leader and Founder Member of the Sinister Six (formerly) An army of Nano-Octobots under his mental control.