Otto Octavius (Earth-616)/Quotes

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Now, watch me trap a spider in a web of my own -- a web made of my new-found arms! Your strength is merely that of a spider, but mine is the energy of an atom, born of a nuclear accident!

—Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 3

But, I shall tolerate no further meddling by Spider-Man! Even he has not the power to stop me! Though he and I have met before, if he crosses my path again, our next encounter will be his last!

—Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 31

You are a worse nuisance than that accursed Spider-Man -- and I will not brook nuisances.

—Daredevil Vol 1 165

The Sweet air of freedom is once again mine to breathe. It shall not be taken from me again!

—Dazzler Vol 1 17

Ladies and gentlemen, I propose that while the heroes are occupied elsewhere... we invade Avengers Mansion!

—Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1 28

Hate. Heh. Splendid.

—Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Negative Exposure Vol 1 1

So go ahead and run, Spider-Man--run away and hide. Sleep well in your secret lair. Because when you wake up tomorrow everything will have changed.

—Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 2 6

No...your face! What have you done?

—Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 2 9

I lived for 17 years under the hard gaze of my father. He taught me nothing but the hateful ignorance of the lower class. Had you no room for that anecdote in today's litany?

—Spider-Man - Doctor Octopus: Year One Vol 1 1

Hnnn...Mother, I think there might be something wrong with me. I...I hurt that girl today...I know I did. I hurt her and-- --and Mother? I think I liked it.

—Spider-Man - Doctor Octopus: Year One Vol 1 2

You-- You-- You punched me?! You're one of them!

—Spider-Man - Doctor Octopus: Year One Vol 1 3

Hmmmm...and together... ...together we could touch millions. An octopus, after all, has so many arms... And spiders... Spiders have so many eyes...

—Spider-Man - Doctor Octopus: Year One Vol 1 4

It does not feel right, does it? To stand before each other, stripped of our inventions, naked in our humanity. We are hideous, are we not?

—Spider-Man - Doctor Octopus: Year One Vol 1 5

Congratulations, Lily Hollister. It's a boy.

—Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 642

Honor is for fools.

—Invincible Iron Man Vol 1 503

... The final stage is complete. All readings are good, gentlemen... It's time... Time to implement my master plan... my last master plan.

—Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 681

We can't lose. This is our day, gentlemen... the day the Sinister Six reigns supreme!

—Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 683

People of Earth, please forgive this interruption, but this is the utmost importance! I have proof that terrorists are attacking my planetary defense factories! And so I must make one last request. That all nations put aside their differences and unite against this common foe! The world must come together as one to hunt down... THE GLOBAL MENACE CALLED SPIDER-MAN!

—Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 684

No. This time I will happily admit-- you were right. And I can prove it with the flicking of one button. You see in the end, I am a creature of spite. Of hate. Of Rage. It is my nature--I won't deny it. Oh, and how I roiled and rankled at the thought of my life--my light--my genius coming to an end--while the mundane and the mediocre lived on! No! It is unacceptable! If I must enter Oblivion, I will not go alone! If Otto Octavius must perish, so shall you all! We all die toge--

—Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 685

Farewell, Peter Parker. Know this, I will carry on in your name. You may be leaving this world, but you are not leaving it to a villain. I swear. I will be Spider-Man. Better yet, with my unparalleled genius-- --and my boundless ambition-- --I'll be a better Spider-Man than you ever were. From this day forth, I shall become... ...The Superior Spider-Man!

—Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 700

Doctor Octopus is dead. Long live the superior Spider-Man!

—Avenging Spider-Man Vol 1 15.1

The X-Men... an always posing collection of self-styled mutant heroes. The next step in evolution, they say... Homo superior. Genetic freaks, far more likely. I've never bothered myself with their ilk before... but Parker knows them. He's fought beside them. He's fought them, too. Good lord... they nearly destroyed everything in their recent battle against the Avengers. Mutants (Homo superior)...? Please.

—Avenging Spider-Man Vol 1 16

I see everything in this city! Everything! That is my power! And my responsibility -- to watch over and judge you all!

—Superior Spider-Man Vol 1 5

I underestimated Thor. I saw him as nothing more than an arrogant, brutish fool. And thought that's all true... He was willing to sacrifice himself for the people he protects. What am I willing to do? The day will come and when I have to ask myself that question. How far am I willing to go... to get what I want?

—Avenging Spider-Man Vol 1 18

Ready my Equipment. I'm going to perform a Parker-Ectomy!

—Superior Spider-Man Vol 1 8

He's gone. And I? I... Am... Free!

—Superior Spider-Man Vol 1 9

Write your stories, fools. Mark this day well. For today, I cast off the last of the chains Peter Parker saddled me with...and begin to craft my own legacy. I am no more bound by Parker's life than I am by my own former existence. I shall create something entirely new. Something wonderful. This shall be my legacy. A Brand New Day...No, A Brand New Age. The Age of the Superior Spider-Man... The Greatest Hero of them All. And Nothing will stand in my way.

—Superior Spider-Man Vol 1 13

I require my own team. A superior team.

—Superior Spider-Man Team-Up Vol 1 1

People of New York, this is Spider-Man, with the Avengers, and I need your help! I need you to be my heroes. I need you to be my eyes. A fugitive is on the loose in our city. Please help me find him. He's the villain... called Hobgoblin... and he's also this man: Phil Urich.

—Superior Spider-Man Vol 1 15

You know why they say you can't fight City Hall? 'Cause City Hall fights back.

—Superior Carnage Vol 1 3

Fulmina... What are you talking about? You can't just roll back the centuries. No one can.

—Superior Spider-Man Team-Up Vol 1 3

Fulmina... wherever you are... you have made me... proud.

—Superior Spider-Man Team-Up Vol 1 4

Wrecking Crew! Prepare to face justice at the hands of... The Superior Six!

—Superior Spider-Man Team-Up Vol 1 5

They'll do fine, these young X-Men. They've got great aptitude for the hardest lesson of all: How to be a hero.

—Superior Spider-Man Team-Up Special Vol 1 1

I will find out who is responsible. And what I do to them will make what I've done to you seem the most tender of mercies.

—Superior Spider-Man Annual Vol 1 1

We...are...the Superior Venom!

—Superior Spider-Man Vol 1 23

This city needs Spider-Man. No... Not Spider-Man... The Superior Spider-Man!

—Superior Spider-Man Team-Up Vol 1 8

You will treat them with respect, and follow their commands to the letter. Today, they are your superiors. And mine.

—Inhumanity: Superior Spider-Man Vol 1 1

Going by all available data... I, Otto Octavius, the Superior Spider-Man, have achieved my goal. By targeting and destroying every major crime syndicate... I have effectively ended organized crime in New York. So why is the city laughing at me? This can't be happening! It's impossible! All five boroughs are under my surveillance, yet none of this is registering! I can hear the police sirens, screams, and gunfire. I'm not deaf, damn it! So how can I be so blind?! After months of tireless work... after crushing the only dissent within my own ranks... I should be done! Crime should be a statistical anomaly and yet... Police reports are coming in garbled. Links to the Daily Bugle's newsfeed are crashing. My Spider-Bot cameras are showing no emergencies. But the city's burning! I can see it! Spider-Island! Come in! Nothing. Then it happens. An entire grid in my citywide sweep shuts down. The area around the Brooklyn Bridge. I have to go. Have to see this with my own eyes. No. Until now I'd thought only two criminals had escaped my detection. The two Hobgoblins. Urich and Kingsley. The idiot and the coward. I could never account for that glitch in the system until now. I was chasing the wrong Goblin. Osborn. All this time it was you. And now you want me to know. Not just that's you... But that it's over and you've already won.

—Superior Spider-Man Vol 1 27.NOW

--I say being a super hero is like being mad: one does the same thing time after time and expects differing results. Don't expect what happens in your life to change-- --unless you can completely change your context, your mode of working.

—Wolverine Vol 6 2

If you had asked me a week ago if I thought I'd be strung up by a Spider-Slayer next to a Spider-Man from the future, I'm pretty sure my answer would've been "no!" In fact, when you boil it down, there are really just three moments in life that people try to visualize ahead of time: their twenty-first birthday, their wedding day and the day they're going to die. For me, however, there was another. The big question being, whether it's was actually a fourth image... or just a different image of the third? Because it's the day I knew I would stare into the eyes of Norman Osborn again. Someone once said the eyes are the portals to the soul. But in this case, there is no soul. So for me it makes his eyes just portals. Portals to another time.

—Superior Spider-Man Team-Up Vol 1 11

And never call me "Otto" again. I have a title. I earned it. Call me "Doctor"... Doctor Octopus!

—Amazing Spider-Man Vol 4 20

Silence. It is I who has an offer to extend, not you. I've been in your head. I feel a kinship of sorts to you... and the people in your life. That's why I am giving you the opportunity... to peacefully transfer ownership of Parker Industries to me!

—Amazing Spider-Man Vol 4 29

Otto Octavius has conquered death! I am immortal! I am superior! Who can stand against me now?

—Superior Octopus Vol 1 1

What have I done...

—Spider-Geddon Vol 1 1

I did. But that identity has... baggage. And this is war is one of spiders, is it not? Thus, I have decided the time is ripe... for the return of the Superior Spider-Man! The die is cast!

—Spider-Geddon Vol 1 2

They have been given a new start... an opportunity to rise above their past crimes.

—Spider-Geddon Vol 1 5

We did work well together against Terrax. An alliance, then? Partners?

—Superior Spider-Man Vol 2 3

I am beginning to reconsider dating.

—Superior Spider-Man Vol 2 5

Dammit. That's all I've heard from you! What we can't do! Do you ever intend to offer a solution?

—Superior Spider-Man Vol 2 6

Do not fear, sir. Take your family to the shelter. We shall not abandoned you in your hour of need. And tell others you meet that they have champions. They shall know us by our battle cry... Avengers assemble!

—Superior Spider-Man Vol 2 8

Attend me, world. Doctor Octopus has returned.

—Superior Spider-Man Vol 2 12

Curt Connors. If you never had my friendship... at least you have my respect.

—Amazing Spider-Man Vol 5 70

I'm a monster who has hurt many, and I know my own kind. These people and their machinations run deep, and you would do well to be aware.

—Amazing Spider-Man Vol 5 85

Impossible. This simpleton can't be right. Can he? No. Otto Octavius must be a fixed variant across all worlds. I am superior!

—Devil's Reign: Superior Four Vol 1 1

I will outwit this pernicious variant, raze his empire and drink every last ounce of his mind. For I, the Doctor Octopus, am still superior!

—Devil's Reign: Superior Four Vol 1 2

I know each of you want to return home but I have a counteroffer you may find enticing. I need your help ridding New York City of all crime. Let's prove the Superior Four are better than the wretched heroes who police this place. Together, we'll serve as judge, jury and executioners.

—Devil's Reign: Superior Four Vol 1 3

And you, Blaze, are the only true threat in this collection of idiots.

—Blaze (Hobgoblin) (Earth-616)

Admirable. But as someone who's been around many top universities, let me assure you -- you have qualities that cannot be taught. Intelligence. Curiosity. And the drive to always learn more. The world is your university, Emma. And you are its star pupil.

—Emma Hernandez (Earth-616)

If he doesn't know already, Beast will learn soon enough. The girl has the mind of a newborn because she was most likely born yesterday. She's a clone.

—Gwen Warren (Earth-616)

I couldn't help but feel responsible for Mary Alice. Even though I hadn't seen her in years, the poor woman couldn't escape the curse of knowing me.

—Mary Alice Anders (Earth-616)

Who are you to co-opt another man's creations, you charlatan? You baboon? You're nothing but a menial thief--

—Stilt-Man (Impostor) (Earth-616)

Fulmina... wherever you are... you have made me... proud.

—Sylvia Prell (Earth-616)

I know I am superior to my drunken, stupid failure of a father in every way. But the sight of him reduces Doctor Octopus to a sniveling child, living in fear of his belt, the ring on his finger. One of the most feared super villains on the planet, and it makes no difference. Not against him.

—Torbert Octavius (Earth-616)

They are mercenaries. Self-interested cowards at heart.

—Night Shift (Earth-616)

You'll do vastly more good for the city as part of my personal Avengers... the Superior Avengers!

—Superior Avengers (Earth-14314)

Wrecking Crew! Prepare to face justice at the hands of... The Superior Six!

—Superior Six (Earth-616)

I've embarked on a quest to raise an army of Spider-Men to fight this creature. Join me, or stay and die.

—Superior Spider-Army (Earth-928)

They'll do fine, these young X-Men. They've got great aptitude for the hardest lesson of all: How to be a hero.

—X-Men (Time-Displaced) (Earth-616)

What you fail to understand about Earth... nnph... is that we will fight to the end. We will use every weapon at our command. And if those fail -- we will use yours!

—Earth

San Francisco has survived much over the years. The 1851 fire. The earthquakes of 1906 and 1989. The city and its people have always stood in the face of adversity.

—San Francisco

Doctor Octopus

I am Otto Octavius... known as Doctor Octopus to the great unwashed and uneducated! Do not be lulled into a false sense of security by the extra poundage I carry! Spider-Man, Daredevil and even Captain America himself have sufficient reason to respect my battle process!

Kaine

I am Kaine! My actions will speak for me!

—Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 221

Doctor Octopus

Infernal miscreant!