Changes: Oliver Osnick (Earth-616)

Ollie Osnick was a gifted (albeit overweight) young teenager who idolized Doctor Octopus, and the leader of a teenage group of super-villain admirers.

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Ollie's first appearance

Osnick used his genius to design his own mechanical tentacles, and tried to become Octopus's sidekick, Kid Ock. However, the villain had no use for the child and tried to kill him. Fortunately, Osnick was saved by Spider-Man.

Osnick was then so impressed by Spider-Man, that he modified his tentacles into spider-legs, donned a Spider-Man halloween costume, and became the Spider-Kid. Osnick's heroic activities often resulted in him having to be saved by Spider-Man. He was involved (along with Frog-Man and the Toad) in a short-lived super-hero team called "the Misfits." Osnick was eventually talked into hanging up his costume and become a normal child.

However, in his college years, Osnick had radically changed. He had devoted himself to exercise, and became very athletic, even getting a beautiful girlfriend. Osnick still fantasized about being a hero, and continued inventing new weapons, and modifying his spider-legs.

When his girlfriend was attacked by muggers, Osnick sought revenge and created the identity of Steel Spider, donning a black costume, and equipping himself with all of new weapons (including gauntlets containing a grapple hook launcher and pepper spray blasters). Steel Spider found and brutally beat his girlfriend's attackers. He then gave up his costume, realizing that he never wanted to be a vigilante, but rather to build a life with the girl he loved.

After the Superhero Registration Act was brought into force, Osnick dusted off his costume and spent all of his and a lot of his parent's money on enhancing his spider-legs. He badly assaulted several drunken Navajo Indians who were trying to mug someone for beer money. This brought him to the attention of SHIELD, and the Thunderbolts.

Equipped with a new set of arms, Ollie displayed a more rebellious attitude towards the Superhero Registration Act. As an unregistered superhero, Ollie became a target for the government's Thunderbolts team. Mention of his name also caused Thunderbolts director Norman Osborn to collapse into fits of laughter, as it reminded him of Spider-Man. After beating several drunken misfits, Ollie became afraid of the government sponsored Thunderbolts. Ollie modified his arms by installing a gun in one.

Ollie fought the Thunderbolts and was joined in his battle by American Eagle and Sepulchre. After successfully defeating Venom, Radioactive Man, and the new Swordsman, he made use of the gadgetry in his metal limbs to square up against Radioactive Man, Songbird, Venom and Penance, commenting that having allies "almost makes this a fair fight. I bet they weren't expecting that." Ollie seemed to be holding his own until Venom made an unexpected move and bit off his arm, and continued to mangle him.^[1]

Ollie was later incarcerated in the Negative Zone prison.

Attributes

Power Grid^[2]

Powers

None

Abilities

Has shown a genius degree intelligence and skill in engineering.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Mechanical limbs: Osnick developed his own set of mechanical tentacles for his identity as Kid Ock; he later modified them into spider-legs to became Spider-Kid. The limbs are used for locomotion and as a blunt weapon he uses against criminals.

Weapons

Mechanical limbs.
Pepper spray blasters (only as Steel Spider)

Transportation

Mechanical limbs.
Gauntlets with a grapple hook launcher (only as Steel Spider)

Trivia

Norman Osborn, having recently been made head of the Thunderbolts operation, often mistakenly says 'man' after 'spider' in 'Steel Spider'.

Links and References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_Spider

References

↑ Thunderbolts #115
↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol 1 11

[1] Thunderbolts #115

[2] Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol 1 11

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