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Doctor Octopus

Appearing in "Year One: Part Three"

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Synopsis for "Year One: Part Three"

In an operating room, doctors attempt to remove the mechanical arms melded to Otto Octavius after the nuclear explosion that happened in the previous issue. Otto's arms attack the doctors to defend themselves while the unconscience Otto himself has flashbacks to his recent matricide.

Otto eventually awakes to find himself contained inside a large transparent box. Otto is not in control of his arms and discovers that they seem to have a mind of their own, only responding to certain imprecise impulses that he has but not exact thoughts. An army general approaches the outside of the box, attempting to threaten Otto into revealing how they can remove the arms from him. Otto taunts the general until they bring in his once-love-interest, Mary Alice Anders, whom Otto's arms react positively to but whom Otto doesn't remember. While all characters converse, the general's taunts finally push Otto over the edge, particularly when the killing of his mother is mentioned, and Otto's arms shatter through the box and begin attacking everyone in the room.

Spider-Man then appears, meeting Otto for the first time while in costume. Otto's arms fight Spider-Man while an excited Otto eagerly talks to Spider-Man regarding their shared connection of being enhanced to super-human levels by radioactivity. Otto's eagerness and positivity are shattered when Spider-Man eventually lands a punch in his face, and Otto's excitement turns to rage. Otto brutalizes Spider-Man, only being stopped from killing the hero when his previous love interest Mary Alice approaches and gives Otto his glasses back. Otto, who does not remember mary Alice, is indignant the Mary Alice touched him and attempts to strangle her with his mechanical arms, but they refuse to cooperate because Otto once loved Mary Alice. Mary Alice runs away, and a dejected and confused Otto lumbers out of the facility he is in and out into the city.

Solicit Synopsis

  • Emerging from a brutal accident that nearly took his life, Otto takes his first steps into the depths of madness…with the help of four of the deadliest weapons on the face of the Earth.
  • Featuring the first face-to-face encounter between Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus!

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