DR. OCTOPUS

APPEARANCE

Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 245 lbs
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Features: Big Metal Arms

SUMMARY

Real Name: Otto Octavius
Other Current Aliases: None
Former Aliases: Master Planner, Bowrey Bum
Dual Identity: Generally Known
Current Occupation: Dead
Former Occupation: Criminal Mastermind
Citizenship: Unknown
Legal Status: Long Criminal Record
Place of Birth: Schenectady, New York
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Known Confidants: Stunner
Known Allies: Stunner
Major Enemies: Spider-Man
Usual Base of Operations: None
Former Base of Operations: Various Laboratories
Current Group Membership: None
Former Group Membership: Sinister Six
Extent of Education: Doctorate

POWERS AND PARAPHENALIA

Strength Level: Each arm can lift up to 3 tons assuming he is adequately braced with one or more remaining arms.
Powers: No innate powers.
Abilities: With the use of his arms, Ock can move very quickly, and climb almost any surface. Worlds leading authority on nuclear radiation and its effect on animal physiology. A brilliant engineer and inventor, he is also a superb strategist and a charismatic leader.
Equipment: Various purpose-built devices.
Weapons: None.
Limitations: Slightly mad. Had a phobia about Spider-Man for quite some time. Currently dead.

BACKGROUND

Well, what's to say about one of the longest-running villains in the Spider-Verse? Doctor Octopus first hit the pages in Amazing #3, and hasn't been far out of the picture until his recent demise. Even then, his tentacles have been quickly filled I hear. His powers and Spider-Man's were well-matched, and their battles were typically spectacular.

Doc Ock built his tentacles to assist him with his Nuclear Research. They were originally controled by dials on the front of the chest-plate. An accident fused them to his body, and gave him mental control over them. Otherwise he has only human strength, and Spider-Man has often knocked him out with a single punch. The problem of course lies in getting close enough to land a punch.

He typically dressed in green and orange and wore thick-rimmed spectacles. The spectacles are treated in a solution which stops Spider-Man's webbing from sticking to them. The Doctor was typically driven by the "Conquer the World" syndrome, alternating with the "Revenge for my Last Humiliation" syndrome. It has been hinted that the nuclear accident which gave him his powers also loosened his grip on sanity. I wouldn't want to comment on that.

CRIMINAL HISTORY

First Appearance: Amazing #3
Origin Story: Amazing #3
Ref: Amazing #11 Death of Bennett Brant
Ref: Amazing #12 Unmasked by Dr Octopus
Ref: Amazing Annual #1 First Sinister Six
Ref: Amazing #30-#32 Secret of the Master Planner
Ref: Amazing #53-#56 Spider-Man joins Doctor Octopus
Ref: Amazing #88-#90 Death of Captain Stacy
Ref: Amazing #113-#115 Gang War
Ref: Amazing #130-#131
Ref: Amazing #157-#159 Ghost of Hammerhead
Ref: Amazing Annual #13
Ref: Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #1
Ref: Amazing Annual #14 vs. Punisher
Ref: Spectacular #72-#73 With the Owl
Ref: Spectacular #75-#76 Black Cat nearly dies
Ref: Spectacular #78-#79 The Final Battle
Ref: WSM #4-#5 Ock Triumphant
Ref: Secret Wars I
Ref: Spectacular #124
Ref: Amazing #296-#297
Ref: Amazing #334-#339 Return of the Sinister Six
Ref: Spectacular #173-#174 Octopus vs. Peter Parker
Ref: SP #18-#19 Revenge of the Sinister Six
Ref: Spectacular #175
Ref: Lethal Foes of Spider-Man four-part limited series
Ref: Spider-Man Unlimited #3
Ref: Web of Death (Amazing #397-#398, Spectacular #220-#221)
Ref: Funeral for an Octopus three-part limited series