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admonition : contain SPOILERS for Superior Spider - Man # 7!Doctor Octopushas always been a majorSpider - Manvillain , mostly due to the fact that his blaze challenged Peter Parker ’s intellectual like no other member of Spidey ’s rogues gallery could ( not to advert the mortal mechanically skillful tentacle ) . However , Doc Ock has never been more dangerous ( or creepy ) than he is properly now in Marvel Comics canon , and his spine - prickle newfangled power - and how he set out it - is the reason why .
In a preview forSuperior Spider - Man#7 by Dan Slott and Mark Bagley , Otto Octavius populate the body of Bailey Briggs aka Spider - Boy , just as he did to Peter Parker some time earlier to become the Superior Spider - Man . Now , as the ‘ Superior Spider - Boy ’ , Doc Ock is utilizing Briggs ’ king in way the 10 - year - old superhero never could - and the result is absolutely terrifying .
Spider - Boy has the power to communicate with spider , which is something that ’s unequaled to him as a spider - sub . However , Doc Ock has take this major power to new heights as the Superior Spider - Boy , as he ’s found a way to join every spider in an entire New York City neighborhood to a funny hivemind . Octavius has project his mind onto infinite spiders , and he commanded those spiders to ‘ infect ’ humans by crawl into their mouths , ear , and other opening , result in those humans ’ minds being overcome by Otto Octavius .
Doc Ock has create an army of people that are effectively ‘ him ’ with a hivemind - contagion system he created using Spider - Boy ’s ability to put across with spiders .
Doc Ock Has Never Been More Dangerous in Spider-Man Canon Than As Spider-Boy
Doctor Octopus undeniably elevate his position as a Marvel Comics baddie when he bring over Peter Parker ’s consistence to become the Superior Spider - Man . The level of intelligence service required to create a equipment adequate to of such a effort , paired with the degree of ruthlessness it would take to in effect become something akin to a demon possessing another ’s form are component fans have never seen from Otto Octavius ( on both fronts ) . However , as brightly sinister as Doc Ock proved to be when he became the Superior Spider - Man , he ’s absolutely outdone himself as Superior Spider - Boy .
While the act of taking over a spider - hero ’s dead body is n’t new , the way he ’s using this finicky spider - hero sandwich ’s powers is absolutely innovational .
Doc Ock did n’t plainly become Spider - Boy to testify that he was a superior interpretation of the superhero ( as he did with Spider - Man ) , he did so to inflate the ambit of his own intellect - controlling power . By using Spider - Boy ’s major power to communicate with spiders , Doc Ock has overtaken the bodies of infinite people , grant him to make an army of himself that any grinder - not just Spider - Man - would find difficult to defeat , make Doc Ock more life-threatening than he ’s ever been .
Spider - Man 2099 just introduced the perfect anti - Venom weapon system , one which turns any ' Venomized ' upgrade in Marvel Comics canon into a major downgrade .
Doc Ock’s Creepiness is More Pronounced Than His Threat-Level
Everything about Doc Ock ’s new magnate is overwhelmingly creepy in every regard . Obviously , controlling spiders to crawl into multitude ’s oral cavity , ears , and anywhere else to turn them into mindless slaves connected to a big hivemind is unnerving , but the way Octavius achieved this feat is just as creepy-crawly - if not way more so . Doctor Octopus convey over the body of a 10 - twelvemonth - sure-enough boy to get this mogul , which alone is downright icky when considering Otto is a 60 - something - year - old world . Of of course , study over anyone ’s consistency is detestable , but it ’s unarguably way bad when it ’s done to a little child .
Otto Octavius has just best himself on all fronts . His brilliance , threat - level , and creepiness factor have all reached new height during this tardy plot line , give Marvel Comics fans ample evidence to reason thatDoctor Octopushas formally becomeSpider - Man ’s most spine - tingling scoundrel .
Superior Spider - Man # 7by Marvel Comics is available May 22 , 2024 .
Superior Spider - Man#7 ( 2024 )
