Octopus" behind his back, a pun on his actual name inspired by the four-armed apparatus he was aware of this insult, but he barely cared. With the death of his mother and Mary Alice Anders out of his life, Octavius' disposition towards nearly everyone became mean-spirited, and he had become more distracted from paying attention to detail and safety precautions in his work. Later, when he discovered that his mother had begun dating a librarian, he rebuked her, causing her to have a fatal heart attack in the heat of their argument. However, Otto's mother did not approve, believing that no woman was good enough for her son. In due time, Otto proposed marriage to Mary Alice. Though his relationship with co-workers was typically hostile, a fellow researcher named Mary Alice Anders befriended him when Otto impressed her with a demonstration of his harness, and the two began a courtship. Later in his criminal career, he claimed the inspiration for the device came from The Vitruvian Man, the famous pencil sketch byLeonardo da Vinci, one of his idols. The tentacle arms were resistant toradiation and were capable of great strength and highly precise movement, attached to a harness that fit around his body. He designed a set of highly advancedmechanical arms controlled via a brain–computer interface to assist him with his research into atomic physics. Otto became a brilliant and respected nuclear physicist, atomic research consultant, inventor, and lecturer. After graduating from college, Otto found work in an engineering firm. During Otto's freshman year of college, his father's death due to an industrial accident pushed Otto towards the study of, and obsession with, physical science. Otto's devotion to study paid off with him being awarded a university scholarship.
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Due to his mother's insistence and her disgust towards men who worked in manual labor, Otto was determined not to become like his father and threw all his efforts into his education, regularly scoring top marks. Mary Octavius would defend her son from Torbert's tirades, saying Otto was a gifted thinker who would use his brain to solve problems, not his fists. Torbert did not appreciate having a bullied son, and roared at Otto to use violence in dealing with the bullies. Young Otto's shyness and good work in school got him labeled as a "teacher's pet" and targeted as a subject for bullying. His father Torbert Octavius, a factory worker, was abusive and violent towards both Otto and his mother Mary Octavius. The character soon appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #11 and #12, and again in #31 - 33.īorn in Schenectady, New York, Otto Octavius had a turbulent upbringing. The character of Doctor Octopus first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #3 (July 1963), and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. Comics journalist and historian Mike Conroy writes of the character: "Created by Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, Doc Ock, as he became known, has become one of the web slinger's most persistent and dangerous foes." In 2009, Doctor Octopus was ranked as IGN's 28th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time. The character has appeared in numerous Spider-Man cartoons and video games and is portrayed byAlfred Molina in the 2004 film Spider-Man 2 as the film's main antagonist. In his first several appearances, his last name was spelled "Octavious" while all stories since have spelled it "Octavius". He is typically portrayed as a stocky,myopic man who utilizes four powerful, mechanical appendages, and is obsessed with proving his own genius and destroying Spider-Man. A highly intelligent mad scientist, Doctor Octopus is one of Spider-Man's greatest foes. Otto Gunther Octavius and also known as Doc Ock, Doc Octopus and the Superior Spider-Man, is a fictional character, a supervillain that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics since 1963.
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