144-431: Dark Beast may refer to: Dark Beast (Marvel Comics) , a Marvel Comics supervillain who is a version of Beast from the "Age of Apocalypse" Dark Beast (film) , a 2016 drama film Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Dark Beast . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
288-596: A supervillain , Doctor Octopus has also been occasionally depicted as a conflicted antihero and ally of Spider-Man. Following Spider-Man's death in the 2012 storyline " Dying Wish ", which saw a dying Octavius swapping bodies with the hero and letting him die in his original body, Octavius was motivated to prove he could be a better Spider-Man. As such, he adopted the Superior Spider-Man alias, introduced in Avenging Spider-Man #15.1 following
432-413: A university scholarship at M.I.T. . During Octavius's freshman year of college, he was undecided in his studies until they were briefly interrupted by Torbert's death in a construction accident. Otto attended the funeral for his mother's sake, although he himself did not mourn his father's death and later privately expressed his desire to have seen him suffer more. When Mary remarked that "an early death
576-404: A 'Superior' Spider-Man when the restored Peter Parker takes over to save a child from a runaway train where Octavius hesitated, reflecting that he is aware of his fundamental inferiority, as he overcompensates while Peter holds himself back, but acts when he has to. Octavius then willingly deletes his own consciousness so that Peter can regain control of his body. As Octavius's last memories fade, it
720-468: A Spider-Man protect New York. Octavius claims that, since he now holds the physical might and the good values embodied by Spider-Man but also the boundless ambition and the scientific mindframe of Doctor Octopus, he will surpass the "Amazing Spider-Man", becoming a " Superior Spider-Man ". Within Spider-Man's body, Octavius starts his new career as a hero by redesigning his gear and putting his past as
864-574: A brief quarrel which ended with the life seed destroyed by Sunfire and Psylocke recognizing Sabretooth from her time on the Exiles, Dark Beast sneaks over to the portal back to the main Marvel Universe, Earth-616, and walks in, leaving X-Force stranded in the Age of Apocalypse world. He then released the now fully evil Dark Angel from his prison and helped him form an army to destroy Earth. Following
1008-492: A cameo in Daredevil vol. 3 #21 (both December 2012). The Superior Spider-Man possesses all of the original Spider-Man's abilities, memories, and equipment, along with additional gadgets created by Octavius, though he often struggles to live up to his predecessor's legacy and seeks to turn his life around after being a villain for years. In 2013, Marvel launched a 45-issue The Superior Spider-Man comic book series focusing on
1152-696: A captive of Locksmith , and is saved by Spider-Woman . Eventually, the Shroud invites her to join the supervillain team Night Shift , which she accepts, later becoming co-leader of the group. She serves in several missions, mainly facing the Avengers . She takes some time out to work with Superia and the Femizons as they battle Captain America . Dansen and the rest of Night Shift are hired by Snapdragon to kill Moon Knight on behalf of Count Nefaria who
1296-483: A catch to many scientific firms. Octavius was soon hired by an engineering firm. Octavius became a brilliant and respected nuclear physicist , atomic research consultant, inventor and lecturer . He designed a set of highly advanced mechanical arms controlled via a brain–computer interface to assist him with his research into atomic physics . The tentacle-like arms were resistant to radiation and were capable of great strength and highly precise movement, attached to
1440-553: A copy of Octavius's consciousness up to the point of Spider-Verse (without the memories of learning about power and responsibility for his act of self-sacrifice in Goblin Nation , as this copy would remain asleep during this time). After transforming the gauntlet into a version of an Octobot, he backed himself up in the Living Brain while waiting for the next opportunity to take over Parker's body again, planning to act at
1584-537: A couple of extra arms just for fun'. But I had to figure out how to do that". The character reappeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #11-12, then again in #31-33. Doctor Octopus is regarded as one of Spider-Man's most infamous enemies. He has been cited as the man Peter might have become if he had not been raised with a sense of responsibility. He is infamous for defeating Spider-Man the first time in battle and for almost marrying Peter's Aunt May . He
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#17327722509521728-525: A cure for M-Day. The two form an uneasy alliance to tackle the impending mutant extinction, but part ways due to their drastically different moral approaches to science. During a trip to the Guthrie household aimed at requesting samples of DNA from the mother and father of several mutant, and non-mutant, children – the Dark Beast (without warning Henry) poisons one of the un-mutated Guthrie boys, Lewis, in
1872-590: A dimensional portal and returns to the Age of Apocalypse along with Nightcrawler. There, he discovers Weapon Omega's defeat at the hands of the human coalition and the capture of the Apocalypse seed. However, returning to the Age of Apocalypse with the X-Men and X-Treme X-Men in tow resulted in the release of evil beings known as the Exterminator which were trapped in the walls between realities by their creators,
2016-564: A fictional character appearing in American comic book published by Marvel Comics. Emmanuel da Costa is an Afro-Brazilian businessman and the father of Roberto da Costa . Daggoth is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Dagoth is a demon who clashes with Doctor Strange . Dakimh the Enchanter is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Dakimh
2160-526: A harness that fit around his body. Later in his criminal career, he claimed the inspiration for the device came from the Vitruvian Man , a pencil sketch made by Leonardo da Vinci , one of his idols. Though his relationship with co-workers was typically hostile, he was social enough to give a demonstration of his harness to a small group. He showed how the metal tentacles allowed him to work safely with chemicals that would normally be too dangerous for
2304-440: A high tech uniform and goes by the name Darter. As Darter, Randy can glide through the air and fire lasers at his enemies. His first fight is with White Tiger who he manages to knock down. Later, the two fight again in a gymnasium where Spider-Man and Carrion are fighting. When Carrion flees with Spider-Man, Randy realizes that he was betrayed by his master and swears revenge on Carrion. He encounters his master while trying to drain
2448-513: A human being to touch or be in close vicinity to. One such person impressed by this was a scientist named Mary Alice Anders, and the two soon dated. In due time, Otto proposed marriage to Mary Alice. However, when Otto joyously announced his future marriage to his mother, her feelings were not reciprocated. Believing that no woman was good enough for her son, she made him feel guilty that she was going to be pushed aside for his bride-to-be. Shocked that he hurt his mother, and to please her, Otto broke off
2592-519: A laboratory accident, he turned to a life of crime, and came into conflict with the superhero Spider-Man . He has endured as one of Spider-Man's most prominent villains, and is regarded as one of his three archenemies , alongside the Green Goblin and Venom . He is the founder and leader of the Sinister Six , the first supervillain team to oppose Spider-Man. While usually portrayed as
2736-518: A laboratory under an outhouse somewhere in the mutant nation of New Tian following Hydra 's takeover. He used this lab to experiment on Inhumans . While searching for an Inhuman named Leer, Quake and the Secret Warriors found Dark Beast's hidden lair. Quake confronted Dark Beast on the whereabouts of Leer, but Dark Beast claimed that he didn't know who Leer was. He continued to profess his ignorance even when tortured by Quake and Karnak. Then
2880-548: A lucky blow. Spider-Man later teams up with several members of the Midnight Sons who are investigating the activities of a demonic Spidey-doppelganger . While pursuing this creature, the heroes discover and stop Paralyzer's plan to recreate Zzzax . After the Sentinels destroy Genosha , Paralyzer, again called Shocker, helps Toad and other mutants create a statue of the island's former ruler Magneto. Unus becomes
3024-575: A man's worth was determined by his dominant attitude and physical strength, roared at him to use violence in dealing with the bullies. Mary Octavius would always defend her son from Torbert's tirades , saying he was a gifted thinker who would use his brain to solve problems, not his fists. Due to his mother's insistence and her disgust towards men who worked in common manual labor, Octavius was determined not to become like his father and threw all his efforts into his education, regularly scoring top marks. Octavius' devotion to study paid off with him being awarded
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#17327722509523168-499: A manner. When their subsequent analysis confirms that he is still biologically Peter Parker, Octavius explains that he is merely dealing with stress over recent events. Attempting a mind-wipe of all of Peter's memories to destroy the living consciousness completely, Octavius manages to delete the Daily Bugle memory. Realizing Peter would not surrender, Octavius directly engages his foe in Spider-Man's mind. After beating Peter to
3312-593: A new uniform for himself, becoming the Superior Octopus, intending to wait for Peter's actions to trigger the collapse of Parker Industries so that he can retake his position and prove himself superior once again. During the 2017 " Secret Empire " storyline, the Superior Octopus appears as a leader of HYDRA's Avengers. Outside of his work with HYDRA's Avengers, the Superior Octopus approached Spider-Man, where he wants him to transfer ownership of Parker Industries back to him. When Peter Parker declined this offer,
3456-572: A pedestrian as he left town. The Dark Beast was able to keep up his ruse until the Onslaught Saga, during which the Dark Beast joined Onslaught . Onslaught had, in fact, known from the beginning of Dark Beast's ruse and mentally shielded him from other telepaths at the mansion, intending to question him about the reality of his origin. However, upon learning what happened in Dark Beast's reality when mutants ruled, Onslaught decided to destroy both races rather than helping mutants take their place as
3600-415: A pulp by breaking his spirit with the knowledge Peter was willing let a girl named Amy come close to death when Octavius was performing surgery on her with a scanner that would have detected him, Octavius declares his final victory while calling Peter unworthy to be called Spider-Man and believes that he deleted all of Spider-Man's memories. Returning to the real world, Octavius rejoices from his belief that he
3744-492: A pun on his actual name inspired by the four-armed apparatus; he was aware of this insult, but he barely cared. During an accidental radiation leak that ended in an explosion, the apparatus became fused to Octavius' body. It was later revealed that the radiation, or possibly his own latent mutation, had mutated his brain so that he could control the movement of the arms using his thoughts alone. The tentacles have since been surgically removed from his body, although Octavius retains
3888-499: A quick scientific experiment. He then carries the dying boy's body back to the house, suggesting that they should try one of the girls next. Shocked and enraged with his actions, Hank attacks the Dark Beast who, disgusted with Henry's inability to do all that is necessary to save their mutant species, beats him almost unconscious. The fight is interrupted by Mrs. Guthrie, who fires a round from a double-barrelled shotgun into Dark Beast's left shoulder. After scolding Mrs. Guthrie for thinking
4032-601: A round of birdshot would put him down, the Dark Beast is knocked unconscious by Henry. During the " Dark Reign " story-line, Dark Beast later appears as a member of the Dark X-Men (a team of X-Men put together by Norman Osborn ). He serves as the team's scientist. He constructs a device known as the "Omega Machine" to experiment on mutants in Alcatraz for H.A.M.M.E.R. and starts testing on Beast, causing him great pain and torment as it begins slowly eating him away. Osborn
4176-577: A series of confrontations with his former allies in the Sinister Six, he also attempted to brainwash them into becoming his new 'team', resulting in him being forced to join forces with new hero Sun Girl when the Six snapped out of his control and tried to kill him. Octavius's focus on the larger scale also resulted in him missing the Green Goblin's efforts to establish a new criminal empire, with
4320-458: A small army of Spider-bots and Spiderling allies to assist him, as well as helping Cyclops trap the body-hopping mutant Malice in a specially-designed containment unit, he continues to resort to more questionable methods, such as killing Alistair Smythe , and blackmailing Jameson into giving him free rein in New York by threatening to expose the fact that Jameson asked him to do this. During
4464-427: A still inactive X-Gene, it works as a catalyst, becoming lethal for potential mutant children. Dark Beast reasoning that this will 'test' humanity's hatred of mutants by putting them in a position where they will risk their children dying to prevent them becoming mutants. As Dark Beast continues mocking them, Magik executes him with her teleportation discs to send part of Dark Beast into the ceiling, killing him. During
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4608-484: A team of New Tian mutants entered the laboratory to remove the Inhumans for intruding into New Tian, and Dark Beast was taken into the mutants' custody. Dark Beast's apparent resurrection was later revealed to be Mister Sinister's doing, who saw fit to save Dark Beast's head and attached it to a brand-new body that appeared to be Dark Beast's old self, but with some technological improvements like cannons in his arms and
4752-424: A team that could oppose whatever was killing them, including Spider-Man Noir, a multi-armed Spider-Man, Pavitr Prabhakar, and a Peter Parker working in black ops with Wolverine. As the crisis unfolds, Octavius takes command of a group of alternate Spider-Men, considering himself particularly qualified to lead them due to his unique nature and willingness to kill, but when his team is confronted by another group led by
4896-443: A time when Parker's spider-sense would be taxed so that he would miss the relevant signals. At the time when the Living Brain was at Parker Industries' London branch, Doctor Octopus' consciousness expresses anger over being forced to act like their lackey. After Sajani Jaffrey is fired by Peter Parker for conspiring against him, Doctor Octopus' consciousness smirks as Anna is made the head of Parker Industries' London branch. During
5040-693: A villain behind himself. However, he soon finds himself the target of several villains, such as an Octavius-tech enhanced Stilt-Man , Boomerang , Overdrive , the Shocker , the Speed Demon , the new female Beetle , and the Living Brain , all of them trying to take over the place left by the seemingly-dead Doctor Octopus and his Sinister Six. While they are still no match for the new, more ruthless Spider-Man, his violence and new mannerisms start to tip off several of his close friends and allies, such as
5184-627: Is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #3 (July 1963). He is a highly intelligent, myopic , and stocky mad scientist who sports four strong and durable appendages resembling an octopus 's tentacles, which extend from his body and can be used for various purposes. After his mechanical harness became permanently fused to his body during
5328-761: Is a large extradimensional humanoid being with a tail. He is originally from a "dark dimension" (not related to Dormammu 's dimension). He later becomes master of the Undying Ones ' dimension after defeating the Nameless One . Darter ( Randy Vale ) is a minor villain in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Bill Mantlo and Jim Mooney , first appeared in Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #29 (April 1979). Randy Vale
5472-457: Is a manual laborer's" and she expected better from her son, this seemed to spur an obsession in Octavius about the hard sciences, and he declared his major to be physical science. His obsession, however, did not manifest immediately, and he was regarded by his school friends as a devoted student who was genuinely interested in the studies. He graduated near the top of his class, and was considered
5616-721: Is also the founder and core leader of the Sinister Six , and has referred himself as the "Master Planner". (" If This Be My Destiny...! ") Later depictions revealed him in Peter Parker's body where he was the titular character from 2013 to 2014. In 2018, he returned as the Superior Spider-Man in a series written by Christos Gage and illustrated by Mike Hawthorne, and again in 2023 in a new series by Dan Slott, and Spider-Man: Octo-Girl by Hideyuki Furuhashi and Betten Court. Born in Schenectady , Otto Octavius
5760-529: Is among the mutants in Magneto's army in House of M . He is punished for wanting to kill an injured enemy. Later, he is killed during the liberation of Genosha, an island that has mutant slaves. Dark Beast aka Black Beast is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. As an alternate reality version of Beast , he first appeared in issue #1 of X-Men: Alpha in 1995 and
5904-415: Is an undergraduate at Empire State University. One day, Randy accidentally stumbles across a clone casket that once belonged to Miles Warren . The casket opens to reveal a decayed clone named Carrion . Upon learning of his creator's death, Carrion offers a partnership with Randy to get revenge on Spider-Man . In return Randy is offered power, but it is not specified what exactly the power entails. Randy dons
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6048-413: Is arrested by S.H.I.E.L.D. only to be attacked by Hydra , who attempt to get Jefferson to join. He instead kills his would-be recruiters and returns home to Rio. He tells his wife what happened and they go looking for Miles, finding their son at Ganke Lee 's house. Jefferson is later attacked by Conrad Marcus , putting him in the hospital. He is attacked again, but Spider-Man battles and defeats Venom at
6192-473: Is closed forever with AoA Nightcrawler's sacrifice, Dark Beast is taken away by the authorities. Dark Beast was soon able to escape from the authorities and was revealed to be the mastermind behind the events that lead the Uncanny X-Men and S.H.I.E.L.D. to war. He started hunting the X-Men affiliated with Cyclops by hacking into S.H.I.E.L.D. using classified research sources to upgrade his work and find
6336-431: Is described as a wise but eccentric wizard that lived in pre-cataclysmic Atlantis , and who was the pupil of the sorceress Zhered-Na, who was banished from Atlantis by King Kamuu for prophesying that the continent would sink below the ocean. After starting a cult, Zhered-Na takes her favored disciple Dakimh and greatly extends his life span so that he ages at an extremely slow rate. While Zhered-Na perishes, Dakimh survives
6480-632: Is forced to acknowledge his own failures when he learns that another Earth where Ben Parker was the Spider-Totem was reduced to a nuclear wasteland due to the actions of his own local counterpart. To stop the Inheritors from traveling around the multiverse, hunting all animal totems as fast as possible, Octavius identified the Master Weaver as the source of their abilities to traverse the multiverse, and killed him. However, Morlun feared
6624-410: Is free and has achieved victory over Spider-Man. But this erasure has also deprived him of Spider-Man's memories, leaving it more difficult for him to pose as Spider-Man, with some of Peter's friends (such as Carlie, Mary Jane, and J. Jonah Jameson, Sr.) questioning Spider-Man's more brutal approach. While Octavius has developed more detailed resources than Peter possessed as Spider-Man, such as creating
6768-808: Is later revealed he used a scuba tank to escape. Doctor Octopus later attempts to steal the Defense Department's Nullifier device, and sets a trap for Spider-Man. He became May Parker 's tenant, then got close enough to use the Nullifier on Spider-Man; although he had hoped that it would merely nullify Spider-Man's web-shooters, the radiation in Spider-Man's blood resulted in the Nullifier's interaction with Spider-Man's unique biology rendering him amnesiac, Doctor Octopus subsequently tricking Spider-Man into helping him before Spider-Man's own better nature resulted in him turning against his 'partner' despite his memory loss long enough for John Jameson to use
6912-469: Is not impressed with the test results of the Omega Machine and wants Dark Beast to make sure the machine works in removing powers from mutants, not killing them. Dark Beast continues to experiment with his Omega Machine, using Beast as his key test subject. Each use of the device causes Beast to look more decrepit and weak. Deciding to use a new subject to test the device on, Dark Beast goes to collect
7056-517: Is now in Peter Parker's body and able to access his foe's memories, but with none of his restraints content of living his civilian life and planning for his future, while his foe is now trapped in Octavius' failing body. Peter is able to recruit the Scorpion , Hydro-Man and the Trapster with the task of keeping him alive and capturing "Spider-Man" in an attempt to reverse the mind swap. However,
7200-418: Is offered a spot in S.H.I.E.L.D. but chooses to live a simple life of being a husband to Rio and father to Miles. Jefferson keeps Miles from ever interacting with Aaron and keeps a strict household in an attempt to lead his son on a clean path. Despite his overall dislike of Aaron's criminal activities, Jefferson is saddened by his brother's subsequent death. During the events of United We Stand , Jefferson
7344-566: Is operating as the Kingpin of Los Angeles. When they fail and are bailed out of prison by Snapdragon's lawyer, Count Nefaria reduces Dansen, Digger, Needle, Tatterdemalion, Tick Tock, and Misfit to ashes. During the " Spider-Geddon " storyline, Dansen and Digger turn up alive as they, Brothers Grimm, Skein, and new member Waxman rob a bus of people, only to be thwarted by Superior Octopus due to his goggles tuning out Dansen's hypnotism. Superior Octopus agrees to spare them more pain in exchange for
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#17327722509527488-415: Is portly, in poor physical shape, and is near-sighted , with his harness attached he is physically more than a match for Spider-Man. The accident also made his eyes very sensitive to light , requiring him to wear glasses with shaded lenses. In their first encounter, Doctor Octopus defeated Spider-Man, tossing him out of a window. Following this defeat, Spider-Man considered giving up his heroic career, but
7632-477: Is seen viewing a telecast of Peter Parker revealing himself to be Spider-Man. Doctor Octopus then goes rampaging throughout the city, in utter disbelief that not only was he beaten numerous times by a teenager, but of the lost opportunity he had when he unmasked Parker in their second encounter (at the time, Octavius assumed he was an impostor). He is again defeated by Spider-Man, who confronts Doctor Octopus unmasked, after two of Peter's students distract Octavius. He
7776-440: Is shown he had really fallen in love with Anna Maria, much to Peter's surprise. Octavius tells Peter he is willing to give up his love to keep her safe - something only Peter can do as the true Superior Spider-Man - and urges the hero to save New York in his place. In the run-up to Spider-Verse , Octavius was sent to the year 2099 by accident while dealing with the temporal anomalies caused by Horizon's time portal. Trapped in
7920-915: Is the father of Miles Morales / Spider-Man . The character was created by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli , and first appeared in Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1 (November 2011) as part of Marvel Comics' Ultimate Marvel line of books set in a universe and continuity separate from the mainstream Marvel Universe . Jefferson is an African-American man who is married to the Puerto Rican woman Rio Morales . He does not get along with his criminal brother Aaron Davis . Things get out of control and Jefferson winds up in jail, only to be bailed out by Nick Fury . Impressed with his fighting skills, Fury has Jefferson join gangster Turk Barrett 's gang for intel, eventually working his way up to Wilson Fisk 's criminal empire. Afterwards, Jefferson
8064-464: Is then sent to Baron Zemo 's supervillain detention facility (as seen in Thunderbolts #104 and Iron Man (vol. 4) #14). Later , Spider-Man contacts Octavius to see if he can help with Aunt May's condition. When Doctor Octopus learns that he is dying due to the years of punishment his body took in his villainous career, facing superhuman foes when he is fundamentally human once getting past
8208-489: The All-New, All-Different Marvel event, Otto Octavius is still dead but a copy of his consciousness is shown to be inside the Living Brain where he is still in love with Anna Maria Marconi. Following the events of Spider-Verse , Otto Octavius had backed up his consciousness in one of his gauntlets (the Superior Spider-Man's web-shooters) that slept for 100 days using the technology he acquired from 2099. The gauntlet housed
8352-771: The Avengers Academy for a piece of Hank Pym 's technology, the Future Foundation for a piece of Reed Richard 's technology, and the Intelligencia for the Zero Cannon , a powerful antigravity weapon, later revealing to have gained something useful from his early foray in John Jameson's shuttle. All this careful preparation came to fruition during the " Ends of the Earth " storyline, where
8496-693: The Black Widow and Silver Sable , who provoke him into revealing his real plan: immolate a great part of the entire population to prevent anyone from surviving his impending death, having the survivors remember him in perpetual fear and awe. Playing over his ego, Spider-Man manages to stall him, by reminding him that, even if anyone managed to survive a drastic heating of the entire Earth, the survivors would likely be brain-damaged, and as such unable to remember his actions. Spider-Man then roughly defeats him, in retaliation for Silver Sable's death, openly mocking and berating his efforts by claiming that, because of
8640-737: The Brotherhood of Mutants . Right before House of M , the Dark Beast was in Genosha where he joined Xavier's team after being offered parole . It was confirmed in The 198 Files one-shot that he stayed powered after M-Day . Dark Beast returns and finally confronts his counterpart in the Endangered Species storyline, where he ambushes him in Neverland, the extermination camp ran by Weapon X , to offer his services regarding finding
8784-580: The Punisher and Spider-Man. He next battled the Owl and his gang. He successfully deactivated a nuclear reactor in a laboratory before meltdown. He later displayed symptoms which Mister Fantastic diagnosed as multiple personality disorder. During the " Secret Wars " storyline, Doctor Octopus was taken to the Beyonder 's Battleworld , where he fought a horde of heroes and plotted against Doctor Doom for
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#17327722509528928-815: The Secret Empire . Darby changes his code-name to Paralyzer when the Mutant Force become the Resistants . The Resistants' protest against the United States' Mutant Registration Act is cut short by a clash with John Walker , who is Captain America at that time. Later, the Resistants revert to their Mutant Force identities and costumes. Their next clash is with the New Warriors . Paralyzer later battles Spider-Man , subduing him with
9072-513: The elimination of the Morlocks. Fearing discovery, the Dark Beast continued his operations in secret. During this time he also trained Marshall Stone III how to control his powers, and set him up as the bounty hunter known as Random. The Dark Beast later kidnapped the real Beast and kept him a prisoner behind a brick wall. He infiltrated the X-Men in his place by altering his appearance to match
9216-429: The " Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy " storyline, Peter decides to have Parker Industries get familiar with New U Enterprises' "New U" system, which is a program where replacement organs are cloned for those suffering from serious injuries. Upon hearing about it from within the Living Brain, Doctor Octopus' consciousness expresses an interest in the procedure. When Peter Parker scanned the Living Brain to find out why it
9360-598: The " Sins of Sinister " storyline, it is revealed that Dark Beast's head was retrieved and secretly kept alive and preserved in a tube by Mister Sinister which he uses for advice. When Dark Beast asks for Mister Sinister to let him out, Mister Sinister informs him that he's not the "darkest beast" anymore. The Dark-Crawler, formerly known as the Night-Crawler (unrelated to the X-Men superhero Nightcrawler ), which first appeared in Incredible Hulk #126 (1970),
9504-556: The "Mutant Force" entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #9. Randall Darby is discovered and recruited by Magneto to become a member of his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, taking the code-name Shocker. After being abandoned by Magneto, Darby and his teammates come to be known as the Mutant Force. Under this name they work for the United States government and later
9648-549: The Celestials, and destroy anyone they touch. In order to defeat these cosmic beings, the X-Men and X-Treme X-men decided to imprisoned them within that reality forever, otherwise, the Exterminators would destroy the whole multiverse. AoA Nightcrawler teleports them to Earth-616 one at a time and Dark Beast goes with them. Dark Beast arrives on Earth-616 but is knocked out by Gambit. After the Age of Apocalypse reality
9792-652: The Goblin King discovers evidence in it that states that Doctor Octopus' mind is in Spider-Man's body. Following him being possessed by the Venom symbiote, Octavius receives unexpected help from Peter Parker's consciousness, though Octavius is still unaware that Peter survived their mental duel. Peter decides to maintain a low profile until Octavius does something that will cause him to spring into action. Peter finds that Octavius's delete has left him with very few memories of his own, but after realizing those he still has are
9936-405: The Green Goblin rescuing criminals who have escaped Spider-Man and recruiting them into his new gang, as Octavius simply focused on the leaders whereas Peter would have tried to capture the whole gang. His fixation in proving himself Spider-Man's superior reached a particular climax when Spider-Man 2099 came to the past to deal with a temporal anomaly, with Octavius becoming so fixated with solving
10080-576: The Lizard, reigniting his bitterness towards his foe, but gaining a grudging acknowledgment of his abilities. Octavius and Spider-Man keep crossing their ways during the following months, with the Avengers fighting a new iteration of the Sinister Six, Doctor Octopus sending a remote Octobot in John Jameson's shuttle, and Octavius contacting Iron Man to force him to find a cure for his degenerative condition. However, when Iron Man genuinely offers to have
10224-409: The Morlock's Tunnels after the fall of Norman Osborn. He was able to capture the Lizard and began developing a means of enhancing the Lizard's control of the reptilian parts of the human brain in order to turn human beings into humanoid lizards. Dark Beast had been abducting victims of bullying or abuse from the streets, until the X-Men and Spider-Man found his base. Dark Beast locks Spider-Man out of
10368-694: The Night Shift becoming his paid agents. They agree to his terms and are ordered to return the stolen items. Superior Octopus leaves advising them never to cross him or they will not live long enough to regret it. Dansen has the mystical ability to hypnotize or kill anyone who witnesses her dancing. She can also make herself undetectable to the human senses. Dar-Benn is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character, created by Ron Marz and Ron Lim , first appeared in Silver Surfer vol. 3 #53 (June 1991). He
10512-545: The Nullifier to shut down his tentacles. Doctor Octopus later exhibited the ability to activate his mechanical arms remotely, and used them to free himself from prison. His resulting battle with Spider-Man resulted in Captain George Stacy 's death. Doctor Octopus later waged a gang war with Hammerhead . He attempted to wed May Parker to acquire an island with an atomic plant which she had recently (and unknowingly) inherited. Doctor Octopus escaped death when
10656-561: The Octavian Lens' destruction and his declining health, he is now going to die alone, forgotten and without a legacy. Even captivity and incarceration were unable to stop Octavius. Since Spider-Man was forced to access the Octobots' hive mind several times in previous months, he unwittingly gave Octavius a full, unrestricted access to his mind and as such he becomes able to program a lone Octobot to swap their mind pattern. Octavius
10800-438: The Peter Parker of Earth-616 – who Octavius presumes is a past Peter as he cannot contemplate the possibility that he will fail- he is forced to concede to Peter's leadership when Peter defeats him in a fight, Peter stating that killing Morlun and the Inheritors is not the answer, as they will just come back, and they need a new plan. Although he realizes that Peter comes from his future when Peter recognizes Anna Maria's name, Otto
10944-677: The PhD Peter denied himself in the past, and breaks the self-imposed "no-kill rule" by taking a proactive stance against evildoers and criminals, shooting the villain Massacre even after Massacre appeared to show signs of recovering from the brain damage that motivated his crimes, and violently assaulting the Jester and Screwball for a relatively minor insult. These actions prompted the Avengers to confront "Spider-Man" about his recent activities, recognizing that their friend would never act in such
11088-532: The Proto-Clone (a perfect clone of Peter Parker) before Ben Reilly could. With his new body, Otto Octavius returns to one of his old bases only to find it is being occupied by HYDRA. He defeats the HYDRA soldiers, but is then recruited into HYDRA by Arnim Zola . Zola grants him the leadership of some HYDRA soldiers to work for him in arranging the destruction of Parker Industries . With HYDRA's help, he creates
11232-544: The Superior Octopus had the HYDRA agents in Parker Industries' London branch blow up the building. As Peter flees to the Shanghai branch of Parker Industries, Octavius attempts to implement various security protocols he had added to all Parker Industries tech that allows him to retake control of anything developed by the company, but Peter turns the tables on Octavius by ordering his employees to literally destroy
11376-605: The Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time, and in 2014 rated him Spider-Man's greatest enemy. Doctor Octopus first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #3 (July 1963), created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko . Lee recounted: "Usually in creating a villain the first thing I would think of was a name, and then I would try to think of, 'Well, now that I've got the name, who's the character going to be and what will he do?' For some reason, I thought of an octopus. I thought, 'I want to call somebody Octopus. And I want him to have
11520-505: The Trapster's portable life support can give Peter only 700 minutes to live. As such, Peter openly antagonizes "Spider-Man". While Peter's attempt to reclaim his body fails, he is able to imbue his nemesis with his very memories and values before apparently dying in Octavius' crippled body. Distraught, Octavius (in a sudden surge of empathy for his sworn nemesis) vows to steer himself away from villainy and accepts Peter's dying wish of having
11664-659: The Uncanny X-Force team, who wanted McCoy's help to find a cure for Archangel. As Warren succumbs to the darkness within him, Dark Beast confronted the team with the revelation that the only place left to turn for a cure is the Age of Apocalypse reality. They arrived ten years after the X-Men had defeated Mister Sinister , yet it appears that the X-Men still face enormous challenges in this harsh setting. As they follow Dark Beast, unknowingly followed by Wild Child and Sabretooth , to one of his labs, Dark Beast approaches one Gatekeeper, who reveals that no one has ever entered
11808-487: The X-Men. He was the one to infect Cyclops, Emma Frost, Magik, Magneto and Colossus with nano-sentinels, which is the reason for their broken powers after the incident with the Phoenix Force. Beast finally launches a coordinated attack using a hijacked S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier to launch a nuclear strike, and new indestructible sentinels that have adapted to all the X-Men's powers. The only thing he didn't account for
11952-421: The ability to alter his body at will. He was eventually defeated and held prisoner at Harry's basement. Faced with a lack of resources, Cyclops agrees to let Dark Beast work on an "anti-vaccine" to neutralize Callahan's current mutant 'vaccine', with Warlock monitoring the process of creating the cure to ensure that it does only what Dark Beast says, Dark Beast defining it as a simple airborne virus that will feed
12096-563: The ambassador of the newly formed Free Palestinian State hostage, demanding that in exchange for the ambassador's freedom, Spider-Man would meet him in Times Square and unmask himself in front of the world. When Spider-Man went to Times Square, he pulled off his mask to reveal another mask, angering Octavius enough to distract him from the release of the ambassador by agents of the Israeli Secret Service. Doctor Octopus
12240-502: The apparently mismatched pieces of technology stolen are used to build a satellite net, the Octavian Lens , able to alter the world's climate by enhancing or smothering solar rays. Doctor Octopus at first claims to have a benevolent intent, wishing to halt the greenhouse effect in exchange for gratitude and recognition, but he is soon exposed by Spider-Man (having enhanced himself with new technology created be Horizon Labs ),
12384-470: The bombardment and escaped with the Living Brain. He then tries to find the Goblin King; however, before he can do so, Menace takes supporting character Anna Maria Marconi hostage. Meanwhile, the Goblin destroys all the buildings that mean something to Octavius, to punish him for robbing the Goblin of his dream: Killing Spider-Man. Octavius is lured to Empire State University, where he finds Don Lamaze. During
12528-416: The brightest minds in the Marvel Universe find a viable cure, Octavius smugly refuses, in favor of witnessing Stark admit that he cannot do it and beg for mercy to disarm a device that Octavius had claimed was a bomb, basking in this "proof" of his (supposedly) superior intellect. His attempts to prolong his life, however, do not hinder a more vast and sinister plan, in which he has the Sinister Six fighting
12672-666: The cataclysm that sinks Atlantis and escapes, continuing to live for centuries and maintaining the teachings of his mentor as her only surviving disciple. Dansen Macabre is an exotic dancer and a devoted worshipper of the God Shiva . She first appeared in Marvel Team-Up #93 (May 1980). She uses her powers to hypnotize Spider-Man into battling the Shroud in an attempt to kill both of them. The pair manage to overcome her dances and defeat her. She briefly appears later as
12816-486: The cause of several inhabitants of a small town to dream-walk and continuously repeat "I'm an X-Man". As they investigate, both Mimic and Omega are overwhelmed by some kind of energies and go on a rampage, leaving Mystique and Dark Beast alone with a patient that they were examining. Shortly thereafter the energies takes a humanoid form, and Nate Grey , best known as X-Man, once more takes physical form, much to Dark Beast's shock and horror. Dark Beast has since returned to
12960-537: The character's redemption and superhero career. The original Spider-Man has since been resurrected after the death of Otto Octavius. Following Spider-Verse , a copy of his consciousness became a villain, though a second volume of The Superior Spider-Man launched in 2018 saw the duplicate taking on the mantle before returning to the Doctor Octopus mantle as an antihero , having his soul restored and memories of redemption erased by Mephisto , before returning to
13104-509: The consequences of this action, resulting in Karn, the surviving defected Inheritor, taking the Weaver's place (although it was noted that the Weaver was actually Karn's future self, creating a complex temporal paradox). Having learned that he was 'destined' to be replaced by Peter Parker, Octavius attempted to attack the multiversal web to 'save' himself from his destiny, claiming that he was giving
13248-511: The copy of Peter Parker's consciousness, Doctor Octopus gains control of the clone body and emerges from the vat where he resembles his earlier appearance. The Jackal was present where he presents him with his tentacle pack. Now an ally of Jackal, Doctor Octopus receives the special New U Pills to prevent his body from suffering clone degeneration. When Spider-Man later infiltrates New U Technologies after witnessing video footage of one of its subjects suffering from cellular degeneration, he evades
13392-588: The cost of Rio's life. One year later, Jefferson discovers that Miles is Spider-Man, angering him and blaming his son for the deaths of Aaron and Rio. Jefferson apologizes and reveals his own past to his son. Jefferson's undercover life impresses both Donald Roxxon and the Green Goblin . Doctor Octopus#Superior Octopus As the Superior Spider-Man/the Superior Octopus: Doctor Octopus ( Dr. Otto Octavius ), also known as Doc Ock for short,
13536-419: The delete), Peter is shown lifting the 'rocks' off himself from the mental battle. When Carlie had found evidence that Doctor Octopus' mind is in Spider-Man's body, she mourns Peter in Doctor Octopus' grave. The grave then collapses and Carlie falls in where she discovers that Doctor Octopus' body is not there. After Carlie has been captured by Menace, the Goblin King receives Carlie's journal from Menace, where
13680-531: The energies of the life seed to aid Weapon Omega to resurrect a number of fallen mutants in order to provide Weapon Omega an army of powerful mutants. At an undisclosed time, Dark Beast leaves the Age of Apocalypse and returns to Earth-616 Universe. He is soon approached by the AoA version of Nightcrawler, who wants to return to their home dimension. Using the Celestial Dreamer, Dark Beast once again opens
13824-509: The engagement with Mary Alice. Later, when Otto discovered that his mother had hypocritically begun dating a librarian, he finally snapped and lashed out at her, causing her to have a fatal heart attack. 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. His co-workers often called him "Doctor Octopus" behind his back,
13968-627: The ensuing fight, Lamaze takes a blade meant for Octavius and dies in the Superior Spider-Man's arms. Heading to Alchemax, he is confronted by Spider-Man 2099, who takes control of the Spider-Slayers and demands answers. However, before he gets them, the Goblin King reactivates the Slayers to kill the Spiders, stating Norman Osborn now rules New York. Although he manages to escape, Octavius is forced to realize that he has failed in his goal to be
14112-538: The events of the Dark Angel Saga , Dark Beast has assumed command over the Clan Akkaba of Earth 616 and relocated off world alongside Ozymandias, Famine, War, a pregnant Pestilence, and a badly injured Earth 295 Blob. It also appears he retrieved Sugar Man from Steve Rogers' custody, and together they have rebuilt the dimensional portal technology and returned to the Age of Apocalypse, where the two are using
14256-581: The future, he attempted to return home by creating a dimensional portal, but found himself travelling to various alternate universes – including one where Spider-Man joined the Fantastic Four and a variation of the House of M – where all the Spider-Men were dead. Realizing that something was hunting Spider-Men across other dimensions, Octavius began to gather some of the more ruthless Spider-Men into
14400-528: The grounds that he would now have to cope with the same humiliation he had endured. During the " Clone Saga ", Doctor Octopus saved Spider-Man from certain death from a poison injected by the Vulture , although this was only because he desired to be the one to kill Spider-Man. During the healing process, he discovered Spider-Man's identity and then allowed himself to be taken in by police, expecting to be saved by his accomplice/lover Stunner . However, Stunner
14544-420: The hands of Magneto, and was also responsible for the creation of Holocaust's lead hunter Wolverine (not to be confused with the X-Men's Wolverine who was known only as Weapon X in that reality). With the end of the Age of Apocalypse, the Dark Beast was able to escape into Earth-616 through the M'Kraan Crystal . He was believed to have died due to Quicksilver 's interference in his set trajectory. However,
14688-513: The initial security force, including the Rhino and the female Electro . When he discovers what appears to be Gwen Stacy, he is distracted long enough to be caught off-guard by the reborn Octavius, once again in his own body with new tentacles. With Spider-Man trapped in his tentacles, Doctor Octopus tells him that he is not a clone or a hologram, but the real Otto Octavius. After Silk escapes from New U Technologies, Doctor Octopus attacks Spectro who
14832-421: The island was destroyed in a thermonuclear explosion and began a life as a homeless person. He next battled the "ghost" of Hammerhead, unwittingly returned him to his corporeal form using a particle accelerator and defeated him after forming a temporary alliance with Spider-Man. Doctor Octopus later attempted to hijack an atomic submarine. He also attempted to poison New York City with printers' ink, and battled
14976-457: The lab after Dark Beast's disappearance. As they walk in they find a picture with Sinister, Dark Beast, Havok and Cyclops on it, with Dark Beast mistakenly revealing that Prelate Scott Summers is also dead. Dark Beast soon finds the life seed. Nightcrawler then teleports in and swipes the seed away, before he could give it to the X-Force, figuring that Dark Beast was up to some evil plot. After
15120-497: The laboratory, Anna Maria reveals she knows how to stop the decaying process on the clones and Jackal offers her the "Proto-Clone" body in exchange for the formula. Octavius takes offense to Jackal's comments on Maria's dwarfism and attacks his boss. Then he pulls a switch which activates the Carrion Virus in all of the clones and causes them to start rapidly decaying. Doctor Octopus fights Jackal to allow Peter and Anna Maria
15264-739: The leader of the group. Shocker is seen during a meeting of Unus' people after Unus is swallowed by Freakshow , one of the other mutants on the island. The group is not sure they will take Unus back if he survives. He does return, prompting Shocker and the others into attacking him in order to prove he can still defend himself. Shocker loses his powers on M-Day and the energies that he used to control are drawn to The Collective . Darby can generate powerful fields of bio-electromagnetic energy from his body. He also has cybernetic claws of unknown origin in lieu of his hands and feet, and can channel his electrical energy through them into shock bolts or high-voltage fields of electromagnetic energy. Randall Darby
15408-560: The leadership of the group of villains. He was able to defeat the X-Men , until Magneto came to the mutants' aid. His crowning achievement of evil was the near-fatal beating of the Black Cat (Spider-Man's then-partner) which led to Spider-Man beating Doctor Octopus to within an inch of his life. The trauma of the beating he received from Spider-Man left Otto Octavius afraid of Spider-Man and spiders in general for years, and he needed to be treated for his acute arachnophobia . Spider-Man
15552-555: The life from Spider-Man. Randy tries to attack Carrion, but he is hit with the red death causing him to rapidly deteriorate and die. Randy Vale appears in Spider-Man: Homecoming , portrayed by Christopher Berry . This version is an employee of Adrian Toomes ' salvaging company who becomes a criminal after the Department of Damage Control 's formation causes the company to go out of business. Jefferson Davis
15696-401: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dark_Beast&oldid=1221654879 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Dark Beast (Marvel Comics) Emmanuel da Costa is
15840-491: The memory of Spider-Man's identity had not been recorded at the time of his death. In later years, Octavius attempted to create his own personal assassin in the form of a villainous mutated entity he dubbed " Spider-Woman ". He has also had to deal with another usurper, in the form of arrogant young businessman and con artist Luke Carlyle , who pretended to employ Octavius at his company. Tiring of his life of crime and wishing to return to an engineering career, Octavius accepted
15984-455: The mutant vaccine's virus before it can smother the X-Gene, leaving them free to activate. However, after the anti-vaccine has been dispersed worldwide, it is revealed that Dark Beast, with some help from Mister Sinister, had in fact 'tricked' the X-Men as the serum indeed shuts the virus of the mutant vaccine's and is harmless to those who already had their X-Gene activated, but in the presence of
16128-532: The newly captured Mindee of the Stepford Cuckoos . When he reaches the holding cell however, he discovers that Mindee's capture was done to allow X-Force to follow. Dark Beast is then attacked and stabbed multiple times by both Wolverine and Warpath. Dark Beast recovered quickly from his injuries suffered by the hands of Wolverine and Warpath as he was sent by Norman Osborn as well as Mimic, Weapon Omega and Mystique under Jean Grey's form, to investigate
16272-487: The offer. This proved to be a ruse, and Carlyle subdued Doctor Octopus and stole his technology, using it to create his own version of Octavius' harness and tentacles. During a prolonged battle with Octavius and Spider-Man, Carlyle was defeated when Doctor Octopus ripped open his suit, allowing Spider-Man to fill Carlyle's suit with webbing, although Doctor Octopus informed his enemy that he only did this to hurt Carlyle rather than to help Spider-Man. Then, Doctor Octopus took
16416-604: The ones that define him, vows not to give up, and that he will regain control of his body. The Superior Spider-Man finds himself facing the full force of the Goblin Underground since the possession of the Venom symbiote 31 days ago. When the Superior Spider-Man finally confronts the Goblin King, he mentions that he knows about Doctor Octopus' mind-swap with Spider-Man. The Goblin King then makes his next move by having missiles targeted at Spider-Island II. Octavius survived
16560-580: The only damage was that he landed twenty years in the past of Earth-616 without any memory whatsoever. He soon met a young Emma Frost , who helped him to regain some of his scattered memories. The Dark Beast then set base in Manhattan's subway tunnels, and was responsible for the creation of the Morlocks . The characteristics of the experimentation were later recognized by the 616 Mister Sinister as an unauthorized use of his own theories, leading him to order
16704-474: The planned marriage. Spider-Man is eventually able to take control of Octavius's planned network, forcing Octavius to flee while vowing revenge. In his desperate attempts to prolong his life, Octavius reforms the Sinister Six, wishing to acquire Menace 's unborn son, hoping to synthesize a pure strain of the Goblin Serum, only to be thwarted again by the efforts of Spider-Man and the guilty conscience of
16848-464: The power to control them telepathically from great distances. The accident also seemingly damaged his brain (although it was later suggested that what was interpreted as brain damage was, in fact, his mind rewiring itself to accommodate four extra limbs ), and the scientist turned to a life of crime, first taking the hospital hostage and calling himself "Doctor Octopus" from the derogatory name that his co-workers had given him. Though Doctor Octopus himself
16992-466: The problem and keeping his identity secret that he actually attacked the future Spider-Man rather than ask for his help, his actions resulting in the destruction of Horizon Labs because he could not solve the vibranium -related equations that Peter was able to resolve. Unknown to Octavius, Peter's memories managed to survive the deletion. When Octavius attempts to access Spider-Man's memories (because Octavius can only view memories that were looked at before
17136-422: The real McCoy's fur color, although he occasionally found himself at risk of discovery due to Hank possessing a broader range of knowledge than himself, requiring him to bluff his way through some of the questions he was asked. He helped keep up the ruse by slaying many of Hank's childhood friends and teachers, although he found himself unable to kill Hank's parents. Angered at this emotional weakness, he decapitated
17280-527: The role of Superior Spider-Man in 2023 in a new series by Dan Slott , and Spider-Man: Octo-Girl by Hideyuki Furuhashi and Betten Court. 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, enduring, and dangerous foes." A fan favorite character and well-known figure in popular culture , Doctor Octopus has been featured in various media adaptations of Spider-Man over
17424-457: The room and triggers the mutation in Gambit, Storm, Emma Frost and Wolverine, although Emma comes through the 'attack' unharmed as she is in her diamond form, giving her and Spider-Man time to escape Dark Beast's minions and release the Lizard to knock him out. Later the X-Men and Spider-Man reverse the process and take Dark Beast into custody. While being transported, Dark Beast is approached by
17568-451: The satellite for Octavius to sell off, subsequently beating Fusion half to death and attempting to sell the satellite himself before he was caught and defeated by Spider-Man. Octavius unsuccessfully tried to form and lead another version of the Sinister Six , because Captain America 's Secret Avengers managed to defeat the villainous group, although Doctor Octopus himself eluded authorities. In Sensational Spider-Man #28, Doctor Octopus
17712-618: The spiders the 'gift' of free will, but the Earth-616 spiders were able to defeat him as their surviving allies returned to their home dimensions. Before he departed, Octavius issued a time-delayed message to the Anna Maria program, intended to activate 100 days after he returned to his home time, but upon his return to his time, his memory of his time with the Spider-Army is erased, allowing history to unfold as it should. As part of
17856-481: The team. Disguised as the Master Planner , he organized theft of atomic equipment. After he stole a formula that Spider-Man needed to cure his Aunt May, Spider-Man tracked Doctor Octopus' gang to their base. In the ensuing fight, Spider-Man became trapped underneath a collapsed building. Seemingly doomed, Spider-Man was ultimately able to draw upon the sheer force of his will to summon the strength to escape. It
18000-474: The tentacles, he becomes increasingly despondent and brazen in his final plans. Intending to leave a lasting legacy, he attempts to exert control over New York City by using his newly minted Octobots, but while he consciously intends to help, his subconscious drives him to turn the city's resources against Spider-Man, and he also targets May Parker aggressively (deeming her guilty of being due to marry J. Jonah Jameson's father J. Jonah Jameson, Sr.), subtly disrupting
18144-502: The time to transmit the frequency, Spider-Man correctly anticipating that Octavius would act to protect Anna regardless of their own history. The frequency has a huge effect on Doctor Octopus and Jackal. Upon checking New U Technologies' Haven following the broadcast, Spider-Man and Anna Maria find that Ben Reilly, Doctor Octopus, and Gwen Stacy have been seemingly reduced to dust. It was later revealed that Doctor Octopus rendered Ben Reilly unconscious and escaped by transmitting his mind into
18288-670: The whole staff of Horizon Labs, Daredevil , Wolverine (explicitly forbidden to have Spider-Man's mind telepathically scanned under the threat of legal action in court), Mary Jane Watson , and Carlie Cooper . Despite his accomplishments, Octavius is revealed to be still haunted by Peter Parker's lingering spirit, unable to reassert control over Spider-Man's shared body, but actively hampering his efforts to stray from Peter's values, and trying to reclaim his body. Despite Peter's lingering influence, Octavius's refusal of Peter's values and perceived screw-ups prompts him to "rectify" some mistakes: "Peter" enrolls back to college, pursuing actively
18432-437: The world's rulers, only just being defeated thanks to the sacrifice of the Avengers and Fantastic Four . He also had a few run-ins with Generation X and Gene Nation . There he was the leader of the newly revamped Gene Nation, although through the robotic body of Wynter, attempting to capture Generation X to experiment on them. The previous meeting between him and Emma Frost was also revealed. He also led an incarnation of
18576-462: The years, including feature films, television series, and video games. In live-action, Alfred Molina portrayed the character in the films Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). Kathryn Hahn voiced a female version of Doctor Octopus named Olivia Octavius in the animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). In 2009, IGN ranked Doctor Octopus 28th in
18720-543: Was "infected" by its time in Spider-Man to believe that Peter was superior rather than himself. Upon heading to Potter's Field, the Doctor Octopus-possessed Octobot finds that Doctor Octopus' body was grave-robbed, alongside those of Alistair Alphonso Smythe and other villains. It traces the grave robbery to New U Technologies. Finding Doctor Octopus' body, the Doctor Octopus-possessed Octobot allowed it to be cloned and perfected. After eliminating
18864-1587: Was a male Pink Kree general who used a robot of the Silver Surfer to execute Clumsy Foulup and General Dwi-Zann during the Infinity Gauntlet . He was killed by Deathbird during the Kree-Shi'ar war . Paralyzer ( Randall Darby ), also known as the second Shocker , is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Shocker II, created by Jack Kirby , first appeared in Captain America Annual #4 (1977). The character subsequently appears in The Defenders #78–80 (Dec 1979 – Feb 1980), 83 (May 1980), 87 (Sep 1980), 125–126 (Nov–Dec 1983), and 128–130 (Feb–Apr 1984). The character appears as Paralyzer in Captain America #343 (Jul 1988), 346 (Oct 1988), 368 (Mar 1990), 394 (Nov 1991), Midnight Sons Unlimited #3 (Oct 1993), and Captain America #426 (Apr 1994). The character returns to his Shocker identity, appearing in The New Warriors vol. 2 #6 (Mar 2000), X-Men #132 (Nov 2002), The Uncanny X-Men #442–443 (June 2004), Excalibur vol. 3 #2 (Aug 2004), and The New Avengers #16–19 (Apr–Jul 2006). Shocker II appears as part of
19008-520: Was acting unusually, Doctor Octopus' consciousness asked why it was erased. Realizing the truth, Peter Parker shut down the Living Brain, only for Doctor Octopus' consciousness to reactivate it and cause it to self-destruct while escaping in the Octobot. Arriving at New U Enterprises, the Doctor Octopus-possessed Octobot plans to get his biological body back, convinced that the consciousness in Parker's body
19152-422: Was among the scientists that Magneto's right-hand person Briar tried to contact in order to make a special cocktail to augment Magneto's powers for the upcoming incursion between Earth-616 and Earth-1610. This occurred sometime before he began suffering from his own genetic experiments. During the " Secret Empire " storyline, Dark Beast turns up alive and no longer having health problems. He is shown to have set up
19296-466: Was apparently forced to work for Fusion in helping him recover the 'John Hancock' satellite, once used to find nuclear weapons but now capable of finding potentially radioactive superhumans such as the Hulk or Spider-Man. Although Fusion had apparently forced Octavius into submission, Octavius eventually revealed that he had merely been faking his submission so that Fusion could do all the hard work of finding
19440-449: Was created by Scott Lobdell and Roger Cruz . In the " Age of Apocalypse " reality, Hank McCoy was a mad scientist and geneticist working for Mister Sinister in his breeding pens, intent on breeding more powerful mutants according to Apocalypse's " survival of the fittest " ideology. Because of Charles Xavier 's death and without being taught ethical science while in the X-Men, McCoy became someone ruthless and evil. While Sinister
19584-480: Was forced to let his nemesis beat him in combat so as to allow Octavius to break free of his fears and recruit him to save New York City from an exploding nuclear reactor; Octavius had been planning to detonate the reactor to kill Spider-Man indirectly, but after his out-of-control arms beat Spider-Man seemingly senseless, Spider-Man persuaded him to shut down the reactor to ensure that there were witnesses to his 'great triumph'. Octavius decided to let Spider-Man live on
19728-477: Was inspired to continue by the Human Torch , and ultimately defeated Doctor Octopus. Over the years, Doctor Octopus has become one of the most identifiable members of Spider-Man's rogues gallery . Doctor Octopus formed the original Sinister Six to fight Spider-Man after taking Betty Brant and May Parker hostage. He has led subsequent Sinister Six groups and usually takes offense when someone else leads
19872-463: Was knocked out and Doctor Octopus was murdered by the insane Spider-Man clone Kaine . Carolyn Trainer took over as "Doctor Octopus" until her teacher was resurrected by a branch of the mystical ninja cult known as the Hand . Upon his resurrection, it was revealed that he now had no knowledge of Spider-Man's identity, as the memories he gained came from a computer chip provided by Carolyn Trainer and
20016-451: Was methodical and rational in his experiments, McCoy found sadistic delight in causing pain to his lab subjects. It was the cruelty of his experiments that caused him to be nicknamed "the Beast", both by prisoners and Sinister's Elite Mutant Force. McCoy also experimented on himself in order to further his mutation, and gained his ape -like bestial appearance. Any mutant that he deemed unworthy
20160-544: Was taken to Ryker's Island and was drugged and brainwashed to kill the Green Goblin . He interrupted a battle between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin on the Brooklyn Bridge , and the two villains were struck by lightning and fell into the river below. Octopus was dragged out days later with no memory of the event and missing two months of his life. While hiding in a plant that was owned by the villain Fusion, Octavius
20304-404: Was the new X-Man David Bond, aka Hijack , who can control any electronic device. Dark Beast's body has been so weak after experimenting on himself, that he needed a life support suit, so after a short battle his suit was eventually punctured, and he set a bomb that caused his apparent death. During the "Last Days" part of the " Secret Wars " story-line, it was mentioned months ago that Dark Beast
20448-421: Was the only child of Torbert Octavius, a construction worker, and Mary Lavinia Octavius, a homemaker. While Mary loved and supported Otto right from the beginning, Torbert was a violent alcoholic who regularly beat Otto and his mother. The young Octavius's shyness and good work in school got him labeled as a "teacher's pet" and targeted as a subject for bullying. Torbert hated having a bullied son and, believing that
20592-527: Was turned into a component of a genetic stew that was used to create Apocalypse's army of Infinites. Besides being one of the creators of the Infinites, the Dark Beast also experimented on Blink , Jamie Madrox (thus being one of the creators of The Madri), Impossible Man , merged all of the Power siblings into one hideous creature, created Tiger Shark , made Nemesis into Holocaust following his defeat at
20736-450: Was unable to phase through the walls with the test subject. Doctor Octopus and Spectro fight until Electro arrives and knocks out Spectro. Doctor Octopus later experiments with Spectro and plans to put him into a cloned body. While studying the clones of Kaine and Electro to perfect the Proto-Clone, Anna Maria was brought to Otto and she becomes uncomfortable when Doctor Octopus starts appealing towards his love interest. When Jackal enters
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