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The Superior Spider-Man

October 20, 2023

For the superseding title, see Superior Spider-Man Team-Up.

The Superior Spider-Man is a superhero comic book series published by Marvel Comics that ran between January 2013 and September 2014. It was written by Dan Slott, with artwork by Ryan Stegman, Humberto Ramos, and Giuseppe Camuncoli. The series continues from the events of the 2012 storyline "Dying Wish", in which Peter Parker is killed off and replaced with his nemesis Otto Octavius, who swapped consciousnesses with Parker and left him to die in his decaying body to ensure his own survival. However, Octavius becomes inspired by Parker's dying wish to have a new Spider-Man protect New York City, and decides to take on the mantle himself, becoming the self-proclaimed "Superior Spider-Man".

The Superior Spider-Man
Cover of The Superior Spider-Man #1 (January 2013).
Art by Ryan Stegman.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
ScheduleBiweekly
FormatLimited series
Genre
No. of issuesVol. 1: 33
Vol. 2: 12
Vol. 3: 10
Creative team
Created byDan Slott
Ryan Stegman
Written byDan Slott (Vol. 1 & Vol. 3)
Christos Gage (Vol. 2)
Artist(s)Vol 1:
Ryan Stegman
Humberto Ramos
Giuseppe Camuncoli
Vol. 2:
Mike Hawthorne
Vol. 3:
Mark Bagley

The series is a continuation of the long running series The Amazing Spider-Man, which concluded with The Amazing Spider-Man #700. The Superior Spider-Man also crosses over into other Spider-Man titles such as Avenging Spider-Man and its superseding title Superior Spider-Man Team-Up, in addition to other Marvel titles. The series ended with issue #31, which determined the fate of Parker's mind, and was followed up by a relaunch of The Amazing Spider-Man series, with the new volume depicting Parker regaining his body and the Spider-Man mantle. Despite The Superior Spider-Man being considered a different series to The Amazing Spider-Man, the first 33 issue run goes towards the legacy numbering of The Amazing Spider-Man acting as issues 701–733. In December 2013, the series returned for five issues, numbered 700.1 through 700.5, with the first two written by David Morrell and drawn by Klaus Janson.[1]

The series returned for two additional issues (#32 and #33) that fill a gap left by an earlier storyline, as well as lead into the "Spider-Verse" storyline. They were released in August 2014.[2] In 2018, a one-shot titled The Superior Octopus was released, serving as a continuation of the history of Otto Octavius after the events of "Go Down Swinging", and also serves as a tie-in to the "Spider-Geddon" storyline. The same year, a new volume of The Superior Spider-Man debuted as part of the "Spider-Geddon" with 12 new issues, written by Christos Gage and drawn by Mike Hawthorne.[3] A new volume written by Slott and drawn by Mark Bagley would launch in November 2023.[4] The storyline was adapted into the second season of Marvel's Spider-Man, with the character voiced by Robbie Daymond (Superior Spider-Man's body) and Scott Menville (Otto Octavius' inner thought monologues), with Otto Octavius as the Superior Spider-Man also appearing in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) as a member of Spider-Man 2099's Spider-Society.

Publication history Edit

Marvel Comics first teased The Superior Spider-Man in September 2012 by releasing an image of the word Superior without the creative team.[5] A short time before the NYCC 2012 Marvel released a new Superior teaser, this time with the creative team of Dan Slott, Ryan Stegman, Humberto Ramos and Giuseppe Camuncoli.[6] A week later a new Spider-Man centric title was revealed to be The Superior Spider-Man.[7] In December 2018, Otto, in his Superior Spider-Man avatar, returned once again in a series written by Christos Gage and illustrated by Mike Hawthorne.[8] In June 2023, it was announced that a new volume of The Superior Spider-Man would launch later in 2023, which also the 10-year anniversary of the original storyline, and that Dan Slott would return to write the book.[9] In July 2023, it was announced that a one-shot, called Superior Spider-Man Returns, would launch in October that same year, with Slott writing, and Stegman, Ramos, Camuncoli, and Mark Bagley on art, which would lead into a new ongoing launching in November that same year by Slott and Bagley. It was also revealed at San Diego Comic-Con that the series would replace the Spider-Man (2022–23) series by Slott and Bagley.

Plot summary Edit

Volume 1 Edit

"My Own Worst Enemy" Edit

After Peter Parker's death at the "Dying Wish" storyline's climax in The Amazing Spider-Man #700, Otto Octavius has implanted his mind into Peter's body, determined to prove himself the "Superior" Spider-Man by being both a better superhero and person than Parker ever could be. Octavius earns public acclaim when he defeats the Sinister Six. Unbeknownst to Octavius, he is subconsciously held back by Parker's consciousness which still exists within his body, buried underneath Octavius' own, intent on stopping the villain and reclaiming his life. Peter proves unable to influence Octavius in any more than the slightest of ways. Octavius inadvertently causes himself to share Peter's genuine love for Mary Jane Watson.[10]

When his old Sinister Six teammate Vulture resurfaces, Octavius attempts to convince Parker's old friend Harry Osborn to give up crime. Upon the discovery that the Vulture employs children as henchmen Otto brutally takes the Vulture down, blinding him in the process. Vulture's remaining henchmen are taken in by the Green Goblin.[11] With his merciless reputation growing, Octavius focuses on increased efficiency, developing thousands of "Spider-Bots" that patrol the city for him while returning to college as Parker to complete his doctorate, in turn growing close to his tutor Anna Maria Marconi.[12] Otto locates escaped killer Massacre, whom he then executes publicly to prevent further murders.[13]

"A Troubled Mind" Edit

His decision to execute Massacre sits ill with his teammates in the Avengers and they bring him in for questioning after a brutal beating of pranksters Jester and Screwball.[14] The Avengers' tests fail to expose Octavius' mind-swap.[15] Otto uses a brain scanner to treat a young girl's brain injury, then uses the device on himself to discover Parker's presence within his mind.[16] A mental battle ensues between himself and Parker. Octavius defeats Parker, then seemingly eliminates Peter by erasing Peter's memories.[17]

Police Captain Yuri Watanabe questions the officers present during the Massacre killing. An autopsy reveals Massacre was unable to fire a gun and was shot point blank, confirming Yuri's suspicions. The Green Goblin hacks the Spider-Bots tech to allow his followers to bypass detection. Former Vulture henchmen torch Mary Jane's nightclub in revenge for an earlier failed attempt. Mary Jane believes Peter will come to rescue her, but is saved by local firemen. Otto becomes closer with Anna Maria Marconi. The Green Goblin declares himself the Goblin "King", as his army grows.[18]

"No Escape" Edit

Spider-Man is asked to supervise Alistair Smythe's execution. As the execution begins, mini Spider-Slayers allow Smythe to attempt escape. J. Jonah Jameson tells Spider-Man to ensure that Smythe dies by any means necessary. Otto predicts Smythe's every escape attempt and eventually fatally stabs Smythe. Smythe attempts to transfer his mind into Spider-Man, but Otto also planned for this possibility. Later, Spider-Man uses a recording of Jameson's kill-order to blackmail Jameson. Otto then assaults Shadowland, the domain of Kingpin and the new Hobgoblin, with his arach-naught tanks and army of Spiderling minions. Kingpin flees and frames his death with a body double. The Goblin's soldiers rejoice in the fact their boss now owns over half of New York's organized crime.[19] Tiberius Stone sabotages the Hobgoblin, ruining him. Spider-Man publicly reveals Phil Urich as the new Hobgoblin. Phil realizes that he has nowhere to run and takes Norah Winters hostage.[20] Spider-Man arrives at the Daily Bugle and defeats Urich. Urich is later freed by Menace and brought to the Goblin King, then given new armor and the "Goblin Knight" title.[21]

"Necessary Evil" Edit

In the year 2099, Miguel O'Hara is surprised by the appearance of dinosaurs and World War I biplanes. Alchemax's CEO Tyler Stone sends Spider-Man 2099 back to stop it. Otto in the present attacks Tiberius, but is stopped by Spider-Man 2099.[22] Grady Scraps uses the Time Gate to see the day of the Alpha Incident. He returns to find them surrounded by explosive chronal energy.[23] Otto accesses Peter's memories, to try to stop the time explosion. This causes Peter's consciousness to re-emerge. Tyler destroys his time machine in the future, stranding Spider-Man 2099. Carlie Cooper discovers that Spider-Man's funds comes from a secret account.[24] Spider-Man heads for a date with Anna Maria only to meet the Black Cat. Spider-Man punches her and webs her for the police. Peter/Otto starts Parker Industries. At ESU, Professor Lamaze accuses Peter of (ironically) plagiarizing Otto. Angelina Brancale, Otto's former girlfriend, learns Octavius is dead. She restarts her VR power suit and becomes Stunner again.[25] Stunner attacks the Bugle. Otto shuts down her VR interface and takes it back to his base. When she awakes, Otto appears holographically as his old self, and tells her he has moved on. Lamaze drops his accusations after also being visited by Otto. Carlie & Wraith learn Spider-Man is getting money from Otto's bank account. Carlie believes their minds have swapped, but she is kidnapped and brought to the Goblin King.[26]

"Superior Venom" Edit

Flash Thompson (Agent Venom) returns to New York.[27] Flash confronts Crime Master, but Otto intervenes. Crime Master is just a common criminal who has purchased the costume from Hobgoblin. Otto then turns on Flash. Flash flees to a hospital, before going to meet Peter Parker. "Peter" invites him in.[28] Otto gleans knowledge about Flash's relationship with Peter during the visit. Otto asks Flash to come to Parker Industries, under the guise of giving him prosthetic legs. Flash doesn't realize Otto intends to remove the Venom symbiote. At the lab, the Venom symbiote attaches itself to Otto.[28] The Venom symbiote soon tries to flee back to Flash, but Otto gains control. Superior Venom dispatches criminality more ruthlessly than ever before. Iron Man carries Flash to confront Superior Venom. Superior Venom is ambushed by Flash in Iron Man's armor. During the mental struggle between the Venom symbiote and Otto, Peter's consciousness separates Otto from the Venom symbiote, letting it to re-bond with Flash.[29] When the Avengers confront Spider-Man about his brutality, Otto lies by saying the Venom symbiote was in control over the past months, and then leaves the Avengers. Meanwhile, the Goblin King sprays Carlie with goblin serum and transforms her into "Monster".[30] The Goblin King and the original Hobgoblin fight for control over NYC; the latter is killed, but Urich discovers that the man was a body double.[31]

"Goblin Nation" Edit

The Goblin King lures the Superior Spider-Man to his hideout, revealing that he knows Otto is inhabiting Spider-Man's body. He offers Octavius a truce if Otto submits to him. Otto refuses. The Goblin King attacks and destroys his Spider-Base. Otto and Living Brain barely escape.[32] The Goblin King goes after all of Parker's associates, but Mary Jane has been prepared with an evacuation plan, rescues May Parker, and warns everybody. Only Anna Maria is kidnapped. Monster/Carlie reveals that she is partially in control and offers herself as a test subject to create a cure for the Goblin Serum.[33] The Goblin King destroys everything Otto created/saved to build his new legacy: his childhood home, the research center where he created his arms, the "BoneYard" where all his paraphernalia is held, the soda factory where he did his first heroic act, and the HEART Clinic.[34] To make things worse, Jameson releases an army of Spider-Slayers built by Alchemax, but they are hacked by the Goblin King. Spider-Man 2099 comes to help, but Otto abandons him to save Anna Maria. After hesitating about whether to save a young girl, Amy Chen (whom Otto had helped via brain surgery), or go after the Goblin King, Otto realizes that saving Anna Maria is beyond him, and allows Peter to take back control of his body.[35] Parker helps O'Hara and cures Menace with the anti-Goblin serum. During his fight with the Goblin King, he loses the last serum, before removing the Goblin King's mask, revealing him to be Alchemax's associate Mason Banks. However, he confirms he is indeed Norman Osborn, having undergone plastic surgery to move undetected, allowing him to build the Goblin Nation, hijack Octavius' security network, and secretly having secured Alchemax to be inherited by his grandson. Without his mask, the spider-bots recognize Osborn as a threat and administer the goblin anti-serum. He escapes and vows revenge, proclaiming that "they'll never see [him] coming". Tiberius reobtains and intends to sell the Spider-Slayers on the black market. Jameson then resigns as mayor of NYC.[36]

Spider-Verse Edit

During the time Superior Spider-Man was missing after the Horizon Lab explosion,[24] he was teleported to 2099, where he used the future technology to find a way back, but instead discovers the existence of the Inheritors.[37] He recruits the help of other "Spider-Men", in order to fight back.[38] After his transportation, the Superior Spider-Man believed he was encountering a prior version of Peter Parker as Spider-Man, as opposed to a future version since he believed he had defeated Parker permanently. After the defeat of the Inheritors, Superior Spider-Man returns to his spot in the Earth-616 timeline but has no recollection of the Spider-Verse events.[39]

Dead No More: Clone Conspiracy Edit

It is later revealed that Otto had used the technology acquired in 2099 to make a copy of his consciousness right before being sent back, and stored the copy in his gauntlets and programmed it activate in 100 days. When the gauntlets reactivated, the duplicate made an octobot body out of the gauntlets. This duplicate would initially plan to take control of Peter's body, while hiding inside the Living Brain. However, after learning that his true self had sacrificed himself and willingly gave Peter his body back, Otto (due to his massive ego and lack of his true self's final memories) believes that Peter's body corrupted his original self's personality and instead decided to get a new body modeled after his own physique, after causing the Living Brain to self-destruct. After finding out his original body has been stolen by New U Technologies and was being restored, Otto infiltrated New U's lab and transferred his consciousness into his renewed body and quickly destroyed a copy of Peter Parker's consciousness, created as a side effect of Peter inhabiting Otto's body as it died, before reclaiming his title as Dr. Octopus and making a pact with The Jackal (who was secretly Ben Reilly, a clone of Peter Parker having initially been a hero, but due to being killed and resurrected countless times by Miles Warren, his creator and the original Jackal, he was driven over the edge and for the time being went down a more malicious path) to perfect New U Technologies' currently flawed cloning process. Otto succeeded in creating an improved clone with spliced DNA from him and Peter Parker, calling it the "Proto-Clone". He stands with the Jackal, until he insults a captured Anna Maria Marconi (who the original Otto had a lengthy relationship with during his occupation of Peter's body that reached the point where Otto admitted he loved her) causing Otto to turn against him, discovering he was a Spider-Clone the entire time, causing him to feel manipulated. He and the Jackal fight as their bodies began to degenerate into dust and Otto destroys Reilly's webware, which was sending a signal that would've healed their bodies, but Otto intends for him to die. As their bodies further degenerate, Reilly attempts to transfer his mind into the Proto-Clone but is instead electrocuted into unconsciousness (as a fail-safe Otto made if anybody other than him tries to transfer their conscience into the Proto-Clone), before Otto takes the body for himself and leaves Ben for dead. He then tracks down an old base of his and finds out Hydra has taken over it. After defeating various henchmen, he is offered an alliance by Armin Zola to help him take down Parker Industries (a company Otto had founded during his time in Peter's body), which Otto agreed to. After making a new suit, with a similar pattern to the Superior Spider-Man suit, Otto dubbed himself the "Superior Octopus". After fighting Spider-Man for control of Parker Industries, Otto fails and is dismayed at being a Hydra soldier. He becomes a member of Hydra's short-lived version of the Avengers, which later disbands following Hydra's defeat. Otto later defects from Hydra, deciding to resume his former self's career in heroism and bases himself in San Francisco, using the alias of "Eliot Tolliver", and gains a position at Horizon University.[40]

Volume 2 Edit

Spider-Geddon Edit

Superior Octopus establishes himself as the local hero of San Francisco, where he has defeated the Night Shift, Arnim Zola, and Count Nefaria. He has a lab with his inventions, including a machine that makes clones of himself, allowing his consciousness to jump to one of those in case of death. This machine uses technology of the Inheritors.[41] Spider-UK, Spider-Woman of Earth-982, Spider-Gwen of Earth-65, Doctor Octopus (Octavia Octo) of Earth-1104, Spider-Ham, Spider-Punk of Earth-138, and Spider-Man Noir gather at the lab to warn him of the risk. Morlun emerges from one of the machines as they talked as well as Verna and Jennix, who kill Spider-Man Noir and Spider-UK as Morlun departs to target Peter Parker.[42]

Post-Spider-Geddon Edit

Otto resumes his career as the Superior Spider-Man once again, protecting San Francisco with the hired assistance of the Night Shift. His identity as Dr. Elliot Toliver is uncovered by Anna Maria, who confronts him with the rebuilt Living Brain, but the appearance of Terrax gives Otto a chance to temporarily evade this. Despite lacking the weaponry, technology, and the Night Shift's assistance (who ran away in fear after one of their undead members is cut in half) to take on Terrax, Otto refuses to back down despite being heavily injured during the fight against him. With help from Anna Maria and the Night Shift, Otto is able to use a device to siphon a fraction of Terrax's Power Cosmic and transfer it to himself, giving Otto cosmic powers. Despite this upgrade, Otto is still unable to defeat Terrax until he is able to change the frequency of the latter's axe and trick him into taking it back, causing a feedback which shocks Terrax unconscious. With the fight over, Otto returns the Power Cosmic back to the machine and passes out. When he awakens, he is being treated by Anna Maria who decides that she will help Otto be a real hero. She also warns Otto that if he ever returns to his Doctor Octopus persona, she will have him arrested or worse. Otto agrees to this, believing she would make the perfect partner for him.[43]

While helping the authorities rebuild San Francisco and rescue survivors, Otto learns about humility and begins to connect with the people. Unbeknownst to him, Master Pandemonium emerges from the wreckage planning to strike.[44] When Master Pandemonium attacks, Superior Spider-Man is forced to work with Doctor Strange to stop Pandemonium after he possesses Elliot Tolliver's new associate Emma Hernandez, revealing in flashbacks that the two met before they adopted their later identities, with Doctor Strange rejecting a request to help Octavius develop the original harness and Octavius later ignoring the now-destitute Strange after the accident. While fighting Master Pandemonium, the two are forced to 'swap' for a time, with Doctor Strange using Superior Spider-Man's 'spinnerets' to operate on Pandemonium and shut him down while Superior Spider-Man uses the Cloak of Levitation. At the fight's conclusion, Superior Spider-Man asks if Doctor Strange could cast the same spell that he used to make the world forget about Peter's identity. Doctor Strange rejects that request as the original spell could only be cast under specific circumstances and in any case he feels that it does Superior Spider-Man good to have people aware of his past so that he won't be tempted to "regress".[45]

Listen big guy, I get it. Everyone's the hero of their own story.
So when you find out there are other stories where you don't
even rate a mention, it sucks. But I'll tell you something. I've
been paying attention. To the redshirts. The extras. The day
players. They're people too. Even if the powers that be don't
think of 'em that way. If, in this whole war, all you do is save
one guy... ...You are the most important person in that guy's
world. You coming?

Gwendolyn Poole, The Superior Spider-Man, Vol. 2, Issue 8.

War of the Realms Edit

During the War of the Realms storyline, Superior Spider-Man worked to save the civilians from a Frost Giant invasion. Then, he came up with the idea to work with the West Coast Avengers in order to make use of America Chavez's powers. After rescuing them with his Octavian Lens, Superior Spider-Man barely manages to convince them to help fight the Asgardian invasion at the source. They later go to New York City, since the Asgardian magic was interfering with America's powers.[46] In the midst of the battle between the Fantastic Four and Malekith the Accursed's forces, Superior Spider-Man worked with Mister Fantastic to enable America Chavez to duplicate the Bifrost Bridge's energy. After the two of them failed to locate the strike team in Svartalfheim, Superior Spider-Man and Mister Fantastic located the strike team in Jotunheim. Those in Jotunheim (specifically Peter Parker) order Superior Spider-Man to focus on protecting Earth. After he initially refuses to leave, Gwen Poole assists Superior Spider-Man in his coming to terms with his lack of a role in the war. After that, Superior Spider-Man and the West Coast Avengers returned to Earth to continue protecting its citizens.[47]

Revenge of Spider-Man of Earth-44145 Edit

Once the War was over, the Superior Spider-Man received an award from the city for his role in its defence, but Superior Spider-Man found himself troubled by the ceremony, confessing to Spider-Man later that he felt as though he should have been able to save more. Offering his own experience as a hero, Spider-Man consoled Superior Spider-Man by observing that Octavius feeling this hurt over random deaths proved that he was moving on from his old villainous history. Unbeknownst to Elliot Tolliver on his date with Emma Hernandez, he is being spied upon by one of the spiders that makes up Spiders-Man of Earth-11580 on behalf of Norman Osborn of Earth-44145. After being told the information he received from Spiders-Man of Earth-11580, Norman Osborn of Earth-44145 begins his revenge plans on Superior Spider-Man.[48]

Following a date with Emma Hernandez, they notice a news that asks if Superior Spider-Man is really Doctor Octopus. Spider-Man, Mister Fantastic, and Doctor Strange had noted their collaboration with Superior Spider-Man and his involvement in fighting the Frost Giants. Even the Brothers Grimm made their comment about working for them. The next day, Max Modell calls Elliot Tolliver to his office where Tolliver admits that he is the Proto-Clone created by New U Technologies and is hosting Otto Octavius' mind. Modell stated that he already knew of him being the Proto-Clone and Superior Spider-Man as well as stating that he believes in second chances. Upon analyzing the security footage of the leak, Superior Spider-Man finds small spiders and figures out that Spiders-Man of Earth-11580 was responsible. Spiders-Man of Earth-11580 attacks them as Superior Spider-Man uses a Wave Disruption Field to trap the main spider. Getting a confession from him, Superior Spider-Man reveals to Modell about the Norman Osborn of Earth-44145 who operates as the Spider-Man of his reality. Spiders-Man of Earth-11580 states that Spider-Man of Earth-44145 is safe on his world and that they will never reach him. In Horizon University's sub-basement two, Superior Spider-Man states that they will not be able to power the dimensional transporter without something that can replicate the energies of the Cosmic Cube. Anna Maria and Living Brain revealed that they harnessed the cosmic energies from the fight with Terrax in the Cosmic Harness invention. When Living Brain enters the cosmic energies into the system, he starts to overload and it causes an explosion. As Superior Spider-Man holds up the rubble, Spider-Man of Earth-44145 appears revealing that he was on Earth-616 all this time thanks to the fragment of the Web of Life and Destiny that he holds that enables him to travel to different dimensions. Upon knocking down Superior Spider-Man, Spider-Man of Earth-44145 reveals that he's going to kill everyone that he cares about as part of his revenge on Superior Spider-Man for insulting him.[49]

Rescue crews work to save those caught in the explosion. As Max Modell and Emma Hernandez are loaded onto the ambulances, Anna Maria Marconi tells Superior Spider-Man that she will go to the hospital to keep an eye on them. As he goes to look for the Night Shift members that are still loyal to him, Superior Spider-Man asks her to keep James Martin safe. After defeating Dansen Macabre, Digger, and Skein with the help of Spiders-Man of Earth-11580, Spider-Man of Earth-44145 starts to target James as Superior Spider-Man catches up to him. Upon being subdued, Superior Spider-Man begs for mercy on James. Spider-Man of Earth-44145 states that he will spare of James if he kills three citizens in front of the cameras that does not involve cheating, criminals, or terminally-ill patients. That way, people will see that Superior Spider-Man is a fraud. Awakening in the infirmary, Superior Spider-Man learns from Anna Maria that James' aunt and uncle are in shock, Skein and Dansen are recovering form their injuries, and Emma is in a medically induced coma while Digger is still living with his head detached while asking for a staple gun. Superior Spider-Man tells Anna Maria that he cannot call Spider-Man or the Avengers without endangering James. With no other choice, Superior Spider-Man uses a signal move he learned from Doctor Strange to call Mephisto who states that Spider-Man of Earth-44145 is out of his jurisdiction. Superior Spider-Man asks Mephisto to restore him to the man he once was for a day so that he can fight Spider-Man of Earth-44145. While Mephisto states that he either has or does not have his soul, he does have a counter-offer that will restore his body without disease, the physical mental, and the taint of Peter Parker. As Superior Spider-Man tells Anna that there is no other option, he expects Mephisto to uphold his end of the bargain. At the Lowe Hotel, the Brothers Grimm have collected their payment from Spider-Man of Earth-44145 when they are attacked by Doctor Octopus. He demands the location of Spider-Man of Earth-44145 from them or else they will die.[50]

As Spider-Man of Earth-44145 is keeping an eye on James Martin, Elliot Tolliver comes in with a hooded man who Spider-Man of Earth-44145 will be his first victim. He is caught by surprise when the hooded man sheds his disguise to be Doctor Octopus while Elliot Tolliver was actually a mindless clone that Doctor Octopus' Octobot was controlling as he states that it does count as an innocent life being killed. When Spider-Man of Earth-44145 tries to call for Spiders-Man of Earth-11580, Doctor Octopus reveals that he unleashed his Octobots on him. As Spider-Man of Earth-44145 drops James, he turns on the cameras and fights Doctor Octopus who summons all his old harnesses to aid him by rescuing James and entrapping Spider-Man of Earth-44145. After injuring Spider-Man of Earth-44145, Doctor Octopus uses his fragment of the Web of Life and Destiny to send him back to Earth-44145. Afterwards, Doctor Octopus speaks through the cameras about his return stating to let what happened to Spider-Man of Earth-44145 serve as a warning to anyone who comes after him for what he has done as Superior Spider-Man who is a "disease of the mind". At the hospital, Anna Maria Marconi informs Emma Hernandez about Doctor Octopus' broadcast which Emma doesn't want to see. Doctor Octopus visits Anna Maria and Emma stating that he no longer remembers Spider-Man's true identity, but remembers his life as Elliot Tolliver. As Anna Maria and Emma try to persuade Doctor Octopus to stay with them, but he runs off. One week later, a funeral is held for Elliot Tolliver that is attended by Max Modell, Anna Maria, Emma, and James. As Doctor Octopus watches from afar, Digger is informed to distribute the severance pay to the remaining members of the Night Shift so they will not bother him again and to warn them not to go visit the Brothers Grimm in the hospital. Doctor Octopus then walks away leaving his Superior Spider-Man outfit in the garbage.[51]

Volume 3: The Superior Spider-Man Returns and 2023 relaunch Edit

It was revealed at the 2023 San Diego Comic-Con that a one-shot issue entitled Superior Spider-Man Returns would be released in October 2023 for the character's 10th anniversary. The issue will be written by Dan Slott and Christos Gage and will feature interior art by Ryan Stegman, Mark Bagley, Giuseppe Camuncoli, and Humberto Ramos, and will lead into a new ongoing series by Slott and Bagley.[52] The events of the recent Spider-Man series, also written by Slott and drawn by Bagley, is set to kick off the newest chapter in the series which has been teased as a "Superior Reckoning".[53]

As Doctor Octopus arrives at the sight of his infamous accident that turned him into Doctor Octopus in the first place, he works to get to the sub-levels and find what he needs to finally rid himself of his greatest enemy. As his new tentacles make quick work of the debris, he recalls the radiation exposure and beatings from Spider-Man put him in near death and how he took over Spider-Man's body. Upon coming across a dodecahedron which he has no memory of, Doctor Octopus tries to recall what it was for. In a flashback, Superior Spider-Man is told by Spider-Bot #376 about a criminal activity that Slyde is committing. Superior Spider-Man caught up to Slyde upon him falling into the river while avoiding his web barricade and left him webbed up for the police. Back at Horizon Labs, Otto in Peter's body works on making a miniature star with Living Brain present as they are visited by Grady Scraps. At Empire University after speaking with Anna Maria Marconi, Estrella Lopez answers an as for an assistant to Superior Spider-Man. When she arrives at the abandoned Atomic Research Center, she meets up with Superior Spider-Man and Living Brain where they spend days putting together something. Sometime later, Estrella is piloting a giant robot during Superior Spider-Man and the Spiderlings' fight with A.I.M. Agents led by Quintronic Man with help from the Arachnauts. When they get to the miniature star in A.I.M.'s possession, it stars to overload until Superior Spider-Man places it in a dodecahedron as he and Estrella perfect a project. Later that night, Otto in Peter's body is dining with Anna as Estrella takes the power source out as it starts to cause a blackout. This causes Otto to become Superior Spider-Man and arrive at his lab where a Spider-Bot informed him of what happened. Upon entering his lab, he finds Estrella transformed into an energy being as she attacks Superior Spider-Man over the problem that she solved while taking on the name of Supernova. Superior Spider-Man manages to trap her in the dodecahedron. Hours later, Superior Spider-Man has the Spiderlings shut the place down. Back in the present, Doctor Octopus works on a weapon that would possess the powers of a solar flare. As he hooks it up to the dodecahedron, Supernova breaks free as she plans to get revenge on Spider-Man for imprisoning her unaware that Doctor Octopus had been in his body at the time. Doctor Octopus comments that his plan went better than he thought as he quotes "Good luck wallcrawler"![54]

Annuals Edit

Two Superior Spider-Man annuals were published during the series' run. The first one was written by Christos Gage and drawn by Javier Rodríguez and Alvaro Lopez.[55] It involved Spider-Man tracking down Blackout after the latter kidnapped Aunt May.

The second annual was written by Gage and drawn by Rodríguez and focused on Phil Urich's relationship with his uncle Ben Urich.[56]

Reception Edit

Initially when it was announced that Marvel was killing off Peter Parker and that his body would be taken over by Doctor Octopus it was criticized universally by fans of the previous series.[57] However, as the series progressed, some critics were won over[58] by the fresh approach and its smart writing.

In other media Edit

Television Edit

  • The Superior Spider-Man storyline is adapted into the second season of Marvel's Spider-Man,[59] with the character voiced by Robbie Daymond (Superior Spider-Man's body) and Scott Menville (Otto Octavius' inner thought monologues). In this continuity, Octavius is forced to transfer his consciousness from his body into the Living Brain before eventually reaching Spider-Man's body and trapping Peter Parker's mind inside of the Living Brain's Neuro Cortex computer. Becoming inspired by his host's memories of Ben Parker, Octavius vows to reinvent and prove himself superior. While inside the web-slinger's body, Octavius efficiently balances out crime-fighting with his regular life and befriends Midtown High assistant science teacher Anna Maria Marconi. However, his aggressive behavior raises Miles Morales's suspicions, so he calls in the Avengers to investigate. All the while, Peter attempts to escape from the Living Brain and avoid being deleted by Max Modell before downloading himself into Octavius' discarded tentacle harness, discovering Octavius' troubled past along the way. After forming a fragile alliance with him to stop A.I.M.'s new leader MODOK, the Avengers are unable to find proof that something is wrong with the Superior Spider-Man and call off their investigation. Furthermore, Morales and Peter, upon finding the harness' circuitry was also slowly degrading the latter's consciousness, are unable to convince Octavius to switch bodies again. After the mutated Venom symbiote attacks and takes Marconi hostage in exchange for the "real" Spider-Man, Octavius realizes the error of his ways just as the web-slinger arrives and reverses the consciousness transfer, allowing Spider-Man to defeat Venom and eventually return himself to his original body.[60][61][62][63][64]
    • The Goblin Nation also appears in the second season, consisting of various Goblin clans led by Silvermane, Electro, and Crossbones, with the Goblin King as their leader. After a power vacuum is left due to the Superior Spider-Man's actions, the Goblin Nation utilizes Oscorp's goblin technology to take over New York. Upon discovering the organization, Spider-Man joins forces with Morales, Ghost-Spider, Spider-Girl, Harry Osborn / Hobgoblin, Octavius, and Marconi to defeat the Goblin clans before focusing their efforts on the Goblin King. Using a Goblin mech capable of controlling technology, the Goblin King consolidates the Goblin Nation's remnants in an attempt to secure power for himself. Realizing the Neuro Cortex can disable the Goblin mech albeit at great cost to the user, Spider-Man plans to risk his life to accomplish the plan, only for Octavius to take his place instead and give his life to defeat the Goblin King.[65][66][67][68]

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Video games Edit

In popular culture Edit

Collected editions Edit

# Title Material collected Pages Date Published ISBN
Paperback
1 My Own Worst Enemy The Superior Spider-Man #1–5 113 June 2013 978-0785167044
2 A Troubled Mind The Superior Spider-Man #6–10 115 September 2013 978-0785167051
3 No Escape The Superior Spider-Man #11–16 139 December 2013 978-0785184720
4 Necessary Evil The Superior Spider-Man #17–21 115 February 2014 978-0785184737
5 The Superior Venom The Superior Spider-Man #22–26, Annual #1 158 April 2014 978-0785187967
6 Goblin Nation The Superior Spider-Man #27–31, Annual #2 172 July 2014 978-0785187974
The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2: Spider-Verse Prelude The Superior Spider-Man #32–33, The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3 #7–8 and material from Free Comic Book Day 2014 (Guardians of the Galaxy) #1 120 January 2015 978-0785187981
The Complete Collection Vol. 1 The Amazing Spider-Man #698–700, The Superior Spider-Man #1–16 512 May 2018 978-1302909505
The Complete Collection Vol. 2 The Superior Spider-Man #17–31, Annual #1–2 440 September 2018 978-1302911836
1 Full Otto The Superior Spider-Man: Vol. 2 #1–6 136 July 2019 978-1302515324
2 Otto-Matic The Superior Spider-Man: Vol. 2 #7–12 136 December 2019 978-1302914813
Hardcover
Vol. 1 The Amazing Spider-Man #698–700, The Superior Spider-Man #1–5 248 September 2013 978-0785185215
Vol. 2 The Superior Spider-Man #6–16 248 April 2014 978-0785154488
Vol. 3 The Superior Spider-Man #17–31, Annual #1–2 432 March 2015 978-0785193951
Superior Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 1 The Amazing Spider-Man #698–700, The Superior Spider-Man #1–31, Annual #1-2 960 July 2023 ISBN 978-1302951078
The Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Verse The Superior Spider-Man #32–33, The Amazing Spider-Man Vol 3 #7–15, Free Comic Book Day 2014: Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-Verse #1, Spider-Verse Team-Up #1–3, Scarlet Spiders #1–3, Spider-Woman #1–3, Spider-Man 2099 Vol. 2 #6–8 648 April 2015 978-0785190356

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources The Superior Spider Man news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message For the superseding title see Superior Spider Man Team Up The Superior Spider Man is a superhero comic book series published by Marvel Comics that ran between January 2013 and September 2014 It was written by Dan Slott with artwork by Ryan Stegman Humberto Ramos and Giuseppe Camuncoli The series continues from the events of the 2012 storyline Dying Wish in which Peter Parker is killed off and replaced with his nemesis Otto Octavius who swapped consciousnesses with Parker and left him to die in his decaying body to ensure his own survival However Octavius becomes inspired by Parker s dying wish to have a new Spider Man protect New York City and decides to take on the mantle himself becoming the self proclaimed Superior Spider Man The Superior Spider ManCover of The Superior Spider Man 1 January 2013 Art by Ryan Stegman Publication informationPublisherMarvel ComicsScheduleBiweeklyFormatLimited seriesGenreSuperheroNo of issuesVol 1 33Vol 2 12Vol 3 10Creative teamCreated byDan SlottRyan StegmanWritten byDan Slott Vol 1 amp Vol 3 Christos Gage Vol 2 Artist s Vol 1 Ryan StegmanHumberto RamosGiuseppe CamuncoliVol 2 Mike HawthorneVol 3 Mark BagleyThe series is a continuation of the long running series The Amazing Spider Man which concluded with The Amazing Spider Man 700 The Superior Spider Man also crosses over into other Spider Man titles such as Avenging Spider Man and its superseding title Superior Spider Man Team Up in addition to other Marvel titles The series ended with issue 31 which determined the fate of Parker s mind and was followed up by a relaunch of The Amazing Spider Man series with the new volume depicting Parker regaining his body and the Spider Man mantle Despite The Superior Spider Man being considered a different series to The Amazing Spider Man the first 33 issue run goes towards the legacy numbering of The Amazing Spider Man acting as issues 701 733 In December 2013 the series returned for five issues numbered 700 1 through 700 5 with the first two written by David Morrell and drawn by Klaus Janson 1 The series returned for two additional issues 32 and 33 that fill a gap left by an earlier storyline as well as lead into the Spider Verse storyline They were released in August 2014 2 In 2018 a one shot titled The Superior Octopus was released serving as a continuation of the history of Otto Octavius after the events of Go Down Swinging and also serves as a tie in to the Spider Geddon storyline The same year a new volume of The Superior Spider Man debuted as part of the Spider Geddon with 12 new issues written by Christos Gage and drawn by Mike Hawthorne 3 A new volume written by Slott and drawn by Mark Bagley would launch in November 2023 4 The storyline was adapted into the second season of Marvel s Spider Man with the character voiced by Robbie Daymond Superior Spider Man s body and Scott Menville Otto Octavius inner thought monologues with Otto Octavius as the Superior Spider Man also appearing in Spider Man Across the Spider Verse 2023 as a member of Spider Man 2099 s Spider Society Contents 1 Publication history 2 Plot summary 2 1 Volume 1 2 1 1 My Own Worst Enemy 2 1 2 A Troubled Mind 2 1 3 No Escape 2 1 4 Necessary Evil 2 1 5 Superior Venom 2 1 6 Goblin Nation 2 1 7 Spider Verse 2 2 Dead No More Clone Conspiracy 2 3 Volume 2 2 3 1 Spider Geddon 2 3 2 Post Spider Geddon 2 3 3 War of the Realms 2 3 4 Revenge of Spider Man of Earth 44145 2 4 Volume 3 The Superior Spider Man Returns and 2023 relaunch 3 Annuals 4 Reception 5 In other media 5 1 Television 5 2 Film 5 3 Video games 6 In popular culture 7 Collected editions 8 ReferencesPublication history EditMarvel Comics first teased The Superior Spider Man in September 2012 by releasing an image of the word Superior without the creative team 5 A short time before the NYCC 2012 Marvel released a new Superior teaser this time with the creative team of Dan Slott Ryan Stegman Humberto Ramos and Giuseppe Camuncoli 6 A week later a new Spider Man centric title was revealed to be The Superior Spider Man 7 In December 2018 Otto in his Superior Spider Man avatar returned once again in a series written by Christos Gage and illustrated by Mike Hawthorne 8 In June 2023 it was announced that a new volume of The Superior Spider Man would launch later in 2023 which also the 10 year anniversary of the original storyline and that Dan Slott would return to write the book 9 In July 2023 it was announced that a one shot called Superior Spider Man Returns would launch in October that same year with Slott writing and Stegman Ramos Camuncoli and Mark Bagley on art which would lead into a new ongoing launching in November that same year by Slott and Bagley It was also revealed at San Diego Comic Con that the series would replace the Spider Man 2022 23 series by Slott and Bagley Plot summary EditVolume 1 Edit My Own Worst Enemy Edit After Peter Parker s death at the Dying Wish storyline s climax in The Amazing Spider Man 700 Otto Octavius has implanted his mind into Peter s body determined to prove himself the Superior Spider Man by being both a better superhero and person than Parker ever could be Octavius earns public acclaim when he defeats the Sinister Six Unbeknownst to Octavius he is subconsciously held back by Parker s consciousness which still exists within his body buried underneath Octavius own intent on stopping the villain and reclaiming his life Peter proves unable to influence Octavius in any more than the slightest of ways Octavius inadvertently causes himself to share Peter s genuine love for Mary Jane Watson 10 When his old Sinister Six teammate Vulture resurfaces Octavius attempts to convince Parker s old friend Harry Osborn to give up crime Upon the discovery that the Vulture employs children as henchmen Otto brutally takes the Vulture down blinding him in the process Vulture s remaining henchmen are taken in by the Green Goblin 11 With his merciless reputation growing Octavius focuses on increased efficiency developing thousands of Spider Bots that patrol the city for him while returning to college as Parker to complete his doctorate in turn growing close to his tutor Anna Maria Marconi 12 Otto locates escaped killer Massacre whom he then executes publicly to prevent further murders 13 A Troubled Mind Edit His decision to execute Massacre sits ill with his teammates in the Avengers and they bring him in for questioning after a brutal beating of pranksters Jester and Screwball 14 The Avengers tests fail to expose Octavius mind swap 15 Otto uses a brain scanner to treat a young girl s brain injury then uses the device on himself to discover Parker s presence within his mind 16 A mental battle ensues between himself and Parker Octavius defeats Parker then seemingly eliminates Peter by erasing Peter s memories 17 Police Captain Yuri Watanabe questions the officers present during the Massacre killing An autopsy reveals Massacre was unable to fire a gun and was shot point blank confirming Yuri s suspicions The Green Goblin hacks the Spider Bots tech to allow his followers to bypass detection Former Vulture henchmen torch Mary Jane s nightclub in revenge for an earlier failed attempt Mary Jane believes Peter will come to rescue her but is saved by local firemen Otto becomes closer with Anna Maria Marconi The Green Goblin declares himself the Goblin King as his army grows 18 No Escape Edit Spider Man is asked to supervise Alistair Smythe s execution As the execution begins mini Spider Slayers allow Smythe to attempt escape J Jonah Jameson tells Spider Man to ensure that Smythe dies by any means necessary Otto predicts Smythe s every escape attempt and eventually fatally stabs Smythe Smythe attempts to transfer his mind into Spider Man but Otto also planned for this possibility Later Spider Man uses a recording of Jameson s kill order to blackmail Jameson Otto then assaults Shadowland the domain of Kingpin and the new Hobgoblin with his arach naught tanks and army of Spiderling minions Kingpin flees and frames his death with a body double The Goblin s soldiers rejoice in the fact their boss now owns over half of New York s organized crime 19 Tiberius Stone sabotages the Hobgoblin ruining him Spider Man publicly reveals Phil Urich as the new Hobgoblin Phil realizes that he has nowhere to run and takes Norah Winters hostage 20 Spider Man arrives at the Daily Bugle and defeats Urich Urich is later freed by Menace and brought to the Goblin King then given new armor and the Goblin Knight title 21 Necessary Evil Edit In the year 2099 Miguel O Hara is surprised by the appearance of dinosaurs and World War I biplanes Alchemax s CEO Tyler Stone sends Spider Man 2099 back to stop it Otto in the present attacks Tiberius but is stopped by Spider Man 2099 22 Grady Scraps uses the Time Gate to see the day of the Alpha Incident He returns to find them surrounded by explosive chronal energy 23 Otto accesses Peter s memories to try to stop the time explosion This causes Peter s consciousness to re emerge Tyler destroys his time machine in the future stranding Spider Man 2099 Carlie Cooper discovers that Spider Man s funds comes from a secret account 24 Spider Man heads for a date with Anna Maria only to meet the Black Cat Spider Man punches her and webs her for the police Peter Otto starts Parker Industries At ESU Professor Lamaze accuses Peter of ironically plagiarizing Otto Angelina Brancale Otto s former girlfriend learns Octavius is dead She restarts her VR power suit and becomes Stunner again 25 Stunner attacks the Bugle Otto shuts down her VR interface and takes it back to his base When she awakes Otto appears holographically as his old self and tells her he has moved on Lamaze drops his accusations after also being visited by Otto Carlie amp Wraith learn Spider Man is getting money from Otto s bank account Carlie believes their minds have swapped but she is kidnapped and brought to the Goblin King 26 Superior Venom Edit Flash Thompson Agent Venom returns to New York 27 Flash confronts Crime Master but Otto intervenes Crime Master is just a common criminal who has purchased the costume from Hobgoblin Otto then turns on Flash Flash flees to a hospital before going to meet Peter Parker Peter invites him in 28 Otto gleans knowledge about Flash s relationship with Peter during the visit Otto asks Flash to come to Parker Industries under the guise of giving him prosthetic legs Flash doesn t realize Otto intends to remove the Venom symbiote At the lab the Venom symbiote attaches itself to Otto 28 The Venom symbiote soon tries to flee back to Flash but Otto gains control Superior Venom dispatches criminality more ruthlessly than ever before Iron Man carries Flash to confront Superior Venom Superior Venom is ambushed by Flash in Iron Man s armor During the mental struggle between the Venom symbiote and Otto Peter s consciousness separates Otto from the Venom symbiote letting it to re bond with Flash 29 When the Avengers confront Spider Man about his brutality Otto lies by saying the Venom symbiote was in control over the past months and then leaves the Avengers Meanwhile the Goblin King sprays Carlie with goblin serum and transforms her into Monster 30 The Goblin King and the original Hobgoblin fight for control over NYC the latter is killed but Urich discovers that the man was a body double 31 Goblin Nation Edit The Goblin King lures the Superior Spider Man to his hideout revealing that he knows Otto is inhabiting Spider Man s body He offers Octavius a truce if Otto submits to him Otto refuses The Goblin King attacks and destroys his Spider Base Otto and Living Brain barely escape 32 The Goblin King goes after all of Parker s associates but Mary Jane has been prepared with an evacuation plan rescues May Parker and warns everybody Only Anna Maria is kidnapped Monster Carlie reveals that she is partially in control and offers herself as a test subject to create a cure for the Goblin Serum 33 The Goblin King destroys everything Otto created saved to build his new legacy his childhood home the research center where he created his arms the BoneYard where all his paraphernalia is held the soda factory where he did his first heroic act and the HEART Clinic 34 To make things worse Jameson releases an army of Spider Slayers built by Alchemax but they are hacked by the Goblin King Spider Man 2099 comes to help but Otto abandons him to save Anna Maria After hesitating about whether to save a young girl Amy Chen whom Otto had helped via brain surgery or go after the Goblin King Otto realizes that saving Anna Maria is beyond him and allows Peter to take back control of his body 35 Parker helps O Hara and cures Menace with the anti Goblin serum During his fight with the Goblin King he loses the last serum before removing the Goblin King s mask revealing him to be Alchemax s associate Mason Banks However he confirms he is indeed Norman Osborn having undergone plastic surgery to move undetected allowing him to build the Goblin Nation hijack Octavius security network and secretly having secured Alchemax to be inherited by his grandson Without his mask the spider bots recognize Osborn as a threat and administer the goblin anti serum He escapes and vows revenge proclaiming that they ll never see him coming Tiberius reobtains and intends to sell the Spider Slayers on the black market Jameson then resigns as mayor of NYC 36 Spider Verse Edit During the time Superior Spider Man was missing after the Horizon Lab explosion 24 he was teleported to 2099 where he used the future technology to find a way back but instead discovers the existence of the Inheritors 37 He recruits the help of other Spider Men in order to fight back 38 After his transportation the Superior Spider Man believed he was encountering a prior version of Peter Parker as Spider Man as opposed to a future version since he believed he had defeated Parker permanently After the defeat of the Inheritors Superior Spider Man returns to his spot in the Earth 616 timeline but has no recollection of the Spider Verse events 39 Dead No More Clone Conspiracy Edit It is later revealed that Otto had used the technology acquired in 2099 to make a copy of his consciousness right before being sent back and stored the copy in his gauntlets and programmed it activate in 100 days When the gauntlets reactivated the duplicate made an octobot body out of the gauntlets This duplicate would initially plan to take control of Peter s body while hiding inside the Living Brain However after learning that his true self had sacrificed himself and willingly gave Peter his body back Otto due to his massive ego and lack of his true self s final memories believes that Peter s body corrupted his original self s personality and instead decided to get a new body modeled after his own physique after causing the Living Brain to self destruct After finding out his original body has been stolen by New U Technologies and was being restored Otto infiltrated New U s lab and transferred his consciousness into his renewed body and quickly destroyed a copy of Peter Parker s consciousness created as a side effect of Peter inhabiting Otto s body as it died before reclaiming his title as Dr Octopus and making a pact with The Jackal who was secretly Ben Reilly a clone of Peter Parker having initially been a hero but due to being killed and resurrected countless times by Miles Warren his creator and the original Jackal he was driven over the edge and for the time being went down a more malicious path to perfect New U Technologies currently flawed cloning process Otto succeeded in creating an improved clone with spliced DNA from him and Peter Parker calling it the Proto Clone He stands with the Jackal until he insults a captured Anna Maria Marconi who the original Otto had a lengthy relationship with during his occupation of Peter s body that reached the point where Otto admitted he loved her causing Otto to turn against him discovering he was a Spider Clone the entire time causing him to feel manipulated He and the Jackal fight as their bodies began to degenerate into dust and Otto destroys Reilly s webware which was sending a signal that would ve healed their bodies but Otto intends for him to die As their bodies further degenerate Reilly attempts to transfer his mind into the Proto Clone but is instead electrocuted into unconsciousness as a fail safe Otto made if anybody other than him tries to transfer their conscience into the Proto Clone before Otto takes the body for himself and leaves Ben for dead He then tracks down an old base of his and finds out Hydra has taken over it After defeating various henchmen he is offered an alliance by Armin Zola to help him take down Parker Industries a company Otto had founded during his time in Peter s body which Otto agreed to After making a new suit with a similar pattern to the Superior Spider Man suit Otto dubbed himself the Superior Octopus After fighting Spider Man for control of Parker Industries Otto fails and is dismayed at being a Hydra soldier He becomes a member of Hydra s short lived version of the Avengers which later disbands following Hydra s defeat Otto later defects from Hydra deciding to resume his former self s career in heroism and bases himself in San Francisco using the alias of Eliot Tolliver and gains a position at Horizon University 40 Volume 2 Edit Spider Geddon Edit Superior Octopus establishes himself as the local hero of San Francisco where he has defeated the Night Shift Arnim Zola and Count Nefaria He has a lab with his inventions including a machine that makes clones of himself allowing his consciousness to jump to one of those in case of death This machine uses technology of the Inheritors 41 Spider UK Spider Woman of Earth 982 Spider Gwen of Earth 65 Doctor Octopus Octavia Octo of Earth 1104 Spider Ham Spider Punk of Earth 138 and Spider Man Noir gather at the lab to warn him of the risk Morlun emerges from one of the machines as they talked as well as Verna and Jennix who kill Spider Man Noir and Spider UK as Morlun departs to target Peter Parker 42 Post Spider Geddon Edit Otto resumes his career as the Superior Spider Man once again protecting San Francisco with the hired assistance of the Night Shift His identity as Dr Elliot Toliver is uncovered by Anna Maria who confronts him with the rebuilt Living Brain but the appearance of Terrax gives Otto a chance to temporarily evade this Despite lacking the weaponry technology and the Night Shift s assistance who ran away in fear after one of their undead members is cut in half to take on Terrax Otto refuses to back down despite being heavily injured during the fight against him With help from Anna Maria and the Night Shift Otto is able to use a device to siphon a fraction of Terrax s Power Cosmic and transfer it to himself giving Otto cosmic powers Despite this upgrade Otto is still unable to defeat Terrax until he is able to change the frequency of the latter s axe and trick him into taking it back causing a feedback which shocks Terrax unconscious With the fight over Otto returns the Power Cosmic back to the machine and passes out When he awakens he is being treated by Anna Maria who decides that she will help Otto be a real hero She also warns Otto that if he ever returns to his Doctor Octopus persona she will have him arrested or worse Otto agrees to this believing she would make the perfect partner for him 43 While helping the authorities rebuild San Francisco and rescue survivors Otto learns about humility and begins to connect with the people Unbeknownst to him Master Pandemonium emerges from the wreckage planning to strike 44 When Master Pandemonium attacks Superior Spider Man is forced to work with Doctor Strange to stop Pandemonium after he possesses Elliot Tolliver s new associate Emma Hernandez revealing in flashbacks that the two met before they adopted their later identities with Doctor Strange rejecting a request to help Octavius develop the original harness and Octavius later ignoring the now destitute Strange after the accident While fighting Master Pandemonium the two are forced to swap for a time with Doctor Strange using Superior Spider Man s spinnerets to operate on Pandemonium and shut him down while Superior Spider Man uses the Cloak of Levitation At the fight s conclusion Superior Spider Man asks if Doctor Strange could cast the same spell that he used to make the world forget about Peter s identity Doctor Strange rejects that request as the original spell could only be cast under specific circumstances and in any case he feels that it does Superior Spider Man good to have people aware of his past so that he won t be tempted to regress 45 Listen big guy I get it Everyone s the hero of their own story So when you find out there are other stories where you don teven rate a mention it sucks But I ll tell you something I vebeen paying attention To the redshirts The extras The dayplayers They re people too Even if the powers that be don tthink of em that way If in this whole war all you do is saveone guy You are the most important person in that guy sworld You coming Gwendolyn Poole The Superior Spider Man Vol 2 Issue 8 War of the Realms Edit During the War of the Realms storyline Superior Spider Man worked to save the civilians from a Frost Giant invasion Then he came up with the idea to work with the West Coast Avengers in order to make use of America Chavez s powers After rescuing them with his Octavian Lens Superior Spider Man barely manages to convince them to help fight the Asgardian invasion at the source They later go to New York City since the Asgardian magic was interfering with America s powers 46 In the midst of the battle between the Fantastic Four and Malekith the Accursed s forces Superior Spider Man worked with Mister Fantastic to enable America Chavez to duplicate the Bifrost Bridge s energy After the two of them failed to locate the strike team in Svartalfheim Superior Spider Man and Mister Fantastic located the strike team in Jotunheim Those in Jotunheim specifically Peter Parker order Superior Spider Man to focus on protecting Earth After he initially refuses to leave Gwen Poole assists Superior Spider Man in his coming to terms with his lack of a role in the war After that Superior Spider Man and the West Coast Avengers returned to Earth to continue protecting its citizens 47 Revenge of Spider Man of Earth 44145 Edit Once the War was over the Superior Spider Man received an award from the city for his role in its defence but Superior Spider Man found himself troubled by the ceremony confessing to Spider Man later that he felt as though he should have been able to save more Offering his own experience as a hero Spider Man consoled Superior Spider Man by observing that Octavius feeling this hurt over random deaths proved that he was moving on from his old villainous history Unbeknownst to Elliot Tolliver on his date with Emma Hernandez he is being spied upon by one of the spiders that makes up Spiders Man of Earth 11580 on behalf of Norman Osborn of Earth 44145 After being told the information he received from Spiders Man of Earth 11580 Norman Osborn of Earth 44145 begins his revenge plans on Superior Spider Man 48 Following a date with Emma Hernandez they notice a news that asks if Superior Spider Man is really Doctor Octopus Spider Man Mister Fantastic and Doctor Strange had noted their collaboration with Superior Spider Man and his involvement in fighting the Frost Giants Even the Brothers Grimm made their comment about working for them The next day Max Modell calls Elliot Tolliver to his office where Tolliver admits that he is the Proto Clone created by New U Technologies and is hosting Otto Octavius mind Modell stated that he already knew of him being the Proto Clone and Superior Spider Man as well as stating that he believes in second chances Upon analyzing the security footage of the leak Superior Spider Man finds small spiders and figures out that Spiders Man of Earth 11580 was responsible Spiders Man of Earth 11580 attacks them as Superior Spider Man uses a Wave Disruption Field to trap the main spider Getting a confession from him Superior Spider Man reveals to Modell about the Norman Osborn of Earth 44145 who operates as the Spider Man of his reality Spiders Man of Earth 11580 states that Spider Man of Earth 44145 is safe on his world and that they will never reach him In Horizon University s sub basement two Superior Spider Man states that they will not be able to power the dimensional transporter without something that can replicate the energies of the Cosmic Cube Anna Maria and Living Brain revealed that they harnessed the cosmic energies from the fight with Terrax in the Cosmic Harness invention When Living Brain enters the cosmic energies into the system he starts to overload and it causes an explosion As Superior Spider Man holds up the rubble Spider Man of Earth 44145 appears revealing that he was on Earth 616 all this time thanks to the fragment of the Web of Life and Destiny that he holds that enables him to travel to different dimensions Upon knocking down Superior Spider Man Spider Man of Earth 44145 reveals that he s going to kill everyone that he cares about as part of his revenge on Superior Spider Man for insulting him 49 Rescue crews work to save those caught in the explosion As Max Modell and Emma Hernandez are loaded onto the ambulances Anna Maria Marconi tells Superior Spider Man that she will go to the hospital to keep an eye on them As he goes to look for the Night Shift members that are still loyal to him Superior Spider Man asks her to keep James Martin safe After defeating Dansen Macabre Digger and Skein with the help of Spiders Man of Earth 11580 Spider Man of Earth 44145 starts to target James as Superior Spider Man catches up to him Upon being subdued Superior Spider Man begs for mercy on James Spider Man of Earth 44145 states that he will spare of James if he kills three citizens in front of the cameras that does not involve cheating criminals or terminally ill patients That way people will see that Superior Spider Man is a fraud Awakening in the infirmary Superior Spider Man learns from Anna Maria that James aunt and uncle are in shock Skein and Dansen are recovering form their injuries and Emma is in a medically induced coma while Digger is still living with his head detached while asking for a staple gun Superior Spider Man tells Anna Maria that he cannot call Spider Man or the Avengers without endangering James With no other choice Superior Spider Man uses a signal move he learned from Doctor Strange to call Mephisto who states that Spider Man of Earth 44145 is out of his jurisdiction Superior Spider Man asks Mephisto to restore him to the man he once was for a day so that he can fight Spider Man of Earth 44145 While Mephisto states that he either has or does not have his soul he does have a counter offer that will restore his body without disease the physical mental and the taint of Peter Parker As Superior Spider Man tells Anna that there is no other option he expects Mephisto to uphold his end of the bargain At the Lowe Hotel the Brothers Grimm have collected their payment from Spider Man of Earth 44145 when they are attacked by Doctor Octopus He demands the location of Spider Man of Earth 44145 from them or else they will die 50 As Spider Man of Earth 44145 is keeping an eye on James Martin Elliot Tolliver comes in with a hooded man who Spider Man of Earth 44145 will be his first victim He is caught by surprise when the hooded man sheds his disguise to be Doctor Octopus while Elliot Tolliver was actually a mindless clone that Doctor Octopus Octobot was controlling as he states that it does count as an innocent life being killed When Spider Man of Earth 44145 tries to call for Spiders Man of Earth 11580 Doctor Octopus reveals that he unleashed his Octobots on him As Spider Man of Earth 44145 drops James he turns on the cameras and fights Doctor Octopus who summons all his old harnesses to aid him by rescuing James and entrapping Spider Man of Earth 44145 After injuring Spider Man of Earth 44145 Doctor Octopus uses his fragment of the Web of Life and Destiny to send him back to Earth 44145 Afterwards Doctor Octopus speaks through the cameras about his return stating to let what happened to Spider Man of Earth 44145 serve as a warning to anyone who comes after him for what he has done as Superior Spider Man who is a disease of the mind At the hospital Anna Maria Marconi informs Emma Hernandez about Doctor Octopus broadcast which Emma doesn t want to see Doctor Octopus visits Anna Maria and Emma stating that he no longer remembers Spider Man s true identity but remembers his life as Elliot Tolliver As Anna Maria and Emma try to persuade Doctor Octopus to stay with them but he runs off One week later a funeral is held for Elliot Tolliver that is attended by Max Modell Anna Maria Emma and James As Doctor Octopus watches from afar Digger is informed to distribute the severance pay to the remaining members of the Night Shift so they will not bother him again and to warn them not to go visit the Brothers Grimm in the hospital Doctor Octopus then walks away leaving his Superior Spider Man outfit in the garbage 51 Volume 3 The Superior Spider Man Returns and 2023 relaunch Edit It was revealed at the 2023 San Diego Comic Con that a one shot issue entitled Superior Spider Man Returns would be released in October 2023 for the character s 10th anniversary The issue will be written by Dan Slott and Christos Gage and will feature interior art by Ryan Stegman Mark Bagley Giuseppe Camuncoli and Humberto Ramos and will lead into a new ongoing series by Slott and Bagley 52 The events of the recent Spider Man series also written by Slott and drawn by Bagley is set to kick off the newest chapter in the series which has been teased as a Superior Reckoning 53 As Doctor Octopus arrives at the sight of his infamous accident that turned him into Doctor Octopus in the first place he works to get to the sub levels and find what he needs to finally rid himself of his greatest enemy As his new tentacles make quick work of the debris he recalls the radiation exposure and beatings from Spider Man put him in near death and how he took over Spider Man s body Upon coming across a dodecahedron which he has no memory of Doctor Octopus tries to recall what it was for In a flashback Superior Spider Man is told by Spider Bot 376 about a criminal activity that Slyde is committing Superior Spider Man caught up to Slyde upon him falling into the river while avoiding his web barricade and left him webbed up for the police Back at Horizon Labs Otto in Peter s body works on making a miniature star with Living Brain present as they are visited by Grady Scraps At Empire University after speaking with Anna Maria Marconi Estrella Lopez answers an as for an assistant to Superior Spider Man When she arrives at the abandoned Atomic Research Center she meets up with Superior Spider Man and Living Brain where they spend days putting together something Sometime later Estrella is piloting a giant robot during Superior Spider Man and the Spiderlings fight with A I M Agents led by Quintronic Man with help from the Arachnauts When they get to the miniature star in A I M s possession it stars to overload until Superior Spider Man places it in a dodecahedron as he and Estrella perfect a project Later that night Otto in Peter s body is dining with Anna as Estrella takes the power source out as it starts to cause a blackout This causes Otto to become Superior Spider Man and arrive at his lab where a Spider Bot informed him of what happened Upon entering his lab he finds Estrella transformed into an energy being as she attacks Superior Spider Man over the problem that she solved while taking on the name of Supernova Superior Spider Man manages to trap her in the dodecahedron Hours later Superior Spider Man has the Spiderlings shut the place down Back in the present Doctor Octopus works on a weapon that would possess the powers of a solar flare As he hooks it up to the dodecahedron Supernova breaks free as she plans to get revenge on Spider Man for imprisoning her unaware that Doctor Octopus had been in his body at the time Doctor Octopus comments that his plan went better than he thought as he quotes Good luck wallcrawler 54 Annuals EditTwo Superior Spider Man annuals were published during the series run The first one was written by Christos Gage and drawn by Javier Rodriguez and Alvaro Lopez 55 It involved Spider Man tracking down Blackout after the latter kidnapped Aunt May The second annual was written by Gage and drawn by Rodriguez and focused on Phil Urich s relationship with his uncle Ben Urich 56 Reception EditInitially when it was announced that Marvel was killing off Peter Parker and that his body would be taken over by Doctor Octopus it was criticized universally by fans of the previous series 57 However as the series progressed some critics were won over 58 by the fresh approach and its smart writing In other media EditTelevision Edit The Superior Spider Man storyline is adapted into the second season of Marvel s Spider Man 59 with the character voiced by Robbie Daymond Superior Spider Man s body and Scott Menville Otto Octavius inner thought monologues In this continuity Octavius is forced to transfer his consciousness from his body into the Living Brain before eventually reaching Spider Man s body and trapping Peter Parker s mind inside of the Living Brain s Neuro Cortex computer Becoming inspired by his host s memories of Ben Parker Octavius vows to reinvent and prove himself superior While inside the web slinger s body Octavius efficiently balances out crime fighting with his regular life and befriends Midtown High assistant science teacher Anna Maria Marconi However his aggressive behavior raises Miles Morales s suspicions so he calls in the Avengers to investigate All the while Peter attempts to escape from the Living Brain and avoid being deleted by Max Modell before downloading himself into Octavius discarded tentacle harness discovering Octavius troubled past along the way After forming a fragile alliance with him to stop A I M s new leader MODOK the Avengers are unable to find proof that something is wrong with the Superior Spider Man and call off their investigation Furthermore Morales and Peter upon finding the harness circuitry was also slowly degrading the latter s consciousness are unable to convince Octavius to switch bodies again After the mutated Venom symbiote attacks and takes Marconi hostage in exchange for the real Spider Man Octavius realizes the error of his ways just as the web slinger arrives and reverses the consciousness transfer allowing Spider Man to defeat Venom and eventually return himself to his original body 60 61 62 63 64 The Goblin Nation also appears in the second season consisting of various Goblin clans led by Silvermane Electro and Crossbones with the Goblin King as their leader After a power vacuum is left due to the Superior Spider Man s actions the Goblin Nation utilizes Oscorp s goblin technology to take over New York Upon discovering the organization Spider Man joins forces with Morales Ghost Spider Spider Girl Harry Osborn Hobgoblin Octavius and Marconi to defeat the Goblin clans before focusing their efforts on the Goblin King Using a Goblin mech capable of controlling technology the Goblin King consolidates the Goblin Nation s remnants in an attempt to secure power for himself Realizing the Neuro Cortex can disable the Goblin mech albeit at great cost to the user Spider Man plans to risk his life to accomplish the plan only for Octavius to take his place instead and give his life to defeat the Goblin King 65 66 67 68 Film Edit Concept art for the Superior Spider Man s costume was designed by Ryan Meinerding during production of Spider Man Homecoming 2017 and is intended to be used in a future film within the Marvel Cinematic Universe 69 Otto Octavius as the Superior Spider Man appears in Spider Man Across the Spider Verse 2023 as a member of Spider Man 2099 s Spider Society 70 Video games Edit The Superior Spider Man appears as an unlockable playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes voiced by James Arnold Taylor It also appears in the sequel Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 The Superior Spider Man appears as an alternate costume for Peter Parker Spider Man in Marvel Heroes voiced by Christopher Daniel Barnes The Superior Spider Man appears as an alternate costume for Peter Parker Spider Man in The Amazing Spider Man 2 The Superior Spider Man appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online The Superior Spider Man and Superior Venom both appear as separate playable characters in Spider Man Unlimited The Superior Spider Man appears as a playable character in Marvel Avengers Alliance 71 72 The Superior Spider Man appears as an alternate skin for Doctor Octopus in Marvel Future Fight 73 The Superior Spider Man appears as a downloadable alternate skin for Peter Parker Spider Man in Marvel vs Capcom Infinite 74 In popular culture EditThe Superior Spider Man series is directly mentioned in The Big Bang Theory In the episode The Deception Verification Howard Wolowitz complains about this comic while Raj Koothrappali says the storyline combines elements of Spider Man and Freaky Friday Collected editions Edit Title Material collected Pages Date Published ISBNPaperback1 My Own Worst Enemy The Superior Spider Man 1 5 113 June 2013 978 07851670442 A Troubled Mind The Superior Spider Man 6 10 115 September 2013 978 07851670513 No Escape The Superior Spider Man 11 16 139 December 2013 978 07851847204 Necessary Evil The Superior Spider Man 17 21 115 February 2014 978 07851847375 The Superior Venom The Superior Spider Man 22 26 Annual 1 158 April 2014 978 07851879676 Goblin Nation The Superior Spider Man 27 31 Annual 2 172 July 2014 978 0785187974The Amazing Spider Man Vol 2 Spider Verse Prelude The Superior Spider Man 32 33 The Amazing Spider Man Vol 3 7 8 and material from Free Comic Book Day 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy 1 120 January 2015 978 0785187981The Complete Collection Vol 1 The Amazing Spider Man 698 700 The Superior Spider Man 1 16 512 May 2018 978 1302909505The Complete Collection Vol 2 The Superior Spider Man 17 31 Annual 1 2 440 September 2018 978 13029118361 Full Otto The Superior Spider Man Vol 2 1 6 136 July 2019 978 13025153242 Otto Matic The Superior Spider Man Vol 2 7 12 136 December 2019 978 1302914813HardcoverVol 1 The Amazing Spider Man 698 700 The Superior Spider Man 1 5 248 September 2013 978 0785185215Vol 2 The Superior Spider Man 6 16 248 April 2014 978 0785154488Vol 3 The Superior Spider Man 17 31 Annual 1 2 432 March 2015 978 0785193951Superior Spider Man Omnibus Vol 1 The Amazing Spider Man 698 700 The Superior Spider Man 1 31 Annual 1 2 960 July 2023 ISBN 978 1302951078The Amazing Spider Man Spider Verse The Superior Spider Man 32 33 The Amazing Spider Man Vol 3 7 15 Free Comic Book Day 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy Spider Verse 1 Spider Verse Team Up 1 3 Scarlet Spiders 1 3 Spider Woman 1 3 Spider Man 2099 Vol 2 6 8 648 April 2015 978 0785190356References Edit Morris Steve September 12 2013 Marvel in December Welcome Back Peter Parker Bye Kaine The Beat Archived from the original on November 26 2013 Retrieved November 25 2013 Schedeen Jesse 2014 05 13 Superior Spider Man Briefly Returns in August IGN Schedeen Jesse 2018 09 07 Marvel s Superior Spider Man Returns in December 2018 IGN SDCC 2023 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