Editing Doctor Octopus (section)

==Publication history==
Doctor Octopus first appeared in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #3 (July 1963), created by writer [[Stan Lee]] and artist [[Steve Ditko]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1 = Manning|editor-first1 = Matthew K.|editor-last2= Gilbert|editor-first2= Laura |chapter= 1960s|title = Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging|publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]]|year = 2012|page = 19|isbn = 978-0756692360|quote= One of Spider-Man's most recognizable foes burst onto the scene in this epic tale of the origin of Doctor Octopus.}}</ref><ref name="Newsarama 1">{{cite web | url=http://www.newsarama.com/15454-the-10-greatest-spider-man-villains-of-all-time.html | title=The 10 Greatest Spider-Man Villains of All Time! | website=[[Newsarama]] | access-date=January 2, 2014 | author=Siegel, Lucas}}</ref><ref name="DeFalco">DeFalco "1960s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 93: "Dr. Octopus shared many traits with Peter Parker. They were both shy, both interested in science, and both had trouble relating to women&nbsp;... Otto Octavius even looked like a grown up Peter Parker. Lee and Ditko intended Otto to be the man Peter might have become if he had not been raised with a sense of responsibility.</ref><ref name="The Amazing Spider-Man #3">''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #3. Marvel Comics.</ref> 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 a couple of extra arms just for fun'. But I had to figure out how to do that".<ref>{{cite journal|last= Thomas|first= Roy|date= August 2011|title= Stan Lee's Amazing Marvel Interview!|journal= [[Alter Ego (magazine)|Alter Ego]]|issue= 104| pages= 3–45}}</ref> 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.<ref name="DeFalco"/><ref name="IGN #28">{{cite web | url=http://www.ign.com/top/comic-book-villains/28.html | title=Doctor Octopus is number 28 on greatest comic book villain of all time. | work=IGN | access-date=January 2, 2014}}</ref><ref name="CNN">{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/26/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/spidey-700-controversy | title=Events in landmark 'Spider-Man' issue have fans in a frenzy | publisher=[[CNN]] | access-date=January 2, 2014 | author=Hanks, Henry| date=December 26, 2012}}</ref> He is infamous for defeating Spider-Man the first time in battle and for almost marrying Peter's [[Aunt May]]. He is also the founder and core leader of the [[Sinister Six]], and has referred himself as the "Master Planner". ("[[If This Be My Destiny...!]]")<ref name="IGN #28"/><ref name="CBR #5">{{cite web | url=http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2012/04/30/50-greatest-friends-and-foes-of-spider-man-villains-1-3/ | title=50 Greatest Friends and Foes of Spider-Man: Villains #1-3 | website=[[Comic Book Resources]] | access-date=January 2, 2014 | author=Cronin, Brian | date=May 2012 | archive-date=October 23, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023130557/http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2012/04/30/50-greatest-friends-and-foes-of-spider-man-villains-1-3/ | url-status=dead}}</ref> Later depictions revealed him in Peter Parker's body where [[The Superior Spider-Man|he was the titular character]] from 2013 to 2014.<ref name="CNN"/> In 2018, he returned as the Superior Spider-Man in a series written by Christos Gage and illustrated by Mike Hawthorne,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/superior-spider-man-returns-marvel/|title = Superior Spider-Man Returns in New Marvel Comics Series|date = September 7, 2018}}</ref> and again in 2023 in a new series by Dan Slott, and ''[[Spider-Man: Octopus Girl]]'' by Hideyuki Furuhashi and Betten Court.