Editing Doctor Octopus (section)

===Becoming the Superior Octopus===
With his new body, Otto Octavius returns to one of his old bases only to find it is being occupied by [[Hydra (comics)|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 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.<ref name="Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 4 #25">''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (vol. 4) #25. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===="Secret Empire"====
During the 2017 "[[Secret Empire (2017 comic)|Secret Empire]]" storyline, the Superior Octopus appears as a leader of Hydra's Avengers.<ref>''Secret Empire'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref> 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, the Superior Octopus had the Hydra agents in Parker Industries' London branch blow up the building.<ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (vol. 4) #29. Marvel Comics.</ref> 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,<ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (vol. 4) #30. Marvel Comics.</ref> but Peter turns the tables on Octavius by ordering his employees to literally destroy the company to hurt Hydra, thwarting Octavius' attempt to shut down his new high-tech suit with an EMP by reverting to his traditional costume and turning the EMP trick against Octavius so that his own tentacles attack him. Octavius is forced to flee the battle.<ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (vol. 4) #31. Marvel Comics.</ref>

====''Go Down Swinging'' and redemption====
During the ''[[Go Down Swinging (comic book)|Go Down Swinging]]'' story arc where the Red Goblin (Norman Osborn who has powered himself up with the [[Carnage (comics)|Carnage symbiote]]) attacks Spider-Man and all his friends and family, the Superior Octopus and [[J. Jonah Jameson]] help defend [[Aunt May]] as the Superior Octopus still retains some of Peter's memories and sense of responsibility. This concludes with Peter forgiving the Superior Octopus and giving him a "clean slate". In the [[Go Down Swinging (comics)|aftermath of Osborn's defeat]], the Superior Octopus reveals his new identity as Dr. Elliot Tolliver, a person who has just started working at Horizon University. He was seen applying for a job under Max Modell as [[Anna Maria Marconi|Anna Maria]] starts acting suspicious towards Dr. Elliot Tolliver.<ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #800. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===="Spider-Geddon"====
During the "[[Spider-Geddon]]" storyline, the Superior Octopus is seen fighting the [[Night Shift (comics)|Night Shift]]. The Superior Octopus agrees to spare them more pain in exchange for the Night Shift becoming his agents, where he will compensate them from his own funds. They agree to the terms and are ordered to return the stolen items. The Superior Octopus leaves, advising them never to cross him or they will not live long enough to regret it. After a day at Horizon University and saving some people on the Bay Bridge, the Superior Octopus fights Arnim Zola, a bio-duplicate of [[Gorgon (Tomi Shishido)|Gorgon]], and some Hydra agents who seek to repossess his services to rebuild Hydra. The Superior Octopus states that he is done with his end of the bargain and attacks them. When the [[Gorgon (Tomi Shishido)|Gorgon bio-duplicate]] turns the Superior Octopus to stone and shatters him, another Superior Octopus body emerges, where it destroys the Gorgon bio-duplicate and defeats [[Arnim Zola]], while informing him to spread the word to Hydra to never come for him again. The Superior Octopus' inner monologue states that he had perfected [[Miles Warren (comics)|Miles Warren]]'s cloning technology where each clone had to be made from the deceased to maintain their memories as a way to conquer death.<ref>''Superior Octopus'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref> However, after Octavius forces Count Nefaria into retreating from Los Angeles, he is confronted in his cloning workshop by the Spider-Army. They reveal that his cloning process has been 'hacked' by the Inheritors, who fed his computers hours-old data until they were ready to manifest, with these new Inheritors swiftly killing Spider-Man Noir and Spider-UK. Octavius then quotes "What have I done&nbsp;..."<ref>''Spider-Geddon'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref> After initiating his base's self-destruct sequence to slow down the Inheritors, the Superior Octopus states that they still should have killed the Inheritors while they had the chance. Upon heading to his lab at Horizon High to change into his Superior Spider-Man appearance, he goes to recruit Kaine and states that they should leave Ben Reilly out of the fight, since Jennix is targeting the cloning technology from the now-defunct New U Technologies. As the Superior Spider-Man and Kaine enter the portal, they are unaware that Ben Reilly has followed them.<ref>''Spider-Geddon'' #2. Marvel Comics.</ref> The Superior Spider-Man heads to Earth-1048 to recruit [[Spider-Man (Insomniac Games)|that world's Spider-Man]], where he helps to defeat the Tarantula and learned about his counterpart.<ref>''Spider-Geddon'' #0. Marvel Comics.</ref> After Spider-Norman and Spiders-Man sundered Earth-616's connection to the Web of Life and Destiny, Octavius seemingly betrayed Ben, giving him to the Inheritors in exchange for the other Spiders being left alone.<ref>''Spider-Geddon'' #4. Marvel Comics.</ref> When Spider-Man of Earth-1048, who had been secretly following both Octavius and Ben from behind, believed Octavius made the same mistake as his counterpart in betraying their own, Octavius revealed to him that he and Ben purposely planned this to trick the Inheritors into consuming the clone that will drove them insane, starting from when he was forced to relive the memories of Ben's 29 deaths and resurrections. With the help from surviving Spider-Men who are trapped in Earth-616, including those who were trapped in another universe (including Kaine and 616's Peter), Octavius manages to resurrect Ben in his 30th resurrection. With the Inheritors turned into babies to be raised by Spider-Ma'am (Aunt May) for their redemption; the same goes for Morlun, who is currently in 616's high-security prison. Octavius resumes being the Superior Spider-Man.<ref>''Spider-Geddon'' #5. Marvel Comics.</ref>