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Two of the most iconic , famous , and beloved superheroes in all of comics are Marvel’sSpider - Manand DC Comics’Superman . The characters are two of the most recognizable comic book hero sandwich in tonic culture . However , it ’s sluttish to mingle them up - at least if you ’re Doctor Octopus .
Doctor Octopus made his first visual aspect inAmazing Spider - Man # 3by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko . In the book , during an experimentation gone incorrect , scientist Otto Octavius has four golem arms fuse to his body . Otto ’s encephalon is damage through radiation exposure , which gives him the ability to keep in line the metal arms . However , it severely impact his mind , which leads him to take on the Doc Ock sobriquet .
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Spider - Man goes to check out the lock - down hospitalDoc Ockwas stay in and has subsequently sweep over , holding nurse and stave members as captive to help him with his experiment . Spider - Man intervenes and scuffle with the six - armed villain . Doc Ock contend to slow down Spidey , crack the WWW - slinger webbing , as he struggles to get by with the villain ’s redundant weapons system . As he holds Spider - Man in the airwave , he laud " and now Super - Man , I grow blase with this biz ! " Um … excuse me ?
It ’s unclear whether Doc Ock is callingSpider - Man"Super - Man , " as a prank , or whether this was an error on behalf of the writers and editors . It should be noted , that in later reprints of the story , the communication channel was changed from Super - Man to Spider - Man . So , it seems it was an error that made it retiring print and was later on set . If it was a joke , it ’s weirdly out of place . Just a few control panel before , Doc Ock bring up to Spider - Man as Spider - Man . There ’s no wordplay or consultation that would suggest ' Super - Man ' was the mean choice of name here . Mistakes happen - this one just happened to be quite expectant .
Spidey did take on the Man of Steel in 1976’sSuperman vs the Amazing Spider - ManDC Comics / Marvel crossing over by Gerry Conway , Ross Andru , Neal Adams , John Romita Sr . Dick Giordano , Terry Austin , and Bob Wiacek . That issue also boast Spider - Man trying to take down Doctor Octopus - although it survive outside both DC or Marvel canon . So , while Spider - Man and Superman have met and combat against each other and together as a squad , the reference inAmazing Spider - Man # 3is simply an mistake ( or trick ) that was later corrected . irrespective , " Super - humankind " plays a part in earlySpider - Manhistory - even if accidentally .
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