Marvel Comics
DOCTOR OCTOPUS
743
APPEARANCES
2592
TOTAL ISSUES
273
SERIES
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. A highly intelligent mad scientist, Doctor Octopus is typically portrayed as a stocky, myopic man who utilizes four powerful, mechanical appendages, and is obsessed with proving his own genius and destroying the superhero Spider-Man.
FIRST APPEARANCE
1ST APPEARANCE
The Amazing Spider-Man #3
"Spider-Man Versus Doctor Octopus"
July 1963
First appearance of Doctor Octopus.
KEY APPEARANCES
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CREATORS
Writers and artists on Doctor Octopus's earliest appearances.
