What is Doctor Octopus?
[[File:Montreal Comiccon 2015 - Doctor Octopus (19266143170).jpg|thumb|Cosplayer of Doctor Octopus.]] '''Dr. Otto Gunther Octavius''' (better known as '''Doctor Octopus''', or '''Doc Ock''' for short) is a fictional character and an enemy of [[Spider-Man]] in [[Marvel Comics]]. The character was created by [[Stan Lee]] and [[Steve Ditko]]. He is a genius supervillain and former atomic scientist who can control four mechanical arms grafted onto his body. He is one of Spider-Man's arch-enemies (alongside [[Norman Osborn|Norman Osborn/Green Goblin]] and [[Venom (character)|Venom]]), as well as one of his earliest, first appearing in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #3. He was the main antagonist of the storylines ''If This Be My Destiny'', ''Master Planner'', and ''Ends of the Earth''. He appears as the titular protagonist of ''Superior Spider-Man'' and one of the main protagonists of both the ''Spider-Verse'' and ''Spider-Geddon'' storylines. == Adaptations == He was voiced by [[Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.]] in the 1990s television series ''[[Spider-Man (1994 TV series)|Spider Man]]''. He was also played by [[Alfred Molina]] in ''[[Spider-Man 2]]'' (2004) and in ''[[Spider-Man: No Way Home]]'' (2021). {{multistub|lit|tv|movie}} [[Category:Characters created by Stan Lee]] [[Category:Fictional characters introduced in 1963]] [[Category:Spider-Man]] [[Category:Marvel Comics supervillains]]