Road to Superior Spider-Man
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 6:05 pm
Spoilers obviously.
ASM 698 saw normal Spider-Man stuff in the beginning with him being requested to Ryker's Island (think it was Rykers) to see Doctor Octopus in his final hours of life. Spidey gets there and unmasks, revealing normal Peter Parker underneath. Yet we soon find out that it's actually Doc Ock's mind in Peter's body with Peter's mind in Ock's body! He says he has Peter's memories so he's taking over Parker's life.
SpOck (Spider-Ock) leaves and PeOck (Peter-Ock) begins passing away, with 699 starting with his resuscitation by infirmary staff who didn't want to bring him back to life but knew they had. PeOck realizes if SpOck can access Peter's memories then he can access Ock's memories (hilarity ensues when he remembers Ock putting the moves on Aunt May and almost marrying her, including possible pre-marriage sex). Know he needs to break out, he further accesses the memories and realizes how it all happened: starting with ASM 600 when Peter had to use Ock's brain control to work with the tiny metal octopi around the city and again when he had to use the brain control device during Spider-Island (and think there was a 3rd time), Ock was completely scanning Peter's brainwaves. Then in ASM 697, a golden tiny metal octopus pierced Peter's head which must be where the brain swap began.
So PeOck uses one of the tiny metal octopi to start a chain event to get him out of prison. A new Sinister Six is formed (well, half of it) consisting of Scorpion, Hydro Man, and Paste Pot Pete (can't remember his new name, lol). They come in and break PeOck out of prison and everyone debates on who they should break out to make the Sinister Six 6 members instead of just 4.
ASM 699.1 sees Morbius being broken out of prison during that event and the rest of the issue doesn't tie in with ASM stuff besides 2-3 pages. Basically the issue was a backdoor pilot of the new Morbius series.
ASM 700 was the big showdown. We had SpOck putting the moves on Mary Jane but being a total dick to her (typical Ock fashion). Soon he finds out PeOck has escaped and rushes out. He lies to everyone and says that "Doctor Octopus" is going to try and wreak vengeance before he dies. PeOck meanwhile is put in the original Doctor Octopus suit to maintain himself before the body dies. No one knows about the mind swap until the Sinister Four break into the police station to get the golden octopus (I think, as I said I read the issue over a week ago). In the police station, he informs Carlie Cooper (who knows Peter is Spider-Man) that he's not Ock but instead Peter Parker stuck in Ock's mind. She ignores him and tries to shoot him.
Next they go to the Avengers tower, sneaking in through a service entrance below. I think PeOck had confused the Avengers into leaving, can't fully remember. We find out that SpOck had assumed this would happen so when he gathered everyone to put them in safety he holed them up in the Avengers tower. Once Scorpion finds out that Jameson is there, he rushes off to find his location and get his revenge finally. Hydro Man goes along with him, which leads to SpOck using all his strength on Scorpion and literally ripping off his jaw, not knowing the extent of Spider-Man's powers. Hydro Man gets taken care easily, same way that Sandman got taken care of by Horizon Labs.
Now it's the final showdown between SpOck and PeOck. They battle and get pushed out of the tower. SpOck survives but PeOck in his already deteriorating state gets mangled in the fall. Now he's finally dying and pulls SpOck over to him to talk to him wish his dying breath. He forces his own memories to get forcibly pulled up into SpOck's mind, who had access but never experienced them, now he's being forced to experience EVERYTHING that ever happened to Peter Parker. As PeOck's body completely passes away, SpOck stating that he's going to be a better Spider-Man than Peter ever was, proclaiming he's going to be SUPERIOR.
Avenging Spider-Man 15.1 is the first full story with SpOck as the only Spider-Man around. He experiences a burglary that he was going to ignore yet his muscle memory has him automatically club the burglar (aka it's a hint that Peter's mind can still take over the body if needed). SpOck goes into Octopuses' previous underground lab which sets off a warning system that forces him to fully understand Spider-Man's nuances of power. The end has him working on a new costume which includes, for some unknown reason, talons on his fingers and possibly his toes (it looks exactly like Spider-Man 2099, which is what confused the whole comic community when we saw previews leading us to believe Miguel O'Hara was in the present). Thus, we now have the Superior Spider-Man.
ASM 698 saw normal Spider-Man stuff in the beginning with him being requested to Ryker's Island (think it was Rykers) to see Doctor Octopus in his final hours of life. Spidey gets there and unmasks, revealing normal Peter Parker underneath. Yet we soon find out that it's actually Doc Ock's mind in Peter's body with Peter's mind in Ock's body! He says he has Peter's memories so he's taking over Parker's life.
SpOck (Spider-Ock) leaves and PeOck (Peter-Ock) begins passing away, with 699 starting with his resuscitation by infirmary staff who didn't want to bring him back to life but knew they had. PeOck realizes if SpOck can access Peter's memories then he can access Ock's memories (hilarity ensues when he remembers Ock putting the moves on Aunt May and almost marrying her, including possible pre-marriage sex). Know he needs to break out, he further accesses the memories and realizes how it all happened: starting with ASM 600 when Peter had to use Ock's brain control to work with the tiny metal octopi around the city and again when he had to use the brain control device during Spider-Island (and think there was a 3rd time), Ock was completely scanning Peter's brainwaves. Then in ASM 697, a golden tiny metal octopus pierced Peter's head which must be where the brain swap began.
So PeOck uses one of the tiny metal octopi to start a chain event to get him out of prison. A new Sinister Six is formed (well, half of it) consisting of Scorpion, Hydro Man, and Paste Pot Pete (can't remember his new name, lol). They come in and break PeOck out of prison and everyone debates on who they should break out to make the Sinister Six 6 members instead of just 4.
ASM 699.1 sees Morbius being broken out of prison during that event and the rest of the issue doesn't tie in with ASM stuff besides 2-3 pages. Basically the issue was a backdoor pilot of the new Morbius series.
ASM 700 was the big showdown. We had SpOck putting the moves on Mary Jane but being a total dick to her (typical Ock fashion). Soon he finds out PeOck has escaped and rushes out. He lies to everyone and says that "Doctor Octopus" is going to try and wreak vengeance before he dies. PeOck meanwhile is put in the original Doctor Octopus suit to maintain himself before the body dies. No one knows about the mind swap until the Sinister Four break into the police station to get the golden octopus (I think, as I said I read the issue over a week ago). In the police station, he informs Carlie Cooper (who knows Peter is Spider-Man) that he's not Ock but instead Peter Parker stuck in Ock's mind. She ignores him and tries to shoot him.
Next they go to the Avengers tower, sneaking in through a service entrance below. I think PeOck had confused the Avengers into leaving, can't fully remember. We find out that SpOck had assumed this would happen so when he gathered everyone to put them in safety he holed them up in the Avengers tower. Once Scorpion finds out that Jameson is there, he rushes off to find his location and get his revenge finally. Hydro Man goes along with him, which leads to SpOck using all his strength on Scorpion and literally ripping off his jaw, not knowing the extent of Spider-Man's powers. Hydro Man gets taken care easily, same way that Sandman got taken care of by Horizon Labs.
Now it's the final showdown between SpOck and PeOck. They battle and get pushed out of the tower. SpOck survives but PeOck in his already deteriorating state gets mangled in the fall. Now he's finally dying and pulls SpOck over to him to talk to him wish his dying breath. He forces his own memories to get forcibly pulled up into SpOck's mind, who had access but never experienced them, now he's being forced to experience EVERYTHING that ever happened to Peter Parker. As PeOck's body completely passes away, SpOck stating that he's going to be a better Spider-Man than Peter ever was, proclaiming he's going to be SUPERIOR.
Avenging Spider-Man 15.1 is the first full story with SpOck as the only Spider-Man around. He experiences a burglary that he was going to ignore yet his muscle memory has him automatically club the burglar (aka it's a hint that Peter's mind can still take over the body if needed). SpOck goes into Octopuses' previous underground lab which sets off a warning system that forces him to fully understand Spider-Man's nuances of power. The end has him working on a new costume which includes, for some unknown reason, talons on his fingers and possibly his toes (it looks exactly like Spider-Man 2099, which is what confused the whole comic community when we saw previews leading us to believe Miguel O'Hara was in the present). Thus, we now have the Superior Spider-Man.