10 Superheroes Who Are Too Arrogant For Their Own Good

5. Spider-Man (Doctor Octopus)

Doctor Octopus may have inhabited Peter Parker€™s body during the Superior Spider-Man arc, but he was still the same egomaniacal mad scientist that he€™s been for decades, only this time he was focusing his talents protecting New York City. Spider-Ock grew more violent towards his enemies, and unlike Peter, had no trouble brutally harming or killing certain enemies. After he deleted the remnants of Peter€™s consciousness early in the arc (or so he thought), he expands his resources and builds more Spider-Bots and hires his own private army. He believed this was the proper approach to stopping crime: aggressiveness with a wide reach. This is how a superior Spider-Man is supposed to act. Ock€™s arrogance stretched in other areas of life as well. In Peter€™s personal life, he would often belittle the work of his colleagues and eventually left to create his own laboratory. He also didn€™t get along with most of the other Marvel heroes. In typical Ock fashion, he believed he was always right and rarely depended on his teammates to help him. Eventually he just left The Avengers altogether, not wanting to have to continue explaining his questionable behavior. By the end of the arc, Ock realized that his methods wouldn€™t be enough to stop the Goblin King, and gave Peter back his body, calling him the true Superior Spider-Man. Ock may be gone for now, but his legacy as an arrogant and violent Spider-Man is something that will take Peter awhile to overcome.