20 Greatest Spider-Man Villains Ever

3. Doctor Octopus

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While his tentacles make him a physical threat, the real danger of Doctor Octopus is that he's one of the few villains capable of matching minds with Peter Parker.

What also makes Otto Octavius special is that he has achieved what almost no other bad guy has, he killed Spider-Man. He managed to swap minds with the wall crawler, trapping Peter's mind in his broken body as it died while he went on to become the Superior Spider-Man.

Peter has since come back and taken back control of his body, but Otto is still out there and is ready to prove that he is the Superior Doctor Octopus.

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