8 Worst Things Doc Ock Has Ever Done To Spider-Man

6. He Nearly Blew Up NYC (In His First Appearance!)

The original Stan Lee/Steve Ditko Spider-Man stories are some of the greatest comics the web-slinger has ever appeared in, and one of the best issues (unsurprisingly) came from Doc Ock's introduction.

In his initial introduction, not only does Doctor Octopus take an entire hospital hostage (taking on the moniker he'd been insulted with while experimenting with his four mechanical arms), he swats Spider-Man aside with ease, even picking up and slapping him across the face in the ultimate act of humiliation.

The offence proves so great that Spidey then considers hanging up his tights for good, leaving it to the Human Torch to convince him to keep going. In the meantime, Ock took control of a nuclear facility, leaving the wall-crawler to regather his strength, and defeat him with a swift punch to the jaw.