8 Worst Things Doc Ock Has Ever Done To Spider-Man
5. He Made Peter Lose His Memories
Marvel Comics
Back during one of their earlier encounters, Doctor Octopus actually managed to turn his most hated adversary into a temporary ally. With Spider-Man being a friendly neighbourhood sort of guy it's pretty clear that this was particularly nasty, a fact only exacerbated through the way in which Ock manages to control the hero.
In the Amazing Spider-Man #55, Doc Ock manages to control the web-slinger by effectively turning him into an amnesiac. With a blank slate to work with, Ock convinces his former villain into becoming his accomplice, causing Peter no end of inconvenience, both in his civilian identity and as Spider-Man.
Of course, Parker manages to break free in the end, but for a good period of time he was considered Octavius' key accomplice. Had Ock prevailed, J. Jonah Jameson really would've gotten his one wish - that Spider-Man is a pubic menace.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
