Arms of the Octopus Archive

It’s time for Episode 22 of the Superior Spider-Talk podcast! In this episode, Dan Gvozden and I talk about Superior Spider-Man #20, provide our final thoughts on the “Arms of the Octopus” special, and revisit the classic “Arms of the Octopus” arc from Spectacular Spider-Man #73-79. Download the episode from iTunes or our Podomatic web

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In some of my recent write-ups of Superior Spider-Man and Superior Spider-Man Team-Up, I mentioned that I had resigned myself to the fact that the writers of both those series, Dan Slott and Chris Yost respectively, had taken Spider Ock far enough along a dark path that there was

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In the Indestructible Hulk Special #1, the second part of the Superior Spider-Man-centric “Arms of the Octopus” arc, agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. use puppies as a means to calm the Hulk’s rage so he can change back into mild-mannered Dr. Bruce Banner. Sadly, the use of cute, adorable little puppies

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Even after reading All New X-Men Special #1 last week, the first installment of the one-shot traversing “Arms of the Octopus” storyline, which promotes the “return” of Doctor Octopus, I still don’t know exactly what this arc is hoping to accomplisht. Certainly on paper, the story offers a shocking

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