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Superior Spider-Man Revisits Amazing Spider-Man #33 (Spoilers)

Amazing Spider-Man #33 by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee was the final part of Spider-Man's first multi-part story, If This Be My Destiny...!,

Amazing Spider-Man #33 by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee was the final part of Spider-Man's first multi-part story, If This Be My Destiny…!, and is famed for an extended scene in which Spider-Man was trying to lift heavy machinery off himself in order to get much-needed medicine to his Aunt May in time.

The story saw Peter Parker at his his first day at Empire State University, as The Master Planner arranges for the theft of various technological devices.

Revealed as Doctor Octopus, he stole a rare isotope, also the only means to save Aunt May's life. Spider-Man follows his goons to his underwater lair, to try and steal the serum back., which he does. Doc Ock manages to escape, leaving Peter Parker trapped under heavy machinery. Thinking about Uncle Ben's death and not wanting to lose Aunt May as well, Spider-Man is able to gather enough will power to lift the machinery. The scene and story were adapted in The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series, in The Hobgoblin wpisode of the 2017 Spider-Man animated series, inspired the train scene in Spider-Man 2, and in the 2017 film Homecoming when the Vulture destroys support beams in his lair and pins Spider-Manunder the debris. A similar scene appeared in the 2018 video game where Spider-Man has to lift debris off trapped civilians.

But those are all in other continuities, and as Peter Parker demonstrates with a white board, the 616 is complicated enough.

In the new Superior Spider-Man, with Peter Parker working with Doc Octopus, they return to Doctor Octopus's lair, which is still fully stafed, and still protecting Doctor Octopus' various radiactive treasures.

Probably a rather dull job, with plenty of time to fill. That is until Doc Ock and Peter Parker come a-calling. Pretending to be the Superior Spider-Man, with Octavius telling Parker what to say, in order to be more like him, Cyrano De Bergerac style.

Although honestly, he sounds pretty much how Stan Lee scripted him back in the day. While we also look to the Spider-Man 2 movie use of the radioactive isotope used in the movie that ends up contributuing to Doc Ock's transformation.

Quadtritium is clearly four times more powerful than tritium. The clue is in the name…

… and giving us a moment that shows that Doc Ock isn't entirely the big bad. Certainly not as bad asPeter Parker's whiteboard would suggest.

And Spider-Man remembers it all…

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #3
MARVEL COMICS
NOV230521
(W) Dan Slott (A/CA) Mark Bagley
TIME IS RUNNING OUT!
Only ONE man can save the day! Well, one man and his army of expendable Spider-Minions! The Spider-Base will be reactivated! Refuel the Arachno-Mechs! Load your web-cannons! The moment you've been training for has arrived! Suit up, dolts! We're going to WAR!
RATED TIn Shops: Jan 24, 2024
SRP: $4.99

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