Otto Octavius : Doctor . Wannabe superhero . Superior Spider - Man . Also : lowkeytokusatsu buff ?
Marvel ’s ongoing Spider - Geddon crosswalk result has already give us some intriguing exploitation , mostly in how it ’s register us it can keep a renewed conflict with theInheritors from Spider - Versefeeling smart byoffering a moral divideto fracture our heroes ’ reunification . The question now hang around over Spider - Geddon is not so much if the inheritor can be defeated again , but instead : Should they be kill for prevent this happening again ?
That inquiry has see two camarilla of Spider - heroes form — the “ kill ” side spearheaded by Otto Octavius , re - donning his suit as the Superior Spider - Man ; and the “ do n’t kill ” side , by Miles Morales and Peter Parker — and traipse across the multiverse seeking like - minded Spider - heroes to grow their respective causa . Both side have been busy , but this week ’s Spider - Geddon # 3 — by Christos Gage , Carlo Barberi , Todd Nauk , José Marzan , David Curiel , and Travis Lanham — open with Otto ( andanother of his recruit , the Spider - Man of therecent PS4 telecasting plot ) finding a of the essence ally . It ’s Takuya Yamashiro — star of thewonderfully weirdJapanese Spider - Man show from the ‘ 70s — and hisiconic giant robot , Leopardon .
Otto and PS4 - Pete find out Takuya a scrap interfering when they first run into him , fighting a jumbo monster in his equally giant golem , as all good Nipponese superheroes often do . But with fourth dimension on no spider ’s side , Otto takes a poking at one of the oldest figure in the tokusatsu book : Why does n’t Takuya just opened with Leopardon ’s all - powerful ultimate attack and win immediately ?
It ’s both a perfectly Otto - ish matter to say , but also a riff on the tropiness of the giant golem fights visit in the likes of the old Toei Spider - Man series or theSuper Sentai franchisethat Leopardon ’s institution go on toheavily influence . You scrap for a bite , start with a few canonic attacks , get predictably shocked when they do n’t work , and then eventually build up to your ultimate particular move . That ’s just … that ’s just how it goes . And has been live for X ! But he take Otto ’s advice , deploying the “ Sword Vigor ” just as he did in practically every instalment of the old Spider - Man show , and what do you know ? The ultimate attempt works .
Even if Otto is right , so is Takuya ’s return : If he did that every clock time , giant automaton engagement would be atrociously boring . And who wants that ? Super Sentai and its tokusatsu ilk may be a little predictable , but at least itsgiant robotsaren’t muted .
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