Amazing Spider-Man #700

[cyberghostface]

Dying in Dr. Octopus' body, Spidey confronts Ock (in his body) one last time. Peter is unable to transfer his consciousness back, but as his life flashes before his eyes Ock receives them as well via their mental link, with himself in place of Peter in them.



Ock (still in Spidey's body) tells Spidey he doesn't want this, and asks how he can do what Spidey does. Spidey (in Ock's body) tells him that he has to, because with great power...



But "Ock" is dead.





While this will probably last as long as Captain America's death did, I actually like the idea of a (reformed?) Ock as Spider-Man. I think there's a lot of potential with this idea and I'm definitely on board for Superior Spider-Man.

So I'm surprised to say this, but kudos to Slott. I'm looking forward to see where Ock!Spidey goes from here.

EDIT: There's an interesting write-up here.

Comments

[darkknightjrk]

That sounds good, up until Kaine dying. I've liked what I've read of him in Scarlet Spider.

[bardbrain]

Well, keep in mind that Slott brought Kaine back. I think he did so based on the idea that it was a limited run thing that he could let another writer play with... and then has other plans that Kaine will get folded back into.

I think Kaine is a big part of the meta-arc though and that we may well see Kaine with Peter's mind or even as a vehicle that Ben Reilly's soul winds up attached to by the end.

It helps that Kaine is a tragic figure. I think Slott had a tragic end to Kaine's story in mind the minute he brought him back and that his use so far is largely to set him up for a preordained role later in the story.

[cyberghostface]

Actually it was Marc Guggenheim who brought him back. What Slott did was (thankfully) change Kaine back from being the "Tarantula", some hairy spidey creature with eight eyes.