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Doctor Octopus

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Otto Octavius, a brilliant scientist whose life was irrevocably changed by a fusion experiment gone wrong, has become the tragic supervillain known as Doctor Octopus. Fused with a set of powerful mechanical tentacles, Otto is driven by a singular obsession to complete his reactor project, no matter the cost, as he battles the corrupting influence of the AI controlling his cybernetic limbs.

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