Doctor Octopus' range of telepathic control over his arms has gotten so far that he's able to control his arms from New York to break him out of a prison in the midwest, at which point he hijacks a plane with a foreign diplomat named General Su.
POINTLESS TRIVIA
BEN: Villain appearance count:
- Doctor Octopus: 10
- Green Goblin: 8
- The Vulture: 7
- Mysterio: 6
- The Lizard: 5
- Kraven the Hunter: 5
- Sandman: 4
- Electro: 3
- The Enforcers: 3
- The Rhino: 3
- Professor Smythe/Spider Slayer: 3
- Man Mountain Marko: 3
- Silvermane: 3
- The Chameleon: 3
- The Schemer/Richard Fisk: 3
- The Ringmaster: 2
- Scorpion: 2
- Molten Man: 2
- Shocker: 2
DUY: I wish he stayed, because I don't actually like Kane's draftsmanship.
BEN: His human people aren't great.
DUY: They look robotic.
WHAT'S AGED THE BEST?
BEN: The arms look sort of cool on their own.
DUY: Oh yeah, Gwen is smart too. I forgot.
BEN: I like her confidence there.
WHAT'S AGED THE WORST?
DUY: Okay, so this issue is pretty good, and I guess the depiction of Asians is the thing that ages worst, but I have to say, it's nowhere near as racist as I'd have expected from 1970.
BEN: He literally has a Fu Manchu.
NITPICKS
BEN: Ock controlled his arms from New York to Chicago?
DUY: How did he control his arms so specifically as to know exactly how to attack Spider-Man?
BEN: Spider-Man said they were attacking anyone in their way.
FAVORITE PANEL
DUY: But so specific as to go for his wrists? To go for a building? It's that advanced?
BEN: Apparently!
FAVORITE PANEL
BEN: I can tell you least favorite:
DUY: Creepy. Mine:
BEN: Was Acme the default gag company in all fiction?
DUY: It's even the name of the detective agency in Carmen San Diego.
WHO WON THE COMIC?
BEN: Gwen!
DOES MILES WARREN KNOW?
BEN: So does Miles Warren know?
DUY: We can't just do a category for everyone knowing!
DUY: Because it's ridiculous!
BEN: That's why it's funny.
DUY: No one will laugh at that!
BEN: Business as usual!
DUY: That's it for Spider-Rama this week.
BEN: Thank you, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko—
DUY: —for telling us we aren't the only ones.
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