The character of Doctor Octopus first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #3 (July 1963), and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko.
3 #21 (December 2012) and his first full appearance of the same character was in Avenging Spider-Man #15.1 (Dec. His first brief appearance as the Superior Spider-Man was in Daredevil vol. A highly intelligent mad scientist, Doctor Octopus is typically portrayed as a stocky, myopic man who utilizes four powerful, mechanical appendages, and is a prominent enemy and ally of the superhero Spider-Man, respectively as Doctor Octopus and the Superior Spider-Man.