Peter attempts to use the Octobot to re-swap their consciousness, but Otto's prepared for this, sporting a new metal shield that prevents a transfer. Peter, determined to disallow his body to be used for killing, engages Otto, and the two spar in a rage-filled brawl. Otto's intervention is a brutal one, though, and he nearly kills the Scorpion. During the ensuing battle, when Scorpion is about to maul Aunt May, Otto is struck by a lingering, loving memory left in Peter's body and thwarts the attack. ![]() Meanwhile, the Otto-occupied Spider-Man brings Spider-Man's loved ones to Avengers Tower, where Peter soon arrives with the Scorpion and Hydro-Man, who still believe he is the true Doctor Octopus. Doc Ock, now occupying the body of Spider-Man thanks to a device called an Octobot, leaves Peter on the Raft inside his withering body. Soon after he arrives, Peter finds his consciousness has transferred into Doc Ock's body. During a brief moment of minuscule lucidity, he manages to whisper "Peter Parker." Peter, who is going about his day as the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, senses Doc Ock's distant call and decides to trek to the Raft and visit him at his would-be deathbed. ![]() When the "Dying Wish" storyline begins in The Amazing Spider-Man #698, Doc Ock is still imprisoned in the high-security facility called the Raft. So much for being a powerful Marvel Comics villain. (More of a desperate reach toward wicked greatness than a Thanos-esque form of twisted altruism.) Ultimately, his plan fails, and he's doomed to imprisonment while rigged to a life-support machine. ![]() What follows is a three-year series of storylines featuring Doc Ock's multiple plots to save his own life, and, when those attempts are unsuccessful, aiming to exterminate billions of people. ![]() The build-up to this moment began in 2009 with The Amazing Spider-Man #600, in which Otto Octavius' many years as Doctor Octopus have finally caught up to him, and he finds himself on the brink of death.
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