OCT 30, 2026
DOCTOR OCTOPUS NEARLY BECAME SPIDER-MAN'S UNCLE — HE TRIED TO MARRY AUNT MAY FOR HER NUCLEAR REACTOR!
The most respectable supervillain plot ever attempted: no break-in, no death ray — just a wedding license and an inheritance.
In The Amazing Spider-Man #130–131 (1974), Octavius courts May Parker to inherit the nuclear breeder reactor on her Canadian island; Hammerhead crashes the Christmas wedding, and the prize itself goes up in the blast.
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