Marvel Studios’ The Superior Spider-Man
This has been a crazy idea in my head for a while.
Basically it was what I initially thought we would get in No Way Home when Doc Ock was returning, and then after watching Moon Knight and reading the recent End of Spider-Verse comic storyline, it kept bugging at so I decided to do this piece.
Basically it would be if Doc Ock had been transported to the MCU after Spider-Man 2.
[In this headcanon, Doc Ock’s normal body and mind was so broken after the multiversal travel, that he was on the edge of committing suicide until he was stopped by the Spider-Goddess, Neith.
In this moment, Neith offered Otto the chance to live if he would protect and aid this world’s Spider-Man. Otto agrees, and his mind is transferred from his own into the mind of a young Peter Parker, now acting as a guardian angel of sorts, but remaining hidden to Peter all these years.
Flash forward to this timeline’s Far From Home aftermath, Peter starts to have moments of sleep deprivation and memory loss, which is affecting his relationships with Aunt May, MJ, and Ned.
Eventually, after a close encounter with the main villain of this story, Peter discovers Otto’s existence in his mind and the two form an unlikely alliance along with Peter’s friends and Otto’s apprentice: Peter’s old classmate Cindy Moon, who is revealed to also have Spider-Powers.
The unlikely band of heroes, along with Neith, must then prevent the villain Cadaverous - a former Spider-Totem who went rogue and gained the powers of Chaos Magic thanks to a relic called the Siege Perilous - from unleashing the Wasp Goddess, Shathra to “purify” the multiverse of its poison: the Spider Totems.
I know it’s a silly headcanon idea, and that it’s basically just Moon Knight with Marc/Steven/Jake swapped out for Peter/Otto/Ben, but I figured I’d get it out there just for those who feel disappointed we never got to see the Superior Spider-Man storyline adapted on screen.
Plus, looking at it this way, not only would it have been a interesting take on the MCU’s Spider-Man 3, but it also would be a good way to merge the comic origins of certain characters (Cindy Moon, Ben Reilly, Neith, & Shathra) into the main Superior Spider-Man storyline to give it more character and story depth.
But again this is just a headcanon, so don’t expect their gonna adapt it anytime soon.
And before I forget, here’s the character roster for this headcanon. (Left to Right)
Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus
Ned Leeds/Archimage
Cindy Moon/Silk
Michelle Jones Watson/Iron Spider
Peter Parker/Spider-Man
Otto Octavius/Superior Spider-Man
Ben Reilly/Scarlet Spider
Neith
Evelyn Strum/Madame Swarm
Oliver Octavius/Cadverous
Shathra
Let me know what you guys think! Hope you like it!
