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In the 90s Spidey cartoon, Doctor Octopus had a German accent - which seemed like such a perfect fit! I've never seen any evidence that the comic book version had any sort of accent. Has it ever been suggested, or was that just a 'toon thing? 
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Aug 29, 2016 14:23
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Well, his name certainly suggests SOME German ancestry, but no, in the comics it's never been suggested. Much like Kingpin being British despite growing up in Brooklyn, it was cartoon shorthand.
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Aug 29, 2016 15:14
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Lurdiak posted:Much like Kingpin being British despite growing up in Brooklyn, it was cartoon shorthand. ... what?
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Aug 29, 2016 15:15
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Red posted:... what? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwauBJAfMXg
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Aug 29, 2016 15:18
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That's just a rich snooty guy accent. See: Crane, Frasier Also: Lithgow, John
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Aug 29, 2016 15:48
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Red posted:That's just a rich snooty guy accent. Well it's called the Midatlantic for a reason, so it's a somewhat reasonable mistake to make.
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Aug 29, 2016 23:37
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Otto is a German name but giving him an accent makes him an immigrant and there was never anything to suggest that Dr. Octopus was any less a homegrown New Yorker than Spider-Man. But it made for a distinct voice in the cartoon and that's usually a good move if you can get away with it. Also, who still has the last name Octavius in the 20th century? His family is keeping that ancient Roman heritage strong.
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Aug 30, 2016 02:30
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Are we supposed to believe that Roderick Kingsley was able to break down the goblin formula he found, and improved upon it himself - or did he have some scientists do it for him, and then he killed them?
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Aug 31, 2016 16:55
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Doesn't he not have goblin powers at all? Unless I missed a new comic where he got them.
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Aug 31, 2016 17:24
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Lurdiak posted:Doesn't he not have goblin powers at all? Unless I missed a new comic where he got them. No, I believe it was established he took a stable version of the Goblin Serum that gave him all the advanced strength & toughness without driving him cuckoo.
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Aug 31, 2016 17:27
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Yvonmukluk posted:No, I believe it was established he took a stable version of the Goblin Serum that gave him all the advanced strength & toughness without driving him cuckoo. Right. So Kingsley, a fashion designer, was able to improve upon a formula that Norman Osborn, world-famous billionaire engineer/chemist/scientist, could not. Granted, Norman had already taken the formula before he knew the side effects, but still.
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Aug 31, 2016 17:36
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Kingsley has always been a Mary Sue to an extent.
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Aug 31, 2016 17:44
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I don't think it's explicit that Kingsley tinkered with the formula himself. Kingsley found Osborn's old notes, versions of formulas, and raided Osborn's chemical warehouses (his legitimate business ones I mean). I think you can infer that the formula the Osborns took had not been perfected and it was Norman who knew or hypothesized how it could be done and Kingsley followed through on that.Lobok posted:What's the 70s stuff under? That's what I'm most interested in but all I can find is #1 of Luke Cage, Hero for Hire. His origin story from '72. As an update for anyone else who might be interested, the Hero for Hire stuff from the 70s has now been added to Marvel Unlimited. Previously it was just issue #1.
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Aug 31, 2016 18:00
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All I know is how can you name your child "Otto Octavius" and NOT expect him to grow up to be an octopus themed villain?
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Aug 31, 2016 19:01
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El Tortuga posted:All I know is how can you name your child "Otto Octavius" and NOT expect him to grow up to be an octopus themed villain? I love how JJJ explicitly noted that in Spider-Man 2.
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Aug 31, 2016 20:41
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I hate to double post, and I have gone on the record with my dislike of Web Warriors, but drat this cover is fantastic: 
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Sep 3, 2016 11:33
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Yvonmukluk posted:I hate to double post, and I have gone on the record with my dislike of Web Warriors, but drat this cover is fantastic: You're allowed to like Rivera's art. It'd be suspicious if you didn't.
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Sep 3, 2016 14:19
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That looks like it's half of a bigger piece. I'm just gonna imagine that the left hand part would have Peter, Kaine, Miguel and Ben on it.
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Sep 3, 2016 20:51
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They're all swinging around a giant pole like a big ol' game of Spider-Tetherball.
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Sep 3, 2016 22:18
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I figure they're all webslinging into the sunset, going by the lighting.
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Sep 3, 2016 23:25
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This is another great webswinging cover he did years ago, I think during his first stint on Spider-Man comics.  Spectacular Spider-Man v2 #14
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Sep 4, 2016 00:35
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Yvonmukluk posted:I hate to double post, and I have gone on the record with my dislike of Web Warriors, but drat this cover is fantastic: Very good cover. Too bad Spider-Girl's in it.
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Sep 4, 2016 02:19
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Little Mac posted:Very good cover. Booo. Boo to you sir!
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Sep 4, 2016 03:01
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Little Mac posted:Very good cover. You need to specify.
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Sep 4, 2016 04:18
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Sep 4, 2016 06:16
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That... that is beautiful.
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Sep 4, 2016 06:42
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Please replace all versions of Spider-man with Newspaper Spider-Man, thank you
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Sep 4, 2016 06:58
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Rhyno posted:You need to specify. Specifically May Parker, obviously.
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Sep 4, 2016 16:26
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Little Mac posted:Specifically May Parker, obviously. Hasn't Arana been calling herself Spider-girl for years now?
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Sep 4, 2016 16:38
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Rhyno posted:Hasn't Arana been calling herself Spider-girl for years now? Since she's from the "real" universe that Richards restored, and everyone else comes from a world invented from Franklin's fevered imaginings, we should call Araña the one true Spider-Girl. You know, to distinguish them.
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Sep 4, 2016 16:54
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Little Mac posted:Specifically May Parker, obviously.
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Sep 4, 2016 17:08
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Yvonmukluk posted:Why do you dislike her so much? To vex you.
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Sep 4, 2016 17:46
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Little Mac posted:To vex you.
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Sep 4, 2016 21:42
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Yvonmukluk posted:Look, if I wanted to read people being pointlessly contrarian, I'd go to CineD and take SuperMechaGodzilla off my ignore list. Why would you ignore the best poster of CineD?
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Sep 6, 2016 18:02
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SMG is the best CineD poster.
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Sep 7, 2016 01:32
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SynthOrange posted:SMG is the best CineD poster. Aw, that's so mean to all the others.
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Sep 7, 2016 01:51
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Why would you ignore the best poster of CineD? SynthOrange posted:SMG is the best CineD poster. Deliberately contrarian posts, SMG would be proud.
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Sep 7, 2016 01:52
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This has nothing to do with Spider-Man. Move on.
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Sep 7, 2016 02:05
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Maybe (okay I almost certainlyv am) buying into the hype when it comes to Renew Your Vows, but god dammit, everything I read about it makes me want it more.
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Sep 17, 2016 21:38
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I can't get excited by anything written by Gerry Conway in 2016.
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Sep 17, 2016 21:44
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