As he retreats in humiliation, Otto fails to understand that his vengeful actions won't restore what Norman took from him. With a timely assist from Spider-Man, Norman defeated Octavius once more. Norman had previously been attacked by Chasm, so this time he came prepared. Otto is not the first villain to target Norman for his crimes as the Green Goblin. In the end, Doctor Octopus's plan doesn't work. Repressing his subconscious memories, Otto injects his captured foe with the goblin serum in order to revive his villainous Green Goblin persona. When Norman asks Otto why he can't accept that he has truly changed, Otto roars back, "Because I wasn't allowed to!" With this outburst, Doctor Octopus is struck with a fleeting flashback of how he had once been the Superior Spider-Man. Octavius was convinced Norman's heroism was a ruse, and he set out to reveal his true evil nature. In an arc running through Amazing Spider-Man (vol 6.) #27-30 (Zeb Wells, Ed McGuinness, Mark Farmer, Marcio Menyz, and VC’s Joe Caramagna), Doctor Octopus launched an assault on Oscorp and its CEO, Norman Osborn, who had recently adopted the heroic identity of the Gold Goblin. Using a mindscape device in Superior Spider-Man (vol 1.) #30 (Dan Slott, Christos Gage, Giuseppe Camuncoli, John Dell, Terry Pallot), Otto reluctantly sacrificed himself including his memories of his heroic deeds and love for Anna Maria Marconi, so Peter could reclaim his body and defeat the Green Goblin. For several months, Octavius grew in his role as the new Spider-Man, but when confronted with the threat of the Green Goblin and his Goblin Nation wreaking havoc across New York, he came to the painful realization that only the original Spider-Man could stop him. Replacing Peter as the new Superior Spider-Man, Octavius endeavored to cause even more devastation than before, but the remnants of Parker's spirit influenced him to try and be a hero, even if he was more merciless and arrogant than his predecessor. Doctor Octopus was on the verge of death in Amazing Spider-Man #700 (Dan Slott, Humberto Ramos, Victor Olazaba, Chris Eliopoulos), when he diabolically switched bodies with Peter Parker, leaving the hero to perish in his place.
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