Spider-Man rogue Doctor Octopus faces his biggest challenge yet—living life as a middle school girl in Japan!
After a battle with Spider-Man, the evil genius scientist Doctor Octopus falls into a coma. When he wakes up, his consciousness is in the body of Otoha Okutamiya, a regular kid in Tokyo! Thus begins the strange new life of Spider-Man’s biggest rival…as a schoolgirl!
Spider-Man: Octo-Girl by Hideyuki Furuhashi and Betten Court will be published on October 8, 2024. VIZ Media provided an early galley for review.
I am a long-time fan of Spider-Man comics, in part due to his varied rogues gallery. And one of the most iconic of those enemies is Doc Ock. The description of this manga was enough to make this a "definitely check out" book for me.
And the ride was exactly what I expected - wild and crazy. The creative team captures the personality of Ock perfectly, and the interplay between him and Spider-Man is pitch-perfect Marvel style. The addition of the bodyswap and the world of Japanese teen drama just adds to the fun. This is a fantastic "what if" kind of scenario.
There are also several more surprises in this first volume that further tie this story into other published works (both in the main Marvel 616 titles as well as other manga projects). I liked that as well. I am eager to see where this goes in the next edition.
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