Octopus

Octopus is a comic book character

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Enemy of The Spirit. First appearance in "The Postage Stamp" on July 14, 1946.

Origin

The Octopus first appeared six years after the Spirit's comic started. He became a reoccurring villain for the Spirit, especially in the later stories.

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtains...

Throughout Eisner's work, the Octopus' face was never shown. He was always depicted wearing a pair of purple gloves with three stripes. Whenever the Octopus appeared in a story, he was either off-panel (except for his gloves) or hiding behind some object (like curtains or another person). Another way the Octopus kept his face hidden was the fact that he was a master of disguise.

In a later battle with the Spirit, Octopus blinds him when a gunshot goes off by his face (Spirit is later cured by a convenient miracle drug called Fluid X).

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Check out the gloves...

On December 25, 2008, Lionsgate will release a live action movie directed by comic writer/artist (and former friend of Eisner's) Frank Miller. The Octopus will be played by Samuel L. Jackson. Frank described him as "the center of evil" and that he had to be played by someone that could "scare the crap out of everyone." The Octopus is a villain waiting to become a big Kingpin of the crime world. Since only Octopus' gloved hands were seen in the comics, Frank needed someone that could fill those gloves. That's were Sam Jackson came in. Sam was told he could make the character what he wanted. He could dress how he wanted. Frank allowed him to flesh the character out. Somewhere along the line, the Octopus' character develops a love for huge guns as Sam Jackson had the prop department create the biggest guns they could.

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Super Name:	Octopus
Real Name:	Zitzbath Zark
Aliases:	Octopus
Publisher:	Kitchen Sink
Gender:	Male
Character Type:	Human
1st Appearance:	#
Appears in:	38 issues
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Died:	Add a new death issue...