well since otto is as smart as parker he could continue as Spidey/Peter but i would be suprised that no one notices.But what wil probably happen is either:Peter reclaims his body but is forced to fake his death so that no one could target him or his loved ones and becomes darker as a resurt of Doc Ock almost having his ultimate vengence,or Ock continues and experimenents on peters body to enhance his powers,possible Miguel ? But i hope Pete stays becomes Superiour and hopefully goes back to his old self with the help of his friends and allies ... :D

What if Peter transfered his mind into the body of Norman Osborn with the octobot. Afterall we didn't see how he got out of his coma.

ASM 698 is my first Spider-man comic. If Superior Spider-man is Doc Ock in Peter's body, I don't know if I'll keep reading. The Mary Jane thing is too messed up.

Im really starting to believe that Superior Spiderman isnt Ock in Pete's body.....after the #700 preview.....idk i am confuced as hell!

@PunyParker said:

Im really starting to believe that Superior Spiderman isnt Ock in Pete's body.....after the #700 preview.....idk i am confuced as hell!

Whew, I hadn't seen that. So there's a chance Doc Ock won't be Spidey (or he will be, but not for long).

I bet Peters mind is in one of the octobots or a computer or somthing along those lines. They showed a octo-spider robot thing say Peter Parker in one frame, I bet there will be some sort of mental battle thing between Peter in some of doc ocs tech (possibly the giant gold octobot) and oc in Peters body, we've already seen that Peters mind is stronger when he took control of the octobots back from doc oc. Only as a result of this doc would probably be like Baron zemo and be inside some octopus robot. That's how I figure 700 will end but I don't know who superior will be but even if it isn't Peter by the end of 2013 Peter Parker will be spider man again, never has a hero succefully been replaced for good

well the 700 preview is definitely implying that Pete is going to have a chance to fight back, as to how....that's up to issue 700 to show us.

At this point my mind is blown. Did this just happen in this issue or has Doc been inside Peter's body since the ends of the earth arc? I need to go back and read those like.... right now.

@gotwillpower:

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@DarkKnightDetective:

What happened in 698 still doesn't explain Superior Spider-Man's feet.

To be honest I expect to end with spiderman and Doc ock sharing the same mind, Spiderman will fight back for control but being in Doc Ock's dying body he probably see that as a living hell besides he doesn't kill anybody, he had a chance to kill him back in ends of the earth. Thats how it will probably be him and Doc ock in the same body

I hope the heroes will start to notice something "different" about Spider-Man, or maybe at least Mary-Jane.

Non Spoiler discussion....: Richard Elson's art is FANTASTIC!!!

The BEST i've seen in years of ASM....(since Mcniven in Brand New Day...for me)

i mean look at this!!

Please someone find me the last page with Spiderman and Dock Ock(background)....please!

@PunyParker :)

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@thespidey307 said:

I hope the heroes will start to notice something "different" about Spider-Man, or maybe at least Mary-Jane.

But would they ever think that Dock Ock is inhabiting Peter's mind? They might consider an impostor, but never that someone took control of Peter's body. That's why it's so scary. It's also why Peter's going to have to fight Ock back, because there's really no other way to stop him.

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Btw I'm still hoping for an epic Norman appearence in all of this.

I really hope for that too!!

I was partially thinking/hoping that the whole tweet about Miguel was a red herring, for a lot of reasons, but mostly I dont think Spider-Mans going to be replaced, whenever Marvel does anything like this the new covers it and make a big deal about it, but the discussion for this has been strictly on message boards, twitter and comic news sites. The lead up to Ultimate Spider Man dying was like 2 months. But I started reading 2099 and I've started to see things as to why this would work with Miguel. Tyler Stone (Ty) just got fired from Horizon, because basically hes a douche and evil. Tyler Stone in 2099 is the head of Alchemax, I figure that Ty Stone goes off and starts Alchemax on his own, and then the 2099 guy is a descendant. This would fit too because Ty stone has been around for a while, and @EscGamer posted that pic from Spider Island, so Slott could have been planning this for a while. Because hes been planning it for this long and nothing has been advertised about it I dont think Peter Parker will die, but like I said earlier, even if he dies and gets replaced, he will be brought back in a few months because thats just what happens.

Really hope Peter beats Dock ock in 700 and doesn't die, so therefore he can mentor the new guy who is being spider-man whilst working at horizon labs.

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@gotwillpower said:

@thespidey307 said:

I hope the heroes will start to notice something "different" about Spider-Man, or maybe at least Mary-Jane.

But would they ever think that Dock Ock is inhabiting Peter's mind? They might consider an impostor, but never that someone took control of Peter's body. That's why it's so scary. It's also why Peter's going to have to fight Ock back, because there's really no other way to stop him.

I don't see why not, weirder things have happened in the Marvel Universe.

I change my mind, I totally agree with you. The first commenter on the ASM 698 Comicvine review asked what would happen if someone read Peter's mind (while Ock is in it). That would totally make them figure it out.

man i really do appreciate the different characterizations and mannerism each comic hero has. NOBODY, question what the hell was going on, not Cap, not Wolverine, not anybody in the bunch at the raft question or question it further to why Ock(Peter) ask for Peter specifically. Now if Batman, was there (yes, im going there), he would have no doubt question and quested to figure why Ock(peter) specifically asked for Peter Parker. As a fan of many comic heroes, i really think that's great you can ask yourself "What would _____ do if that situation occurred?" Sorry for going off topic, just thought i share.

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To me, this suggests that Doc Ock was Spider-man throughout all of issue 698....and maybe even before that.

@HushoftheWind said:

man i really do appreciate the different characterizations and mannerism each comic hero has. NOBODY, question what the hell was going on, not Cap, not Wolverine, not anybody in the bunch at the raft question or question it further to why Ock(Peter) ask for Peter specifically. Now if Batman, was there (yes, im going there), he would have no doubt question and quested to figure why Ock(peter) specifically asked for Peter Parker. As a fan of many comic heroes, i really think that's great you can ask yourself "What would _____ do if that situation occurred?" Sorry for going off topic, just thought i share.

I think every one of them understood what it was like to have a Villain know personal things about you, Wolverine definitely does, Captain America and etc. So they didn't question it.

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Fellas I think we're on to something with the Norman thing. Think about it lately Spidey has been using a glider in battles and wearing a bag'o tricks to take out enemies so I wouldn't be surprised if he managed to take control of Osborn's body don the Green Gob Garbs and went after Spider-Ock. Not a bad way to end the comic

I agree somethings going on with Norman but I'm pretty sure Doc Oc was spiderman by the time the hob goblin battle happened, also Norman disappeared before Ocs body died, and Peter was in Ocs body when that happened so unless he was in 2 at once Peter can't be Norman

no i think dock ock became peter sometime in between 697-698 that will be explained next issue, because first, doc ock was most likely spider man the entire issue, you can tell simply by the fact that the dialogue coming from parker was a little weird and ock- like. plus, peter at first did not recognize his wound from the hobgoblin fight, and the only reason he did was because the octobot was watching for ock the whole time, so at some point in between the two issues, parker's mind was switched with ocks (and this may have to do with parkers blocking of his own spider sense in 697)

@deadpoolspidey877Pete, I dont know how could oc have switched when he was in a coma, i think spiderman is in doc oc since their battle and that pete has been in doc controlling his automations, the giant gold octobot has been coming to shore since Ends of the Earth, they showed it in a panel or two and Slott mentioned it in an interview and I think Peter is doing this, it's already been shown Pete controls the little spider bots because one said his name. And now that the oc body is dead Petes mind has to be somewhere, my guess is the giant robot

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@Z3RO180 said:

@PunyParker: would you recomend reading issue 698 ?

If you are interested in the upcoming Superior,hell yeah...!!

Generally its a good issue with interesting storytelling and FANTASTIC art...

P.S. Stop writing with spoilers....the issue is out,everybody knows it...

He wouldnt need to know who he was to switch bodies with him, he probably just found out after the switch

Do we know if Norman woke up from the coma or is it that his body just isn't at the hospital anymore? At this point, Norman's body is gone. I don't think anyone saw him wake up.

Also, Slott stated that Peter Parker wasn't going to be Spider-man in Superior, he never said Peter was going to die. Maybe Peter changes his identity. One last attempt to completely get away from his enemies.

@MadRooster81: Either someone took his body or he got up. Somebody went out that window since it was open.

They didnt just add Norman's "escape" .....there is some sort of sub-plot to it!