2. The Superior Spider-Man
It seems that two themes of this list are redemption and supervillains cosplaying as their nemesis. Guess it was only a matter of time before those two came together into one storyline. Dying of injuries developed from years of massive head trauma, Dr. Octopus came up with one final plan: pull a "Freaky Friday" and swap his mind with Spider-Man's. It worked, and when Peter Parker's mind died inside Octavius's body, he convinced the good doctor to use his new shot at life for good. Ock did, and became a much more brutal Spider-Man, using force and rage to get the job done while still masquerading as Parker in his daily life.
However, even when he started recruiting henchmen and built three mechanical arms onto the frickin' Spider-Suit, NO ONE NOTICED ANYTHING WAS AMISS!! I'm not sure if that says bad things about Peter's friends and family for not noticing, or Peter for being the kind of guy for whom suddenly acting like a jerk wasn't extremely out of the ordinary.
Octavius brought an air of arrogance to the book, but then again it was called the Superior Spider-Man, so that shoulda been a tip off right there. When the series started, there was a large outcry of fan outrage, but as the book progressed it mellowed. That can not be said of our next storyline"¦
