Doctor Octoball

A wild Modern Age Marvel creation, Doctor Octoball burst onto the scene in 2023's The Amazing Spider-Man and has already carved out a memorably offbeat corner of Spidey's world. With just nine catalog appearances concentrated across Amazing Spider-Man and the Dark Web Finale event, this is a character who makes their presence felt in a tight, high-stakes window — sharing pages with heavy hitters like Spider-Man, the Goblin Queen Madelyne Pryor, and the fearsome Kraken the Hunter. Compact in publication history but rich in the chaotic company they keep, Doctor Octoball is exactly the kind of deep-cut Modern Age curiosity that rewards the attentive collector digging into one of Marvel's most eventful recent Spider-Man runs.