On Christmas Eve, a group of thugs is mugging a man on Jones Beach, Long Island. Their crime is interrupted when a bathysphere emerges from the waters. The trio of men decides to see if the pilot of this strange vessel has money and try to force their way in. Suddenly, the main hatch opens and the mechanical arms of Doctor Octopus lash out and snap their necks. Sending his bathysphere back into the ocean, Otto goes to the limousine that is waiting for him. The driver confirms that they are driving to Forest Hills in Queens. In the back seat, Octavius doesn't care what the world thinks of him. Opening a photo album, he looks at a photo of May Parker, the one woman who knows him as the man he once was.

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