#4124: Dr. Octopus

DR. OCTOPUS SPIDER-MAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES (TOY BIZ) “A laboratory explosion grafted four tentacle-like mechanical arms to the body of renowned Radiology expert Dr. Otto Octavius, warping his mind, transforming him into the genius know as Dr. Octopus! Octopus can control his titanium steel tentacles with but a thought – – and his thoughts are often of smashing his arch-foe, Spider-Man!” The ‘90s was a pretty solid decade when it came to super hero cartoons. At the head of the pack was Batman: The Animated Series, which everything else was kind of trying to imitate, at least in some fashion. Perhaps the oddest case of this was Spider-Man: The Animated Series, which featured a surprising number of shared actors with BTAS. Batman’s faithful butler Alfred’s voice actor Ephram Zimbalist Jr was one of the crossover actors, also lending his voice to Dr. Octopus, who was also one of the tie-in toyline’s first figures to roll out. Let’s check him out today! THE FIGURE ITSELF Dr. Octopus was…