By skipping reading the Kaine/clone issues of Spider-Man, I missed Doctor Octopus being killed. It’s okay, I regret nothing. And he’s coming back anyway. Peter’s having nightmares about it…
Rose and Delilah hire The Hand to resurrect the good doctor. Their plan is drain Spider-Man’s “life essence” and put it in Doctor Octopus–an idea that will be executed much better in about twenty years’ Superior Spider-Man series by Dan Slott.
Obviously, Spidey doesn’t die. But Octopus does live.
When Ock is revived, his memories come from a digital chip provided by Dr. Trainer (who replaced Otto as Dr. Octopus after his death), which means Octavius no longer knows that Peter Parker is Spider-Man.
This arc ends with Otto and Trainer on the loose.
There’s also some set-up for more Black Tarantula stuff, but you all know better than to give a crap about that right? Right?
Peter and MJ are more interesting…
