Avenging Spider-Man 15.1 Octopus flashback

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Avenging Spider-Man 15.1 Octopus flashback

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In this story Octavius as the Superior Spider-Man invades one of his own underwater lab and triggers a recording of himself warning against intruders. In this video an overweight Octopus appears in his classic green/orange costume.

The green/orange costume debuted in ASM 32 and lasted until ASM 297. It alternated with the smock in the mid-80s. In SOLOA 17 he's back to the smock of his earliest appearances then a white suit in M/CP 50. The white suit becomes his regular appearance until his death in the mid-1990s.

The underwater lab gets flooded in ASM 32 and M/GN:ASMPL. Following the flooding in ASM 32, Octopus lives in different places, the Parkers' home, a mansion, the streets, etc. There is no indication the lab is operational.

The time when Octopus is the most overweight is after his psychiatric treatment in ASM 296. He evades capture in ASM 297. So since the underwater lab is operational in MGN:ASMPL, it must have been restored around that time.

M/GN:ASMPL (47:2 - 47:4)-FB is not a flashback. Octopus is wearing his armor in his underwater lab. So the video of the wedding he is watching is not live and indeed the attack he's talking about takes place right after. The narrative captions place the panels in the present, "It was my wedding day. Who could threaten me now?"

DOCTOR OCTOPUS/DR. OTTO OCTAVIUS
M/GN:ASMPL (47:2 - 47:4)-FB armor
ASM 296 green/orange costume
ASM 297 green/orange costume
DAMCON 1-BTS May 89
M/CP 50/3 May 90 white suit (circa Aug 89 per Doc Samson chrono)
SOLOA 17 Apr 89 smock
M/GN:ASMPL armor
SUSMTU 11 (2 - 8)-FB white suit
M/CP 127/2 (before Thor 411, Sep 89) suit
DAMCON2 4-BTS Feb 90
ASM 334 Jul 90 white suit

I also think M/CP 50/3 should take place before SOLOA 17. Based both on publication dates and on the clothes worn the sequence should be:
ASM 297 green/orange costume
DAMCON 1-BTS May 89
SOLOA 17 Apr 89 smock
M/GN:ASMPL May 89 armor
M/CP 127/2 (before Thor 411, Sep 89) suit
DAMCON2 4-BTS Feb 90
SUSMTU 11 (2 - 8)-FB white suit
M/CP 50/3 May 90 white suit
ASM 334 Jul 90 white suit

Even M/CP 127, published in 1993 but taking place before T 411, matches the clothes evolution.

Suggested addition:
DOCTOR OCTOPUS/DR. OTTO OCTAVIUS
**M/GN:ASMPL (47:2 - 47:4)-FB delete
ASM 296
ASM 297
**AVENGSM 15.1-FB add here
DAMCON 1-BTS
M/CP 50/3
SOLOA 17
M/GN:ASMPL

Further suggested corrections:
DOCTOR OCTOPUS/DR. OTTO OCTAVIUS
DAMCON 1-BTS
**M/CP 50/3 May 90 move from here
SOLOA 17
M/GN:ASMPL
**SUSMTU 11 (2 - 8)-FB move from here
M/CP 127/2
DAMCON2 4-BTS
**SUSMTU 11 (2 - 8)-FB move here
**M/CP 50/3 May 90 move here
ASM 334 Jul 90
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