Octopus (The Spirit)
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The Octopus is a male comic supervillain who features in The Spirit.
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Biography
Zitzbath Zark
The young man was seemingly killed when trying to blow up the city's power plant. However, a month later Zark's mother received a package with it containing some jewellery alongside a note saying "From "Z" with love". She would throw out the package out believing that her son had stolen the items and that he should burn for the act. Unknown to her, she was being watched across the street by her son.
Overview
Personality and attributes
One of the distinctive traits of the Octopus was his tendency to wear purple gloves.
Powers and abilities
Notes
- The Octopus was created by Will Eisner where he made his first appearance in The Spirit v1 #1 (July, 1946),
In other media
Films
- In The Spirit, the Octopus appeared in the setting of the 2008 live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Samuel L. Jackson. The Octopus was a villain waiting to become a big Kingpin of the crime world. Since only Octopus' gloved hands were seen in the comics, Frank needed someone that could fill those gloves. That's were Sam Jackson came in. Sam was told he could make the character what he wanted. He could dress how he wanted. Frank allowed him to flesh the character out. Somewhere along the line, the Octopus' character developed a love for huge guns. His goal was to get his hands on the Blood of Heracles to drink and become a god. Following a fight with the Spirit, the Octopus escapes but ends up with Jason's Golden Fleece desired by Sand Saref, now with the blood. After going to desperate measures trying to find Sand and kill the Spirit, the Octopus hires a beautiful assassin, Plaster of Paris, to take down his nemesis. The Spirit heard about a plan set by his arch enemy The Octopus, The Spirit heads out to stop him. Next we see Sand Saref with her husband Mahmoud, retrieves two identical chests from the bottom of the lake. Sand and her husband tried to flee with both chests, but the Octopus wounded Mahmoud and snapped a line connecting the two chests. Sand escaped, leaving one chest behind, which the Octopus retrieved from the murky depths. Octopus accomplice Silken Floss drives up and picks up the the chest and leaves.
Appearances
- The Spirit: "The Postage Stamp" (1946)
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