Two Years After Norma Osborn Arrested Mary Batson Struggles Professionally And Personally Because Of Her Commitments As Super Woman Mary Faces Overdue Rent And Daily Planet Owner J. Jonah Jameson Slanders Super Woman In The Paper Norma Uses OsCorp To Fund The Development Of A Fusion Power Machine By Nuclear Scientist Otto Octavius Who Befriends And Mentors Mary During A Public Demonstration Octavius Wears A Harness With Four Powerful Mechanical Tentacles Controlled By Artificial Intelligence (AI) To Interact With The Machine Though Initially Successful The Fusion Reaction Destabilizes Threatening Mass Destruction But Octavius Refuses To Shut Down The Machine Before Mary Can Cut The Power The Power Surges Kill Octavius Wife Fuse The Harness To His Body And Destroys The Inhibitor Chip Restricting the Tentacles' AI Octavius Is Taken To A Hospital Where Doctors Attempt To Surgically Remove The Harness But The Tentacles Violently Defend Themselves He Flees To A Decrepit Harbor Warehouse Where The Tentacles Corrupt His Mind And Convince Him To Rebuild The Machine To Prove It Works Octavius Robs A Bank To Fund His Plan And Takes Rose Hostage But Mary Rescues Her