"Doctor Octopus? Who's that?" Peter asked as he swung along behind Amazing Spider-Man.
"You don't know? He's one of the Sinister Six!" Amazing Spider-Man rapidly fired webs, weaving between New York's skyscrapers and quickly arriving at the rooftop of a building near Doctor Octopus.
"The Sinister Six?" Peter looked bewildered. "Who are they? How come I don't know them?"
"You..." Amazing Spider-Man choked on his words. He looked at Peter and asked, "How long have you been Spider-Man?"
"Almost two years, I guess. Why?"
"Then haven't you run into Sandman, Electro, Doctor Octopus, or anyone like that? Who have you been fighting since you started? Green Goblin? Or maybe Lizardman?"
Peter pursed his lips and thought back over his nearly two-year superhero career. Then he realized that he really had not dealt with many villains on his own.
He had dealt with Lizardman alongside Stark. Bullseye, one of Kingpin's men, had been caught by him alone, but he had still received guidance from several others. If they were talking about discovering, investigating, tracking down, and apprehending someone entirely by himself, then there really had not been anyone.
Peter explained his situation, and Amazing Spider-Man's eyes nearly popped out of his head. "Then what the hell have you been doing for the past two years?"
Peter thought back again. The moment he considered his experiences over the past two years, his mind filled with all kinds of experimental data. At first, he had joined a cryogenics research team, working on cryogenic weapons, civilian applications for cryogenic equipment, cost reduction, and more.
Later, he began participating in Dr. Connors's lizard serum research, mainly studying projects such as limb regeneration. After that, he was transferred to the materials group, where he began developing a new material called molten steel. Once the Solar System