Otto Octavius's public partnership with Stark Industries benefited only Rose Octavius. With medical funding, she not only clung to life but was transferred from the ICU to a regular ward. Plans were also arranged for reconstructive surgery and skin grafts to treat her severe burns.
In truth, since Otto Octavius had failed to deliver the expected benefits and could be considered to have not fully honored the contract, Tony Stark could have halted Mrs. Octavius's treatment plan.
But the young master did not do so. Perhaps thinking of his own mother, he still chose to pay Mrs. Octavius's medical bills. He hoped she could wake up and return to a normal life, even if her husband had to spend the rest of his life in prison.
Not many people knew about this. But even those who did offered another explanation: the young master had forgotten about it. Once the billing recipient had been changed, payment requests would continue going to that same recipient and would not automatically revert to the original payer. And so, the payments kept being made...
In short, that matter came to an end. With the Hulk incident also resolved, Henry had thought that all he needed to do next was keep an eye on that charlatan... Mister Fantastic Reed Richards's space research project.
After all, Victor von Doom's space station was already operational. Although components were still being constantly launched into space to expand it, it was already usable for scientific research. All that remained was for Mister Fantastic to go into space and study the solar storm.
However, both goals—preventing the birth of Doctor Octopus and preventing the birth of Hulk—had failed. Of course, that also had something to do with him not doing everything in his power to stop either event.
Then could he