Summary

Warning : Spoilers for Amazing Spider - Man ( 2022 ) # 46 ahead!The classicSpider - ManvillainElectrojust powered up his plot with a proficiency rip straight from the classic manga , One Piece . Spider - Man has long settled into an gentle rhythm with most of his legacy villains , having long grow wise to their tricks and tactics . However , this backfire terribly when Electro ’s young move takes Spidey entirely by surprise .

Doctor Octopus is impatient to get the Sinister Six back together inAmazing Spider - Man ( 2022)#46 , send Electro to break the seemingly reformed Sandman out of the Ravencroft Institute . Spider - Man and Jackpot arrive on the view and are straightaway to ensnare Electro with insulated webbing . However , it release out the baddie has a new deception up his sleeve .

Catch the activeness inAmazing Spider - Man#46 , by Zeb Wells , Carmen Carnero , Marcio Menyz , and Joe Caramagna !

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" Otto taught me [ to habituate ] electrical energy to clog the motor neuron in my muscles , " Electro smugly boasts , before powering up and effortlessly rip free from Spider - Man ’s webs .

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Electro Borrows Luffy’s ‘Gear Second’ Technique

This form of " power - up " proficiency look to be taken straight off from Eiichiro Oda ’s classic series , One Piece . InOne Piece , series admirer Monkey D. Luffy can use his stretching power to manually pump blood more quickly through his system , dramatically increasing his swiftness and strength . As the first of Luffy ’s particular " power - up " ability , this proficiency is call " Gear Second , " referencing the fact that Luffy has " evolved [ his ] abilities to the next storey . "

Gear Second first appear in Chapters 387 - 388 ofOne Piece .

Electro ’s take on " Gear Second " is virtually identical to Luffy ’s , differing only in that he uses his powers to raise his neural system alternatively of his circulative system . With this unexampled technique , Electro is capable to pull Spider - Man ’s web aside with his bare hand , just like Luffy ’s Gear Second grant him the swiftness and forcefulness to overcome enemy he could not otherwise overcome . Not only is it a reference to one ofOne Piece ’s most iconic moves , it ’s a natural wing of Electro ’s powers that helps keepa decade - sure-enough villain fresh and interesting .

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Spider-Man’s Villains Are Stepping Up Their Game

Manga sports fan will forthwith recognize the inspiration for Electro ’s raw move , but the moment is n’t all fun and game . Just as Luffy uses Gear Second to " germinate his abilities , " Electro ’s purpose of the proficiency is a warning that the Sinister Six are seriously ramping up their powers in their vendetta against Spider - Man . Spider - Manmay be intemperately - pressed to keep up withElectroand the rest of his villain in the future - unless , perhaps , he take intake fromOne Pieceand starts break out some manga technique of his own .

Amazing Spider - Man # 46is available now from Marvel .

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Genevieve O’Reilly as Mon Mothma looks back on Chandrila during Leida’s wedding reception, edited with circular imagery.

Electro in the foreground, Luffy activating Gear Second in the background.

Spider-Man ties Electro up with insulated webbing, but Electro seems unbothered.

Custom Image by Merlyn De Souza

Luffy holding up two fists ready to fight in one piece with two of luffy’s gear second poses in the background on either side

Custom Image by Merlyn De Souza

Powering up with electricity, Electro rips free from Spider-Man’s webbing.

Amazing Spider-Man 46 cover

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