OFFICIAL CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT - DOCTOR OCTOPUS

With the release of The Amazing Spider-Man just around the corner, we asked readers of Superhero of the Month to tell us which villain from the Raimi trilogy they wanted to see redesigned to tie into the release of the new movie. Overwhelmingly, Otto Octavius took the lead, and never looked back.

As such, Superhero of the Month is proud to present Doctor Octopus as the redesign challenge for June!

Look to your left, and you'll see a costume that may have said "mad scientist" in years past, but screams fashion faux pas today. And that's where you come in. Let's modernize Ock. There's a lot of fun that can be had with him, and in this case, I think the mechanical arms are just as much fair game as the costume is... after all, they've been changed from time-to-time, so I see no reason why we can't have fun with them now.

Doctor Octopus redesigns are due Friday, June 22 by 8:00 PM MST. All basic submission guidelines should be followed. Feel free to shoot any questions to superheroofthemonth@gmail.com. Good luck!