Who the Hell is Morbius, the Living Vampire?
Morbius
was first introduced in the amazing spider-man issue number 1.1 and 1.2 where
we learn about his origin Michael Morbius wasn't acclaimed biologist whose work
was so well regarded it earned him a Nobel Prize despite his ugly appearance
which is the result of a rare blood condition He's had his entire life he's
engaged to the beautiful martine Bancroft however this disease causes further complications
when he discovers he'll soon die from it. In the secrets he and his lab
assistant and best friend Niko's research to cure which relies upon a vampire
bats and electric shock therapy as he's close to dying, the two don't have time
to test their theories for possible side effects and have to act fast they
obtain a yacht to perform the experiments on Morbius and secrets with Martina
insisting. She tag along to be with her fiance despite his protests when
Martinez asleep Morbius and nikos performed the procedure on Morbius which
cures him from dying but has the unintended result of giving him vampire-like
abilities and cravings and essentially turning him into a vampire. His blood
loss causes Morbius to immediately kill Niko's for his blood but he immediately
regrets it and realizes his is a doomed existence so he essentially becomes a conscientious
vampire who hates what he's become Morbius soon craves the blood of his own fiance
so he decides it's better to kill himself and jumps off the yacht however his
will to live overpowers him and he resurfaces before drowning and from there he
starts off mostly as an antagonist.
Morbius
feasts on the men who eventually come and rescue him from the water then he
heads out to Manhattan to find others to feed on it's here that he happens upon
spider-man whose undergone his own transformation and accidentally given
himself six arms apparently this was an era of many science experiments the to
battle along with the lizard and eventually the lizard reverted as dr. Connors
is able to concoct a cure for Spider Man utilizing more abuses blood in their battle
of Morbius nearly drowns again before returning and duking it out with spider-man
this time with the help of the x-men and losing again the vampire Morbius
retreats to sunny Los Angeles wait what in what's kind of a weird comic series
by Marvel's sister company Curtis magazines he's one of many stories in
anthology magazine called vampire tales which is filled with horror and occult
comics it's here where he truly transforms from antagonist the antihero as he
realizes he does have a conscious and wants to use his powers to help people he
ends up fighting against members of the cult and saving the lives of innocents
while at the same time occasionally succumbing to his own bloodlust and killing
innocent people himself all this is incredibly traumatic for him and he suffers
constant nightmares of all the horrible things he's done eventually he ends up
back in Marvel Comics usually attempting to find a cure for himself or trying
to help his fiancee out of trouble while avoiding killing her himself in a 90's
comics series featuring Morbius Ghost Rider convinces Morbius that if he's
gonna kill someone he should do it to someone deserving while Morbius is called
a vampire his abilities vary in some significant ways the experiments has given
Morbius a lust for blood just like a vampire and whenever he's on the attack
for blood his powers and strength seem to significantly increase and unlike a
vampire whose abilities are supernatural as Morbius abilities come from the
side effects of his scientific experiments he's still alive and thus dubbed the
living vampire after the experiment Morbius his bones become hollow which
allows him to glide in the air or really just fly without flapping his wings
the comic always refers to it as gliding but for all intents and purposes he
can fly he's super powerful quick and agile has enhanced perception and can
even heal quicker than a normal human while he can't shapeshifter can trol
weather patterns like a typical vampire Morbius also doesn't have the same
limitations he's not affected by garlic crosses or other standard vampire wards
similarly sunlight doesn't kill him however he has developed photo sensitive skin
with sunlight weakening him while Morbius was initially created in the 1970s
comics and the 90s also gave him the ability to hypnotize beings with low willpower
and put them under his control outside of Marvel Comics Morbius has also made
appearances in a few other places this includes the 90s cartoon spider-man
animated series where due to censorship Morbius doesn't bite his victims but instead
sucks plasma from them with suckers that have grown out of his hands he's also
made a few appearances in various video games this includes the brawler maximum
carnage where he can be summoned by the player to help Stunner fight enemies
spider-man 3 has a boss as well as several other games.
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