Morbius the Living Vampire Character Review
Morbius the Living Vampire, actually a scientist named Dr. Michael Morbius Ph.D., is a fictional Character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Roy Thomas and originally designed by penciler Gil Kane, the character, a living human suffering from vampiric abilities resulting from scientific rather than supernatural means, first appeared as an antagonist in The Amazing Spider-Man (Oct. 1971), and went on to become a heroic, tragically flawed protagonist in his own series and other titles. More about Morbius the Living Vampire Character Review - keep on reading !!
Fictional Character Biography
Michael Morbius was born in Greece. He was attacked by the Lizard and defeated when Spider-Man and the Lizard joined forces. A flashback reveals that Morbius was actually a Nobel Prize-winning biochemist, who had attempted to cure himself of a rare blood disease with an experimental treatment involving vampire bats and electroshock therapy.
However, he instead became afflicted with a far worse condition,
"pseudo-vampirism," that mimicked the powers and blood-thirst of
legendary vampirism.
Morbius now had to digest blood in order to survive and had a strong
aversion to light. He gained the ability to fly, as well as superhuman strength,
speed, and healing abilities. His appearance, already ugly, became
hideous—-his canine teeth extended into fangs, his nose flattened to
appear more like a bat's, and his skin became chalk-white. He also
gained the ability to turn others into similar "living vampires" by
biting them, infecting them with the disease of pseudo-vampirism. He later sought a cure for his condition, but battled Spider-Man, the Human Torch, and the original X-Men. He caused John Jameson to again become Man-Wolf. Alongside Man-Wolf, he battled Spider-Man again.
Morbius later rescued Amanda Saint from the Demon-Fire Cult, and aided her in her quest for her missing parents. He battled Reverend Daemond, and encountered the Caretakers of Arcturus IV. He visited the Land Within, home of the Cat People, and the planet Arcturus IV. He also first encountered Blade. He then first encountered Simon Stroud, and battled the Helleyes. Alongside the "Legion of Monsters," he then encountered the Starseed. Morbius then battled the Thing, encountered the Living Eraser, and traveled to Dimension Z. He later returned to Earth, and battled Spider-Man again.
He once again fought Spider-Man, but then he was hit by a lightning
strike, which cured him of his pseudo-vampirism (while retaining a
thirst for blood). While cured he was charged with the crimes he had committed as a vampire and was represented by the She-Hulk. He eventually resumed his pseudo-vampire state, and first met Doctor Strange. Alongside Doctor Strange and Brother Voodoo, he battled Marie Leveau, and witnessed the resurgence of true vampires. Morbius later battled Spider-Man in the New York sewers.
The Ghost Rider and John Blaze searched for Morbius to form the Nine and stop Lilith
and the Lilin from taking over the world. When they found Morbius, the
vampire believed they would kill him but Ghost Rider and John Blaze
successfully captured him. Doctor Langford, who tried to help Morbius'
wounds, was actually trying to kill him and was working for Doctor
Paine. He made an unknown mutagenic serum that would prove fatal to
Morbius. Unknown to Doctor Langford, Fang, one of Lilith's children, was
also trying to kill Morbius by adding his own demonic blood to the
serum, which would also be fatal to Morbius. When Doctor Langford
injected the serum to Morbius, it did not kill him, but instead mutated
him. Morbius' friend, Jacob was trying to look inside of him and see
what he could do about Morbius' condition. After Martine Bancroft, who
had become Morbius' wife, found out that Langford was trying to kill
him, Langford shot her and she bled to death. Morbius found this out and
was enraged to find his wife dead. He later avenged the death of
Martine Bancroft by killing Langford and took the beaker which contained
the serum. Ghost Rider and John Blaze later found out Morbius' destruction. The
Ghost Rider confronted him and would not tolerate Morbius drinking any
more innocent blood. Morbius then vowed he would only drink the blood of
the guilty. The Ghost Rider accepted the vow, but warned him not to
stray from it. Morbius soon became part of the Midnight Sons.
Later, a new faction of Vampires led by Hunger, the next evolution of the supervillain Crown,
tried to destroy Morbius because he had been genetically manipulated to
be the perfect weapon. The chest in which he was to be delivered was
intercepted by the Kingpin, Blade, and Spider-Man,
and he attacked all three. Whatever unknown party manipulated him
failed; he collapsed after one battle, possibly dying. With his last
breath he warned Spider-Man to beware of his employer, Stuart Ward.
It was later revealed that Morbius had signed the Superhuman Registration Act and was cooperating with S.H.I.E.L.D. in an effort to capture Blade. He had also presumably survived his genetic manipulation, as Blade was
able to distinguish him as the same Morbius who 'Took a Bite out of
[him]' in their previous encounter.
Morbius was next seen as a member of A.R.M.O.R. held captive by the Morbius from the Marvel Zombies universe. He survived the invasion, killing his zombified counterpart in the process. Shortly after, he formed a new Midnight Sons with Jennifer Kale, Daimon Hellstrom, Jack Russell, and Man-Thing to contain a zombie outbreak on an isolated island, briefly running afoul of the Hood in the process. Morbius later helped the Man-Thing reassemble a decapitated Punisher into a Frankenstein-like monster called FrankenCastle.
During The Gauntlet
storyline, Morbius was behind the theft of a vial of Spider-Man's
blood. Spider-Man, learning that Morbius is planning to use the blood
samples to create a cure for Jack Russell. agreed to help Morbius by
giving him more blood.
During the Origin of the Species storyline, Morbius was among the supervillains recruited by Doctor Octopus to secure some item for him.
During the events of Spider-Island it was revealed to the reader that Morbius was the mysterious Number Six working at Horizon Labs. He assisted, in a hazmat suit to protect his identity, in preparing the cure to the spider-powers virus. When Peter Parker tried to investigate the identity of "Number Six," he
accidentally provoked Morbius—who had been using the cure to try to
develop a basis for his own condition—into a frenzy, prompting the staff
at Horizon to step up building security (making it harder for Peter to
enter and exit the building as Spider-Man in future) and also driving
Morbius to leave, where it was revealed that he had been working with
the Lizard, presumably trying to find a cure for both of their conditions. Using DNA samples from the corpse of Billy Connors, Morbius was able to
create a cure that would restore the Lizard to human form, but he
failed to recognize that the Lizard had fully destroyed Curt Connors'
human persona. They left the Lizard alone in Morbius' lab, allowing the Lizard to
release blood into the lab's air supply to provoke the injured Morbius
into attacking the other Horizon scientists. This prompted Morbius to
flee the lab with Spider-Man in pursuit. Morbius was captured by Spider-Man and locked up in a cell in the Raft.
When Spider-Man in Doctor Octopus' dying body needs some
supervillains to help capture Spider-Man (whose body is being occupied
by Doctor Octopus' mind), Morbius offers to help, but is rejected. Morbius eventually escapes from the Raft and goes after Spider-Man.
Powers and Abilities (Morbius the Living Vampire)
Michael Morbius experienced a transformation by electrical shock
treatment and chemical ingestion into a pseudo-vampire. As a
pseudo-vampire, Morbius does not possess all the powers of an actual
vampire, nor is he subject to all the traditional limitations and
weaknesses thereof. He possesses a variety of superhuman powers, some of
which are similar to supernatural vampires within the Marvel Universe.
Due to his vampire-like condition, Morbius is forced to ingest fresh
blood on a regular basis to sustain his life and vitality. How much
blood he requires and how often he has to feed has not been specified in
the comics. However, Morbius does not possess any of the mystical
vulnerabilities that supernatural vampires are subject to, such as garlic, holy water, crucifix, or silver.
He has a strong aversion to sunlight, thanks to his photo-sensitive
skin which prevents any protection from major sun burn, in contrast to
"true" vampires that are incinerated by it, with the result that he can
move in daylight but his powers are diminished and he will stick to the
shade if circumstances demand him to be active during the day. Morbius
also lacks the shape-shifting and weather-control powers, and the
ability to control animals, of vampires. Like "true" vampires, Morbius
does possess the ability to hypnotize beings of lesser willpower and
bring them under his control, which can only be resisted by those
possessing an extremely strong will. He also has the ability to "morph"
his body to fit through small spaces, like a mouse.
Morbius possesses an accelerated healing factor
and can recover from mild to moderate injuries at a rate beyond that of
ordinary humans. While not nearly as efficient as the healing powers
possessed by Wolverine,
Morbius has proven able to heal from multiple gunshot wounds in less
than an hour. More severe injuries, such as broken bones or severe
burns, might take several days to heal, but once was shown to take
minutes even though it left him as a near-mindless creature who must
feed to replenish the energy that was used to do so. He is unable to regenerate missing limbs or organs.
Most of Morbius' victims die or are severely injured by his bite.
Unlike supernatural vampires, Morbius' victims do not necessarily become
vampires themselves. There have only been five instances where Morbius'
bite has turned other individuals into vampires: Jefferson Bolt (a
young man first seen in Marvel Team-Up #3), Emilio (a young man first shown in Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #7), Vic Slaughter (a bounty hunter who first appeared in Morbius the Living Vampire #7), Nate Grey (in X-Man #24), and Blade the vampire hunter (in Peter Parker: Spider-Man
#8). The causes behind these transformations have never been clearly
explained, even though in Blade's case, Morbius' bite combined with his
unique physiology to turn him into a part-vampire with all the strengths
of a traditional vampire and none of the weaknesses.
The irradiated blood of Spider-Man causes Morbius's vampirism to go
into remission. As a result, after drinking Spider-Man's blood, Morbius
does not need to feed again for some time. Morbius once developed a
serum based on Spider-Man's blood, which would stave off his vampirism for short periods of time. Morbius possesses the ability of transvection, navigating wind currents and gliding for various distances. In Morbius the Living Vampire
#2, it was alluded to that this ability may be related to hyper-evolved
portions of his brain caused by a combination of his blood disease and
vampiric condition.
While briefly infected by the demon Bloodthirst, Morbius gained the
ability to liquidize his body, moving through small spaces and
stretching his limbs as needed. He lost these abilities when he and
Bloodthirst split.
Even before he contracted the disease of pseudo-vampirism, Michael Morbius already possessed a gifted intellect, and he is an expert
biochemist and neuroradiologist with a Ph.D. in biochemistry—and a Nobel laureate.
In Other Media (Film/Movie)
- In the bonus features of the Blade DVD under the La Magra title, an alternate ending can be seen where Blade, after dispatching Deacon Frost, walks out onto the rooftop of a building only to glimpse a figure whose identity is concealed behind a cloth mask. The film's writer David S. Goyer has stated that he originally intended Morbius to be the primary villain should there be a sequel to Blade. This was eventually scrapped in favor of the Reaper storyline in the actual Blade II film.
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