Morbius, the Living Vampire

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Morbius in Morbius: The Living Vampire v2 #1.

Morbius, the Living Vampire is a male comic character who features in Marvel Comics.

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Biography

Morbius in Amazing Spider-Man v1 #101.

Michael Morbius

In his childhood, he was close friends with Emil Nikos and his sister Elizabeth Nikos with the three spending much time together over the years. Unknown to Michael, Elizabeth had a crush on him and she eventually confessed her feelings when they were older though Morbius turned her down as he only saw her as a sister. (Morbius v1 #4)

During college, he met Max Modell with the two striking a friendship. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #679.1)

In the aftermath, he felt responsible for the devastation caused by the Rose's attack on Brownsville. He fell into a period of brooding until Becky showed that Morbius was betraying the people by simply sitting aside. Thus, he decided to strike at the people who were hurting the community where he cost the developers billions of dollars. Within six months, the development that threatened to displace the community was shuttered. The reconstruction efforts of the lost homes was completed by the city with the people able to return. However, the developers pulling away meant that any effort at improving the quality of life being abandoned. Morbius was overcome with guilt as he felt responsible for bringing hardship to the community so he decided to leave and he began to travel around. (Morbius v1 #3)

In an effort to cure himself, he began raiding criminal operations in order to gather supplies he needed to try a cure for himself. This saw him targeting the Melter and he wounded the supervillain after which he created the serum. It seemingly worked on him but the effects were shown to be temporary. (Morbius v1 #1) Afterwards, Morbius found himself attacked by the Melter who was being assisted by a woman later revealed to be Elizabeth Nikos who was the sister of his old friend Emil. (Morbius v1 #2) After escaping, his body began to experience mutations as a result of the new serum he had used on himself. He was only able to stop this temporarily with the help of Spider-Man who provided his blood that provided a curative effect. (Morbius v1 #3)

Overview

Personality and attributes

Emil had a younger blonde haired sister named Elizabeth Nikos. (Morbius v1 #2) Since childhood, Michael had spent time with Emil and Liza who remained close friends with him. When they were older, Liza confessed her love for Michael and wanted to be in a relationship with him. However, he turned her down as he stated that he always saw her as a dear friend and as a sister. (Morbius v1 #4)

Powers and abilities

Notes

  • Morbius, the Living Vampire was created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane where he made his first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man v1 #101 (October, 1971).

Alternate Versions

In other media

Television

  • In Spider-Man, Michael Morbius appeared in the 1990's animated television series where he was voiced by actor Nick Jameson.

Films

Video games

  • In Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage, Morbius appeared as a non-playable call-in power for the players in the video game where he could be called in to deal damage to the enemy.
  • In Marvel: Avengers Alliance, Morbius appeared as an unlockable character in the setting of the Facebook video game.
  • In Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, Morbius appeared as a downloadable character in the setting of the video game where he was voiced by actor Jake Green.

Other

Appearances

  • Amazing Spider-Man v1:
  • Morbius v1:

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