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If you were looking for the unconnected ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "The Brain Of Morbius", go [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius}} here]].
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''Morbius the Living Vampire'' is a series of comics by Creator/MarvelComics staring the character of the same name.

Created by Creator/RoyThomas and Gil Kane, Morbius has fought ComicBook/SpiderMan ever since his first appearance in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #101 (October 1971), occasionally working together or fighting against several other [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] characters, perhaps most commonly with ComicBook/{{Blade}}. He was also seen as a character in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''.

Dr. Michael Morbius, also known as "The Living Vampire", was a Nobel Prize-winning scientist suffering from a fatal blood disease. In hopes of curing this illness he treated himself with fluids distilled from vampire bats and, as a last chance, tried shock-treatment as a way to electrically create blood cells. This "cured" him by transforming him into a vampiric human mutate that lusts after blood as a way to counter the disease. He also gained several other vampiric attributes, such as white skin, fangs, [[WeakenedByTheLight an allergy to sunlight]] (since he isn't undead, sunlight won't kill him outright, but his lack of melanin leads to quick burns), SuperStrength, a HealingFactor, and hollow bones which give him the capability of flight. Later he gains more supernatural abilities like hypnosis.

Because of his need to drink blood from living victims (stored blood contains too much anticoagulants for his body to handle, or the need to kill stays even after the physical need is satisfied) Morbius wallows in guilt and tries to find both an alternative substance to blood and a way to cure himself -- without much success. At best he has been able to change back into a human for some periods of time, but either has soon reverted back or retained the need to drink blood.

Despite all this, he's generally willing to help or at least unwilling to harm people he sees as innocent or has a closer relationship with, and he has consistently tried his best to only target violent or incorrigible criminals, and he also regularly tries to use his skill and knowledge as a scientist to give back to the community to the best of his ability.

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''Morbius the Living Vampire'' is a series of comics by Creator/MarvelComics staring starring the character of the same name.

Created by Creator/RoyThomas and Gil Kane, Morbius has fought ComicBook/SpiderMan ever since his first appearance in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #101 (October 1971), occasionally working together or fighting against several other [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] characters, perhaps most commonly often with ComicBook/{{Blade}}. He was also seen as a character in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''.

Dr. Michael Morbius, also known as "The Living Vampire", was a Nobel Prize-winning scientist suffering from a fatal blood disease. In the hopes of curing this illness illness, he treated himself with fluids distilled from vampire bats and, as a last chance, resort, tried shock-treatment as a way to electrically create blood cells. This "cured" him by transforming him into a vampiric human vampiric-human mutate that who lusts after for blood as a way to counter the disease. He also gained several other vampiric attributes, such as white skin, fangs, [[WeakenedByTheLight an allergy to sunlight]] (since he isn't undead, sunlight won't kill him outright, but his lack of melanin leads to quick burns), SuperStrength, a HealingFactor, and hollow bones which that give him the capability ability of flight. Later he gains more supernatural abilities like abilities, such as hypnosis.

Because of his need to drink blood from living victims (stored blood contains too much many anticoagulants for his body to handle, or the need to kill stays even after the physical need is satisfied) satisfied), Morbius wallows in guilt and tries to find both an alternative substance to blood and a way to cure himself -- without much success. At best he has been able to change back into a human for some short periods of time, but either has soon reverted reverts back or retained retains the need to drink blood.

Despite all this, he's generally willing to help or at least unwilling to harm people he sees as innocent or has a closer relationship with, and he has consistently tried his best to only target violent or incorrigible criminals, and he criminals. He also regularly tries to use uses his skill and knowledge as a scientist to give back to the community to the best of his ability.



In 2018, it was announced that Creator/{{Sony}} was developing a [[Film/Morbius2022 film]] centering on the character for their [[Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse shared film universe]], with Creator/JaredLeto in the main role. It has been released on April 1, 2022.

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In 2018, it was announced that Creator/{{Sony}} was developing a [[Film/Morbius2022 film]] centering on the character for their [[Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse shared film universe]], with Creator/JaredLeto in the main title role. It has been was released on April 1, 2022.



* CreativeDifferences: When ComicBook/{{Morbius}} [[OurVampiresAreDifferent the Living Vampire]]'s first solo series started in the early 1990s, it was helmed by writer Len Kaminski and penciler Ron Wagner. Wagner, however, felt that Kaminski's stories were too character-driven, and according to Kaminski complained about this to [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel's]] editorial staff as well as leaving "snide margin notes in which he made his personal opinion of my plots clear". Moreover, Wagner ignored Kaminski's attempts to get in touch with him so that they could discuss how the comic should be done. After 9 issues of this Kaminski had had enough and quit.

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* CreativeDifferences: When ComicBook/{{Morbius}} [[OurVampiresAreDifferent the Living Vampire]]'s first solo series started in the early 1990s, it was helmed by writer Len Kaminski and penciler Ron Wagner. Wagner, however, felt that Kaminski's stories were too character-driven, and according to Kaminski complained about this to [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel's]] editorial staff as well as leaving "snide margin notes in which he made his personal opinion of my plots clear". Moreover, Wagner ignored Kaminski's attempts to get in touch with him so that they could discuss how the comic should be done. After 9 nine issues of this this, Kaminski had had enough and quit.



* DontLookAtMe: In ''ComicBook/{{Morbius}}'' #1 Michael says this while trying to hide his face when he is confronted by his ex-fiancée Martine.

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* DontLookAtMe: In ''ComicBook/{{Morbius}}'' #1 #1, Michael says this while trying to hide his face when he is confronted by his ex-fiancée Martine.



* PainfulTransformation: In his first solo series Morbius is able to turn back into a human for short amounts of time thanks to a serum derived from ComicBook/SpiderMan's blood. The change from vampire to human and back is very painful, with lots of screaming involved.
* RageAgainstTheReflection: In ''ComicBook/{{Morbius}}'''s 90s solo series, Michael uses Spider-Man's blood to develop a serum that changes him back into a human. While out on the street, he is attacked by a gang who beat him up. Crawling out of the gutter they left him lying in, he makes his way across the sidewalk to look into a shop window and sees he has reverted back to his vampire self. He runs off after punching a hole in the shop window.

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* PainfulTransformation: In his first solo series series, Morbius is able to turn back into a human for short amounts of time thanks to a serum derived from ComicBook/SpiderMan's blood. The change from vampire to human and back is very painful, with excruciatingly painful and involves lots of screaming involved.
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* RageAgainstTheReflection: In ''ComicBook/{{Morbius}}'''s 90s '90s solo series, Michael uses Spider-Man's blood to develop a serum that changes him back into a human. While out on the street, he is attacked and beaten by a gang who beat him up. gang. Crawling out of the gutter where they left him lying in, lying, he makes his way across the sidewalk to look into a shop window and sees he has reverted back to his vampire self. He runs off after punching a hole in the shop window.



* DelinquentHair: Noah St. Germain, the guy at the top of the criminal world in Brownsville as seen in ''ComicBook/{{Morbius}}'' vol. 2, has a blue mohawk. [[spoiler:This is an invoked trope; he used to look completely average but his criminal mastermind employers had him change his appearance, presumably to make him appear more intimidating.]]
* IHaveYourWife: In ComicBook/{{Morbius}}' Marvel NOW! series, [[TheDragon the Rose]] tells Morbius he has his mother, who is alive "but I wouldn't say well" and is bound to get a lot worse. The Rose gives Morbius his mother's wedding ring as a reminder he works for him now. [[spoiler:Subverted when Morbius reveals his mother died years ago; he even was at her side when she passed away. The Rose's employer, who provided the ring, ''knows'' Morbius would know the threat was empty -- so it was the Rose who was being conned.]]
* InsistentAppellation: Throughout ComicBook/{{Morbius}}' 2nd solo series, Becky keeps calling Morbius "Mike" despite him telling her several times that he prefers his full first name, Michael.
* VillainousGentrification: Most of ComicBook/{{Morbius}}'s 2nd solo series deals with the gentrification of Brownsville, New York.

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* DelinquentHair: Noah St. Germain, the guy at the top of the criminal world in Brownsville as seen in ''ComicBook/{{Morbius}}'' vol. 2, has a blue mohawk. [[spoiler:This is an invoked trope; he used to look completely average but his criminal mastermind employers had made him change his appearance, presumably to make him appear more intimidating.]]
* IHaveYourWife: In ComicBook/{{Morbius}}' Marvel NOW! series, [[TheDragon the Rose]] tells Morbius he has his mother, who is alive "but I wouldn't say well" and is bound to get a lot worse. The Rose gives Morbius his mother's wedding ring as a reminder that he works for him now. [[spoiler:Subverted when Morbius reveals his mother died years ago; he was even was at her side when she passed away. The Rose's employer, who provided the ring, ''knows'' Morbius would know the threat was empty -- so it was the Rose who was being conned.]]
* InsistentAppellation: Throughout ComicBook/{{Morbius}}' 2nd second solo series, Becky keeps calling Morbius "Mike" despite him telling her several times that he prefers his full first name, Michael.
* VillainousGentrification: Most of ComicBook/{{Morbius}}'s 2nd second solo series deals with the gentrification of Brownsville, New York.



* BatOutOfHell: In his 3rd solo series, ComicBook/{{Morbius}} starts turning more and more into a bat after an attempt to cure himself of [[ArtificialHybrid his]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent affliction]] goes wrong. He's also seen in a monstrous bat form in various other universes: in a ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'' story arc (transformed when a sorcerer used magic to bring out the worst in him); in ''Spider-Man Heroes and Villains Collection'' published by Eaglemoss; in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''; and in the ''[[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' cartoon.
* BatPeople: ComicBook/{{Morbius}} is an AntiHero who became a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent genetically modified vampire]], with bat genes and an [[LooksLikeOrlok Orlok-like appearance]]. However, in his 3rd solo series and some alternate universes -- like in an ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'' story arc and in [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries animated]] [[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 series]] -- he was transformed into a half-man half-bat monster, looking more like an anthropomorphic bat with wings.

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* BatOutOfHell: In his 3rd third solo series, ComicBook/{{Morbius}} starts turning more and more into a bat after an attempt to cure himself of [[ArtificialHybrid his]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent affliction]] goes wrong. He's also seen in a monstrous bat form in various other universes: in a an ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'' story arc (transformed when a sorcerer used magic to bring out the worst in him); in ''Spider-Man Heroes and Villains Collection'' published by Eaglemoss; in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''; and in the ''[[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' cartoon.
* BatPeople: ComicBook/{{Morbius}} is an AntiHero who became a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent genetically modified vampire]], with bat genes and an [[LooksLikeOrlok Orlok-like appearance]]. However, in his 3rd third solo series and some alternate universes -- like such as in an ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'' story arc and in [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries animated]] [[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 series]] -- he was transformed into a half-man half-man, half-bat monster, looking more like an anthropomorphic bat with wings.



* GrowingWings: ''ComicBook/{{Morbius}}'': In his 3rd solo series, Morbius grows bat wings after an attempt to cure himself of his [[ArtificialHybrid scientific]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampirism]] goes wrong and the bat [=DNA=] starts taking over the human [=DNA=]. They grow bigger as he becomes [[BatPeople less human]].

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* GrowingWings: ''ComicBook/{{Morbius}}'': In his 3rd third solo series, Morbius grows bat wings after an attempt to cure himself of his [[ArtificialHybrid scientific]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampirism]] goes wrong and the bat [=DNA=] starts taking over the human [=DNA=]. They grow bigger larger as he becomes [[BatPeople less human]].



* MagicPants: Double subverted in ComicBook/{{Morbius}}' 3rd solo series. A combination of [[TransformationHorror turning into]] a [[BatPeople bat monster]] and being physically attacked causes most of his [[SuperheroesWearTights one-piece suit]] to be destroyed, except for the lower part, essentially turning the suit into PaintedOnPants. Later it seems he has actually lost that part too and is walking around naked... but this turns out to be a [[InconsistentColoring coloring error]] and some panels later his pants have reappeared.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: In his 3rd solo series, he messes up a cure and becomes more and more [[BatPeople bat-like]]. He begs ComicBook/SpiderMan for help because he fears soon there will be [[DeathOfPersonality nothing left of him]] except a raging beast.
* NotQuiteBackToNormal: In his 3rd solo series, ComicBook/{{Morbius}} turns into a [[BatOutOfHell monstrous]] [[BatPeople bat form]] after a cure goes wrong. Eventually he manages to turn himself back into a "normal" [[OurVampiresAreDifferent living vampire]] but retains the bat wings he grew.
* PainfulTransformation: In his third solo series an attempt to cure himself of his vampirism goes wrong and he starts turning into a [[BatOutOfHell monstrous bat]]. The change can be slowed or partially reversed by ingesting blood, leading to a lot of painful changing back and forth.
* VillainousGentrification: In his 3rd solo series it's revealed he eventually took to causing the developers over a billion of dollars in damages, halting the construction and allowing the original residents to move back.

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* MagicPants: Double subverted in ComicBook/{{Morbius}}' 3rd third solo series. A combination of [[TransformationHorror turning into]] a [[BatPeople bat monster]] and being physically attacked causes most of his [[SuperheroesWearTights one-piece suit]] to be destroyed, except for the lower part, half, essentially turning the suit into PaintedOnPants. Later it seems he has actually lost that part too and is walking around naked... but this it turns out to be a [[InconsistentColoring coloring error]] error]], and some panels later his pants have reappeared.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: In his 3rd third solo series, he messes up a cure and becomes more and more [[BatPeople bat-like]]. He begs ComicBook/SpiderMan for help because he fears soon there will be [[DeathOfPersonality nothing left of him]] except a raging beast.
* NotQuiteBackToNormal: In his 3rd third solo series, ComicBook/{{Morbius}} turns into a [[BatOutOfHell monstrous]] [[BatPeople bat form]] after a cure goes wrong. Eventually he manages to turn himself back into a "normal" [[OurVampiresAreDifferent living vampire]] vampire]], but retains the bat wings he grew.
* PainfulTransformation: In his third solo series series, an attempt to cure himself of his vampirism goes wrong and he starts turning into a [[BatOutOfHell monstrous bat]]. The change can be slowed or partially reversed by ingesting blood, leading to a lot of painful changing back and forth.
* VillainousGentrification: In his 3rd third solo series series, it's revealed he eventually took to causing the developers over a billion of dollars in damages, halting the construction and allowing the original residents to move back.
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* BatPeople: ComicBook/{{Morbius}} is an AntiHero who became a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent genetically modified vampire]], with bat genes and an [[LooksLikeOrlok Orlok-like appearance]]. However, in his 3rd solo series and some alternate universes -- like in an ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'' story arc and in [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries animated]] [[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan series]] -- he was transformed into a half-man half-bat monster, looking more like an anthropomorphic bat with wings.

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* BatPeople: ComicBook/{{Morbius}} is an AntiHero who became a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent genetically modified vampire]], with bat genes and an [[LooksLikeOrlok Orlok-like appearance]]. However, in his 3rd solo series and some alternate universes -- like in an ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'' story arc and in [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries animated]] [[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan [[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 series]] -- he was transformed into a half-man half-bat monster, looking more like an anthropomorphic bat with wings.
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In 2018, it was announced that Creator/{{Sony}} was developing a [[Film/Morbius2022 film]] centering on the character for their [[Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse shared film universe]], with Creator/JaredLeto in the main role. It is scheduled to be released on April 1, 2022.

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In 2018, it was announced that Creator/{{Sony}} was developing a [[Film/Morbius2022 film]] centering on the character for their [[Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse shared film universe]], with Creator/JaredLeto in the main role. It is scheduled to be has been released on April 1, 2022.
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Created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane, Morbius has fought ComicBook/SpiderMan ever since his first appearance in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #101 (October 1971), occasionally working together or fighting against several other [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] characters, perhaps most commonly with ComicBook/{{Blade}}. He was also seen as a character in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''.

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Created by Roy Thomas Creator/RoyThomas and Gil Kane, Morbius has fought ComicBook/SpiderMan ever since his first appearance in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #101 (October 1971), occasionally working together or fighting against several other [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] characters, perhaps most commonly with ComicBook/{{Blade}}. He was also seen as a character in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''.

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