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Morbius Epic Collection
Morbius Epic Collection, Vol. 1: The Living Vampire
Cursed by an experiment gone wrong, Dr. Michael Morbius is possessed by an unquenchable thirst for blood, yet his heart beats like any other man. He is a living vampire! From his first appearance and solo color comic through his black-and-white adventures, this Epic Collection begins Morbius' tragic adventure into fear. The sometimes mad, sometimes misunderstood doctor contends not just with super heroes but bizarre cultists and satanic demons. They're stories that will take you to the darker side of Marvel, a world of horror and the supernatural that overtook the industry in the 1970s and defined comics for a generation.
Includes: Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 101-102, Marvel Team-Up (1972) 3-4, Fear (1970) 20-26, Giant-Size Super-Heroes (1974) 1, material from Vampire Tales (1973) 1-8, Giant-Size Werewolf by Night (1974) 4
Includes: Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 101-102, Marvel Team-Up (1972) 3-4, Fear (1970) 20-26, Giant-Size Super-Heroes (1974) 1, material from Vampire Tales (1973) 1-8, Giant-Size Werewolf by Night (1974) 4
432 pages, Paperback
First published February 9, 2021
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About the author
Steve Gerber
637 books66 followersSteve Gerber graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in communications and took a job in advertising. To keep himself sane, he wrote bizarre short stories such as "Elves Against Hitler," "Conversion in a Terminal Subway," and "...And the Birds Hummed Dirges!" He noticed acquaintance Roy Thomas working at Marvel, and Thomas sent him Marvel's standard writing test, dialoguing Daredevil art. He was soon made a regular on Daredevil and Sub-Mariner, and the newly created Man-Thing, the latter of which pegged him as having a strong personal style--intellectual, introspective, and literary. In one issue, he introduced an anthropomorphic duck into a horror fantasy, because he wanted something weird and incongruous, and Thomas made the character, named for Gerber's childhood friend Howard, fall to his apparent death in the following issue. Fans were outraged, and the character was revived in a new and deeply personal series. Gerber said in interview that the joke of Howard the Duck is that "there is no joke." The series was existential and dealt with the necessities of life, such as finding employment to pay the rent. Such unusual fare for comicbooks also informed his writing on The Defenders. Other works included Morbius, the Lving Vampire, The Son of Satan, Tales of the Zombie, The Living Mummy, Marvel Two-in-One, Guardians of the Galaxy, Shanna the She-Devil, and Crazy Magazine for Marvel, and Mister Miracle, Metal Men,
The Phantom Zone
, and The Immortal Doctor Fate for DC. Gerber eventually lost a lawsuit for control of Howard the Duck when he was defending artist Gene Colan's claim of delayed paychecks for the series, which was less important to him personally because he had a staff job and Colan did not.
He left comics for animation in the early 1980s, working mainly with Ruby-Spears, creating Thundarr the Barbarian with Alex Toth and Jack Kirby and episodes of The Puppy's Further Adventures, and Marvel Productions, where he was story editor on multiple Marvel series including Dungeons & Dragons, G.I. Joe, and The Transformers. He continued to dabble in comics, mainly for Eclipse, including the graphic novel Stewart the Rat, the two-part horror story "Role Model: Caring, Sharing, and Helping Others," and the seven-issue Destroyer Duck with Jack Kirby, which began as a fundraiser for Gerber's lawsuit.
In the early 1990s, he returned to Marvel with Foolkiller, a ten-issue limited series featuring a new version of a villain he had used in The Man-Thing and Omega the Unknown, who communicated with a previous version of the character through internet bulletin boards. An early internet adopter himself, he wrote two chapters of BBSs for Dummies with Beth Woods Slick, with whom he also wrote the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Contagion." During this period, he also wrote The Sensational She-Hulk and Cloak and Dagger for Marvel, Cybernary and WildC.A.T.s for Image, and Sludge and Exiles for the writer-driven Malibu Ultraverse, and Nevada for DC's mature readers Vertigo line.
In 2002, he returned to the Howard the Duck character for Marvel's mature readers MAX line, and for DC created Hard Time with Mary Skrenes, with whom he had co-created the cult hit Omega the Unknown for Marvel. Their ending for Omega the Unknown remains a secret that Skrenes plans to take to the grave if Marvel refuses to publish it. Suffering from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ("idiopathic" meaning of unknown origin despite having been a heavy smoker much of his life), he was on a waiting list for a double lung transplant. His final work was the Doctor Fate story arc, "More Pain Comics," for DC Comics'
He left comics for animation in the early 1980s, working mainly with Ruby-Spears, creating Thundarr the Barbarian with Alex Toth and Jack Kirby and episodes of The Puppy's Further Adventures, and Marvel Productions, where he was story editor on multiple Marvel series including Dungeons & Dragons, G.I. Joe, and The Transformers. He continued to dabble in comics, mainly for Eclipse, including the graphic novel Stewart the Rat, the two-part horror story "Role Model: Caring, Sharing, and Helping Others," and the seven-issue Destroyer Duck with Jack Kirby, which began as a fundraiser for Gerber's lawsuit.
In the early 1990s, he returned to Marvel with Foolkiller, a ten-issue limited series featuring a new version of a villain he had used in The Man-Thing and Omega the Unknown, who communicated with a previous version of the character through internet bulletin boards. An early internet adopter himself, he wrote two chapters of BBSs for Dummies with Beth Woods Slick, with whom he also wrote the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Contagion." During this period, he also wrote The Sensational She-Hulk and Cloak and Dagger for Marvel, Cybernary and WildC.A.T.s for Image, and Sludge and Exiles for the writer-driven Malibu Ultraverse, and Nevada for DC's mature readers Vertigo line.
In 2002, he returned to the Howard the Duck character for Marvel's mature readers MAX line, and for DC created Hard Time with Mary Skrenes, with whom he had co-created the cult hit Omega the Unknown for Marvel. Their ending for Omega the Unknown remains a secret that Skrenes plans to take to the grave if Marvel refuses to publish it. Suffering from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ("idiopathic" meaning of unknown origin despite having been a heavy smoker much of his life), he was on a waiting list for a double lung transplant. His final work was the Doctor Fate story arc, "More Pain Comics," for DC Comics'
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April 21, 2024
Michael Morbius is certainly an interesting character. Having started as a way for Marvel to capitalize on some of the relaxations of the Comics Code Authority’s abusive and over-reaching totalitarian censorship of comics, the company jumped on the chance to publish characters fueled by the horror craze of the late 60s and early 70s. Werewolves, vampires, monster-men, it’s all here, or at least the early appearances or Morbius, the Living Vampire are. This volume includes material from the following publications:
Amazing Spider-Man #101-102 - I’ve read these issues many, many times over the years since they were reprinted in the Marvel Treasury Edition format. It’s a classic Spider-Man tale that deals more with what tragic monsters people can become than typical superhero shenanigans. And it is clear that even though Morbius was first introduced in Spider-Man as an antagonist, the seeds of this anti-hero were present from the very beginning. Here Spider-Man and the Lizard team-up to track down Morbius in order to potentially help all three of them. Also, the art by legendary Gil Kane is simply gorgeous.
Marvel Team-Up #3-4 - This pair of issues were a bit odd for me. I owned the first of these as an original issue from when it was first published, but I never read the second issue until many, many years later. So the team-up with the Human Torch is a classic for me, read many times and enjoyed as often, but the issue feature the X-Men doesn’t have the same nostalgic resonance. I’ve always been a huge fan of the Spider-Man/Human Torch rivalry/bromance. The follow up is interesting as it features the original X-Men during their hidden years period shortly before they were reintroduced in the pages of Giant-Size X-Men #1. It’s certainly not the best X-Men story, but it’s not bad. While the art in #3 by Ross Andru is great, the pages by Gil Kane in #4 are even better.
Vampire Tales #1-8 - I only first read these stories fairly recently, when Marvel republished them in the collections: Vampire Tales - Volume 1, Vampire Tales, Volume 2, Vampire Tales, Volume 3. These are a slightly more “mature” take on the character, but they’re also quite a bit more exploitative as well. They are presented here, as originally published, in black&white. These stories feature art from the likes of Pablo Marcus, Tom Sutton, Rich Buckler, Klaus Janson, among others, so these a lot to be excited about visually. Unfortunately, the stories themselves are not as good as the art. Gerber starts things off okay, but the remainder of the stories gets bogged down in labyrinthine pretentiousness. I usually enjoy Don McGregor’s writing, but this one just didn’t work for me. It feels hopelessly contrived and keeps trying, unsuccessfully, to shoehorn Morbius into genres and settings that do not really help his character evolve or grow. It’s an entertaining multi-issue story, but it is kind of a mess.
Giant-Size Super-Heroes #1 - Is another story that I’ve owned from its original publication and have enjoyed over and over through the years. Another, at least for me, classic Spider-Man tale. It’s interesting that Morbius keeps getting pushed into these team-up type situations in his early appearances. Makes one think that Marvel was literally throwing the character into the thick of it, just to see what worked and what didn’t and where he might find a niche. This time Morbius is back sparring with Spider-Man, but now the Man-Wolf is along for the ride. This one is also included in the collections: Giant-Size Marvel and Man-Wolf: The Complete Collection. And finally this story features more spectacular art by Gil Kane.
(Adventure Into) Fear #20-26 - Like the stories published in Vampire Tales, these stories, that were published concurrently, attempt to reimagine Morbius in different settings and different genres. The art by the likes of Paul Gulacy, Kane, Rich Buckler & (a personal favorite) P. Craig Russell offer some really nice issues, but the overarching story is all over the place, sending Morbius up against Devil-worshipers, cat demons from another dimension, and teleportation to another planet filled with aliens, mutants, androids, and spaceships. Sticking to vampire clichés was certainly not the problem. Mike Friedrich set the story in motion, and attempts to wrap it all up after Gerber’s chaotic ride through these various genre and setting trials, but it just doesn’t quite work. Even the appearance of Blade the Vampire Slayer is forced into the latter half of a romp on an alien world. This could have been a high point for both characters, but it comes across as forced and does nothing for either character.
Giant-Size Werewolf (by Night) #4 - There’s a couple of flubs (continuity errors?) and again more inconsistent characterizations here, but it is a fun, face-paced story and tried to tie up some loose ends for Morbius and, in some ways at least, brings the character full circle to where this volume started. But it just feels like we’re back where we started without any emotional or character development having taken place. So, this is a fun story, and a nice cap for this volume, but there’s nothing else all that remarkable here. It is also included in Werewolf by Night: The Complete Collection, Vol. 2.
These stories are rather typical for the 1970s. Meaning that they’re filled with lots of action and only limited character development, and what there is often comes from the fact that all the authors, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Steve Gerber, Don McGregor, Doug Moench & Mike Friedrich, had a slightly different perspective on the character(s). Still they are fun, if you’re into this type of stuff. Furthermore, this is a GREAT introduction to the character of Morbius for fans of the Marvel Films and the Sony Pictures release: Morbius (a film that’s almost as randomly inconsistent as anything in these pages).
Amazing Spider-Man #101-102 - I’ve read these issues many, many times over the years since they were reprinted in the Marvel Treasury Edition format. It’s a classic Spider-Man tale that deals more with what tragic monsters people can become than typical superhero shenanigans. And it is clear that even though Morbius was first introduced in Spider-Man as an antagonist, the seeds of this anti-hero were present from the very beginning. Here Spider-Man and the Lizard team-up to track down Morbius in order to potentially help all three of them. Also, the art by legendary Gil Kane is simply gorgeous.
Marvel Team-Up #3-4 - This pair of issues were a bit odd for me. I owned the first of these as an original issue from when it was first published, but I never read the second issue until many, many years later. So the team-up with the Human Torch is a classic for me, read many times and enjoyed as often, but the issue feature the X-Men doesn’t have the same nostalgic resonance. I’ve always been a huge fan of the Spider-Man/Human Torch rivalry/bromance. The follow up is interesting as it features the original X-Men during their hidden years period shortly before they were reintroduced in the pages of Giant-Size X-Men #1. It’s certainly not the best X-Men story, but it’s not bad. While the art in #3 by Ross Andru is great, the pages by Gil Kane in #4 are even better.
Vampire Tales #1-8 - I only first read these stories fairly recently, when Marvel republished them in the collections: Vampire Tales - Volume 1, Vampire Tales, Volume 2, Vampire Tales, Volume 3. These are a slightly more “mature” take on the character, but they’re also quite a bit more exploitative as well. They are presented here, as originally published, in black&white. These stories feature art from the likes of Pablo Marcus, Tom Sutton, Rich Buckler, Klaus Janson, among others, so these a lot to be excited about visually. Unfortunately, the stories themselves are not as good as the art. Gerber starts things off okay, but the remainder of the stories gets bogged down in labyrinthine pretentiousness. I usually enjoy Don McGregor’s writing, but this one just didn’t work for me. It feels hopelessly contrived and keeps trying, unsuccessfully, to shoehorn Morbius into genres and settings that do not really help his character evolve or grow. It’s an entertaining multi-issue story, but it is kind of a mess.
Giant-Size Super-Heroes #1 - Is another story that I’ve owned from its original publication and have enjoyed over and over through the years. Another, at least for me, classic Spider-Man tale. It’s interesting that Morbius keeps getting pushed into these team-up type situations in his early appearances. Makes one think that Marvel was literally throwing the character into the thick of it, just to see what worked and what didn’t and where he might find a niche. This time Morbius is back sparring with Spider-Man, but now the Man-Wolf is along for the ride. This one is also included in the collections: Giant-Size Marvel and Man-Wolf: The Complete Collection. And finally this story features more spectacular art by Gil Kane.
(Adventure Into) Fear #20-26 - Like the stories published in Vampire Tales, these stories, that were published concurrently, attempt to reimagine Morbius in different settings and different genres. The art by the likes of Paul Gulacy, Kane, Rich Buckler & (a personal favorite) P. Craig Russell offer some really nice issues, but the overarching story is all over the place, sending Morbius up against Devil-worshipers, cat demons from another dimension, and teleportation to another planet filled with aliens, mutants, androids, and spaceships. Sticking to vampire clichés was certainly not the problem. Mike Friedrich set the story in motion, and attempts to wrap it all up after Gerber’s chaotic ride through these various genre and setting trials, but it just doesn’t quite work. Even the appearance of Blade the Vampire Slayer is forced into the latter half of a romp on an alien world. This could have been a high point for both characters, but it comes across as forced and does nothing for either character.
Giant-Size Werewolf (by Night) #4 - There’s a couple of flubs (continuity errors?) and again more inconsistent characterizations here, but it is a fun, face-paced story and tried to tie up some loose ends for Morbius and, in some ways at least, brings the character full circle to where this volume started. But it just feels like we’re back where we started without any emotional or character development having taken place. So, this is a fun story, and a nice cap for this volume, but there’s nothing else all that remarkable here. It is also included in Werewolf by Night: The Complete Collection, Vol. 2.
These stories are rather typical for the 1970s. Meaning that they’re filled with lots of action and only limited character development, and what there is often comes from the fact that all the authors, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Steve Gerber, Don McGregor, Doug Moench & Mike Friedrich, had a slightly different perspective on the character(s). Still they are fun, if you’re into this type of stuff. Furthermore, this is a GREAT introduction to the character of Morbius for fans of the Marvel Films and the Sony Pictures release: Morbius (a film that’s almost as randomly inconsistent as anything in these pages).
May 23, 2024
Steve Gerber, Don McGregor and Doug Moench wrote some of the best comics in the '70s. Paul Gulacy, P. Craig Russell and Tom Sutton drew some of the best comics of the '70s. Yet, none of these talents, among others, really knew what to do with the Michael Morbius character; Morbius, the Living Vampire. The default decision seems to have been pit Scientific minded Morbius against supernatural threats. While it might work or twice, it gets monotonous when that's the only kind of story presented.
Morbius was a medical, Nobel Prize winning scientist who contracted a vaguely defined blood disease. In order to cure himself, he creates an enzyme derived from vampire bats. Somehow, as it always seems to happen in comics, this changes the scientist's DNA, turning into a living, psuedo-vampire. He craves blood, he can fly, and has pale skin. However, while sunlight can weaken him, unlike "true" vampires, Morbius does not turn to dust when exposed to daylight. Garlic, religious icons, and other traditional vampire weaknesses also do not affect Michael Morbius. Overall, it's an interesting concept with several interesting possibilities. None of which are put to use in this volume.
Unfortunately, there's never any scenes in any story showing Morbius actively looking for a cure. There are story possibilities there, surely? And while Morbius does meet Blade, the Vampire Hunter from the pages of "Tomb of Dracula", I think it would have been much more interesting for Michael Morbius to encounter Marvel's version of Dracula, particularly the '70s version. Those two scenarios could have been more interesting than the stories presented here.
The big problem for me is trying to figure out in what order some of these comics should be read in. After reprinting the first few stories featuring Morbius, the book begin the character's run in the comic book titled, "Adventures Into Fear", only to abruptly interrupt it with a run of stories from "Vampire Tales", one of Marvel's black and white magazines from back in the day. Trouble is, the story Don McGregor tells for the next several issues takes place far away from the settings of the story in "Fear" #24. It's not clear if this was meant to be the reading order in terms of the events in Morbius' life or not. There's no connective tissue between the two publications' stories. And they don't appear to be in publication chronological order as the first part of the "Vampire Tales" was published before "Adventures Into Fear" #24. It's made worse by the fact "Vampire Tales" section interrupts an ongoing storyline in "Fear".
Overall, I wanted to like this book better, but it's a bland, substandard collection of comic books. Maybe volume 2 is better.
Morbius was a medical, Nobel Prize winning scientist who contracted a vaguely defined blood disease. In order to cure himself, he creates an enzyme derived from vampire bats. Somehow, as it always seems to happen in comics, this changes the scientist's DNA, turning into a living, psuedo-vampire. He craves blood, he can fly, and has pale skin. However, while sunlight can weaken him, unlike "true" vampires, Morbius does not turn to dust when exposed to daylight. Garlic, religious icons, and other traditional vampire weaknesses also do not affect Michael Morbius. Overall, it's an interesting concept with several interesting possibilities. None of which are put to use in this volume.
Unfortunately, there's never any scenes in any story showing Morbius actively looking for a cure. There are story possibilities there, surely? And while Morbius does meet Blade, the Vampire Hunter from the pages of "Tomb of Dracula", I think it would have been much more interesting for Michael Morbius to encounter Marvel's version of Dracula, particularly the '70s version. Those two scenarios could have been more interesting than the stories presented here.
The big problem for me is trying to figure out in what order some of these comics should be read in. After reprinting the first few stories featuring Morbius, the book begin the character's run in the comic book titled, "Adventures Into Fear", only to abruptly interrupt it with a run of stories from "Vampire Tales", one of Marvel's black and white magazines from back in the day. Trouble is, the story Don McGregor tells for the next several issues takes place far away from the settings of the story in "Fear" #24. It's not clear if this was meant to be the reading order in terms of the events in Morbius' life or not. There's no connective tissue between the two publications' stories. And they don't appear to be in publication chronological order as the first part of the "Vampire Tales" was published before "Adventures Into Fear" #24. It's made worse by the fact "Vampire Tales" section interrupts an ongoing storyline in "Fear".
Overall, I wanted to like this book better, but it's a bland, substandard collection of comic books. Maybe volume 2 is better.
February 19, 2021
From that strange period in the 70s when superheroes stopped fighting costumed bank robbers to focus on the supernatural and occult, Morbius has a tragic and filmable origin that features Spider-Man, Fantastic Four and X-Men. But then the story hops from title to title and writer to writer in a free form, tonally inconsistent mess that keeps circling back on itself to try and remember where his wife went. You'd never be able to collect all these issues individually, so there's that...
February 4, 2022
Marvel has gathered up all the stories of Morbius to highlight the character before the movie comes out. Of course, this is a cash grab, but I'm happy to participate when the collected material is so diverse. Marvel was an innovator in the 70s, introducing off-the-wall characters and settings. The incoming talent wasn't just focused on superheroes, and they were happy to incorporate the monsters they grew up with (hello Universal) and nontraditional settings.
Taking stories from Spider-Man and then moving over to the wide variety of horror comics Marvel had in the 70s (some in color & some in B&W), the artwork is breathtaking and the stories a weird mix of superhero action & Vampire horror.
Vol. 1: Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 101-102, Marvel Team-Up (1972) 3-4, Fear (1970) 20-26, Giant-Size Super-Heroes (1974) 1, material from Vampire Tales (1973) 1-8, Giant-Size Werewolf by Night (1974) 4
Taking stories from Spider-Man and then moving over to the wide variety of horror comics Marvel had in the 70s (some in color & some in B&W), the artwork is breathtaking and the stories a weird mix of superhero action & Vampire horror.
Vol. 1: Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 101-102, Marvel Team-Up (1972) 3-4, Fear (1970) 20-26, Giant-Size Super-Heroes (1974) 1, material from Vampire Tales (1973) 1-8, Giant-Size Werewolf by Night (1974) 4
October 2, 2021
Reprints Amazing Spider-Man (1) #101-102, Marvel Team-Up (1) #3-4, Giant-Size Super-Heroes #1, Adventure Into Fear #20-26, Vampire Tales #1-8, and Werewolf by Night (1) Giant-Size #4 (October 1971-April 1975). Plagued by a fatal blood disease, Dr. Michael Morbius finds a potential cure…but quickly determines that the cure might be worse than the disease! Morbius has been transformed into a living vampire with a lust for blood. Now, Morbius find himself on a quest to cure his bloodlust and stop the deaths surrounding him. From Spider-Man, the X-Men, Blade, and the menace of a man named Daemond, Morbius discovers he has become a reluctant hero as he fights the urges to kill.
Written by Steve Gerber, Don McGregor, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Mike Friedrich, and Doug Moench, Morbius Epic Collection—Volume 1: The Living Vampire is a Marvel Comics horror superhero comic book. The collection features the earliest appearances of Morbius and features the art of Pablo Marcos, Tom Sutton, Luiz Dominguez, Virgil Redondo, Gil Kane, Rich Buckler, Ross Andru, Paul Gulacy, P. Craig Russell, Mike Vosburg, and Frank Robbins. Issues in the collection were also collected as part of Adventure Into Fear Omnibus, Morbius: Preludes and Nightmares, Morbius the Living Vampire Omnibus, Man-Wolf: The Complete Collection, and Werewolf by Night Omnibus among other collections.
I love Marvel’s jump into horror that they took in the early 1970s with titles like Ghost Rider, Tomb of Dracula, and Man-Thing. It blended superheroes and monsters and the combination wasn’t that big of a stretch. Morbius was one of the more grounded “horror” comics in his creation, but quickly travelled down a path of supernatural destruction.
The early issues of the collection were involved Spider-Man and the X-Men. Morbius was the typical Marvel Comics antihero or the tragic villain. He’s driven by a hunger that kills, but at his core, he’s not a bad person. His battles with Spider-Man however makes him a villain and there is more ambiguity to the character’s future. He feels more like a villain that a comic book lead…but the writers soon take Morbius in a different direction.
While I like Morbius as a lead, I don’t love his initial run in Fear that much. The whole Caretakers and Daemond story line is a struggle to read (despite being shorter than more stories since Fear also contained horror reprints at the time). The stories which appear in Vampire Tales are much more developed and feature great black-and-white art. It is a weird contrast that existed in many of Marvel’s books at the time since the magazines were targeted to adult and featured more adult storylines while the characters fit in both. With the horror and potential gore, I like these entries more, but I don’t think Marvel could have even pushed it further with the Vampire Tales issues.
Morbius is an interesting creation that doesn’t quite work here. Marvel is still trying to find its footing with the character which is often a problem for new characters…sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. Morbius is close, but not quite there. Morbius Epic Collection—Volume 1: The Living Vampire is followed by Morbius Epic Collection—Volume 2: The End of a Living Vampire.
Written by Steve Gerber, Don McGregor, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Mike Friedrich, and Doug Moench, Morbius Epic Collection—Volume 1: The Living Vampire is a Marvel Comics horror superhero comic book. The collection features the earliest appearances of Morbius and features the art of Pablo Marcos, Tom Sutton, Luiz Dominguez, Virgil Redondo, Gil Kane, Rich Buckler, Ross Andru, Paul Gulacy, P. Craig Russell, Mike Vosburg, and Frank Robbins. Issues in the collection were also collected as part of Adventure Into Fear Omnibus, Morbius: Preludes and Nightmares, Morbius the Living Vampire Omnibus, Man-Wolf: The Complete Collection, and Werewolf by Night Omnibus among other collections.
I love Marvel’s jump into horror that they took in the early 1970s with titles like Ghost Rider, Tomb of Dracula, and Man-Thing. It blended superheroes and monsters and the combination wasn’t that big of a stretch. Morbius was one of the more grounded “horror” comics in his creation, but quickly travelled down a path of supernatural destruction.
The early issues of the collection were involved Spider-Man and the X-Men. Morbius was the typical Marvel Comics antihero or the tragic villain. He’s driven by a hunger that kills, but at his core, he’s not a bad person. His battles with Spider-Man however makes him a villain and there is more ambiguity to the character’s future. He feels more like a villain that a comic book lead…but the writers soon take Morbius in a different direction.
While I like Morbius as a lead, I don’t love his initial run in Fear that much. The whole Caretakers and Daemond story line is a struggle to read (despite being shorter than more stories since Fear also contained horror reprints at the time). The stories which appear in Vampire Tales are much more developed and feature great black-and-white art. It is a weird contrast that existed in many of Marvel’s books at the time since the magazines were targeted to adult and featured more adult storylines while the characters fit in both. With the horror and potential gore, I like these entries more, but I don’t think Marvel could have even pushed it further with the Vampire Tales issues.
Morbius is an interesting creation that doesn’t quite work here. Marvel is still trying to find its footing with the character which is often a problem for new characters…sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. Morbius is close, but not quite there. Morbius Epic Collection—Volume 1: The Living Vampire is followed by Morbius Epic Collection—Volume 2: The End of a Living Vampire.
October 26, 2022
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #101-102
I didn’t realize that the whole “Spidey has 6 arms” plot being connected with Morbius’s emergence was actually a thing in the comics! But yeah, this is pretty straightforward stuff. And Morbius’s origin story as told in the flashback in the second issue is a bit more expansive than it is in the cartoon, actually kind of a bare bones version of what we end up seeing in the movie! Lizard’s involvement also spices things up a bit. The three-way fight at the beginning of #102 and Spidey and Lizard teaming up against Morbius at the end of the same issue were both pretty enjoyable, and to no one’s great shock I enjoyed Morbius’s stock villain dialogue about his superiority and everyone else being beneath him etc etc quite a bit.
(B-Rank)
MARVEL TEAM UP #3-4
This was also kind of true of the two previous comics, but: seeing Spider-Man using 70s slang was kind of adorably weird.
#3 was arguably a bit better since it had Morbius making another vampire to be friends with, which I really wish would happen more often!, but he’s a black guy in a 70s comic book with a speaking role so of course he isn’t long for this world. But also Spidey’s titular team-up in this one is Johnny from the Fantastic 4, so… eh. #4 starts out more Spidey vs. X-Men than Spidey teaming up with the X-Men, and then becomes X-Men vs. Morbius. The X-Men vs. Morbius parts were pretty good, Spidey stealing a kiss from Jean at the end for no particular reason was not.
(C-Rank)
GIANT-SIZE SUPERHEROES #1
This is probably my favorite story in the first collection! Morbius basically enslaves Man-Wolf and the pair of them just whale on Spidey, true I Want This Twink Destroyed style. This is pretty much exactly what I would want out of a movie with Morbius as the villain rather than an antihero.
(A-Rank)
ADVENTURE INTO FEAR #20-26
In a lot of ways this is the real meat of this collection. These issues of the Adventure Into Fear ongoing series were effectively Morbius solo comics, with all of their titles being stylized “Adventure Into Fear with Morbius The Living Vampire.”
The adventures Morbius gets up to in these are weird as fuck, and while the writing wasn’t always top notch I remained thoroughly entertained throughout. #20 sees Morbius escaping from the X-Men and enslaved by a hypno dommy Satanic cultist guy. He isn’t hot, sorry. But the dialog kinda is, as usual.
Oh, it’s worth noting that there’s a… kind of awkward depiction of a rabbi here? It’s not your usual brand of antisemitism, just… kinda weird? Like, they have him say “Isiaha’s beard” the way you’d have a wizard say “Merlin’s beard”? And I just don’t know what that’s about. Also his dying thoughts are that Morbius’s first name (Michael) is a Hebrew name, which is definitely what I’d be thinking as a vampire finished sucking the life out of my veins.
#21 finds our antiheroic vampire given the hard sell by a group of technologically advanced aliens called the Caretakers who are, I believe, approximately the zillionth powerful, mysterious force revealed to have influenced humanity’s evolution by Marvel comics. Morbius is loath to take part in their very eugenics-sounding scheme to “save” humanity not because of the principled opposition to eugenics you might expect from a scientist who accidentally turned himself into a vampire while doing genetic research, but because of some Social Darwinist Lite philosophy that he proclaims in a single throwaway line every time the subject comes up here and in future issues. I super hate it?
Anyway, Morbius goes to try to fight the Satanist hypnodom guy only to find out that he’s dating his ex or something, and then the hypnodom summons a catboy to fight Morbius because sure, why not. #22 finds that catboy trying to kill Morbius by just keeping him pinned to the ground until the sun comes up (the art is very horny), which won’t work because Morbius is a science vampire or whatever. Anyway, the catboy ends up getting summoned back to his world of catboys and the king makes up some bullshit about wanting Morbius around to thin the herd due to overpopulation when clearly he should just admit that all the subby catboys are horny for vampires.
#23 finds Morbius on a planet populated by humans, androids, and mutant aliens and it gets super eugenics-y and I kind of just don’t even want to dwell on it because ugh. #24 pits Morbius against Blade, and its coverart is actually used for the first volume of the Epic Collection even though it’s a super short confrontation, like it’s one of the least consequential things that happens in the entire collection. Personally I would’ve gone with the Morbius and Man-Wolf vs. Spidey cover from Giant-Size Superheroes #1 (which they did actually use on the back cover), especially considering that cover art would set the tone for how unbelievably horny a lot of the comics in this collection are.
#25 and #26 finish off this arc by having everyone (except for the actually-interesting catboys) come back and fight each other and switch sides a bunch of times. Probably my least favorite part of the entire arc tbh, but it gets the job done.
So, yeah! These are oftentimes terribly written, but the concepts in them are just so silly that I’m entertained wondering what will happen next. But the main thing that keeps me coming back is they are just super horny, with the lurid details of Morbius sinking his teeth into so many necks being lovingly presented both with vivid art and lovingly lingering narration. “Razor-sharp fangs part the smooth fur on the catwoman’s neck and plunge deep into her soft, warm flesh!” “The irresistible drive to feel teeth sinking into soft flesh, to feel steaming liquid on his tongue…” This is just vampire porn. Y’all wrote vampire porn. I’m not judging, it rules.
(B-Rank)
VAMPIRE TALES #1-8
The Epic Collection only includes the Morbius stories from these comics, which is a shame because a lot of the other stories sound rad as fuck ngl.
These were in black and white, which was usually fine (and even kinda fit the tone) but the last page of issue 7 had one really weird panel where they had black text on a dark background that was just kinda impossible to read and I don’t really get how that happened? (The best I can guess is the thing was originally done in full color and then printed in black and white, but like… why would you do it that way???) Issue 8’s first page is a literal reprint of that page with white text boxes around the offending narration, which seemed like the printing equivalent of an “oops, our bad.”
But, yeah. These stories vacillate between being wonderfully pulpy and being… kinda plodding and boring? I do enjoy the more indulgent elements when they come up, and honestly just when I was starting to lose patience with this series the aforementioned issue 7 has a scene where a demonic skeleton that is on fire who wears a cloak and rides a horse that is also a skeleton and on fire catches Morbius with a barbed-wire noose and drags him around for a minute, so like… consider me bought back in, obviously???
There’s also plenty of horny bloodsucking in these, which like, you know I’m totally onboard with.
(C-Rank)
GIANT-SIZE WEREWOLF #4
The Epic Collection closes out with this pretty straightforward issue pitting the very originally-named werewolf *checks notes* Werewolf against Morbius. Both Morbius and Werewolf are portrayed pretty sympathetically, and their fights are pretty decent. This also picks back up the storyline of Morbius’s ex-fiancee Martine from his arc in Adventure Into Fear, I’d actually say that their interactions take up the vast majority of the pages of this issue.
(C-Rank)
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I didn’t realize that the whole “Spidey has 6 arms” plot being connected with Morbius’s emergence was actually a thing in the comics! But yeah, this is pretty straightforward stuff. And Morbius’s origin story as told in the flashback in the second issue is a bit more expansive than it is in the cartoon, actually kind of a bare bones version of what we end up seeing in the movie! Lizard’s involvement also spices things up a bit. The three-way fight at the beginning of #102 and Spidey and Lizard teaming up against Morbius at the end of the same issue were both pretty enjoyable, and to no one’s great shock I enjoyed Morbius’s stock villain dialogue about his superiority and everyone else being beneath him etc etc quite a bit.
(B-Rank)
MARVEL TEAM UP #3-4
This was also kind of true of the two previous comics, but: seeing Spider-Man using 70s slang was kind of adorably weird.
#3 was arguably a bit better since it had Morbius making another vampire to be friends with, which I really wish would happen more often!, but he’s a black guy in a 70s comic book with a speaking role so of course he isn’t long for this world. But also Spidey’s titular team-up in this one is Johnny from the Fantastic 4, so… eh. #4 starts out more Spidey vs. X-Men than Spidey teaming up with the X-Men, and then becomes X-Men vs. Morbius. The X-Men vs. Morbius parts were pretty good, Spidey stealing a kiss from Jean at the end for no particular reason was not.
(C-Rank)
GIANT-SIZE SUPERHEROES #1
This is probably my favorite story in the first collection! Morbius basically enslaves Man-Wolf and the pair of them just whale on Spidey, true I Want This Twink Destroyed style. This is pretty much exactly what I would want out of a movie with Morbius as the villain rather than an antihero.
(A-Rank)
ADVENTURE INTO FEAR #20-26
In a lot of ways this is the real meat of this collection. These issues of the Adventure Into Fear ongoing series were effectively Morbius solo comics, with all of their titles being stylized “Adventure Into Fear with Morbius The Living Vampire.”
The adventures Morbius gets up to in these are weird as fuck, and while the writing wasn’t always top notch I remained thoroughly entertained throughout. #20 sees Morbius escaping from the X-Men and enslaved by a hypno dommy Satanic cultist guy. He isn’t hot, sorry. But the dialog kinda is, as usual.
Oh, it’s worth noting that there’s a… kind of awkward depiction of a rabbi here? It’s not your usual brand of antisemitism, just… kinda weird? Like, they have him say “Isiaha’s beard” the way you’d have a wizard say “Merlin’s beard”? And I just don’t know what that’s about. Also his dying thoughts are that Morbius’s first name (Michael) is a Hebrew name, which is definitely what I’d be thinking as a vampire finished sucking the life out of my veins.
#21 finds our antiheroic vampire given the hard sell by a group of technologically advanced aliens called the Caretakers who are, I believe, approximately the zillionth powerful, mysterious force revealed to have influenced humanity’s evolution by Marvel comics. Morbius is loath to take part in their very eugenics-sounding scheme to “save” humanity not because of the principled opposition to eugenics you might expect from a scientist who accidentally turned himself into a vampire while doing genetic research, but because of some Social Darwinist Lite philosophy that he proclaims in a single throwaway line every time the subject comes up here and in future issues. I super hate it?
Anyway, Morbius goes to try to fight the Satanist hypnodom guy only to find out that he’s dating his ex or something, and then the hypnodom summons a catboy to fight Morbius because sure, why not. #22 finds that catboy trying to kill Morbius by just keeping him pinned to the ground until the sun comes up (the art is very horny), which won’t work because Morbius is a science vampire or whatever. Anyway, the catboy ends up getting summoned back to his world of catboys and the king makes up some bullshit about wanting Morbius around to thin the herd due to overpopulation when clearly he should just admit that all the subby catboys are horny for vampires.
#23 finds Morbius on a planet populated by humans, androids, and mutant aliens and it gets super eugenics-y and I kind of just don’t even want to dwell on it because ugh. #24 pits Morbius against Blade, and its coverart is actually used for the first volume of the Epic Collection even though it’s a super short confrontation, like it’s one of the least consequential things that happens in the entire collection. Personally I would’ve gone with the Morbius and Man-Wolf vs. Spidey cover from Giant-Size Superheroes #1 (which they did actually use on the back cover), especially considering that cover art would set the tone for how unbelievably horny a lot of the comics in this collection are.
#25 and #26 finish off this arc by having everyone (except for the actually-interesting catboys) come back and fight each other and switch sides a bunch of times. Probably my least favorite part of the entire arc tbh, but it gets the job done.
So, yeah! These are oftentimes terribly written, but the concepts in them are just so silly that I’m entertained wondering what will happen next. But the main thing that keeps me coming back is they are just super horny, with the lurid details of Morbius sinking his teeth into so many necks being lovingly presented both with vivid art and lovingly lingering narration. “Razor-sharp fangs part the smooth fur on the catwoman’s neck and plunge deep into her soft, warm flesh!” “The irresistible drive to feel teeth sinking into soft flesh, to feel steaming liquid on his tongue…” This is just vampire porn. Y’all wrote vampire porn. I’m not judging, it rules.
(B-Rank)
VAMPIRE TALES #1-8
The Epic Collection only includes the Morbius stories from these comics, which is a shame because a lot of the other stories sound rad as fuck ngl.
These were in black and white, which was usually fine (and even kinda fit the tone) but the last page of issue 7 had one really weird panel where they had black text on a dark background that was just kinda impossible to read and I don’t really get how that happened? (The best I can guess is the thing was originally done in full color and then printed in black and white, but like… why would you do it that way???) Issue 8’s first page is a literal reprint of that page with white text boxes around the offending narration, which seemed like the printing equivalent of an “oops, our bad.”
But, yeah. These stories vacillate between being wonderfully pulpy and being… kinda plodding and boring? I do enjoy the more indulgent elements when they come up, and honestly just when I was starting to lose patience with this series the aforementioned issue 7 has a scene where a demonic skeleton that is on fire who wears a cloak and rides a horse that is also a skeleton and on fire catches Morbius with a barbed-wire noose and drags him around for a minute, so like… consider me bought back in, obviously???
There’s also plenty of horny bloodsucking in these, which like, you know I’m totally onboard with.
(C-Rank)
GIANT-SIZE WEREWOLF #4
The Epic Collection closes out with this pretty straightforward issue pitting the very originally-named werewolf *checks notes* Werewolf against Morbius. Both Morbius and Werewolf are portrayed pretty sympathetically, and their fights are pretty decent. This also picks back up the storyline of Morbius’s ex-fiancee Martine from his arc in Adventure Into Fear, I’d actually say that their interactions take up the vast majority of the pages of this issue.
(C-Rank)
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March 8, 2022
This volume collects early stories of Michael Morbius, a scientist who injects himself with a flawed cure for a rare blood disease. In a classic case of the cure being worse than the disease, Morbius transforms himself into a living equivalent of a vampire.
Morbius is first established as a tragic villain in the pages of "The Amazing Spider-Man". He continues to play that role through occasional return appearances until gaining his own solo features in "Adventures Into Fear" and "Vampire Tales", where he is presented as more of an anti-hero.
While the concept of a scientifically created vampire is intriguing, these early tales never really explored that beyond Morbius's desperate attempts to force other scientists to aid him in finding a cure. And, though tragic, Morbius for the most part fails to be quite sympathetic. He feasts as the need compels him, but rarely exercises his own intelligence in altering his way of life, nor does he appeal to those who might be sympathetic to his plight and capable of helping.
Creatively, the stories are entertaining enough, though his two solo features strangely parallel one another in concept. The art tends to be of greater appeal, with a variety of classic artists such as Gil Kane, Rich Buckler, Paul Gulacy, and Frank Robbins.
This volume does provide an introduction to the character, though for those checking it out due to the movie, it'll likely feel too 2-dimensional and slave to standard tropes to be of significant interest. Even as a Marvel Comics reader, I found these stories only modestly entertaining, with little development of the character from start to finish.
Morbius is first established as a tragic villain in the pages of "The Amazing Spider-Man". He continues to play that role through occasional return appearances until gaining his own solo features in "Adventures Into Fear" and "Vampire Tales", where he is presented as more of an anti-hero.
While the concept of a scientifically created vampire is intriguing, these early tales never really explored that beyond Morbius's desperate attempts to force other scientists to aid him in finding a cure. And, though tragic, Morbius for the most part fails to be quite sympathetic. He feasts as the need compels him, but rarely exercises his own intelligence in altering his way of life, nor does he appeal to those who might be sympathetic to his plight and capable of helping.
Creatively, the stories are entertaining enough, though his two solo features strangely parallel one another in concept. The art tends to be of greater appeal, with a variety of classic artists such as Gil Kane, Rich Buckler, Paul Gulacy, and Frank Robbins.
This volume does provide an introduction to the character, though for those checking it out due to the movie, it'll likely feel too 2-dimensional and slave to standard tropes to be of significant interest. Even as a Marvel Comics reader, I found these stories only modestly entertaining, with little development of the character from start to finish.
September 28, 2022
Well, my son went all-in on Morbius meme mania, so I got this for him to take on a road trip. He didn't read it (that I know of) so I read it. It's a nice collection of early Spider-Man/Morbius comics, plus some wild early 70s stories from Marvel horror magazines of the time.
The Spider-Man stories are pretty standard, then there's some stand-alone Morbius stories from his own comic (back when Marvel went nuts over next-wave horror comics like Werewolf by Night, Morbius, and Man-Wolf). I was never a big horror comics fan, but these are kind of cheesy fun and told more like standard superhero comics. Spidey's trying to help cure Morbius, of course, because he's such a good guy.
The horror issues are black and white, and less conventional, but not anything radical. They're a bit more adult, but not all that much, and not really scary or horrifying or anything like that. Lots of demons and cults and murders and whatnot, with Morbius sometimes good and sometimes bad, as he is wont to be.
There's even a few issues that go off into wacky sci-fi territory (this is the 70s we're talking about) but mostly it's creepy night scenes and self-flagellation about his thirst for blood. It is nice that the comics take great pains to note that Morbius is a science vampire, not a sorcery vampire, so you get Curt Conners/Lizard in there and it makes sense to have Spidey trying to help out.
Anyway, it's better than the Morbius movie (I fell asleep at the end of that) and does a good job entertaining you and giving a glimpse into the horror/superhero crossover era of the 1970s. Fun stuff.
The Spider-Man stories are pretty standard, then there's some stand-alone Morbius stories from his own comic (back when Marvel went nuts over next-wave horror comics like Werewolf by Night, Morbius, and Man-Wolf). I was never a big horror comics fan, but these are kind of cheesy fun and told more like standard superhero comics. Spidey's trying to help cure Morbius, of course, because he's such a good guy.
The horror issues are black and white, and less conventional, but not anything radical. They're a bit more adult, but not all that much, and not really scary or horrifying or anything like that. Lots of demons and cults and murders and whatnot, with Morbius sometimes good and sometimes bad, as he is wont to be.
There's even a few issues that go off into wacky sci-fi territory (this is the 70s we're talking about) but mostly it's creepy night scenes and self-flagellation about his thirst for blood. It is nice that the comics take great pains to note that Morbius is a science vampire, not a sorcery vampire, so you get Curt Conners/Lizard in there and it makes sense to have Spidey trying to help out.
Anyway, it's better than the Morbius movie (I fell asleep at the end of that) and does a good job entertaining you and giving a glimpse into the horror/superhero crossover era of the 1970s. Fun stuff.
June 5, 2022
Morbius epic collection
My first read of morbius and it is an interesting concept. The first story in this epic collection is a three parter which introduces morbius to spidey. Spidey is really the original deadpool in terms of witty banter and constant chat. Art is pretty much par for the course for the era ! It also shows a quick backstory for the lizard and then dives into morbius’s origin story!
The origin story is covered. Doc and spidey manage to get a serum but not had a chance to try it yet!3 part series seems to be reasonably well written.
Another arc around Spider-Man and fantastic four and the xmen around how Jean gray and the professor save Spider-Man from morbius’s venom.
4th arc is wolf man and morbius vs Spider-Man.
Brilliant arc around cats who can speak and see intelligent, to the background of the caretakers to facing Arcturus the result of the caretakers attempt to civilise
Gets a bit repetitive which is understandable given that it’s an epic collection. Just below getting three stars. Is a 2.5 stars
My first read of morbius and it is an interesting concept. The first story in this epic collection is a three parter which introduces morbius to spidey. Spidey is really the original deadpool in terms of witty banter and constant chat. Art is pretty much par for the course for the era ! It also shows a quick backstory for the lizard and then dives into morbius’s origin story!
The origin story is covered. Doc and spidey manage to get a serum but not had a chance to try it yet!3 part series seems to be reasonably well written.
Another arc around Spider-Man and fantastic four and the xmen around how Jean gray and the professor save Spider-Man from morbius’s venom.
4th arc is wolf man and morbius vs Spider-Man.
Brilliant arc around cats who can speak and see intelligent, to the background of the caretakers to facing Arcturus the result of the caretakers attempt to civilise
Gets a bit repetitive which is understandable given that it’s an epic collection. Just below getting three stars. Is a 2.5 stars
May 1, 2022
So after the Comics Code censorship relaxed to allow vampires, Marvel introduced Michael Morbius, the Living Vampire (Stan Lee wanted a vampire who was closer to a supervillain than a horror character). An attempt to cure his fatal blood condition has left him fishbelly white, superstrong and desperate to drink blood; after several clashes with Spider-Man, he spun off into his own series.
This collection is a mixed bag. His early Spider-Man stories are uninspired, inconsistent in characterization and often illogical (wouldn't Morbius stealing equipment for a cure be a good thing?).
His series in "Adventure Into Fear," though, is good — Steve Gerber writing, several talented artists drawing. Don McGregor's stories for Marvel's B&W Vampire Tales magazine are good and moody.
So the three stars is an average for the collection overall.
This collection is a mixed bag. His early Spider-Man stories are uninspired, inconsistent in characterization and often illogical (wouldn't Morbius stealing equipment for a cure be a good thing?).
His series in "Adventure Into Fear," though, is good — Steve Gerber writing, several talented artists drawing. Don McGregor's stories for Marvel's B&W Vampire Tales magazine are good and moody.
So the three stars is an average for the collection overall.
September 30, 2021
If there is a character that transports me back to a particular time in my childhood, Morbius is it. I think in part because the character is so indicative of that particular time in the later 60's early 70's that had much fascination with horror TV and especially vampire stories (think Dark Shadows, Night Gallery, etc.). This collection includes the very first appearances of Morbius in Amazing Spider-Man and Marvel Team-Up, then his run (flight?) in Vampire Tales and Fear. Morbius is not a very noble character to follow (since he obviously comes back to killing people again and again as he drains their blood), but he is an intriguing enough flawed monster--sometimes playing the hero, always seeking to be healed of his malady--that there's enough fodder there to be the subject of an upcoming Marvel movie.
January 14, 2025
After appearing as a villain in a couple Spider-Man issues, Morbius recieved not one but two spin-offs, in Vampire Tales and Adventure into Fear. They couldn't be more different.
The Morbius stories in Vampire Tales, a black-and-white anthology magazine not bound by the Comics Code, are dark and gothic stories about Morbius trying to protect a young woman named Amanda Saint from a Satanic cult.
The Morbius stories in Adventure into Fear begin similarly, with Morbius coming into conflict with a Satanic cult, but soon lead to him wandering between planets and dimensions and interacting with ancient aliens that guided human evolution. It's a bit of a wild read.
The Morbius stories in Vampire Tales, a black-and-white anthology magazine not bound by the Comics Code, are dark and gothic stories about Morbius trying to protect a young woman named Amanda Saint from a Satanic cult.
The Morbius stories in Adventure into Fear begin similarly, with Morbius coming into conflict with a Satanic cult, but soon lead to him wandering between planets and dimensions and interacting with ancient aliens that guided human evolution. It's a bit of a wild read.
January 23, 2022
I was hoping to like this more. This was my first time reading a Morbius comic, and I mainly prioritized this to prepare for the film releasing in April 2022. I enjoyed the origin story and probably the first half of this collection. The Vampire Tales run didn’t really work for me; maybe it was because it was in black and white or that it was more horror than classic superhero. I still plan on reading the next volume (eventually)!
June 5, 2021
This book is pure 70's Marvel.
Its off beat and strange.
Its a fine example of classic Marvel comics
Its off beat and strange.
Its a fine example of classic Marvel comics
September 26, 2021
I do not like Morbius and not even Steve Gerber could make a decent story with this character. He tried, couldn't be done.
October 29, 2021
The Tales series was the highlight, mainly for the art
July 9, 2024
The fact that I forgot to review this book after almost two months is a testament that, even if the book is fun at times, it is also a bit forgettable.
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