Following in the direct footsteps of the two Venom movies, Sony Pictures released the live-action Morbius movie with actor Jared Leto in the starting title role. Like in the Venom solo film, this take on the Living Vampire has no Spider-Man in the movie although both creations would have never excited without him….although Spidey is referenced more than once all throughout the movie. Unlike in the comics, Doctor Michael Morbius can revert back to his human form and can seamlessly switch back and forth at will, especially after feeding on fresh human blood. The Morbius movie retained much of the character's core elements, although actor Jared Leto does not don the skin-tight spandex leotard that we see in the comics……thank God!
For me as a kid, I had a comic book that featured Spider-Man doing battle with both Morbius and Man-Wolf that I just loved from the good old 70’s. I never knew what happened to that book as it just seemed to vanish over the years, but I did have it well into my adulthood.
Today Morbius The Living vampire is as loved now as he was back in his creation year of 1971. He is scary and cool, sometimes a hero and sometimes not so much, but he’s a cool character just the same either way. As I’m writing this issue’s Creature Feature, I’m looking up that old comic I had so long ago, man I have to get another copy somehow. Okay here’s one for ya…..Morbius vs Vampirella…..battle of the low cut cleavage.
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