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Issue: Morbius: Preludes and Nightmares #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2002
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/03/2021
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Pages: 148
ISBN: 9781302925925
UPC/EAN: 978130292592551599
Price: $21.99 CAD
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Content Items: 14 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Binding: trade paperback
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superhero
Morbius
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typeset
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A Monster Called... Morbius!

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Fool! It will take more than a freak with six arms to stop--a vampire!
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Spider-Man is portrayed with six arms.

Sam Rosen lettering per Haydn.
A Monster Called... Morbius!

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superhero
Whitey
Yep, that's our title--and we'll get around to justifying it in a page or three!
The six-armed Spider-Man versus Morbius.
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Continued in next issue.
Vampire at Large!

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Spider-Man is portrayed with six arms.
Morbius is misspelled as Moribus on the cover.
Vampire at Large!

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Charlie (death); Syd; Leo
Man--or man-like lizard--stand away from the chosen victim of Morbius!
Spider-Man versus Morbius versus the Lizard and we learn the origin of Morbius. Plus, Doctor Connors prepares a serum that cures Spider-Man of his six-arm problem.
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The Morbius flashback sequence mentions that Michael Morbius was awarded a Nobel Prize. The story is broken into three parts, with part one on the first twelve pages, part two on pages 13-23 and titled The Way It Began and part three on pages 24-35 and titled The Curse and the Cure!
Once More--Morbius!

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Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Michael Morbius
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The Power to Purge!

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superhero
Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (also in flashback); Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Torch]; Invisible Girl [Sue Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Archie Bunker (on television; cameo); Martine Bancroft (also in flashback); Emil Nikos (flashback; corpse); Professor Hans Jorgenson; Jake Bolt; Paul; Bert; Jefferson Bolt (villain; death; turned into vampire); Michael Morbius (villain, also in flashback)
Blast it all, Jake-- when are you gonna learn?
Morbius' fiancee comes to the Fantastic Four, looking for help finding Morbius. Following up on lead, the Human Torch and Spider-Man find Morbius but the are unable to capture him.
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Third appearance of Morbius the Living Vampire.
The Mark of the Mutants!

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Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]]
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And Then-- the X-Men!

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Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Hank McCoy [Beast]]; Harry Osborn; Professor Hans Jorgenson; Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (flashback; cameo); Lizard [Dr. Curt Connors] (flashback; cameo); Dr. Michael Morbius (fourth appearance; villain; also in flashback); Ken (death)
No! No! Stay back! Don't touch me-- keep awaaaaaayy!
Spider-Man has been injected with the deadly Morbius serum and he and the X-Men have to quickly take down the Living Vampire to save old Webhead's life.
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Romita corrected and/or inked several faces and figures on pages 2-3 and 5-7. Giacoia and Esposito also asssisted on inks/corrections on pages 10-11. Revised info per Nick Caputo, May 2022.
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horror, superhero
Morbius
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Morbius the Living Vampire!

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horror, superhero
Reverend Daemond (villain); Morbius (origin); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (flashback); Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (flashback); X-Men [Professor X; Iceman; Angel; Marvel Girl; Cyclops] (flashback); Nikos (flashback, corpse); Steve; Paty; Judi; Rabbi Krause (death)
The cavemen had their omens...
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Doctor Octopus [Peter Parker]; Hydro-Man; Trapster; Morbius (origin flashback); Lizard; Emil Nikos (origin); Martine (flashback); Spider-Man (flashback); Midnight Sons (flashback)
With only hours to live, Doctor Octopus breaks out of The Raft with the help of fellow villains Hydro-Man and Trapster.
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