HERO OF THE WEEK: MORBIUS (Marvel)Real Name: Michael Morbius
First Appearance: Amazing Spider-man #101 (Oct, 1971)
Fight Club Ranking: #57
Featured Fights:
- vs THE WEREWOLF: Marvel Premiere #28 (Feb 1976)
- vs DOCTOR STRANGE: Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #10 (Nov 1989)
- vs SPIDER-MAN: Ultimate Spider-man #95 (Jul 2006)
- vs NIGHT SHIFT: Marvel Zombies 4 #2 (Jul 2009)
Sony seems intent on constructing a tangled web of Spider-man movie properties -- and it has the potential to be glorious! The Hollywood Reporter has added Morbius The Living Vampire to the growing slate of spin-offs, which already includes Tom Hardy as Venom, and a rumored Black Cat and Silver Sable team-up called Black & Silver.
Morbius is one of those curious characters who's kicked around Hollywood since the nineties. The final word always seemed to be that he could sustain his own film. If Sony follows through on plans, it could be another exciting signal of diversifying their options to break away from the monotony of most Marvel and DC offerings.
Considerations were passed over for all three Blade movies, but an unused teaser was filmed to close the first, showing a shadow cast Morbius watching Blade emerge at dawn from his battle with La Magra.
The Norrington directed city, and pseudo-science of vampirism, lent itself well to introducing Michael Morbius: A doctor whose blood condition leads him to accidentally turn himself into a "living" vampire.
N'Bushe Wright's haematologist character always seemed like a natural bridge to the world inhabited by Morbius, particularly in the comics of the nineties. Their blend of gothic superhero meets The Fugitive meets General Hospital was a pretty good modern direction for the character.
You can't talk about Morbius in the nineties without mentioning Maximum Carnage: a Spider-man crossover story that seems to be presenting itself with every new announcement!
Morbius was one of several characters presented in the weird and wonderful Carnage story, paired with Nightwatch, as part of an ensemble that included: Captain America, Iron Fist, Cloak & Dagger, and Deathlok. Black Cat and Venom also had major parts.
I'm sure it's unlikely that anything as strange as the cast of Maximum Carnage could ever make it to the big screen, but if Sony continue to assemble their characters in individual films, it seems some version of that story is an inevitable Avengers-esque destination point!
Here's hoping whatever form Morbius takes on the big screen - it's worth the hype! You can be damn sure it's worth being our Hero of the Week!
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