(2020)

Marvel, 2020 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
15.99 USD; 21.99 CAD
Pages
148 ?
On-sale Date
2021-02-03
Publisher's Age Guidelines
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Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
ISBN
978-1-302-92592-5 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781302925925 51599
Editing
Mark D. Beazley (credited) (collection editor); Ellie Pyle (credited) (assistant editor); Sana Amanat (credited) (associate editor); Maia Loy (credited) (assistant managing editor); Lisa Montalbano (credited) (assistant managing editor); Cory Sedlmeier (credited) (Masterworks editor); Jennifer Grünwald (credited) (senior editor, special projects); C. B. Cebulski (credited) (editor in chief)
Color
color
Binding
trade paperback
Publishing Format
collected edition

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Morbius / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
InHyuk Lee (credited) (signed as Lee InHyuk) (painting)
Inks
InHyuk Lee (credited) (signed as Lee InHyuk) (painting)
Colors
InHyuk Lee (credited) (signed as Lee InHyuk) (painting)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Morbius

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

A Monster Called... Morbius! (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fool! It will take more than a freak with six arms to stop--a vampire!
Genre
superhero
Reprints
Keywords
vampire

Indexer Notes

Spider-Man is portrayed with six arms.

Sam Rosen lettering per Haydn.

A Monster Called... Morbius! (Table of Contents: 3)

Spider-Man / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
637-Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yep, that's our title--and we'll get around to justifying it in a page or three!
Feature Logo
The Amazing Spider-Man
Genre
superhero
Characters
Whitey
Synopsis
The six-armed Spider-Man versus Morbius.
Reprints
Keywords
Southampton; vampire

Indexer Notes

Continued in next issue.

Vampire at Large! (Table of Contents: 4)

Spider-Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Vampire at Large! (Table of Contents: 5)

Spider-Man / comic story / 35 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
662-Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Man--or man-like lizard--stand away from the chosen victim of Morbius!
Feature Logo
The Amazing Spider-Man
Genre
superhero
Characters
Charlie (death); Syd; Leo
Synopsis
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.
Reprints
Keywords
Long Island

Indexer Notes

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! (Table of Contents: 6)

Human Torch; Spider-Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Michael Morbius
Reprints

The Power to Purge! (Table of Contents: 7)

Human Torch; Spider-Man / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
914Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Blast it all, Jake-- when are you gonna learn?
Genre
superhero
Characters
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)
Synopsis
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.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Third appearance of Morbius the Living Vampire.

The Mark of the Mutants! (Table of Contents: 8)

Spider-Man; X-Men / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]]
Reprints

And Then-- the X-Men! (Table of Contents: 9)

Spider-Man; X-Men / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Steve Mitchell; Frank Giacoia; John Romita; Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
764Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
No! No! Stay back! Don't touch me-- keep awaaaaaayy!
Genre
superhero
Characters
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)
Synopsis
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.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Morbius / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

Genre
horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Morbius
Reprints

Morbius the Living Vampire! (Table of Contents: 11)

Morbius / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Friedrich
Pencils
Paul Gulacy
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Tom Orzechowski

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The cavemen had their omens...
Genre
horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
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)
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Spider-Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Stefano Caselli
Inks
Stefano Caselli
Colors
Stefano Caselli

Genre
superhero
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Spider-Man / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Keatinge; Dan Slott
Pencils
Valentine De Landro; Marco Checchetto
Inks
Valentine De Landro; Marco Checchetto
Colors
Antonio Fabela
Letters
Chris Eliopoulos of Virtual Calligraphy (as VC's Chris Eliopoulos)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
With only hours to live, Doctor Octopus breaks out of The Raft with the help of fellow villains Hydro-Man and Trapster.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Doctor Octopus [Peter Parker]; Hydro-Man; Trapster; Morbius (origin flashback); Lizard; Emil Nikos (origin); Martine (flashback); Spider-Man (flashback); Midnight Sons (flashback)
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Morbius
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. A Monster Called... Morbius!
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. A Monster Called... Morbius!
    Spider-Man
  5. 4. Vampire at Large!
    Spider-Man
  6. 5. Vampire at Large!
    Spider-Man
  7. 6. Once More--Morbius!
    Human Torch; Spider-Man
  8. 7. The Power to Purge!
    Human Torch; Spider-Man
  9. 8. The Mark of the Mutants!
    Spider-Man; X-Men
  10. 9. And Then-- the X-Men!
    Spider-Man; X-Men
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Morbius
  12. 11. Morbius the Living Vampire!
    Morbius
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Spider-Man
  14. 13. ["With only hours to live, Doctor Octopus breaks out of The Raft with the help of fellow villains Hydro-Man and Trapster."]
    Spider-Man
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