- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited)
- Pencils
- Gil Kane (credited)
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited as Art 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
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Martine Bancroft (flashback); J. Jonah Jameson; Lizard [Curt Connors]; Morbius [Michael Morbius] (origin); Emil Nikos (flashback, death); Aunt May Parker; Robbie Robertson; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Gwen Stacy; Charlie (death); Syd; Leo
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- 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
- in Spider-Man kæmpepocket (Egmont, 2004 series) #1
- in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #103
- in Hit Comics Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1971 series) #239
- in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #5 (June 1974) [pages 13-23, black and white]
which is reprinted- in Spindelmannen (Red Clown, 1974 series) #5/1975 (1975), #6/1975 (1975)
- in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #141 (25 October 1975) [pages 1-12], #142 (1 November 1975) [pages 13-23. Credits added to page 13], #143 (8 November 1975) [pages 24-35]
- in Vampirella (Mehmet K. Benli, 1976 series) #10 ([Aralık 13?, 1976]) [minus pages 1-11, 23-35; page order altered]
which is reprinted- in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #14 (1977) [-1 page]
- in Edderkoppens julealbum [Edderkoppen kjempealbum] (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #[nn] (1978) [edited]
- in Spindelns julalbum [Spindeln jättealbum] (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) (1978) [7 sidor bortredigerade]
- in Une Aventure de l'Araignée (Editions Lug, 1977 series) #2 - La nuit du Lézard (1er trimestre 1978)
- in Castle of Horror (Portman Distribution, 1978 series) #2 ([October] 1978) [pages 13-23, black and white]
- in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #96 (24 de febrero de 1982) [part 1, pages 1-23], #97 (3 de marzo de 1982) [pages 24-35], #97 (3 de marzo de 1982) [page 24 splash repurposed as cover art]
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #253 (September 1991)
which is reprinted- in Spiderman de John Romita (Planeta DeAgostini, 1999 series) #44 (agosto 2002)
- in Spider-Man [pocket] (Egmont, 2004 series) #1
- in Spider-Man kjempepocket (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) ([juli] 2005)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #11 ([August] 2009)
- in Spider-Man Classic (Panini France, 2012 series) #6 (mai 2013)
- in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #3 (2017)
- in Morbius the Living Vampire Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
- in Morbius Epic Collection (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - The Living Vampire (2020)
- in Morbius: Preludes and Nightmares (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
- in Marvel-Verse: Morbius (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
- Keywords
- Long Island
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!
- Script
- Roy Thomas ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Stan and Gil, Issue #98 of Spider-Man featured, among other things, a very brief conversation between J. Jonah Jameson and the Bugle's city editor, Joe Robertson.
- Reprints
Letters from; Gary L. McCullough, and Bradley D. Ellis.