Morbius: The Living Vampire!
As a frequent friend and adversary to Spider-Man, Morbius was recently seen in the “No Turning Back” story arc of recent issues of “Amazing Spider-Man”. In the recent storyline, Morbius attempted to cure The Lizard but was met with failure and found himself back in a prison cell at the end of the storyline.
However, all of this changes starting in January when writer Joe Keatinge and artist Rich Elson team up together to bring us the new Marvel Comics ongoing series “Morbius: The Living Vampire“.
The very same creative team recently had one of their other collaborations canceled but both creators really wanted to be able to work together even when their limited series “Thanos: Son of Titan” was canceled.
Writer Joe Keatinge goes on to describe Morbius as a darker version of Spider-Man and very similar to Spider-Man and the fact that he just can’t seem to catch a break.
In Keatinge’s words:
“Morbius isn’t that bad of a guy. He isn’t trying to conquer the world. He’s trying to do right. Heck, he won a Nobel Prize! But everything just keeps going wrong. Everything gets worse and worse and worse. His sins keep piling up, despite good intent.”
Keatinge plans to explore the possibility of Morbius curing his addiction, his guilt with the situation, and the fact that he cannot control his inner demons. When the new series begins, we find that Morbius is no longer in prison and he has at a place in his life or he has to reevaluate his place in the Marvel universe. He’s looking at a way to redeem himself and he’s tired of messing up.
Though the new series is about a vampire, it won’t exactly be a horror title. There will be monsters and other horror aspects that are explored but don’t expect a lot of blood and gore.
Elson describes his take on being the artist for the new series:
“Being onboard with Morbius from day one, I want to concentrate on playing with perception, perspective, atmosphere and timing; I believe these to be key ingredients to telling a horror story in any medium. I realize that there will always be non-horror elements in a Morbius book, so I also want to stay aware of the acrobatic anatomical suppleness that Gil Kane gave the character in his original incarnation. He’s not just a creep-about-in-the-shadows monster; he’s a dynamic, and sometimes even graceful, mover.”
Be on the lookout for Morbius: The Living Vampire at your local comic shop in January, 2013.
To read the full interviews with Joe Keatinge and Rich Elson, click here and here.
