Michael Morbius (Earth 1)

## Michael Morbius

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Doctor **Michael Morbius** is the director of Horizon Labs who, in trying to find a cure for a rare blood disease he is suffering from, accidentally transformed himself into a living vampire. Though disgusted by his own bloodlust, he chooses to prey upon criminals he deems unworthy of life.

### Childhood

Michael Morbius was born in 1985 and grew up at a private hospital in Greece, along with other children who suffered from rare blood diseases. At the age of 10, Morbius met Lucien, who had the same disease as him and gained the "Milo" nickname, just like kids before him. During their conversation, Milo passed out and Michael saved his life by fixing his broken blood pump with a part of a pen. Impressed by the result, director Emil Nicholas invited him to study in New York.

### Starting Horizon Labs

At age of 19, Michael was able to start Horizon Labs in order to help ill people in more advanced ways.

### Nobel Prize Ceremony

35 years later, Morbius received a Nobel prize for his artificial blood, which was created in Horizon Labs, but refused it and continued working on illegal experiments to save himself from dying, with the help of his fiancée Martine.

### Search for the Cure

Despite negative reception of his actions during the Nobel Prize Ceremony, Michael visited his best friend, who would take care of funding for his illegal expedition to Costa Rica. Milo was supportive and they assembled a group of mercenaries, as well got the ship titled "Murnau" and a helicopter for the trip.

### Expedition to Costa Rica

Michael successfully arrived at the destination, with one of the mercenaries asking him if he needs a doctor. Morbius replied that he is a doctor and hobbled next to the cave. He sliced his palm with a machete in order to get attention of the Vampire Bats and got few examples of the species for research purposes.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

**Pseudo-Vampirism:**

 File:Morbius topless.jpg   Michael Morbius created a supposed cure for his rare blood disease and used it on himself, upon which he transformed into a Living Vampire. As a living vampire Morbius now possesses several superhuman powers. When Morbius uses his powers, his overall appearance changed as well. He gained fangs and claws, his nose flattened to appear more bat-like, and his skin became extremely pale. His eyes also change color depending on what ability he is using, whether it be their normal red color, or white and black star-like shapes when he is using his echolocation. He claims to have the constitution of an Olympic athlete in addition to strength and speed increased to superhuman levels.

* **Superhuman Strength**:  File:Morbius breaking through glass.png   Morbius is numerous times stronger than any normal human, enabling him to overpower and manhandle full grown men with relative ease. He is also able to go toe to toe with other living vampires such as Milo.
* **Superhuman Durability**: Morbius' body is much harder and more resistant to conventional forms of physical injury than the body of a human being. He can withstand falls from great heights like buildings, and tremendous impact forces from other superhuman beings, like Milo, without sustaining injury.
* **Superhuman Speed**:  File:Morbius Dodges Bullets.jpg  Morbius is capable of movement at exceptionally high speeds even being able to dodge bullets. His power causing him to generate an aura of energy currents and mist-like shapes of the color of the clothes he has using, much like fire or wind, leaving behind a trail of it as he ran. He proved capable of equalize Milo in a high speed hand-to-hand combat during their fights, able to dodge his feral attacks and land his own blows.
* **Bullet time**: Morbius's speed allows him to slow time itself down and the environment, as he can observe and uses methods to fly in front of a train which prevents Milo from chasing him. As such, the surroundings produce various misty trails which directs where the wind is blown as well.
* **Superhuman Agility**: Morbius possesses greater agility, dexterity, balance, and body coordination than that of a normal human being.
* **Superhuman Stamina**: Morbius' advanced musculature is considerably more efficient than that of a normal human. As a result, his muscles virtually do not produce fatigue toxins during physical activity. His endurance allows him to exercise his maximum capacity for an indefinite period of time without tiring at all.
* **Superhuman Reflexes**: Morbius can react and dodge objects traveling at high speeds, enough to dodge bullets even while free falling.
* **Enhanced Senses**: Morbius can hear, smell and see far better than a normal human, even being able to use his enhanced senses to track his targets.
	+ **Echolocation**: Morbius can use echolocation similar to a bat to isolate and track prey even in giant cities.
* **Regenerative Healing Factor**: Morbius' metabolism enables him to rapidly regenerate damaged bodily tissue with greater speed and efficiency than that of a human.
* **Gliding**: Morbius can use limited amounts of psionic energy to hover above the ground at considerable speeds and simulate flight, leaving behind a trail of it as he flight.
* **Vampirization**: When Martine was dying, Morbius dripped his blood into her mouth and turned her into a vampire in order to save her life.
* **Bat Communication**: Morbius was able to call upon an army of bats and order them to attack Milo.

### Abilities

* **Genius-Level Intellect**: Morbius is a brilliant individual, having attended a school for gifted children in his youth and he earned his doctorate at the age of 19. He went on to become the world's leading expert on blood diseases, the director of the prestigious Horizon Labs, and the inventor of artificial blood, which has reportedly saved more lives than penicillin. He declined the Nobel Prize for his work.
	+ **Master Scientist**: Morbius is an expert in the field of science having dedicated his life to curing unique and terminal blood diseases.
	+ **Master Physician**: Morbius is also a highly trained doctor and practitioner of medicines who constantly works on patients who have severe medical issues.
	+ **Bilingualism**: Morbius speaks his native Greek as well as fluent English.
* **Skilled Combatant:** Upon obtaining his powers, Morbius has become a highly skilled combatant easily annihilating groups of normal humans and fighting on par with other vampires.

### Former Powers

* **Hybrid Physiology**:
	+ **Superhuman Strength**:
	+ **Superhuman Durability**:
	+ **Superhuman Speed**:
	+ **Superhuman Agility**:
	+ **Superhuman Stamina**:
	+ **Regenerative Healing Factor**:
	+ **Fangs and Claws**:

## Relationships

Allies* Emil Nicholas † - Mentor
* Anna - Patient
	+ Simon Stroud
	+ Alberto Rodriguez
* Milo † - Former Best Friend, Attemped Killer and Victim

## Trivia

* In the comics, **Michael Morbius** is a Nobel Prize-winning biochemist suffering from a blood disease, who became the anti-hero known as **Morbius the Living Vampire**, who originally fought Spider-Man as a villain before becoming an anti-hero instead.

## Behind the Scenes

* Greg Townley, Vinny O'Brien and Andrew James Bleidner were stunt doubles for Jared Leto in the role of Morbius.
* A promotional video for Venom: Let There Be Carnage has teased that Cletus Kasady's cell includes references to Spider-Man and Morbius.

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