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"The Power to Purge!"

When Jefferson Bolt spends a night arguing with his brother Jacob about the merits of getting an education in a "white man's world", Jacob leaves the argument. Jefferson then comes across the body of Morbius the Living Vampire washed ashore who revives and decides to feed on him.

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Elsewhere, Spider-Man swings through the city, when a sudden bout of illness causes him to almost lose consciousness. Meanwhile, at the Baxter Building, the Fantastic Four are visited by Martine Bancroft, who has come seeking Reed's help dealing with her fiancé, Michael Morbius.

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Johnny, remembering Spider-Man's earlier battle against Morbius, leaves on his own to find Spider-Man and seek his help, and to find Morbius' former partner, Hans Jorgenson.

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Elsewhere, Jefferson Bolt has been turned into a vampire by being bitten by Morbius and seeks to use his newfound power for crime. Meanwhile, a worsening Spider-Man decides to go and seek out Jorgenson himself. The two end up arriving at the same time interrupting Jorgenson's lecture. Jorgenson, however, takes them in and tells them all he knows about Michael Morbius.

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When Morbius next strikes, Spider-Man and the Torch are there to try and stop him. However, things are complicated when Jefferson Bolt and members of Bert Tacker's gang intervene. During the fight, Morbius tries to feed on Jacob Bolt, forcing Jefferson to defend his brother.

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Jefferson is killed when Morbius pushes him away, the shove causing him to strike his head on a rock. Morbius flees and the gang quickly disperses, while Jacob mourns the loss of his brother.

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"And Then, the X-men"

Plagued by dreams of Morbius and becoming even iller, Peter Parker decides to resume his hunt for Michael Morbius after his latest nightmare rouses his roommate Harry Osborn. Deciding to seek out Hans Jorgenson once more to see if there are any leads, Spider-Man arrives just after Jorgenson is kidnapped by Morbius himself. When he is spotted by the landlady, Spider-Man is blamed for the scientist's kidnapping.

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When news of Jorgenson's supposed kidnapping by Spider-Man reaches Charles Xavier (who happens to be an old colleague of Jorgenson) he once more summons his charges, the X-men. Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel and Iceman all answer his summons, however, the Beast refuses to join, having a mission of his own to accomplish. Professor X sends the X-men out into New York City to track down Spider-Man.

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When they find the wall-crawler, a battle ensues, ending with Spider-Man being over-powered by the X-men and restrained by Marvel Girl. Learning via a psi-probe that Morbius kidnapped Jorgenson, Xavier orders the X-men to bring the now comatose Spider-Man back to the X-Mansion for further probing and to study Jorgenson's notes.

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There, they learn that Spider-Man will soon die due to a toxin used to cure him of four additional arms that he gained during his last encounter with Morbius. They also learn that Jorgenson was working on a cure, which could be utilized by Morbius' blood.

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In order to rescue his friend and save Spider-Man, Professor X sends the X-men out to capture Morbius. After a lengthy battle, the mutant team manages to defeat Morbius and rescue Jorgenson. Afterwards, Jorgenson is able to cure Spider-Man.

Script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Steve Mitchell with Frank Giacoia and John Romita Sr.

-The Beast declines to join the X-men because he is keeping it secret that he has mutated further and is attempting to investigating the shady operations of the Brand Corporation, as seen in Amazing Adventures (Vol. 2) #11 onward.
The X-men don't learn the truth until Amazing Adventures (Vol. 2) #15.

-Professor X uses his mental powers to learn about Spider-Man's brief mutation into having six arms, and his battle with Morbius and the Lizard.
These events happened in Amazing Spider-Man #100–102.

-Although Morbius is left in the care of the X-men, he manages to escape them in Fear #20.

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OCTOBER is not for monsters only!

Live! It's Morbin Time! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acrKfajCizM

Madame Webb is gonna morb too!

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>>26554 Like Morbius in the comics, Madame Web can morb from an appearance of the X-men.