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Morbius
Episode #19 - Morbius Dr. Mariah Crawford has developed a cure for Spidey's disease, but she's reluctant to give an untested serum to Spider-Man that may result in permanent loss of his powers or worse. But after an angry outburst from Spider-Man, she hands it over. Peter , at the ESU lab, is secretly observed by Michael Morbius, who then swipes the infected blood sample after Peter leaves for the night. Working alone in the campus bell tower with borrowed equipment, Morbius has an accident which will change him forever... Review: This is where the censorship kicked into a ridiculous gear. Despite the fact Morbius was an interesting character, both before and after his transformation, from his origin episode up until his joining Blade to fight vampires in later season, it was incredibly difficult to take Morbius plasma draining seriously. He’s a vampire and vampires drink blood. Any child knows this, the censors should too. It was successful in continuing the bigger story, Spider-Man fighting his disease, in fact, the following 3 episodes where a big part of it. Some parts seemed too rush to have any lasting effect, such as Spider-Man’s speech about moving away to spare his friends and family, but overall it was an interesting episode ruined by censorship. The ending, however, was in a class of it’s own. I’ll never forget watching it as a child, seeing my hero scream as 4 extra arms ripped through his sides. Screenshots:
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