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PREVIOUSLY ON SPIDER-MAN:

I'M LOSING MY SPIDER-POWERS!

YOU'RE CHANGING INTO SOMETHING THAT WON'T BE HUMAN.

I CAME TO SEE YOU, PROFESSOR CHARLES XAVIER.

I'M MUTATING; INTO WHAT, I DON'T KNOW.

PETER.

I AM MICHAEL MORBIUS.

CHARMED.

IS IT A DATE?

YOU CAN CALL IT A DATE IF YOU WANT.

OH, NO. I'M LOSING IT AGAIN.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE PETER IS.

WHAT'S IN THE PURSE, HONEY?

NO!

THIS DOES NOT

BELONG TO YOU!

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

YOU SHOULDN'T BE OUT ALONE.

WOULD YOU KEEP ME COMPANY?

FELICIA.

I'M SORRY I MISSED OUR...

DATE?

WE CAN HAVE DINNER TONIGHT.

FELICIA'S HAVING DINNER WITH ME TONIGHT.

OH.

CIAO, PARKER.

YEAH, CIAO.

PLEASE, HELP ME!

WHAT TOOK YOU

SO LONG TO CALL ME FOR HELP?

I HAD TO BE REMINDED I NEED TO TURN TO MY FRIENDS.

SPIDER-MAN, SPIDER-MAN

RADIOACTIVE SPIDER-MAN

SPIDER-MAN

SPIDER-MAN

RADIOACTIVE SPIDER-MAN

( rock guitar solo )

SPIDER BLOOD

SPIDER BLOOD

RADIOACTIVE SPIDER BLOOD

SPIDER BLOOD

SPIDER BLOOD

RADIOACTIVE SPIDER BLOOD

( guitar solo )

SPIDER BLOOD

SPIDER BLOOD

RADIOACTIVE SPIDER BLOOD

SPIDER BLOOD

SPIDER BLOOD

RADIOACTIVE SPIDER BLOOD

SPIDER-MAN

SPIDER-MAN

I'VE BEEN RACING FOR MY LIFE-- RACING AGAINST TIME.

BUT NOW SOMEONE CAN STOP THE MUTATION

THAT'S EATING AWAY AT ME.

SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON THE CURE, AND SHE MAY HAVE FOUND IT.

( alarm bell ringing )

IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THIS IS SOME KIND

OF INNER-CITY MIDNIGHT SKI TEAM...

MOVE IT!

BUT I DON'T THINK SO.

( tires screeching )

LOOK OUT!

COME ON, LET ME GO!

PARTY'S OVER FOR YOU

CRASH DUMMIES.

FEELS LIKE I'M GETTING

A MASSAGE BY WOLVERINE...

FROM THE INSIDE.

( horn honking )

( grunts )

WHAT ARE YOU STOPPING FOR?

CHECK IT OUT.

SPIDER-MAN DON'T LOOK TOO GOOD.

HEY, IF WE ICE HIM, WE COULD BE HEROES.

WHAT'S THE MATTER? YOU SICK?

MAYBE YOU NEED TO GET YOUR SHOTS.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

AFTER ALL THE SUPERVILLAINS I'VE FOUGHT

I'M GOING TO BE VENTILATED

BY A BUNCH OF STREET HOODS?

LET'S NAIL THE SON OF A GUN.

FREEZE!

TALK ABOUT DUMB LUCK.

( shouting )

WHO SAYS COPS ARE NEVER AROUND WHEN YOU NEED THEM?

HEY, SPIDER-MAN!

HE'S WEBBING OFF!

HE'S GETTING AWAY! STOP!

( gasps )

DO YOU EVER USE A DOOR?

UH-UH. DON'T BELIEVE IN THEM.

( groaning )

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

NO. PAIN IN MY SIDES

TELL ME SOME GOOD NEWS.

LOOK AT THIS.

MY NEW SERUM

SEEMS TO REVERSE THE MUTATION PROCESS.

THE CELLS IN YOUR BLOOD SAMPLE

ARE RETURNING TO NORMAL.

YOU FOUND A CURE?

MAYBE.

THEY'RE NORMAL NOW

BUT WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN TIME.

WE HAVE TO WAIT.

I CAN'T WAIT. DOC CONNORS SAID

I COULD MUTATE INTO SOME MONSTER ANY DAY NOW.

BUT IF MY CALCULATIONS ARE WRONG, THIS SERUM

COULD REMOVE YOUR SPIDER-POWERS

OR DESTROY YOU.

IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?

WHAT I WANT

IS TO BE MY OLD SELF AGAIN.

YOU MUST GIVE ME THAT NEW SERUM.

I CAN'T, NOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE.

YOUR CONSCIENCE DIDN'T KEEP YOU

FROM USING AN UNTESTED FORMULA

ON YOUR BOYFRIEND, SERGEI KRAVINOFF

AND WHEN A TOXIN IN THE SERUM

TURNED HIM INTO THAT MADMAN, KRAVEN THE HUNTER

YOU FOUND A CURE, AND MADE HIM NORMAL AGAIN.

IF ANYONE CAN HELP ME, YOU CAN.

NOW, PLEASE, HAND ME THAT SERUM

OR I'LL FIND IT MYSELF!

WAIT. YOU'RE NOT BEING RATIONAL.

Spider-Man: JUST GIVE ME WHAT I NEED!

SPIDER-MAN, DON'T!

LOOK AT YOURSELF.

YOU'RE ACTING LIKE THE MONSTER

YOU DON'T WANT TO BECOME.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

WHAT AM I DOING?

NO MORE VIOLENCE. HERE, TAKE IT.

I'M SORRY. FORGIVE ME.

NO APOLOGIES

NOT AFTER ALL YOU DID FOR ME AND SERGEI

BUT AS YOUR FRIEND

I'M WARNING YOU--

TAKING THIS SERUM COULD BE A BIG MISTAKE.

I'LL BE CAREFUL, I PROMISE.

SPIDER-MAN, FREEZE!

NO! DON'T HURT HIM!

I'M GLAD DOC CONNORS

IS LEAVING THE LAB OPEN IN THE EVENINGS

BUT IF YOU GO BACK IN TONIGHT

YOU'LL BE THERE TILL DAWN.

OF COURSE.

MICHAEL, YOU'VE ALREADY WORKED ON YOUR

NEOGENICS EXPERIMENT

FOR 24 HOURS STRAIGHT.

DON'T YOU EVER SLEEP?

NOT WHEN I COMPETE.

WHILE THE REST OF YOU SNORE

I SHALL LEAP AHEAD.

WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO...

( yawns )

PASS OUT INTO A PETRI DISH.

I'M GOING HOME TO BED.

THANKS FOR DINNER.

SLEEP WELL, DEBRA.

SLEEP THE SLEEP OF THE DEARLY DEPARTED.

Parker: I CAN UNDERSTAND DR. CRAWFORD BEING CAUTIOUS ABOUT THIS SERUM.

WHAT IF IT MAKES ME LOSE MY POWERS, OR WORSE?

THINK I'LL SEE WHAT IT DOES TO MY BLOOD

OUTSIDE MY BODY FIRST.

( glass shattering )

WHAT WAS THAT?

BETTER NOT TAKE ANY CHANCES.

SO THAT WAS YOU, MICKEY.

YOUR TABLE MANNERS ARE ATROCIOUS.

WELL, BACK TO WOR...

( yelling )

IT HURTS MORE THAN BEFORE.

WELL, THAT'S ALL FOR TONIGHT, FOLKS.

WHAT ARE YOU UP TO, PETER PARKER?

AMAZING!

PERSONAL SCIENCE LOG, ENTRY 814.

ACCORDING TO COMPUTER ANALYSIS

PARKER'S SAMPLE OF ENGINEERED D.N.A.

MIGHT GIVE A PERSON TREMENDOUS POWER.

THIS BRILLIANT WORK WILL WIN PARKER

THE JOB AS CONNORS' RESEARCH ASSISTANT

UNLESS I FIGURE OUT HOW HE DID THIS.

NOTHING MUST STOP ME FROM BEATING HIM.

( screams )

HELLO?

HELLO? IS ANYBODY HERE?

HELLO!

HEY..!

MICHAEL!

YOU WERE EXPECTING MAYBE BELA LUGOSI?

VERY FUNNY.

SEE IF YOU WERE EXPECTING THIS.

WHY GO TO ALL THE TROUBLE TO SET THIS UP?

IT WAS NO TROUBLE.

I BORROWED...

YOU MEAN PILFERED.

BORROWED THE EQUIPMENT FROM DR. CONNORS' LAB.

I WILL RETURN IT BY THE TIME HE'S BACK.

IS THIS AN ACTUAL NEOGENIC DEVICE?

ONE OF THEM.

AND THE SCHOOL IS KIND ENOUGH

TO SUPPLY THE POWER

WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE, OF COURSE.

DOESN'T THAT MAKE YOU FEEL JUST A LITTLE GUILTY?

NOT AT ALL.

THIS SCHOOL WILL BENEFIT IF WE GET THE GRANT MONEY.

WOULDN'T IT BE EASIER TO WORK IN THE SCHOOL'S LAB?

WHY ALL THIS SECRECY, MICHAEL?

BECAUSE IN AMERICA

THOSE WHO SUCCEED MUST HAVE AN EDGE.

I DIDN'T REALIZE WINNING THAT RESEARCH JOB

WAS SO IMPORTANT TO YOU.

YOU ARE WEALTHY.

YOU DO NOT KNOW THE POVERTY, THE SUFFERING, I HAVE SEEN.

MY VILLAGE WAS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE

BEFORE THE APPEARANCE OF A MYSTERIOUS VIRUS.

NOW IT IS BEING DESTROYED.

IT HAS NO ONE OF WEALTH

NO ONE OF PRIVILEGE TO RESCUE IT.

I PROMISED MY COUNTRYMEN THAT I WOULD LEARN IN AMERICA

AND BE A SUCCESS.

THEN, ONE DAY, I WOULD RETURN WITH A CURE.

I CANNOT FAIL THEM.

MICHAEL, I HAD NO IDEA.

( screaming )

A BAT!

YES, I AM STUDYING THEM.

THIS ONE MUST HAVE GOTTEN LOOSE.

I SUSPECT THAT BATS CARRY AND SPREAD

THE HORRIBLE DISEASE THAT THREATENS MY PEOPLE

BUT THESE ARE ALL HEALTHY.

WHAT KIND ARE THEY?

VAMPIRES.

VAMPIRES? DON'T THEY FEED ON..?

YES, BUT OF SMALL ANIMALS ONLY

NOT PEOPLE

LIKE IN THE MOVIES.

RELAX, MY PRINCESS.

I WOULD NEVER LET ANYTHING HARM YOU.

YOU, I BELIEVE, MICHAEL.

IT'S THEM I DON'T TRUST.

MARY JANE-- I FEEL LIKE A HEEL

FOR NOT HAVING CALLED HER ALL WEEK

BUT WHAT CAN I SAY?

"HI. LET'S HAVE A RELATIONSHIP.

"BY THE WAY, I'M TURNING INTO A MUTANT.

NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME, I MIGHT LOOK LIKE YOUR LAST NIGHTMARE."

HEY, ISN'T THAT PETER PARKER?

PETER!

HMM. GUESS HE DIDN'T HEAR YOU, M.J.

OR HE DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR ME.

I THINK HE'S BEEN AVOIDING ME, LIZ.

IF A MAN AVOIDS A MAJOR BABE LIKE YOU

IT CAN ONLY MEAN ONE THING.

WHAT?

HE ISN'T HUMAN ANYMORE.

YEAH, RIGHT.

PERSONAL SCIENCE LOG, ENTRY 827.

GETTING NOWHERE.

ALL MY ATTEMPTS TO TRACE THE ORIGIN OF THIS D.N.A.

HAVE PROVEN NEGATIVE.

I HAVE GOT TO KNOW HOW PARKER CREATED IT!

I WILL EXPOSE THE LAST OF THIS MUTATED PLASMA SAMPLE

TO THE NEOGENIC PROCESS TO DISASSEMBLE ITS COMPONENTS.

IT IS A DANGEROUS STEP

BUT THERE IS SO LITTLE TIME.

I AM NOW ACTIVATING THE NEOGENIC RE-COMBINATOR

AND I'M GOING TO ATTEMPT TO MATHEMATICALLY

ANALYZE THE MUTATIONS THAT OCCUR

IN THE GENETIC STRUCTURE OF THE BLOOD.

THESE NUMBERS...

THEY MAKE NO SENSE.

WHAT IS CAUSING..?

NO! NO!

GET OUT OF THERE!

AH! NO! LET GO! AH!

MY HAND!

( screaming )

( screeching )

THE PAIN! AH!

MY PAIN'S GONE FOR THE MOMENT.

HOW CAN I LIVE WITHOUT WEB-SLINGING?

BUT TONIGHT

JUST EXERCISE.

NO CRIME-FIGHTING.

THE PAIN'S TOO UNPREDICTABLE.

HEY, BRUCE, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

IT'S NOT WRONG TO WANT TO KEEP MY POWERS.

KNEW YOU'D AGREE.

Morbius: PERSONAL SCIENCE LOG.

THE BITE FROM THE BAT SOMEHOW MADE ME FEEL STRONGER.

I FEEL ENERGY

SURGING THROUGH ME.

I CAN HEAR EVERY HEARTBEAT AROUND ME

AND I CAN DEFY GRAVITY.

( laughing )

INCREDIBLE.

NO!

MY FACE!

SKIN TRANSLUCENT, NASAL STRUCTURE DISTORTED.

I HAVE GOT TO REVERSE THIS.

THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE.

I FEEL A HUNGER!

DR. CRAWFORD TRIES TO HELP ME, I RUN AWAY

JUST LIKE I'VE RUN AWAY FROM MARY JANE.

DO WE SENSE A PATTERN HERE?

I FINALLY FIGURED OUT WHAT I'M MUTATING INTO--

A REAL JERK.

( growling )

NO! NO!

PLEASE! DON'T!

I KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO DO.

I'M GOING BACK TO DR. CRAWFORD'S SO SHE CAN FINISH HER TESTS

AND I'LL SPEND MORE TIME WITH M.J.

I NEED HER NOW MORE THAN EVER.

I WONDER IF SHE'S STILL ON CAMPUS.

( man screaming )

( moaning )

SOMEBODY CALL AN AMBULANCE!

THIS GUY LOOKS REALLY SICK.

NOW I KNOW WHAT THIS HUNGER IS.

LIKE THE VAMPIRE BAT WHOSE GENES

I HAVE INHERITED

I HUNGER FOR PLASMA.

I TOOK IT THROUGH MY HANDS.

I COULD FEEL IT COURSING THROUGH HIS SKIN

RIGHT INTO MY FINGERS

AND AS REPULSIVE AS IT WAS

I MUST HAVE MORE.

( screams )

( screaming )

PLEASE, DON'T! NO!

BACK OFF!

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE UP TO, CREEP?

STAY AWAY!

THAT WEIRDO CAN FLY?

WHERE'D THAT REFUGEE

FROM THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW GO?

WHOA!

YOU'RE STRONG.

IT'S A GOOD THING

YOU DON'T HAVE MY SPIDER-AGILITY.

THE PAIN!

NOT NOW!

( groaning )

NO!

( groaning ): THE PAIN IS EXCRUCIATING.

NO! I CANNOT!

HE'S GONE.

HE HAD ME TOTALLY AT HIS MERCY

BUT HE CHOSE NOT TO HARM ME.

WHO WAS HE?

HOW WOULD I EVEN

BEGIN TO FIND OUT?

HUH?

WHAT'S THIS DOING HERE?

Michael: I have got to know how Parker created it.

( fast forwarding )

Michael: ...the bite from the bat.

somehow made me feel stronger.

Now I know what this hunger is.

Like the vampire bat whose genes I have inherited.

I hunger for plasma.

MICHAEL MORBIUS?

MESSING WITH A STOLEN SAMPLE OF MY BLOOD?

I NEVER SHOULD HAVE LEFT IT AT E.S.U.

NOW MORBIUS IS IN THE SAME NEOGENIC NIGHTMARE

I'M IN.

IF I CAN'T SAVE MYSELF

AT LEAST I CAN TRY TO SAVE HIM.

WHY IS IT THAT EVERYTHING I TOUCH--

EVERYTHING THAT TOUCHES ME IS POISONED?

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MORBIUS, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN HERE.

HIS DORM ROOM IS NORMAL TOO

BUT HE HAD TO MAKE HIS TRANSFORMATION SOMEWHERE.

WHERE COULD HE BE?

AND WHAT'S HIS NEXT MOVE?

WHERE WOULD I GO IF I WERE HIM?

IN A WAY, I AM HIM.

SO HOW DO I FEEL?

DEEP INSIDE, I WISH I HAD SOMEONE CLOSE TO TALK TO

SOMEONE TO HELP ME GET THROUGH IT.

MORBIUS MUST WANT THE SAME.

FELICIA...

I'M REALLY SORRY I MISSED OUR...

DATE?

IT'S OKAY, PARKER.

MAYBE WE CAN HAVE DINNER TONIGHT.

FELICIA'S HAVING DINNER WITH ME TONIGHT.

OH.

CIAO, PARKER.

SURE. CIAO.

GOOD-BYE, PARKER.

FELICIA!

MORBIUS WILL GO TO FELICIA!

( doorbell rings )

PARKER.

YOU LOOK TERRIBLE.

HAS MICHAEL BEEN HERE?

NOT TONIGHT.

DO COME IN.

SOMETHING'S HAPPENED TO MICHAEL.

KEEP AWAY FROM HIM.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

FELICIA, I KNOW IT SOUNDS WEIRD

BUT YOU'VE ABSOLUTELY GOT TO STAY AWAY FROM HIM.

HE'S DANGEROUS.

I NEVER WOULD HAVE BELIEVED IT.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE BIGGER THAN THIS.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

YOU'RE JEALOUS.

WHAT?!

YOU'VE COME TO SCARE ME

INTO NOT SEEING MICHAEL.

YOU MUST BE CRAZY TO THINK I'D FALL FOR THIS.

NOW GET OUT

BEFORE I CALL THE POLICE!

( door slams )

WHOA! OF ALL THE NERVE!

( wind howling )

( eerie voice ): FELICIA...

( gasps )

( Felicia screaming )

YOU MUST... HELP ME.

PLEASE.

( whimpers )

I HUNGER...

NO... NEVER HURT YOU.

( both grunting )

MICHAEL, YOU NEED HELP.

HOW DO YOU KNOW..?

( grunts )

MORBIUS.

COME BACK!

HE'S NOT AS STRONG AS BEFORE.

MAYBE HE'S GETTING WEAK FROM LACK OF PLASMA.

I HOPE THAT'LL EVEN THE ODDS.

I NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET.

( groaning ): MORBIUS!

WAIT!

HE'S HEADED BACK TO HIS FEEDING GROUND...

THE UNIVERSITY.

FEELS... SO WEAK.

I... NEED MORE PLASMA.

( grunts )

( both grunting )

( both yelling )

I'LL FEED ON YOU!

YOU DON'T WANT TO FEED ON ME.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE I'VE BEEN.

( Morbius screaming )

MICHAEL!

( groaning )

INCREDIBLE.

HE'S COMPLETELY NORMAL AGAIN.

THE SUN MUST HAVE DONE IT.

HEY! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO THAT KID?

STOP!

SPIDER-MAN!

DON'T HURT ME.

I WON'T HURT YOU, MICHAEL.

I WON'T HURT ANYONE ANYMORE.

YOU'VE HELPED ME MAKE MY DECISION.

I'M GOING TO TAKE DR. CRAWFORD'S SERUM.

Felicia: PLEASE, I'M HERE TO SEE

THE PATIENT-- MICHAEL MORBIUS.

HE'S... GONE.

FELICIA...

OH, NO!

Nurse: HE COULDN'T HAVE LEFT ON HIS OWN.

HE WAS COMATOSE.

SO SOMEBODY TOOK HIM?

HOW? NOT THROUGH THE WINDOW.

WE'RE ON THE SIXTH FLOOR.

WAIT. THAT'D BE NO PROBLEM FOR SPIDER-MAN.

HE PUT MICHAEL HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WHAT IF HE'S KIDNAPPED HIM?

Cop: PUT OUT AN A.P.B.!

SPIDER-MAN'S GONE TOO FAR!

( phone ringing )

YES?

Sergie...

AT FIRST THE SERUM SEEMED TO MAKE THE CELLS NORMAL

BUT JUST NOW, THEY MUTATED LIKE CRAZY!

IF SPIDER-MAN TAKES IT

IT'LL CHANGE HIM ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.

( groaning )

I THOUGHT THAT THE SERUM WAS GOING TO HELP ME

BUT THE PAIN...

IT'S EXCRUCIATING!

( screaming )

NO! NO!

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