{"id":306,"date":"2019-04-10T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T05:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deweybass.com\/spiderman\/?p=306"},"modified":"2019-03-09T15:38:28","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T20:38:28","slug":"mtu-003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2019\/04\/10\/mtu-003\/","title":{"rendered":"MTU 003"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here it is, our first issue of Marvel Team-Up! Like that cover, y\u2019all. It\u2019s really interesting to me to see that clearly drawn-from-life Spider-Man figure juxtaposed with that exaggerated Morbius behind him. It\u2019s ASM writer Gerry Conway, future ASM artist Ross Andru and dependable Frank Giacoia on deck for another round with Spidey\u2019s still-new vampiric nemesis. Our tale begins with two brothers arguing about their different lifestyles under a bridge at night, not noticing the pale white hand bobbing in the water near them.
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As his brother storms off, we\u2019re told the one in yellow is one Jefferson Bolt, and now that his brother\u2019s gone, he begins to cool off and notices a guy floating in the water. He selflessly dives in to save the man. This, naturally, proves a mistake.
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Weeks later, we check in with Spider-Man, swinging over the city, and suddenly having a powerful dizzy spell. He falls right off his web and barely catches himself on a ledge. He finds he\u2019s incredibly dizzy and can barely stay upright.
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Then we shift scenes yet again to The Baxter Building, home of The Fantastic Four, where The Thing and The Human Torch are arguing about what to watch on TV when the buzzer rings from downstairs. Ross Andru draws a really weird Thing\u2026
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Who\u2019s the distressed lady? Why, it\u2019s Martine, Morbius\u2019 wife! Having escaped his origin story back in ASM 101 <\/a>alive, she\u2019s made it to The FF for help. Turns out, Morbius & Reed Richards knew each other a bit when Morbius was still just a scientist. As Martine tells the gang her story, she mentions she found her husband\u2019s letters to Reed and to a Professor Hans Jorgenson at State University. This is when The Human Torch decides to take off. As he flies, he recalls Spider-Man telling him about his adventure with Morbius.
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The only thing worse than Johnny pinning his whole plan on a coincidence is the fact that he\u2019ll almost certainly end up right. But what\u2019s he doing? Why not bring the whole FF? Well, whatever, he\u2019ll never know it, but he flies right over an old warehouse Morbius is hanging out in with his new best friend, Jefferson Bolt: Vampire.
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“Oh, I am so sad about the things I will very much continue to do without hesitation!” Bolt seems to be planning to go attack his brother later, which is super not cool. But instead of following him, we look back in on Spider-Man, totally verifying the Torch\u2019s hunch on his way to Professor Jorgenson\u2019s class.
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Well, I guess that explains the Torch\u2019s motivations a little. One wonders when all these helpful conversations happened. As Spidey decides to swing off after his buddy, we join the class of Professor Jorgenson, as he teaches his students about the findings of Michael Morbius. And is interrupted by The Human Torch flying in the open window to talk to him about none other than\u2026
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\u201cIf you think I\u2019m gonna cancel class just because two superheroes came in the window, forget it!\u201d After class, Torch tries to tell Jorgenson his half-heard story about Morbius, but Spidey interrupts to say Morbius is dead after they fought. No one mentions he was, ya know, a vampire at the time, so Jorgenson is understandably freaking out. Meanwhile, elsewhere on campus, a drained Morbius finds a wino to feast on to regain his strength, and the man\u2019s cries drift on the air not only to our heroes, who rush off into the night leaving a very confused professor, but also to one Jacob Bolt,who selflessly runs to the defense of whoever he\u2019s hearing.
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A rare moment of Spidey just being like \u201cNope. We\u2019re not doing this.\u201d Spidey just keeps on  wailing on Morbius until The Torch pulls him off, saying Morbius has had enough. Spidey rather reasonably protests they caught Morbius, like, killing a dude\u2026
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You think Andru means for Morbius to have the world\u2019s saddest mustache or that\u2019s just some kind of poorly-chosen detail work? Torch blinds him with a burst of flame as Spider-Man blames his earlier bloodlust on his fever. \u00a0He tries to web up Morbius, but he\u2019s so sick he can\u2019t hack it, so he just tackles the guy. And that\u2019s when Jacob Bolt shows up, assuming the two heroes are beating up a defenseless\u2026 super pale guy in a super weird suit\u2026 and tries to pull Spidey off him.
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Jefferson has apparently summoned the gang his brother accused him of being in earlier, and they pelt the Torch with so much mud his fire goes out before piling on top of both heroes to beat the hell out of them. This is a very poor showing for two of Marvel\u2019s most beloved, brutalized by 5 college tuff guys. But while that\u2019s going down, Morbius gets his teeth in Jacob\u2019s neck, which brings the ire of Jefferson.
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So, Spidey\u2019s fever is clearly from having the enzyme from Morbius\u2019 blood in his own blood stream, and ol\u2019 Professor Jorgenson\u2019s gonna have to get him sorted out. But none of that explains how this can be happening right now. This issue was published the same month as ASM 111. Conway\u2019s got a plot running fullsteam for months, each issue picking up where the last ended, just like 111 picked up where 110 ended. But he\u2019s also going to have Spidey reference the events of MTU 3 & 4 in ASM 113. I have no idea when this story could be happening, so I put it here. I dunno, gang.
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