Morlun

Morlun
Morlun Art by John Romita Jr.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	The Amazing Spider-Man #30 (June 2001)
Created by	J. Michael Straczynski John Romita, Jr.
In-story information
Team affiliations	The Inheritors
Notable aliases	Devourer of Totems
Abilities	Superhuman strength and durability Enhanced speed, agility, stamina and reflexes Extended longevity Ability to absorb life-force via physical contact

Morlun is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is a central foe of all the themed versions of Spider-Man, being one of their most powerful and dangerous adversaries. He is an entity from Earth-001 that hunts all the Spider-Totems from traveling to the many multiverses of Marvel Comics. He is best known as the temporary killer of the Earth-616 version of Spider-Man in the storyline "Spider-Man: The Other" and also the main antagonist of the "Spider-Verse" storyline where he and his estranged family attempt to kill all the versions of Spider-Man as prophesied by him.

Morlun first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #30 (June 2001), created by writer J. Michael Straczynski and penciler John Romita, Jr..

When Spider-Man met a similarly powered man named Ezekiel, Ezekiel explained to him that Spider-Man's powers were not an accident, and that the spider that had bitten him did so voluntarily to pass its abilities onto Peter before it died. This made Spider-Man a "totem", a bridge between man and beast, with the properties of both. Ezekiel then warned Spider-Man that as a totem, he was in danger from those who would seek to destroy such beings. One of those, who showed up soon after, was Morlun.

Little is known about exactly what Morlun is and where he comes from. According to Ezekiel, as long as totemistic forces have walked the earth, there have also been those who have fed on them. While Morlun and his brothers (it is not known how many there are in existence, but Morlun is not the only one) can subsist on the life forces of normal humans and non-totemistic superhumans for a time, they always crave a pure host and Peter fits the bill perfectly.

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