Amazing Ends: Amazing Spider-Man 699.1

Amazing Spider-Man 699.1. And if you've read this you will no doubt be wondering why this is apart of the entire Amazing Ends. Well, one, because it's 699.1, so it's in between 699 and 700. And two, I set this up a few months ago, and I kind of have to do this now. So we're going to do this a little differently than the rest of my week. While we have my jokes and panels, this is going to be briefer, and well discussing the story as a whole instead of beat for beat.

I'm going to spoil this right away. this is an origin story for Morbius. It's a pretty good tale and has nothing to do with Doc Ock or Peter Parker. So what I'm going to do is break this into three parts, since essentially this is a three part story. I'm going to talk about each part in a paragraph or two, and show you a few panels. So let's start with the prologue. Morbius is able to escape the Raft. Yay.

I remember this!

FLASH BACK TIME!

Not knowing the background for Morbius as well as I should, I'm pretty much blind, so I get to distinct impressions from the side characters in this first part. The Mom is a bitch, and the best friend an ass. And this is done beautifully. Best of the story. You're made to sympathize with the kid, making the mother come across as more overbearing than nurturing. And well the best friend more brash and uncaring than young and stupid. Now we learn the opposite soon enough.

What a bitch!

I don't like you.

...Ouch

Micheal Morbius, the young boy we just saw fall to his very painful near death is quite ill. He has some genetic condition that leaves his bones brittle and blood weak. And so we see the Mother was protecting the poor boy, not smothering him of the world outside. And the friend, Emil? well, he vowed to do whatever he could to save Micheal. And he did. He became a specialist. He worked night and day. And we are introduced to Martine, the love of Micheal's life. And we see the tragedy that is forming.

Right, disgusting...poor choice of words, jackass.

Tragedy!

One of the most solid cliche's in science fiction is, the scientist is the monster. This is taken to it's extremes in works like the Invisible man and Dr. Jykle and Mr. Hyde, but it's so true in comics too. The Hulk is a prime example. A good chunk of Villains are mad scientists gone...well mad. and so it's true with Micheal Morbius. See his cure is coming from Vampire Bats. And so he pushes the cure on too soon, because he's dying. Well the cure works. Kind of. He goes bat crazy and kills Emil. The story winds to a close with him running out on the world and flashes back to him and Spidey fighting and the other's who he has met, like Ghost Rider, and Blade. and we end on the most confusing inner monologue yet.

OUCH! Tragedy!

I really wanted to forget 6 armed Spidey.

Those narrative captions still make no sense to me.

Now for all intents and purposes, this isn't a bad story. It's a prequel to the Morbius The Living Vampire #1 coming out in a month. And it sets up that story. Does it belong in the Middle of this Doc Ock mind switch arc. Bloody f*** no. So if you want to read Morbius, grab this book. If you don't. you're money is safe elsewhere.