Dr. Morbius was a Nobel Prize winning chemist. When he discovered that he was dying of a unique blood disease he became his own patient. The cure he devised rid him of his disease, but the cure came with a cost - it also transformed him into Morbius, the Living Vampire! Unable to handle exposure to sunlight, and with an overwhelming lust for fresh human blood, Morbius existed with his condition for years before finding a way to rid himself of his curse.