Something inconsistent in depictions of Morbius is if or not he has an aversion to garlic. Currently his Marvel Wiki page claims he has no aversion to garlic. The 2013 Morbius comic book (Volume 2 issue 1) went as far as to claim he likes garlic in a nice pesto sauce. It should be noted that the 2013 Morbius comic book also contradicted the 2012 Amazing Spider-man comic books that had Morbius living solely on three points of blood a day in The Raft Super Villain prison in that the 2013 comic book had him eating human food, something only suggested at once before in earlier comic books when Martine made him breakfast to try to be thoughtful. In a 2012 Amazing Spider-man comic book Spider-man uses a garlic gas bazooka successfully as a weapon against Morbius to stun and disorientate him. Though a different continuity the 1994 Spider-man animated series had Blade in the episode Blade the Vampire Hunter use garlic gas bombs against Morbius and in the episode The vampire Queen Whistler actually shouts for Morbius to cover his face while he throws a garlic gas grenade in his general direction to drive a flock of the more supernatural vampires away. Many fans disliked Morbius having an aversion to garlic in the cartoon or the suggested aversion in the 2012 Spider-man comic book written by Dan Slott. Heres why I honestly do not mind Morbius having an aversion to Garlic. 1. Though created by science Morbius bears many of the physical traits and powers of supernatural vampires There could easily be a scientific (pseudo-science) explanation for vampiric aversion to garlic. 2. Morbius has heightened senses. His hyper-sensitivity could make him extra vulnerable to the pungency of strong scents. Think how strong the smell of garlic must be to a blood hound. For him it must be something like that, his sense of smell is at least fifty times greater than that of a normal human being. So everything is amplified. A strong smell is a strong smell. 3. There is such a thing as an allergy to garlic of the allium / Onion genus. His aversion to it, if he was to have an aversion to it, could be purely biological just like the fact that he was light sensitive before he ever became a vampire. 4. Garlic has medicinal properties. Garlic when consumed raw helps to build the blood. Garlic pills help maintain healthy blood pressure. Garlic is often used in herbal treatments of various blood diseases and has been a remedy for ailments for centuries. Now suppose, just suppose, vampirism behaved like a blood disease with a low level sentience for self-preservation. This would cause an aversion to garlic (or even pain from garlic) to a vampire whose very life is sustained by the vampiric cells within them.
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:48:57 +0000
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