Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 38

Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 #38 Published January, 1980 Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter Cover Artist Al Milgrom "Curse of the Living Vampire!" Writer Bill Mantlo Penciler Sal Buscema Inker Chic Stone Colourist Bob Sharen Letterer Diana Albers Editor Jim Shooter Previous Issue Next Issue Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #37 Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #39

Appearing in "Curse of the Living Vampire!"

Featured Characters:

•  Spider-Man (Peter Parker) 

Supporting Characters:

•  Phillip Chang 
•  Steve Hopkins 
•  Marcy Kane 

Antagonists:

•  Morbius (Michael Morbius) 
•  Schizoid-Man (Chip Martin) 

Other Characters:

•  Robert Martin  (First appearance)
•  Rebecca Martin  (First appearance) (Unnamed)
•  Aunt May 
•  Anna Watson 
•  Mary Jane Watson 
• Daily Globe
  •  Barney Buskin 
  •  April Maye 
•  Maxwell Dillon 
•  Curt Connors 

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Contraxians
• Living Vampires
• Human-Reptile Hybrids

Locations:

• New York
  • Long Island
    • Riverhead Manor
  • New York City
    • Restwell Nursing Home
    • Manhattan
      • Daily Globe Building
      • Empire State University

Items:

• Spider-Man's Web-Shooters
  
  

Synopsis for "Curse of the Living Vampire!"

Morbius the living vampire is back on the loose, attacking innocent victims by night. While during the day, Peter Parker goes about his daily life: Visiting his Aunt May in the hospital, and attending class. However, the strain gets to Peter and during one class with Curt Connors, Peter snaps at his professor and later notices that he has a skin rash.

Later Peter and Phillip are invited to their classmate Chip's fathers mansion for a party. When they arrive they are shocked to find that it's a costume party and they were unprepared. Chip shows off his costume, which is of a split nature and dubs it his "Schizoid-Man" costume.

However, something turns out to be very wrong with Chip when Morbius attacks the party looking for a new victim to feed his bloodlust. As Peter slips away and changes into Spider-Man, Chip begins exhibiting special powers and attacks people in the crowd.

While Spider-Man fights Morbius outside of the mansion, the battle ends suddenly when Morbius is struck by a bolt of lightning. Spider-Man realizes that it has caused Morbius to change back to his normal human self, just as the partygoers fail to stop Chip from fleeing the scene of the party.

Notes

Continuity Notes

• Reference is made of Spider-Man's recent battle against Mysterio at the Restwell Nursing Home. This happende in Amazing Spider-Man #199-200.

• Barney Buskin goes over photos of some of Spider-Man's more recent battles against the Black Cat (Amazing Spider-Man #194), the Lizard and Iguana (Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #32-34), the Kingpin (Amazing Spider-Man #197), Doctor Octopus (Amazing Spider-Man Annual #13/Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #1) and Mysterio (Amazing Spider-Man #199-200).

• The cause of Peter's short temper in this story is revealed in Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #40.

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