Morlun | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #30 (June 2001)[1] |
Created by | J. Michael Straczynski John Romita Jr. |
In-story information | |
Species | Psychic vampire |
Place of origin | Loomworld (Earth-001) |
Team affiliations | Inheritors |
Notable aliases | Devourer of Totems |
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Morlun (/ˈmɔːrlən/[2]) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by J. Michael Straczynski and John Romita Jr., the character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #30 (June 2001).
Morlun 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 by traveling to the many multiverses of Marvel Comics. He is best known as the temporary killer of the Earth-616 Spider-Man in the storyline "Spider-Man: The Other", and is also the main antagonist of the "Spider-Verse" storyline in which he and his estranged family, the Inheritors, attempt to kill all the versions of Spider-Man, as prophesied by him.