Peter Parker awoke. He was wearing his Spider-Man suit, his mask included. He tried moving around. There were ropes tied around him. He looked around. Sunlight was behind a silhouetted figure a few feet away from him.

"Where am I?" Spider-Man asked.

"You are on a high rooftop. Don't worry. You're still in New York City."

The figure walked closer to Spider-Man. It was cloaked; he could not see its face.

"What did you do to me, Morbius?" Spider-Man asked.

"Other than tie you up, Peter Parker? That's right. I saw your identification card. I know who you are. Fortunately for you, I am not interested in exposing your identity to the public like others would be."

"Answer me! What did you do to me?"

"Other than tie you up? I did some testing."

"On Man-Wolf? Where is he?"

"On both of you."

"What do you mean?" Spider-Man asked, feeling frightened.

"I extracted some blood from Man-Wolf. I examined it. It looked so unnaturally shiny. A glowing crimson color. I got a blood sample from myself and got it under a microscope as well. It tested in every single way. I created chemicals and saw their effects on blood samples from both he and I. I mixed our blood to see what would happen. I even extracted blood from you to see what I could do with it. Still nothing!"

"You took my blood?"

"I needed answers. I have none! Out of my frustration, I created something new. Something that could hurt you and others around you."

"A chemical weapon?"

"If I cannot be happy, why should I let you. What will you do when I untie you? Will you bring me to justice?"

"I have to. You are a threat."

"Not as much of a threat as the animals that I have unleashed. Man-Wolf was of no use to me. I decided to just release him into the city and let the humans deal with him. MacDonald Gargan wanted to have him cured, but seeing as he has gone insane after I turned him into Scorpion, that should not matter to him right now. And then there is the man I hired to catch Man-Wolf in the first place: Rhino. He has been released from my service, doing God knows what."

"Why are you doing all this?"

"Society won't accept vampires. It makes me suffer. Should not they suffer as well?"

"It's wrong! How do you expect them to face threats like the ones you have set free?"

"Poor Spider-Man. Always thinking about the humans. You should become more human rather than hero. But don't worry. I am sure that there is one man who is up to the challenge of taking down these creatures. I am very interested in meeting him if I can."

"Who is it?"

"I'm not sure if you two have met, but he is called Kraven the Hunter. Heard of him?"

"Yeah. We briefly met."

"He is pissed. I am not sure what will happen to you if you get in his way. Will you save all these men turned to monsters from a man who hunts monsters? How can you save them all?"

"By getting to the hunter first."

"Good luck with that. I should warn you, though, that the suits which I have given to Rhino and Scorpion are too strong for the likes of you. You should know from the look of him you got last night. Do you happen to know of any scholarly help? I do."

With the discussion over, Morbius used a knife to cut the ropes off of Spider-Man. He threw the knife off of the building. He ran over to the edge and jumped. Morbius' cape spread out. The vampire flew away across the cityscape. Spider-Man sprang up and walked over to the edge of the building. He could not see Morbius anywhere.

"Scholarly help?" Spider-Man said to himself. "Doctor Connors!"

Spider-Man jumped off of the building and swung towards the direction of Curt Connors' home.