There's blood on my hands like the blood in you.

Michael Morbius nearly had it all: a beautiful fiancée, Martine Bancroft; a lifelong friendship with his partner and best friend Emil Nikos. He had even won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in biochemistry.

There was just one small problem. Michael was dying.

He and Emil performed an experiment on him to save his life, with dire consequences. Michael was no longer human; he killed Emil thanks to an insatiable bloodlust. In the moments after realizing what he had done, he dove into the ocean to keep from hurting Martine.

But that was just the start of the misery for the Living Vampire.