Hunger (Marvel Comics)

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Hunger (Loxias Crown) is a fictional character appearing in the American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Spider-Man #76 (January 1997) and was created by Howard Mackie. He is an enemy of Spider-Man, Blade, and Morbius, the Living Vampire.

Matt Smith portrays a composite character partially inspired by Hunger named Milo, whose birth name is Lucien, in the Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) film Morbius (2022).

Publication history

Created by Howard Mackie, the character first appeared in Spider-Man #76 (January 1997).

Fictional character biography

Loxias Crown was an agent of

S.H.O.C.[1] Crown next abducted Morbius, the Living Vampire to perform experiments alongside Dr. Andrea Janson for Don Fortunato. Crown threatened Peter Parker until Todd Fields (now known as Neil Aiken) surrendered, teleporting the two youths to his secret base.[2] But after Hammerhead killed his love and captured his three hostages, Crown took Hydra's airship to get revenge. He fought both Spider-Man and S.H.O.C. and prepared to overload the latter's armor to kill everyone, but Morbius attacked and drained him dry while disappearing in the process.[3]

Crown next lived in New York City's sewers as a "Living Vampire" known as Hunger, an enforcer of

Roxxon plant, fighting the two superheroes until he fled after his horde's deaths.[6]

Powers and abilities

Initially, Loxias Crown wore an armor similar to S.H.O.C. which gave him the ability to channel negative energy and fire energy blasts.

As a "Living Vampire", Hunger does not possess all the powers of a supernatural vampire, nor is he subject to all the traditional limitations and weaknesses thereof. He possesses a variety of superhuman powers, some of which are similar to supernatural vampires within the Marvel Universe, such as superhuman strength, speed and durability, as well as heightened senses including night vision and echolocation.[6] Due to his vampire-like condition, Hunger is forced to ingest fresh blood on a regular basis to sustain his life and vitality.[5] He does not possess any of the mystical vulnerabilities that supernatural vampires are subject to, such as garlic, holy water, crucifixes, or silver. He has a strong aversion to sunlight, thanks to his photo-sensitive skin which allows some protection from major sunburn, in contrast to "true" vampires that are incinerated by it, with the result that he can move in daylight, but his powers are diminished and he will stick to the shade if circumstances demand him to be active during the day.[5]

Reception

  • In 2022,
    CBR.com ranked Hunger 9th in their "10 Most Important Marvel Vampires" list.[7]

In other media

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Martine Bancroft
, Morbius restrains Milo with an army of vampire bats and seemingly kills him with a vampire-antibody.

References

  1. ^ Spider-Man #76 (January 1997). Marvel Comics.
  2. ^ Spider-Man #79. Marvel Comics.
  3. ^ Spider-Man #80. Marvel Comics.
  4. ^ Peter Parker: Spider-Man (vol. 2) #8 (August 1999). Marvel Comics.
  5. ^ a b c Peter Parker: Spider-Man (vol. 2) #4 (April 1999). Marvel Comics.
  6. ^ a b Peter Parker: Spider-Man (vol. 2) #7 (July 1999). Marvel Comics.
  7. ^ Saffle, Ben (2022-02-10). "The 10 Most Important Marvel Vampires, Ranked". CBR. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  8. ^ Morales, Wilson (March 26, 2022). Interview: Matt Smith on playing Milo Morbius in Morbius. Blackfilmandtv. Archived from the original on April 13, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via YouTube.
  9. ^ Dominguez, Noah (February 26, 2022). "Morbius Radically Changes Matt Smith's Spider-Man Villain". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on February 26, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  10. ^ Van Gelder Grant, Conway [@CVGG] (January 13, 2020). "Your first glimpse at @MorbiusMovie, with Joseph Esson as the Young Loxias" (Tweet). Archived from the original on January 15, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Twitter.

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