Marvel Comics Group · The Amazing Spider-Man #102 · November 1971 · 15¢ · 36 pages
Grade: FN/VF 7.0
Cover by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia.
“Vampire at Large” — written by Roy Thomas, penciled by Gil Kane. Part 2 of the Morbius arc that opened in #101: Spider-Man is still wrestling with the six-arm mutation triggered by his own serum experiment, and now he's stuck between two predators. Morbius — the living vampire introduced last issue, a biochemist turned pseudo-vampire through a failed experiment — is feeding and dangerous. The Lizard, Curt Connors gone full reptile, enters the fray. Thomas uses the triangulation well: three monsters, each with a scientific origin, none of them fully in control of what they've become. Kane's layouts move fast — big diagonal panels, figures in mid-air, the kind of kinetic blocking he'd been refining since his DC work. Giacoia inks keep it tight.
Morbius is two issues old here. The character's trajectory from this arc to his own series — Fear #20 in 1973, then Vampire Tales, then a solo book — makes #101 and #102 the foundational pair. #101 draws the bigger number, but #102 is where the character actually gets room to operate. Collectors building out the Morbius key run need both.
Condition FN/VF 7.0 — .
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Marvel Comics Group · The Amazing Spider-Man #102 · November 1971 · 15¢ · 36 pages
Grade: FN/VF 7.0
Cover by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia.
“Vampire at Large” — written by Roy Thomas, penciled by Gil Kane. Part 2 of the Morbius arc that opened in #101: Spider-Man is still wrestling with the six-arm mutation triggered by his own serum experiment, and now he's stuck between two predators. Morbius — the living vampire introduced last issue, a biochemist turned pseudo-vampire through a failed experiment — is feeding and dangerous. The Lizard, Curt Connors gone full reptile, enters the fray. Thomas uses the triangulation well: three monsters, each with a scientific origin, none of them fully in control of what they've become. Kane's layouts move fast — big diagonal panels, figures in mid-air, the kind of kinetic blocking he'd been refining since his DC work. Giacoia inks keep it tight.
Morbius is two issues old here. The character's trajectory from this arc to his own series — Fear #20 in 1973, then Vampire Tales, then a solo book — makes #101 and #102 the foundational pair. #101 draws the bigger number, but #102 is where the character actually gets room to operate. Collectors building out the Morbius key run need both.
Condition FN/VF 7.0 — .
We use what the scientists are calling artificial intelligence to research and write our descriptions — it gives us more time to add books to our website and provide you with a wider array of inventory. We think Klaatu would approve. Details are verified but the robot does slip up. We're not infallible. Every book is graded by a human collector who has actually held it. If anything ever looks off, reach on out at robopictocomics@gmail.com.
