Previously I’ve talked about Marvel characters that have a chance of appearing in their own media, at least in some regard. Most of them are pretty cool in some respect, and this guy’s no different… Except I’ll never expect him to appear in a movie. Now, he’s actually a more recent character, so his backstory is a lot less convoluted than these other comic book characters, but it’s still pretty crazy. Today I’ll be talking about the Inheritor, Morlun.

Morlun debuted in The Amazing Spider-Man vol 2 #30. In it, it details Spider-Man fleeing from a strange man, and one of Peter’s strongest adversaries to date, Morlun. The man chases down Peter, and has strangely “pure” DNA, but is ultimately defeated when he disintegrates after being exposed to radiation, something his species can’t handle. Then he reappears again during one of my favorite Spider-Man comics, The Other. Comic book characters come back often enough, but this guy had literally disintegrated.

Morlun is an incredibly powerful fighter in his own right, with his punch being stated to be the strongest one he’s ever felt (Spider-Man’s been throttled by the Hulk mind you) and has the ability to sense any Spider-Man he’s ever felt. And that’s not a typo, Morlun is an inter-dimensional psychic vampire that goes from universe to universe. He’s a hunter, and alongside the rest of his family members, the Inheritors, they devour universal animal totems, namely the spider totems/Spider-Men.

Morlun is no different. After beating down Spider-Man, Morlun actually ripped out Spider-Man’s eye and ate it (it’s fine, he got better). It turns out, that Morlun’s appearances were actually foreshadowing an event known as Spider-Verse, wherein the Inheritors struck across the entire multiverse to devour every Spider Totem and drastically increase their power.

While Morlun himself isn’t the most interesting character, all of the storylines surrounding him are peak Spider-Man, and I’d argue you won’t get any better entertainment elsewhere.