Wampir antybohaterem? (Próżne) zmagania z rolą superbohatera na przykładzie Morbiusa, żywego wampira.
Vampire antihero? (Vain) struggles with the role of a superhero on the example of Morbius, the living vampire.

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to analyze the American comic book character named Michael Morbius, the Living Vampire, who appears in Marvel comics and other audiovisual texts of culture (most notably the 1994 Spider-Man animated TV series). Morbius is not only an interesting exemplification of the vampire motif, but also can be described as the antihero – an outsider, a misfit and a morally ambiguous person. The paper also tries to answer the question of what makes characters recognized as contemporary antiheroes so popular – not only in comics, but, for instance, also in TV series – and in which ways can they appear in superhero comics.The aim of the paper is to analyze the American comic book character named Michael Morbius, the Living Vampire, who appears in Marvel comics and other audiovisual texts of culture (most notably the 1994 Spider-Man animated TV series). Morbius is not only an interesting exemplification of the vampire motif, but also can be described as the antihero – an outsider, a misfit and a morally ambiguous person. The paper also tries to answer the question of what makes characters recognized as contemporary antiheroes so popular – not only in comics, but, for instance, also in TV series – and in which ways can they appear in superhero comics.

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