Having being sentenced to ceremonial disintegration by The Alliance for waging a war of conquest against the universe, the only route of escape left for Morbius was to have his brain removed before his execution. Over the following years his human surgeon Doctor Mehendri Solon created a new body for his master from various parts including the lungs from a Birastrop, a Dravidian left hand from Solon's unknowing assistant Condo and a giant lobster-like right hand.