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Spider-Man 2099 Omnibus

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I’ve been a fan of Miguel O’Hara/Spider-Man 2099 since the Shattered Dimensions video game. Years later I read his original series from the 90s and loved it. Even now on a reread in 2023, David’s writing holds up very well. This omnibus collects all 46 issues of the original run of Spider-Man 2099 plus a few extra stories from the wider world of the Marvel 2099-verse. Prior to this reading I'll be honest, my Miguel knowledge was very limited. I knew him from basically the video game edge of time, and then here or there has guest appearance in other comics. This was the first time I got to sit down and invest in the character and I'm very glad I did. He drops threads throughout the series to keep things interesting: a convoluted love...uh, hexagon, I guess? Villains that recall but largely don't even mirror Peter's (from a casually cannibalistic Vulture to a differently-deranged Venom) or simply don't at all like Venture and Risque.

Collects SPIDER-MAN 2099 (1992) #1-46 and ANNUAL #1, RAVAGE 2099 #15, X-MEN 2099 #5, DOOM 2099 #14, PUNISHER 2099 #13, SPIDER-MAN 2099 MEETS SPIDER-MAN and SPIDER-MAN 2099 SPECIAL. Peter David's futuristic epic, collected in full! The year 2099 is full of menace, but none so insidious as the corrupt corporations that run the world! Miguel O'Hara, his DNA rewritten in an attempt to escape his employer Alchemax, has gained amazing powers - and become the new Spider-Man! But as Miguel battles injustice in both high and low society, menaces new and familiar come calling: Venture, the Specialist, the Vulture, the mysterious Thanatos and more! The possible return of the Asgardian gods unites Miguel with 2099's other heroes - but who is the Net Prophet? How will Spider-Man react when Doctor Doom conquers America? And what is Miguel's connection to Venom 2099?

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Peter David is smart on giving Miguel his first arc of dealing with basically a non-stop chase against him to eventually meeting up with a future version of The Vulture who Miguel finds out eats people. So Spidy and him go at each other while the city goes wild, leaving only one victor, and one dead. This sets the tone, and overall feel to Spider-Man in such a marvelous way that I can't help but give tons of credit to. Miguel is a more lethal, if you have to die you have to die, type hero that I absolutely love and makes sense in this darker and morally gray world they all live in.

Peter David is one of the industry’s most prolific and versatile writers whose record-breaking stint on Incredible Hulk remains a fan-favorite to this day. His similarly long-running — and critically acclaimed — association with X-Factor began in the early 1990s and continued in 2005. His other Marvel work includes Captain Marvel, two lengthy stints on Spider-Man 2099, Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider and the smash-hit Symbiote Spider-Man limited series with artist Greg Land. David is also a novelist and screenwriter. Among his credits are some forty Star Trek tie-ins; original novels such as Sir Apropos of Nothing, Howling Mad and Knight Life; movies Trancers 4 and Trancers 5; and episodes of Babylon 5 and Crusade. He also co-created the TV show Space Cases with actor-writer Bill Mumy. I'm a big Spidey fan and will try to stay objective, but the thrill of reading this full series cannot be overstated for me. As mentioned in the other review at the time of writing this, there are unresolved threads (bummer) due to, likely, a lot of the Spidey titles winding down and with reboots and all. I also think the crossover Fall of the Hammer was an interesting idea but filled with too much fluff- I would just read the 2 Spider-Man 2099 issues next time I read this and not miss anything. Miguel's a fun character. Desperately needs therapy. I was surprised how many times he contemplates suicide. That's some real dark stuff there, but it's not presented in an angsty manner, but reflecting the inner workings of a man who is at his wit's end and can barely hold on. I know there was a fair deal of disappointment over Miguel taking the seat as CEO of Alchemax, but with the way things were turning out in the book, if Peter David had been allowed to keep going at it, we might've seen a deepening realization in Miguel that this was never going to work, even with him having good intentions. But I understand the ending was rushed (and not written by PAD!), so all those potential ideas for a continuation of this specific book are just theories.Overall, Spider-Man 2099 is very much worth a read. I never know if I'll like something I don't know much about, but similar to The Question I read last year for DC, sometimes a unknown helps when reading something like this for the first time and loving 80% of it. While today there’s a multiverse of new iterations and remixes of the Spider-Man character, Miguel O’Hara was one of the first, if not THE first, reimagining of Spider-Man to become popular in the mainstream. The character marks an important milestone in Marvel Comics history. I’d argue Spider-Man 2099 helped pave the way for later characters such as Mayday Parker/Spider-Girl, Miles Morales, Spider-Gwen, Superior Spider-Man, etc.

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