But plotlines left unanswered and a pretty meh crossover can't stop the overall amazing character work that Peter David put in Miguel. It's kind of silly, dumb, and the issues outside of Spidy and Doom are pretty horrible if I'm being honest. But the accident couldn't have happened to a better candidate, and Miguel learns that he really does have a natural urge to do the right thing. Miguel is not drawn to heroism in response to tragic consequences from self-centered action, but he's definitely drawn to self-centeredness.

We then introduce Green Goblin and while not as strong twist, I felt like we were building up to something major that could really effect the cast.Miguel O’Hara, his DNA rewritten in an attempt to escape his employer Alchemax, has gained amazing powers – and become the new Spider-Man! 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. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.

But sadly it feels like Peter David got short notice that 2099 would be ending because while few plot points wrap up there's like 5 or 6 that didn't. Miguel O'Hara is definitely NOT Peter Parker - your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man - and that is part of what makes him and his series so great. Miguel had no interest being a hero but thanks to the company he worked for, he couldn't let them do all their shady shit. Shame to read this on the heels of Spider-Verse's inevitable replacement of Miguel's character for almost all public consciousness, alas.The setting begs to be explored with themes that go way beyond good guys fighting bad guys but it ends up being just that. 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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Peter David didn't just make a copy of Peter Parker and put him in 2099; instead, he makes a new character with his own personality, quirks, ego (yes, ego! My ideal would be to come back to basics and pick a divergent point from the 1st volume and take it from there. Almost all of its elements are indicative of that period for science-fiction - which is, in essence, exactly what this series is. 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. He doesn't need an Uncle Ben to tell him that with great power comes great responsibility, he knows that's the case.

Miguel O’Hara, his DNA rewritten in an attempt to escape his employer Alchemax, has gained amazing powers – and become the brand new Spider-Man! and problems, and the origin of becoming Spider-Man is extremely different and unsettling what gets him there, to be honest! Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers. I absolutely cannot wait to read the other modern series in Omnibus vol 2, which I have been putting off until after I finished the classic series.

As you can probably tell with my individual volume ratings that I really enjoyed 80% of Spider-Man 2099. 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. Quite a few superheroes had abusive upbringings, but I feel like it's more developed here when you have Conchata taking out her own anger and disappointment (at herself, at Tyler, at George) on Miguel, thus giving us layers of trauma and abuse.