Spider-Man 2099 Omnibus #2

History

The material gathered here grew directly out of Dan Slott's 2013 'Necessary Evil' arc in Superior Spider-Man, which left Miguel O'Hara stranded in the present-day Marvel Universe — a narrative handoff that gave David a built-in premise for the 2014 relaunch without requiring readers to have followed the original 1990s run. David returned to a character he co-created, deliberately echoing the classic Marvel 'man out of time' framework (nodding openly to Captain America) while embedding Miguel inside the nascent Alchemax corporation, giving him corporate-spy stakes alongside superhero action. The Secret Wars 2099 miniseries, also written by David and drawn primarily by Will Sliney, was a 2015 event tie-in that expanded the 2099 world rather than just spotlighting the lead character. Marvel released the omnibus on April 2, 2024, exactly one year after Omnibus Vol. 1, completing a two-volume hardcover project that collects material previously scattered across multiple trade paperbacks.

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• Collects Spider-Man 2099 (2014) #1–12, Spider-Man 2099 (2015) #1–25, Secret Wars 2099 #1–5, Superior Spider-Man (2013) #17–19, Captain Marvel (1999) #27–30, material from 2099 Unlimited #1–3 and #8–10, and material from Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1 and Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #1.
• Written primarily by Peter David (co-creator of Spider-Man 2099), with art principally by Will Sliney; cover art for the direct market edition by Simone Bianchi and the variant by Pasqual Ferry.
• The 2014 series launched directly from the pages of Amazing Spider-Man, with Miguel O'Hara stranded in the present day after the events of Superior Spider-Man's 'Necessary Evil' storyline.
• Miguel's central conflict in the modern-day setting is working undercover inside the newly formed Alchemax corporation — the same megacorporation that will oppress 2099 — in an attempt to reform it from within before its corruption can take root.
• Secret Wars 2099 #1 (2015) marks the first appearance of the Avengers 2099, including Roberta Mendez as Captain America, Iron Man (Sonny Frisco), Black Widow (Tania), Hawkeye (Max), and Hercules — a new corporate-controlled hero team operating in the 2099 Battleworld domain.
• The Captain Marvel (1999) #27–30 'Time Flies' arc included here is Peter David's 'Future Tense' storyline, which revisited Spider-Man 2099 and the Maestro's alternate future, resolving a plot thread left unfinished when David abruptly departed the original series in the 1990s.
• The Spider-Verse crossover (represented via tie-in material in the 2014 series) places Miguel alongside other Spider-totems confronting the Inheritors, cementing his role in the broader Spider-Man mythology beyond his solo continuity.
• The hardcover omnibus runs 1,256 pages, released April 2, 2024, with ISBN 9781302953836; it is the second and concluding volume of Marvel's complete Spider-Man 2099 omnibus project, pairing with Vol. 1 (April 2023) to cover the entire 1992–2015 publication history of the character.

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