Writer - Peter David
Artist - Will Sliney
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A temporal distortion threatened the stability of the future timeline in which the Spiderman of the year 2099, Miquel O'Hara, resides. Now he is stranded in our time. He is currently working as the head of Research and Development at the New York office of Parker Industries. Peter Parker is his boss. Miquel is trying to figure out and fix whatever caused the destruction of his future world.
This issue starts with Miquel and Tempest, his girlfriend, who is now healed from her terminal illness due to events in the previous volume of this title. They are at an American Ninja Warrior event (Ninja USA) in which Miquel is competing. He flies through the course in record time and qualifies for the finals. Later on back at Parker Industries, Peter expresses consternation at Miquel for showing off his skills in such a public arena. Miquel isn't concerned because he feels between Peter, Silk, Spider-Woman, and Miles Morales, he isn't needed as a Spider person anymore.
Miquel made a power play and Alchemax were thwarted in their attempt to build a super villain prison. Miquel hopes that this event will be enough to alter the future and save his timeline and he ventures to a basement level high security vault which houses the temporal portal to 2099. He enters hoping for good news but discovers the future to still be in ruins. Alchemax are introduced to an agent of the Department of Internal Security who believes that their prison may be needed, and could be brought back into play.
The final scene has Miquel and Tempest in a restaurant expressing their love for each other when Tempest leans in and begins to whisper some rather huge news to Miquel when a car bursts through the front window of the restaurant and explodes. Temple is found in a pile of rubble and she is unresponsive. The end.
David and Sliney are obviously very comfortable with the characters in this book. They slide into them with ease. Peter David has a writing style that is very welcoming to me. I enjoy it greatly. I have a complete run of Spidey 2099 from the 90's original run of the title and it is still a great book. I'm pleased to see this title in the soon to be post Secret Wars Marvel Universe. I will be back. Captain Creepy says Spider-Man 2099 issue 1 is a winner!
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