Marvel Comics imprint
Marvel 2099
was a
Marvel Comics
imprint, started in 1992, that was
originally about one possible future
of the
Marvel Universe
, but later revealed
[1]
to be the Earth of the
main Marvel continuity
in the distant future. It was originally announced by
Stan Lee
in his "
Stan's Soapbox
" column as a single series entitled
The Marvel World of Tomorrow
, which was being developed by Lee and
John Byrne
. This later changed to a
line
of books under the banner
Marvel 2093
(the date being one hundred years from the year in which the titles launched) before finally being published as
Marvel 2099
.
Three of the initial four titles launched?
Doom 2099
,
Punisher 2099
, and
Spider-Man 2099
?starred futuristic takes on pre-existing characters. The fourth,
Ravage 2099
, featured an all-new superhero, scripted for several months by Stan Lee. The 2099
line
soon expanded to include
2099 Unlimited
,
Fantastic Four 2099
,
Ghost Rider 2099
,
Hulk 2099
,
X-Men 2099
, and
X-Nation 2099
. While it has been confirmed to be a possible future version of
Earth-616
, the mainstream Marvel Universe, the 2099 universe has been officially designated as
Earth-928
and alternatively dubbed as
Earth-616 circa 2099
, or simply
Earth-2099
.
Publication history
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The initial universe began with
Spider-Man 2099
,
Ravage 2099
,
Doom 2099
, and
Punisher 2099
being launched in subsequent months.
Peter David
wrote
Spider-Man
for the bulk of the series, and it was consistently the most popular series.
[
citation needed
]
It satirized corporations, with Spider-Man constantly clashing with Alchemax, which employed him in his secret identity. Stan Lee wrote the first eight issues of
Ravage
as an extremely political story about corruption, corporate pollution, and the environment. After Lee left, he was replaced by a series of writers. In 1993,
Wizard
reported that the 2099 line had "gone over fairly well with the fans".
[2]
Growth and decline
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Fans requested further titles, and Marvel provided
X-Men 2099
. They also introduced a
Hulk 2099
in the series
2099 Unlimited
, which featured occasional Spider-Man 2099 stories, as well as early work by
Warren Ellis
. The comics had a strong degree of interconnectivity that was similar to comics published by Marvel in the 1960s due to the imprint's editor Joey Cavalieri. The only cross-title crossover within the 2099 universe,
The Fall of the Hammer
, detailed a plot by the corporations to technologically recreate the Norse pantheon, along with a new
Thor
, to distract attention from the anti-corporate superheroes.
The 2099 series expanded to include
Ghost Rider 2099
, about a hero whose consciousness had been downloaded into a robotic body. Hulk 2099 was also given a brief chance at his own series. As sales began to flag on all titles besides
Spider-Man
and
X-Men
, Marvel commissioned ideas from various writers, including a proposal by
Grant Morrison
and
Mark Millar
, before accepting Warren Ellis's idea that Doom 2099, revealed to be, in fact, Victor Von Doom, would take over the United States.
[
citation needed
]
Each title had the modifier "A.D." ("After Doom") added on the logo to reflect the change. The new storyline allowed Marvel to cancel several low-selling titles (
Hulk
,
Ravage
, and
The Punisher
).
[
citation needed
]
The in-universe reason for the heroes' deaths was President Rogers (an impostor
Captain America
who was instated after Doom was violently ousted from office) ordered the execution of the super heroes, including Punisher, Hulk and a handful of low-tier heroes who had appeared in
2099 Unlimited
.
[3]
In 1996, when Marvel, during a cost-cutting exercise, fired Cavalieri, many of the 2099 creators (including Peter David and Warren Ellis) quit the line in protest. With the line floundering, two additional titles were launched:
X-Nation 2099
, a spin-off of
X-Men 2099
, and
Fantastic Four 2099
, which featured characters who were apparently the present day
Fantastic Four
accidentally sent into the future.
[
citation needed
]
Around this time,
Doom 2099
became the only 2099 comic to crossover with a present-day Marvel comic when he traveled back to 1996 and met
Daredevil
, the Fantastic Four, and
Namor
in a story partially told in
Fantastic Four
#413. Spider-Man 2099 met the original
Spider-Man
in a special one-shot issue, making them the only characters to meet their counterparts.
End of the imprint
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After sales slumped, the 2099 titles were canceled and replaced by
2099: World of Tomorrow
, a single title featuring the surviving characters from all the titles. The series lasted only eight issues before being canceled.
[
citation needed
]
The 2099 line was concluded with a
one-shot
,
2099: Manifest Destiny
(March 1998), in which Captain America was found in suspended animation and, with Miguel O'Hara, assembled various 2099 heroes into a new team of
Avengers
. The story summarized the years from 2099 to 3099, with humanity transforming the corporate world of 2099 into a utopia and then expanding into space.
Subsequent appearances
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The 2099 world has been seen occasionally since, most notably in Peter David's "Future Tense" storyline in
Captain Marvel
, which revisited both
Spider-Man 2099
and the alternate future of the
Maestro
that David created in
The Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect
, explaining a plot point which had been left dangling since David had abruptly left
Spider-Man 2099
.
In 2004, writer
Robert Kirkman
wrote a series of one-shot comics for the fifth anniversary of the
Marvel Knights
imprint, under the heading
Marvel Knights 2099
. The future portrayed in this series is unconnected to the original 2099 Universe, which included a different Punisher 2099.
In 2005, the
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe
one-shot, involving alternate universes, designated the Earth of 2099 as Earth-928, with
Marvel Knights 2099
designated as Earth-2992. A cover of a second printing from the Spider-Man storyline "
The Other: Evolve or Die
" features Miguel O'Hara / Spider-Man 2099.
In 2006, the
Exiles
visited the Marvel Universe 2099 in
Exiles
#75-76 as part of the "World Tour" arc. This future had split apart from the mainstream 2099 fairly early, as Doom 2099 had not yet met Spider-Man 2099. Spider-Man 2099 joined the Exiles and left with them.
In 2009 Marvel published miniseries "Timestorm," crossing the current Marvel Universe with yet another alternate version of 2099. The Spider-Man 2099 of this reality is a teenager.
In 2013, Spider-Man 2099 became trapped in the mainstream Marvel Universe in
The Superior Spider-Man
. In 2014 he would star in an ongoing series and become involved in the "
Spider-Verse
" storyline, along with numerous other alternate reality Spider-Men. Notably the Spider-Men 2099s of the "Exiles" and "Timestorm" series are killed during this event. At the end of this storyline, the 2099 timeline has been altered.
The 2099 universe is involved in the 2015 storyline "
Secret Wars
".
In 2016, an issue of
Deadpool
debuted the 2099 version of Deadpool.
[4]
In 2019 in
Amazing Spider-Man
#25,
Dr. Connors
is giving a lecture on the negligence of the world and environment due to focus on the countless occurrences of superhero activity will end up negatively impacting the future, to the point of catastrophe. Meanwhile, set to his lecture, strange weather phenomenon is occurring above a burning oil rig. A rift opens in the sky and a figure falls out of it, landing on the dock of the rig. The workers un-bury the figure, revealing an unconscious Spider-Man 2099. There was later a series of one-shots to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Marvel 2099. It incorporated the ongoing storyline from
Amazing Spider-Man
that not only reintroduced
Spider-Man 2099
,
Fantastic Four 2099
,
Doom 2099
,
Punisher 2099
, and
Venom 2099
in individual one-shot issues, but also introduced
Conan 2099
.
[5]
Ulana the Watcher narrated that this reality of Earth-2099 is a combination of Earth-928 and the other Marvel 2099 realities which have been rewoven together.
[6]
Setting
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The world of 2099 is a
cyberpunk
dystopia
(similar to the world of
Blade Runner
).
North America
is a
corporate police state
ruled by a few huge megacorporations, most notably
Alchemax
, which owns the private police force the Public Eye (which primarily punishes criminals' bank accounts). There were, prior to the launch of the comics, no active superheroes in this world, and the previous heroes are mythologized through religion, as with the Church of Thor. The present-day Marvel continuity is referred to as an "Age of Heroes" that abruptly ended in a catastrophe a century before that also set back society (this catastrophe was averted in the present when Miguel O'Hara-
Spider-Man 2099
- temporarily swapped places with his past self shortly before the cataclysm, turning Miguel's world into an alternate future of the Marvel Universe rather than
the
future).
Card system
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In the 2099 Universe, the monetary currency system uses implants commonly known as cards, which are credit ID implants. There are aluminum cards, gold cards, and platinum cards. Another type of card are black cards, which give the owner unlimited funds and law immunity.
Characters
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This section contains the characters from each of the 2099 realities:
Heroes
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Protagonists
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X-Men 2099
[
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- Bloodhawk
(Lemuel Krugg)
- Cerebra (Shakti Haddad)
- Junkpile
- Krystalin (Krystalin Porter Ogada)
- La Lunatica
- Meanstreak
(Henri Huang)
- Metalhead
(Eddie Van Beethoven-Osako)
- Serpentina (Kimberly Potters)
- Skullfire
(Timothy Sean Michael Fitzgerald)
- Desert Ghost (Xi'an Chi Xan)
X-Nation 2099
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- Cerebra (Shakti Haddad)
- Clarion (Hayes Isaacs)
- December (December Frost)
- Metalsmith
- Nostromo
- Twilight
- Uproar
- Willow
- Wulff
Fantastic Four 2099
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Other heroes
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- Matt Axel (the Punisher's armorer)
- Barrio Man
- Captain America
(imposter posing as Steve Rogers)
[7]
- Daredevil 2099
(there were two different versions of this Daredevil)
- Dr. Apollo (Dr. Nikolai Apolonio)
- Freakshow (Mama Hurricane, Breakdown, Rosa, Metalhead, Psyclone, Contagion, Tantrum, and Dominic)
- Galahad, a human connected to robot
- The Ghostworks
- Goldheart
- Lachryma 2099
- The Lawless (Xi'an Chi Xan, Victor Ten Eagles, Junkpile, Broken Haiku, Mongrel, Auntie Maim, and the Reverend)
- Metalscream 2099
- Moon Knight 2099
- Net Prophet
(John Roger Tensen, also known as
Justice
)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. 2099
- Steel Rain
- Thor 2099
(Reverend Cecil McAdams)
- Vendetta
- Hazzard 2099
- Duke Stratosphere
- Captain America 2099
(Roberta Mendez, debuts in
Secret Wars 2099
and appears in
Spider-Man 2099
volume 3)
- Black Widow 2099
(Tania)
- Hawkeye 2099
(Max)
- Iron Man 2099
(Sonny Frisco)
- Deadpool 2099
- Roman the Sub-Mariner
- Strange 2099
- Relur
- Iron Fist 2099
- Phastos
- Black Widow 2098
- Frankenstein's Monster 2099
- Grey Hulk 2099
Villains
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- Adonai (leader of LA "locusts")
- False Aesir (
Thor
/Cecil McAdams,
Hela
/Tiana,
Loki
/Jordan Boone,
Balder
,
Heimdall
)
- Anti-Hulk
- The Architect (Ryu Kobolt)
- Avatarr (CEO of Alchemax; secretly an alien)
- Brimstone Love and the Theatre of Pain
- Captain America (an impostor posing as Steve Rogers)
- Coda
- Dethstryk and the Mutroids of Hellrock
- Discord
- Doctor Octopus 2099
(an Atlantean with octopus tentacles)
- Draco
- Electro 2099
- Exodus
- Fearmaster (Darryl King)
- Fever
- Flipside
- Glitterspike
- Gearbox
- Goblin
- The Golden One
- Halloween Jack
(Jordan Boone, also known as Loki; later traveled to the present in
X-Force
#92)
- Heartbreaker
- Anderthorp Henton (Director-General of ECO)
- Hotwire (Dean Gallows, son of Jake Gallows)
- Multi-Fractor/Jigsaw
- Dyson Kellerman (CEO of Transverse City Security)
- L-Cypher
- Master Zhao and the Chosen (One-Eyed Jack, Psycho-K, Frostbite, Wingspan, and Monster)
- Masters of Evil 2099
- The Norns of the Theatre of Pain (Felicity, Bliss, Euphoria)
- Public Enemy (Saber Hagen)
- The Rat Pack (the Dealer, the Suicide Master, Mister Entertainment)
- Sandwoman
- Scorpion
(
Kron Stone
from the "
Timestorm 2009?2099
" reality)
- The Shadow Dancer
- Sinister Six 2099
(Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Electro, Sandwoman, Venom, and Vulture)
- The Specialist
- Tyler Stone
(dictator of Latveria in 2099 and former employee of Alchemax)
- The Synge Family (Noah, Lytton, and Desdemona)
- Technarchy
/
Phalanx
- Thanatos
(Aaron Delgado possessed by an alternate-reality version of
Rick Jones
)
- Tiger Wylde
- Vengeance 2099
- Venom
(there are two known Venom 2099 versions)
- Venom (Kron Stone)
- Venom (Alea Bell)
- Venture (Queeg)
- Vulture 2099
Mega-corporations
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- Alchemax
(CEO Avatarr; VP Tyler Stone) and its subsidiaries
- ECO Corp. (CEO Ravage; Director-General Anderthorp Henton)
- Public Eye (Director Fearmaster)
- R&D Department (Director Tyler Stone; employees include Miguel O'Hara, Jordan Boone, and Aaron Delgado)
- Cyber-Nostra (controlled by
Fearmaster
)
- D/MONIX (Data Manipulation and Organization Networks) (CEO Dyson Kellerman; employees include Harrison Cochrane [Ghost Rider's father])
- Greater Nevada Syndicate (controlled by the Synge Family)
- Green Globe PLC (founded by the Ravage family)
- Ninja-Nostra
- Stark-Fujikawa (formerly
Stark Enterprises
) (CEO Hikaru-sama)
- Synthia (CEO Darrius Rush; employees include Mannix Dunn, Dana D'Angelo [Spider-Man's fiancee], Alain Gris [Group Manager for Sky Plantations])
Marvel Knights 2099 heroes
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2099 series and one-shots
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Title
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Issues
|
Date
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2099 A.D.
|
1
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May 1995
|
2099 A.D. Apocalypse
|
1
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December 1995
|
2099 A.D. Genesis
|
1
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January 1996
|
2099 Alpha
|
1
|
January 2020
|
2099 Limited
(Ashcan)
|
1
|
1993
|
2099 Manifest Destiny
|
1
|
March 1998
|
2099 Omega
|
1
|
February 2020
|
2099 Sketchbook
|
1
|
September 1993
|
2099 Unlimited
|
10
|
July 1993 ? October 1995
|
2099 World of Doom Special
|
1
|
May 1995
|
2099 World of Tomorrow
|
8
|
September 1996 ? April 1997
|
Black Panther 2099
|
1
|
September 2004
|
Conan 2099
|
1
|
January 2020
|
Daredevil 2099
|
1
|
September 2004
|
Deadpool 2099
|
4
[8]
|
January 2016 - January 2017
|
Doom 2099
|
44
|
January 1993 ? August 1996
|
Doom 2099
(vol. 2)
|
1
|
February 2020
|
Fantastic Four 2099
|
8
|
January ? August 1996
|
Fantastic Four 2099
(vol. 2)
|
1
|
January 2020
|
Ghost Rider 2099
|
25
|
May 1994 ? May 1996
|
Ghost Rider 2099
(vol. 2)
|
1
|
February 2020
|
Hulk 2099
|
10
|
December 1994 ? September 1995
|
Inhumans 2099
|
1
|
September 2004
|
Mutant 2099
|
1
|
September 2004
|
Punisher 2099
|
34
|
February 1993 ? November 1995
|
Punisher 2099
(vol. 2)
|
1
|
September 2004
|
Punisher 2099
(vol. 3)
|
1
|
January 2020
|
Ravage 2099
|
33
|
December 1992 ? August 1995
|
Secret Wars 2099
|
5
|
May 2015 - September 2015
|
Spider-Man 2099
|
46
|
November 1992 ? August 1996
|
Spider-Man 2099
(vol. 2)
|
12
|
July 2014 ? June 2015
|
Spider-Man 2099
(vol. 3)
|
25
|
October 2015 ? July 2017
|
Spider-Man 2099
(vol. 4)
|
1
|
February 2020
|
Spider-Man 2099 Annual
|
1
|
1994
|
Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man
|
1
|
November 1995
|
Spider-Man 2099 Special
|
1
|
November 1995
|
Venom 2099
|
1
|
February 2020
|
X-Men 2099
|
35
|
October 1993 ? August 1996
|
X-Men 2099 Special
|
1
|
October 1995
|
X-Men 2099: Oasis
|
1
|
August 1996
|
X-Nation 2099
|
6
|
March ? August 1996
|
In other media
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Television
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- An original incarnation of Iron Man 2099 appears in a self-titled episode of
Iron Man: Armored Adventures
, voiced by an uncredited actor. This version is
Andros Stark
, grandson of Tony Stark who travels back in time to kill him before he can create an A.I. called "Vortex", which goes on to kill most of humanity. Along the way, he allies himself with
Justin Hammer
who is reputed as a hero by 2099. Andros eventually succeeds in killing Tony, but the latter infects his armor with an advanced virus. Realizing it will evolve into Vortex, Andros travels back in time to stop himself, successfully changing history at the cost of his existence.
- Spider-Man 2099 and Earth-928 appear in the
Ultimate Spider-Man
episode "The Spider-Verse: Part 1", with Spider-Man 2099 voiced by
Freddy Rodriguez
. Additionally, a 2099-inspired incarnation of
J. Jonah Jameson
(voiced by
J.K. Simmons
) appears as well.
- A cyborg descendant of
Heinrich
and
Helmut Zemo
from 2099 makes a minor non-speaking appearance in the
Avengers Assemble
episode "The House of Zemo", voiced by an uncredited actor.
Film
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Video games
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- A planned video game adaptation called
Marvel 2099: One Nation Under Doom
was heavily promoted, but ultimately never commercially released.
- Spider-Man 2099's suit appears as an unlockable alternate skin in
Spider-Man
(2000),
Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro
, the Wii version of
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
,
The Amazing Spider-Man
,
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
, and
Spider-Man
(2018).
- Ghost Rider 2099 appears as an unlockable skin in
Ghost Rider
and a downloadable alternate skin in
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
.
- Spider-Man 2099, Alchemax, and Earth-928 appear in
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
, with Spider-Man 2099 voiced by
Dan Gilvezan
. Additionally, 2099 incarnations of the
Hobgoblin
,
Kron Stone / Scorpion
, and
Doctor Octopus
appear as bosses while
Flipside
appears as an alternate skin for Spider-Man 2099. Furthermore, a 2099-inspired incarnation of
Silvermane
appears in the
Nintendo DS
version of the game as well as the 2099 incarnation of
Vulture
.
- Spider-Man 2099, Alchemax, Nueva York, and Earth-928 appear in
Spider-Man: Edge of Time
, with Spider-Man 2099 voiced by
Christopher Daniel Barnes
. Additionally, 2099 incarnations of
Black Cat
and Peter Parker appear as bosses in the Activision versions of the game while 2099 incarnations of
Arcade
,
Big Wheel
, and
Overdrive
appear in the Nintendo DS version.
- Human Torch 2099 and Hulk 2099 appear as alternate skins in
Marvel Heroes
.
- Several Spider-Man 2099-related characters appear as playable characters and bosses in
Spider-Man Unlimited
. Additionally, Nueva York appears as a stage.
- Spider-Man 2099, Captain America 2099, Black Widow 2099, and Iron Man 2099 appear as playable characters in
Marvel Future Fight
.
- Spider-Man 2099 and Punisher 2099 appear as playable characters in
Marvel Contest of Champions
. These versions come from a 2099 ruled by
HYDRA
. Additionally, a 2099 incarnation of original character
Guillotine
also appears.
- Spider-Man 2099, Captain America 2099, and Ghost Rider 2099 appear in
Marvel Avengers Academy
.
- Spider-Man 2099, Captain America 2099, Hulk 2099, Goblin 2099, Electro 2099, and Venom 2099 appear as playable characters in
Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2
. Additionally,
Kang the Conqueror
uses Nueva York and Earth-928 as components while creating
Chronopolis
.
See also
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References
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]
- ^
In the
Superior Spider-Man
"Goblin Nation" arc and
Amazing Spider-Man
vol. 3 #14
- ^
"Wizard Market Watch".
Wizard
. No. 22. June 1993. pp. 134?5.
- ^
2099 Apocalypse
. Marvel Comics.
- ^
Gerding, Stephen (October 20, 2015).
"'Vader Down' Concludes, Deadpool 2099 Debuts & More Marvel January Highlights"
.
CBR.com
.
- ^
"The Future is Now: See the 2099 Variants Coming to Marvel Comics This November"
.
- ^
Spider-Man 2099: Exodus Omega
#1. Marvel Comics.
- ^
Kaminski, Len (w),
Wood, Ashley
(p), Daly, Jim (i). "Chthonic Park", "Hell on Earth",
Ghost Rider 2099
#18-19 (October?November 1995). Marvel Comics.
- ^
Deadpool 2099 stories were featured in Deadpool (vol. 6) #6, 12, 19 and 25.
- ^
Kleinman, Jake (November 28, 2018).
"
'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' Post-Credits Has an Oscar Isaac Cameo"
.
Inverse
. Archived from
the original
on November 29, 2018
. Retrieved
November 30,
2018
.
- ^
Coggen, Devan (4 December 2021).
"Miles Morales is back in first look at
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One)
"
.
EW.com
.
Archived
from the original on 7 December 2021
. Retrieved
5 December
2021
.
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