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Spider-Man 2099 Reading Order (Miguel O’Hara)

Miguel O’Hara alias Spider-Man 2099 was created by Peter David and Rick Leonardi for the Marvel 2099 comic book line and was, without a doubt, the breakout star of this imprint. He made his first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #365 (as a preview) in August 1992 before headlining his own title with Spider-Man 2099, launched in November 1992.

Welcome to 2099 also known as Earth-928, where there are no active superheroes in this world. 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 is a dystopia where North America is a corporate police state ruled by a few huge megacorporations, mostly Alchemax. Owned by Tyler Stone, it produces everything, from everyday products to military weaponry and private space travel.

A brilliant Irish-Mexican geneticist, Miguel O’Hara is living in Nueva York (a renamed New York City) in the year 2099 and actually working for Alchemax on genetically giving humans superpowers, but things didn’t go as planned — as always in the experimental field of science Marvel.

When one of his experiments to replicate the powers of superhero Spider-Man is used against him, his DNA is rewritten and becomes fifty percent spider. With great power comes great responsibility, and Miguel decides to use his new abilities to take down Tyler Stone and Alchemax. He becomes Spider-Man 2099.

Find out everything you need to know about Miguel O’Hara (and his complicated timeline) in the Spider-Man 2099 reading order!

Spider-Man 2099 in Omnibus!

Our first stop is to point out the recent Omnibuses released by Marvel, making it easier to explore the comic book history of Spider-Man 2099!

  • Spider-Man 2099 Omnibus Volume 1
    Collects Spider-Man 2099 (1992) #1-46 And Annual #1, Ravage 2099 #15, X-Men 2099 #5, Doom 2099 (1993) #14, Punisher 2099 (1993) #13, Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man And Spider-Man 2099 Special.
  • Spider-Man 2099 Omnibus Volume. 2
    Collects Spider-Man 2099 (2014) #1-12; Spider-Man 2099 (2015) #1-25; Captain Marvel (1999) #27-30; Superior Spider-Man (2013) #17-19; Secret Wars 2099 #1-5; And Material From 2099 Unlimited #1-3 And #8-10, Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1, And Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #1.

Spider-Man 2099 Volume 1 (1992-1996)

As said above, Spider-Man 2099 made his first appearance in Amazing Spider-Man #365, a super-sized 30th-anniversary issue containing a five-page preview of Spider-Man 2099. Part of the Marvel 2099 imprint, Spider-Man 2099 volume 1 will last 46 issues, with Peter David as the sole writer during 44 issues and Rick Leonardi as penciler during most of the first 25 issues. Most of those trade paperbacks are unfortunately out-of-print right now.

The TPB collection:

Spider-Man 2099 meets Captain Marvel! This story was written in 2002, after the end of Spider-Man 2099 volume One but can be read it here. When writer Peter David sent Captain Marvel (alias Genis-Vell at the time) and Starfox to 2099, it was obviously the perfect occasion to make them work with the one and only Spider-Man 2099 during a short storyline in which they tried to stop the villain named Thanatos messing with the timeline.

  • Captain Marvel vol. 4 #27–30
    Uncollected

Crossover still exists in 2099! For editor Joey Cavalieri at the time, the event The Fall of the Hammer was a way to launch the Second Heroic Age. A floating city, called Vahalla, appears in the sky, and those aboard claim to be gods. The heroes of the year 2099 plan to find out the truth.

Where are Spider-Man 2099 Vol. 1 #39–46?
Those issues are never been collected yet.

In early 1996, editor Joey Cavalieri was fired. It was something tragically common at the time, with Marvel’s future uncertain. It led to the cancellation of the 2099 titles. In Spider-Man 2099, Peter David chose to resign in solidarity with his editor, finishing his run with issue #44. The last two issues of Spider-Man 2099 were done without his input and the series ended with issue #46. 

A few months later, Marvel launched World of Tomorrow, a comic book series that continued incomplete storylines after all those cancellations. The series was written by Joe Kelly and Ben Raab, with multiple artists. Those 8 issues were followed by a one-shot, leading us to the official end of the 2099 line, but also giving us a conclusion to Miguel O’Hara’s story — before Marvel messed up everything with some time-traveling shenanigans.

  • 2099 World of Tomorrow
    Collects: 2099: World Of Tomorrow #1 To #8
  • 2099 Manifest Destiny
    One-shot not collected anywhere.

Meet Miguel O’Hara from Earth-6375! This Miguel has a similar history as his most famous counterpart, until the arrival of the Net-Prophet (also known as Justice) in the 2099 A.D. This version of the character is possessed by Proteus. Spider-Man 2099 meets The Exiles and becomes a regular member until issue #99.

Meet Miguel O’Hare from Earth-96099 (also known as Earth-TRN129)! The Timestorm limited series by Brian Reed and Eric Battle published in 2009 reimagined the 2099 timeline when Marvel heroes of 2009 are caught in a time crisis. Miguel O’Hara is younger than his Earth-928 counterpart.

Spider-Man Volume 2 in All-New Marvel Now (2014-2015)

Miguel’s timeline became complicated with the event Age of Ultron (check out the complete reading order), where time was broken because of Wolverine’s time travel journeys. It created various tears across the fabric of the entire multiverse and divergent realities. After this, Earth-928 would diverge into Earth-TRN588 (where Doctor Doom never became the President of the United States). Spider-Man 2099 goes into the past to try to fix things, during Superior Spider-Man — part of Dan Slott’s run on Spider-Man.

Beware! Marvel considers that, whatever the mumbo-jumbo time travel that had happened, we still dealing with the same Miguel O’Hara. So you can treat him as the same character or a different one. There’s enough time travel and retcon to make everything possible in the Marvel timelines!

 

Spider-Man 2099 Logo Reading OrderPeter David returns to his own creation, setting Spider-Man 2099 into the present of 2015. The series lasted for 12 issues before being interrupted by Secret Wars.

Icon Spider-Man Reading OrderSpider-Verse Event! One of the most important Spidey event. Go check out our reading order for the full experience. This is a spidey-fest as the event brings back a lot of Spider-people… and kill a lot of them, too. Different versions of Miguel O’Hara make an appearance during that event, including the ones from Earth-96099 and Earth-6375 (in the Spider-Man 2099 title).

This Marvel era comes to an end with the 2015 Secret Wars and the destruction of the Marvel Universe as we know it. A Secret Wars 2099 miniseries written by Peter David stars Miguel O’Hara from Earth-23291 — the true future of the Prime Marvel Universe.

Spider-Man 2099 Volume 3: All-New, All-Different (2015-2017)

Following the events of Secret Wars, Miguel O’Hara is trapped in the past and has hung up the webs. However, that situation will not last and soon enough, Miguel will return to the mantle to fight for the future and his lost home. Still written by Peter David, Spider-Man 2099 Volume 3 lasted 25 issues.

Civil War II event! This a tangential story-arc for Miguel O’Hara who heads back to 2099 where heroes from that time period can also have their own civil war. Check out the full Civil War II reading Order for more information about the event.

Return to the Past (2018-2022)

After the end of his own series, Spider-Man 2099 appeared in Spider-Geddon, the sequel to Spider-Verse. Miguel O’Hara intervenes to help the Spiders in Spider-Geddon #5 (collected in Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Geddon), before being part of a new event simply called ‘2099’.

You guessed it, Miguel is forced once again to travel back in time in order to save the future during that little Spider-Man crossover/storyline written by Nick Spencer (and part of his run on Spider-Man). Go check out our 2099 reading order for the complete checklist.

  • The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 7: 2099
    Collects Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #32-36.
  • Amazing Spider-Man: 2099 Companion
    Collects 2099 Alpha (2019) #1, 2099 Omega (2019) #1, Conan 2099 (2019) #1, Doom 2099 (2019) #1, Fantastic Four 2099 (2019) #1, Ghost Rider 2099 (2019) #1, Punisher 2099 (2019) #1, Spider-Man 2099 (2019) #1, And Venom 2099 (2019) #1.

This event was used to reboot the 2099 Universe with a new version of Miguel O’Hara living new adventures…

2099 Rebooted (2022-)


What to read after?

We talked about a number of Miguel O’Hara versions, but not all found their way in that reading order. Why not turn your attention towards other Spider-Man 2099?

  • Piguel O’Mara is a parody of Miguel O’Hara, making his first appearance in What The–?! #26 in 1993. The Web-Warriors encounter him during a storyline collected in Web Warriors of the Spider-Verse Vol. 2: Spiders Vs
  • From Earth-9411, Miguel O’Hara team-ups with Spider-Man in Spectacular Spider-Man (UK) #178
  • Spider-Man 2099 makes his animated debut in the Ultimate Spider-Man: Web Warriors animated series four-part episode “The Spider-Verse”, voiced by Freddy Rodriguez.
  • Spider-Man 2099 is popular on the video game front. He is a playable character in playable Marvel Super Hero Squad, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Spider-Man: Edge of Time, the mobile game Spider-Man Unlimited, Marvel: Future Fight, and also Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2.

You can also read about other members of the Spider-Verse:

As we continue to explore the Spider-Verse, we invite you to consult our tag Spider-Verse to read about it all!

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