There are so many interpretations of Spider-Man. Much of this is due to the character’s popularity, where versions can exist beyond Peter Parker and be explored from different perspectives and angles. Comic book fans and film go-ers would be familiar with some of them, such as Miles Morales and Spider-Gwen. However, those two, while wildly popular, are not the first. There was one that came decades before and is ready to find a whole new audience due to Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse animated film. That is Miguel O’Hara a.k.a Spider-Man 2099.
Do you want to read Spider-Man 2099 comics? This extensive reading order will help you start reading Miguel O’Hara’s comics and point you in the right direction as to what to read next. Also included are plenty of annotations, alternative collections, and optional reading.
Happy reading!
Table of contents
- Who is Miguel O’Hara?
- What is Marvel 2099?
- Where can I find Spider-Man 2099 comics?
- Spider-Man 2099 reading order
Who is Miguel O’Hara?
Miguel O’Hara is the Spider-Man of the year 2099. Unlike Peter Parker, he wasn’t bitten by a radioactive spider. Instead, he was an Irish-Mexican geneticist who attempted to recreate the powers of the original Spider-Man in other people. However, an experiment goes wrong, and half his DNA is rewritten with a spider’s genetic code. While Miguel is hesitant to use these powers at first, preferring to find a cure, he realises he can use them to help stop the corrupt mega-corporation Alchemax from ruining the world further.
The majority of Spider-Man 2099’s comics are set in the future. Although, there have been times when Miguel O’Hara has spent time in our present day. This has included several interactions with Peter Parker and other present-day heroes.
Spider-Man 2099 was by far the most notable character of the Marvel 2099 line. His comic was the longest-running and best-selling of the 2099 slate of comics. Further, this interpretation of Spider-Man has made numerous appearances beyond the original run.
What is Marvel 2099?
Marvel 2099 was a comics line that launched in 1992. Set in the year 2099, it offered readers a glimpse at the potential future of the Marvel Universe (designated Earth-928) and reimagined many characters. Several comics were published in this line, including Doom 2099, Punisher 2099, Ravage 2099 (starring an original character created by Stan Lee), X-Men 2099, and Spider-Man 2099, among others.
The line was popular for a time, with more comics joining its initial line-up. However, it fizzled out by the mid-1990s due to waning interest as the market contracted and Marvel’s financial turbulence. The final issue of the line was published in 1998.
Where can I find Spider-Man 2099 comics?
Spider-Man 2099 comics can be found at all good comic book shops, online retailers, eBay, Amazon/Kindle, and Marvel Unlimited.
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Spider-Man 2099 reading order
Below is the Spider-Man 2099 reading order. This has been broken up into four different eras to make it easier to discover comics to read. Each has a distinct flavour and covers a specific period in the character’s publication history.
Breaking it up into eras also helps point out jumping-on points for Spider-Man 2099, highlighting where readers can start reading the character.
Jump to: The original run | Post-Marvel 2099 | In The Main Marvel Universe | Back in 2099
The original run
These are the original Spider-Man 2099 comics as part of the Marvel 2099 line.
Amazing Spider-Man #365
Spider-Man 2099’s first appearance was technically in Amazing Spider-Man #365, where it included three-page preview of Spider-Man 2099 (1992 series) #1. I’ve included it in the reading order because Wikipedia lists it as the first appearance of Spider-Man 2099 and I know someone will ask about it in the comments if I don’t list it. It’s not essential to read as it material you can also read in Spider-Man 2099 (1992 series) #1.
Spider-Man 2099 Classic Volume 1
Written by Peter David. Art by Rick Leonardi and Kelley Jones.
Collects: Spider-Man 2099 (1992 series) #1-10
Spider-Man 2099 Classic Volume 2
Written by Peter David, Evan Skolnick, and Ian Edginton. Art by Rick Leonardi, Tom Grindberg, Chris Wozniak, Ron Lim, and Malcolm Davis.
Collects: Spider-Man 2099 (1992 series) #11-14, Annual #1, and material from 2099 Unlimited #1-3
Spider-Man 2099 Classic Volume 3
Written by Peter David, Pat Mills, Tony Skinner, John Francis Moore, Ian Edginton. Art by Rick Leonardi, Ron Lim, Pat Broderick, Tom Morgan, Chris Batista, Jim Fern, and Grant Miehm.
Collects: Spider-Man 2099 (1992 series) #15-22, Ravage 2099 #15, X-Men 2099 #5, Doom 2099 #14, and Punisher 2099 #13
Spider-Man 2099 Classic Volume 3 includes the Fall of the Hammer crossover. The recommended reading order for this is:
- Spider-Man 2099 (1992 series) #16
- Ravage 2099 #15
- X-Men 2099 #5
- Doom 2099 #14
- Punisher 2099 #13
Spider-Man 2099 Classic Volume 4
Written by Peter David and Terry Kavanagh. Art by Rick Leonardi, Joe St. Pierre, David Boller, Roger Robinson, and Andrew Wildman.
Collects: Spider-Man 2099 (1992 series) #23-33 and material from 2099 Unlimited #8
Spider-Man 2099 vs Venom 2099
Written by Peter David, Jonathan Peterson, Mark Waid, and Len Wein. Art by Andrew Wildman, Keith Pollard, Joe St. Pierre, Gabriel Morrisette, and Rick Leonardi.
Collects: Spider-Man 2099 (1992 series) #34-38, Spider-Man 2099 Special #1, Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man #1, and material from 2099 Unlimited #9-10
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Spider-Man 2099 (1992 series) #39-46
Outside of the omnibus (see below), these issues haven’t been collected in trade paperback. They’re available digitally on Kindle but it looks like they haven’t landed on Marvel Unlimited yet. The alternative is to track down these comics down in the back issue bins or on eBay.
ALTERNATIVE COLLECTION: The original run of Spider-Man 2099 was collected in a big chunky omnibus. It included the missing issues
Spider-Man 2099 Omnibus Volume 1
Collects: Spider-Man 2099 (1992 series) #1-46, Ravage 2099 #15, X-Men 2099 #5, Doom 2099 #14, Punisher 2099 #13, Spider-Man 2099 Annual #1, Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man #1, and Spider-Man 2099 Special #1
2099: World of Tomorrow #1-8
Written by Ben Raab and Joe Kelly. Art by Pasqual Ferry.
This hasn’t been collected in trade paperback and is not available digitally. You will need to track this down in the back issue bins or on eBay.
2099: Manifest Destiny
Written by Len Kaminski. Art by Mike McKone.
2099: Manifest Destiny is a one-shot that acted the final issue of the 2099 imprint. This hasn’t been collected in trade paperback and is not available digitally. You will need to track this down in the back issue bins or on eBay.
Post-Marvel 2099
This is a period of Spider-Man 2099 where there was no dedicated series. However, Miguel O’Hara made appearances in other heroes comics. None of these comics are really of any note and can easily be skipped if you wish.
Captain Marvel (2000 series) #27-30
Written by Peter David. Art by ChrisCross.
These issues have never been collected in trade paperback. However, it is available digitally and back issues are cheap on eBay. It’s also worth noting that it star the Genis-Vell version of Captain Marvel.
OPTIONAL: Exiles was a series that ran from 2001-2008, which featured alternate universe characters on dimension-hopping adventures. Spider-Man 2099 was a regular towards the end of the run. However, this was not the Miguel O’Hara that starred in Spider-Man 2099 (1992 series) but one from a divergent timeline. As a result, I’m listing this as optional.
Check it out if you like the idea of a superhero version of Sliders. Otherwise, you can skip it if you want.
Spider-Man 2099 appeared in Exiles #72, #75-99, and Annual #1. These issues are collected in the following trade paperback collections:
Exiles Volume 12: World Tour Book One
Written by Tony Bedard. Art by Paul Pelletier.
Collects: Exiles #69-74
Exiles Volume 13: World Tour Book Two
Written by Tony Bedard. Art by Paul Pelletier, James Calafiore, and Casey Jones.
Collects: Exiles #75-83
Exiles Volume 14: The New Exiles
Written by Tony Bedard. Art by Paul Pelletier and James Calafiore.
Collects: Exiles #84-89 and Annual #1
Exiles Volume 15: Enemy of the Stars
Written by Chris Claremont. Art by Paul Pelletier.
Collects: Exiles #90-94
Exiles Volume 16: Starting Over
Written by Chris Claremont and Mike Raicht. Art by Clayton Henry, Tomm Coker, Steve Scott, Tom Grummett, Arnold Pander, Zach Howard, Wayne Nichols, Mary Gully, and Ronan Cliquet.
Collects: Exiles #95-100 and Exiles: Days of Then and Now #1.
Alternatively, these issues can also be found in chunkier Ultimate Collection editions.
Exiles Ultimate Collection Volume 5
Collects: Exiles #75-89 and Annual #1
Exiles Ultimate Collection Volume 6
Collects: Exiles #90-100, Days Of Then & Now, and X-Men: Die By The Sword #1-5
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Timestorm 2009-2099
Written by Brian Reed. Art by Eric Battle, Wes Craig, and Frazer Irving.
Collects: Timestorm 2009-2099 #1–4, Timestorm 2009-2099: Spider-Man, and Timestorm 2009-2099: X-Men
Timestorm 2009-2099 is a miniseries that crossed over the main Marvel Universe with the 2099 universe. This was published in 2009, as you probably guessed from the title.
In the main Marvel Universe
Miguel O’Hara had a stint in the main Marvel Universe (a.k.a Earth-616) where he interacted with Peter Parker and others. Below are the comics you’ll want to check out.
Superior Spider-Man Volume 4: Necessary Evil
Written by Dan Slott. Art by Ryan Stegman and Giuseppe Camuncoli.
Collects: Superior Spider-Man #17-21
Superior Spider-Man Volume 5: The Superior Venom
Written by Dan Slott and Christos Gage. Art by Humberto Ramos and Javier Rodriguez.
Collects: Superior Spider-Man #22-26 and Superior Spider-Man Annual #1
Superior Spider-Man Volume 6: Goblin Nation
Written by Dan Slott and Christos Gage. Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Javier Rodriguez.
Collects: Superior Spider-Man #27-31 and Annual #2
Superior Spider-Man was during a period in Spider-Man’s publication history where Doctor Octopus had swapped bodies with Peter Parker. The Spider-Man of the main Marvel Universe in this series is Doc Ock in Peter Parker’s body doing Spider-Man in his own way.
Spider-Man 2099 Volume 1: Out of Time
Written by Peter David. Art by Rick Leonardi and Will Silney.
Collects: Amazing Spider-Man (2014 series) #1 (Spider-Man 2099 story only) and Spider-Man 2099 (2014 series) #1-5
Amazing Spider-Man (2014 series) #1 is an over-sized issue that contains a number of different stories. Some of them set up stories for Peter Parker, while others help kick-off series for other spider-people. One of this a Spider-Man 2099 story called “Homecoming, Sort Of”.
Spider-Verse
Written by Dan Slott and others. Art by various.
Spider-Man 2099 Volume 2: Spider-Verse
Written by Peter David. Art by Will Silney.
Collects: Spider-Man 2099 (2014 series) #6-12
Spider-Man 2099 was one of the many spider-people who played a part of the Spider-Verse comic book event as part of the main storyline and his own tie-in issues, which are collected in Spider-Man 2099 Volume 2: Spider-Verse. Check out out the Spider-Verse reading order to find out how to read it.
OPTIONAL: Most of Marvel’s regular comics were put on pause for the Secret Wars (2015) comic book event. In it, the multiverse was recreated as Battleworld, which had different slices of alternate worlds in a patchwork-like world. One of these was the 2099 timeline, which allowed for Marvel to revisit the characters of that universe and features Miguel O’Hara.
Secret Wars 2099
Written by Peter David. Art by Will Silney.
Collects: Secret Wars 2099 #1-5
Spider-Man 2099 Volume 3: Smack To The Future
Written by Peter David. Art by Will Silney.
Collects: Amazing Spider-Man (2015 series) #1 (Spider-Man 2099 story only) and Spider-Man 2099 (2015 series) #1-5
Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #1 is another oversized issue that has a Spider-Man 2099 story in it. This one is called “The Last Time” and helps set up the 2015 Spider-Man 2099 series. (Marvel was relaunching a lot of series at this time.) However, Marvel continued the trade paperback numbering from the 2014 series.
Spider-Man 2099 Volume 4: Gods And Women
Written by Peter David. Art by Will Silney.
Collects: Spider-Man 2099 (2015 series) #6-10
Spider-Man 2099 Volume 5: Civil War II
Written by Peter David. Art by Will Silney.
Collects: Spider-Man 2099 (2015 series) #11-16
The issues in Spider-Man 2099 Volume 5 tie-in to the Civil War II comic book event. Check out our Civil War II reading order to see how these tie-in to it.
Spider-Man 2099 Volume 6: Apocalypse Soon
Written by Peter David. Art by Will Silney.
Collects: Spider-Man 2099 (2015 series) #17-21
Spider-Man 2099 Volume 7: Back to the Future, Shock!
Written by Peter David. Art by Will Silney and Rick Leonardi.
Collects: Spider-Man 2099 (2015 series) #22-25 and Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man
ALTERNATIVE COLLECTION: The 2014 series, 2015 series, and material surrounding it has been collected in omnibus format. See the details below.
Spider-Man 2099 Omnibus Volume 2
Collects: Spider-Man 2099 (2014 series) #1-12; Spider-Man 2099 (2015 series) #1-25; Captain Marvel (1999 series) #27-30; Superior Spider-Man (2013 series) #17-19; Secret Wars 2099 #1-5; material from 2099 Unlimited #1-3, 8-10; Amazing Spider-Man (2014 series) #1; and Amazing Spider-Man (2015 series) #1.
Spider-Man 2099 Omnibus Volume 2 goes on sale in May 2024.
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Spider-Man 2099 Volume 7: Back to the Future, Shock! includes Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man from the original Spider-Man 2099 run. It has been added to the collection to pad it out.
Amazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer Volume 7: 2099
Written by Nick Spencer. Art by Patrick Gleason.
Collects: Amazing Spider-Man (2018 series) #32-36
2099 (2019 comic book event)
Written and art by various.
An small comic book event called 2099 spun out of Nick Spencer’s Amazing Spider-Man. This saw a modern interpretation of the 2099 characters – including Miguel O’Hara. Find out more about it in the 2099 (2019 event) reading order.
Back in 2099
With Miguel O’Hara back in his own timeline, Marvel has published the occasional limited series. See the details below.
Spider-Man 2099: Exodus
Written by Steve Orlando. Art by Paul Fry, Dave Wachter, Marco Castiello, Ze Carlos, Alessandro Miracolo, and Kim Jacinto.
Collects: Spider-Man 2099: Exodus Alpha, Spider-Man 2099: Exodus #1-5 and Spider-Man 2099: Exodus Omega
Spider-Man 2099: Dark Genesis
Written by Steve Orlando. Art by Justin Mason.
Collects: Spider-Man 2099: Dark Genesis #1-5
Miguel O’Hara – Spider-Man 2099 #1-5
Written by Steve Orlando. Art by Devmalya Pramanik, Michael Dowling, Jason Muhr, Chris Campana, Stefano Raffaele.
Miguel O’Hara – Spider-Man 2099 is a weekly series that will run throughout January 2024. It’s the most recent Spider-Man 2099 comic book story. I will update this reading order if and when Marvel announces additional series.
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