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Symbiote Spider-Man
Symbiote Spider-Man 2099
Set your time circuits ahead to the techno-dystopian future of 2099! Miguel O’Hara, A.K.A. Spider-Man 2099, is facing a hostile takeover — of his own body! Kron Stone, the Venom of 2099, wages an all-out assault on Alchemax, and the only hope of stopping him lies with the power awakened by a top-secret project gone terribly wrong. What must Miguel sacrifice to seal the bond with his new symbiote? His body? His mind? His very soul?!
COLLECTING: Symbiote Spider-Man 2099 (2023) 1-5
COLLECTING: Symbiote Spider-Man 2099 (2023) 1-5
128 pages, Paperback
Published January 7, 2025
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About the author
Peter David
3,607 books1,369 followersaka David Peters
Peter Allen David, often abbreviated PAD, was an American writer of comic books, novels, television, films, and video games. His notable comic book work includes an award-winning 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk, as well as runs on Aquaman, Young Justice, SpyBoy, Supergirl, Fallen Angel, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099, Captain Marvel, and X-Factor.
His Star Trek work included comic books and novels such as the New Frontier book series. His other novels included film adaptations, media tie-ins, and original works, such as the Apropos of Nothing and Knight Life series. His television work includes series such as Babylon 5, Young Justice, Ben 10: Alien Force and Nickelodeon's Space Cases, which he co-created with Bill Mumy.
David often jokingly described his occupation as "Writer of Stuff", and he was noted for his prolific writing, characterized by its mingling of real-world issues with humor and references to popular culture, as well as elements of metafiction and self-reference.
David earned multiple awards for his work, including a 1992 Eisner Award, a 1993 Wizard Fan Award, a 1996 Haxtur Award, a 2007 Julie Award and a 2011 GLAAD Media Award.
Peter Allen David, often abbreviated PAD, was an American writer of comic books, novels, television, films, and video games. His notable comic book work includes an award-winning 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk, as well as runs on Aquaman, Young Justice, SpyBoy, Supergirl, Fallen Angel, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099, Captain Marvel, and X-Factor.
His Star Trek work included comic books and novels such as the New Frontier book series. His other novels included film adaptations, media tie-ins, and original works, such as the Apropos of Nothing and Knight Life series. His television work includes series such as Babylon 5, Young Justice, Ben 10: Alien Force and Nickelodeon's Space Cases, which he co-created with Bill Mumy.
David often jokingly described his occupation as "Writer of Stuff", and he was noted for his prolific writing, characterized by its mingling of real-world issues with humor and references to popular culture, as well as elements of metafiction and self-reference.
David earned multiple awards for his work, including a 1992 Eisner Award, a 1993 Wizard Fan Award, a 1996 Haxtur Award, a 2007 Julie Award and a 2011 GLAAD Media Award.
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October 14, 2024
This was fun. I like Spidey 2099, the art was pretty good and PAD is always top notch. I’d’ve rated this higher if I wasn’t suffering from a bad case of symbiote burnout. Is the ‘Summer of Symbiotes’ going to be over soon, please?
December 30, 2024
3.75
Not nearly as good or interesting or...smart as David's other symbiote Spider-Man books. Got repetitive really fast.
Not nearly as good or interesting or...smart as David's other symbiote Spider-Man books. Got repetitive really fast.
December 26, 2025
I liked this take, first time reading a Spiderman 2099 comic I hope they make a follow up
February 23, 2025
(Full Spoilers) Public Service Announcement! This is a canonical continuation of the original Spider-man 2099 comic from the 90’s. If you bought the Spider-Man 2099 Omnibus volume 1, this should be read immediately afterward.
This is not a good jumping-on point, as it relies heavily on the assumption that the reader is familiar with the original 90’s Spidey 2099 run. In fact, this series spoils nearly every major plot point of the original series, so if you don’t want to be spoiled on those (30 year old) storylines, it’s best to start there.
THE GOOD
Edified Ending: The terrible ending of the original series (Peter David left the book in protest of Marvel Editorial shenanigan’s) is reversed here, and we finally get a real continuation and closure to the plot lines left dangling due to Peter David’s departure.
2099 Tour: It’s clear the P.D. wanted to take all the best toys from the original 2099 toy box and play with them while he could. We get cameos from all the best 2099 characters (Punisher, President Doom, Strange) and fan favorite Spidey 2099 villains (Vulture, Tyler Stone, Kron Stone aka Venom) along with all the family drama you could ask for.
Band of Brothers: The story has token appearances by Miguel’s mother and estranged-bio-dad, but the story really centers on Miguel’s two brothers: his down-on-his-luck brother Gabe, who can never catch a break, and his empty-headed but savage older brother Kron Stone.
Pacing: The original series featured a slow-build to the various revelations of who Miguel’s biological father is, as well as his childhood-nemesis-and-surprise-biological-brother Kron. With this series we get to see where P.D. was planning to take those stories, but due to the much abbreviated limitation of only 5 issues everything is sort of plays out in fast-forward.
Major moments that deserved more time were squeezed into single pages, which was disappointing but ultimately understandable. I mean, Miguel announces that he is Spider-Man to his entire family, and it only takes up a single panel. If P.D. had been given more time to let these scenes breathe, it would have been a lot more impactful.
But hey, at least we get to finally see these stories play out! I’ve been waiting since the 90’s for this…
THE NOT-SO-GOOD?
Where My Ladies At: I know there was only 5 issues, and there’s only so much story he could tell, but I wish we could have checked in with Dana, Xina, and Kasey. I mean, at this point I’m not even sure where their stories were left, so I can see why it may have taken up too much time to try and catch us up with those characters, but with the focus being entirely on Miguel, Gabe, and Kron, it felt a bit like a sausage fest.
THE (sometimes) UGLY
Venom: Even as a kid I wasn’t a fan of the Venom 2099 character design. The weird floating bone-tentacle thingees on his chest looked dumb to me. I now know it is highly dependent on the artist, and some artists can pull off the Venom 2099 look very well. For instance, all of the covers of this run make him look bad ass. He looks good in a lot of the interiors as well, but there are still occasional panels where he just… doesn’t look good.
The awkward design is executed much better with the new symbiote that bonds with Miguel, and that is likely because it sticks closely to the original Spidey 2099 design, which remains one of the best looking superheroes in all of Marvel IMO.
That said, I still miss Rick Leonardi’s 90’s art style. His original Spidey 2099 art will always feel like home to me, and I wish they could have enticed him to come back for old times sake.
THE VERDICT
Considering everything he managed to do in a mere 5 issues, this is some top-tier writing from Peter David. Yes, it was rushed, but pulling off a full story in five issues while also giving long-time fans a “greatest hits” style series of cameos, all while tying up his decades old-dangling plot threads and leaving us wanting more? Quite the balancing act to pull off.
Peter David is still The Man!
p.s. Marvel… please please please please let us have more!
This is not a good jumping-on point, as it relies heavily on the assumption that the reader is familiar with the original 90’s Spidey 2099 run. In fact, this series spoils nearly every major plot point of the original series, so if you don’t want to be spoiled on those (30 year old) storylines, it’s best to start there.
THE GOOD
Edified Ending: The terrible ending of the original series (Peter David left the book in protest of Marvel Editorial shenanigan’s) is reversed here, and we finally get a real continuation and closure to the plot lines left dangling due to Peter David’s departure.
2099 Tour: It’s clear the P.D. wanted to take all the best toys from the original 2099 toy box and play with them while he could. We get cameos from all the best 2099 characters (Punisher, President Doom, Strange) and fan favorite Spidey 2099 villains (Vulture, Tyler Stone, Kron Stone aka Venom) along with all the family drama you could ask for.
Band of Brothers: The story has token appearances by Miguel’s mother and estranged-bio-dad, but the story really centers on Miguel’s two brothers: his down-on-his-luck brother Gabe, who can never catch a break, and his empty-headed but savage older brother Kron Stone.
Pacing: The original series featured a slow-build to the various revelations of who Miguel’s biological father is, as well as his childhood-nemesis-and-surprise-biological-brother Kron. With this series we get to see where P.D. was planning to take those stories, but due to the much abbreviated limitation of only 5 issues everything is sort of plays out in fast-forward.
Major moments that deserved more time were squeezed into single pages, which was disappointing but ultimately understandable. I mean, Miguel announces that he is Spider-Man to his entire family, and it only takes up a single panel. If P.D. had been given more time to let these scenes breathe, it would have been a lot more impactful.
But hey, at least we get to finally see these stories play out! I’ve been waiting since the 90’s for this…
THE NOT-SO-GOOD?
Where My Ladies At: I know there was only 5 issues, and there’s only so much story he could tell, but I wish we could have checked in with Dana, Xina, and Kasey. I mean, at this point I’m not even sure where their stories were left, so I can see why it may have taken up too much time to try and catch us up with those characters, but with the focus being entirely on Miguel, Gabe, and Kron, it felt a bit like a sausage fest.
THE (sometimes) UGLY
Venom: Even as a kid I wasn’t a fan of the Venom 2099 character design. The weird floating bone-tentacle thingees on his chest looked dumb to me. I now know it is highly dependent on the artist, and some artists can pull off the Venom 2099 look very well. For instance, all of the covers of this run make him look bad ass. He looks good in a lot of the interiors as well, but there are still occasional panels where he just… doesn’t look good.
The awkward design is executed much better with the new symbiote that bonds with Miguel, and that is likely because it sticks closely to the original Spidey 2099 design, which remains one of the best looking superheroes in all of Marvel IMO.
That said, I still miss Rick Leonardi’s 90’s art style. His original Spidey 2099 art will always feel like home to me, and I wish they could have enticed him to come back for old times sake.
THE VERDICT
Considering everything he managed to do in a mere 5 issues, this is some top-tier writing from Peter David. Yes, it was rushed, but pulling off a full story in five issues while also giving long-time fans a “greatest hits” style series of cameos, all while tying up his decades old-dangling plot threads and leaving us wanting more? Quite the balancing act to pull off.
Peter David is still The Man!
p.s. Marvel… please please please please let us have more!
February 8, 2026
Kiedy za stery Spider-Mana 2099 wraca jego ojciec chrzestny, Peter David, oczekiwania automatycznie szybują pod samo sklepienie megamiasta Nueva York. Jednak w przypadku Symbiote Spider-Man 2099 sprawa jest skomplikowana. Na dobry początek, musiałem zadać najważniejsze pytanie: czy doprawienie cyberpunkowej dystopii czarnym mazistym kosmitą to ruch zgoła genialny, czy może desperacka próba podbicia sprzedaży sprawdzonym motywem?
Fabuła przenosi nas do podniebnych lokacji megamiasta, co jest miłą odmianą od opatrzonych miejsc cyberpunkowych przedmieść Miguel O’Hara, którego sarkazm i determinacja są tu (dzięki Davidowi), napisane z chirurgiczną precyzją, staje przed wyzwaniem, które uderza w same fundamenty Alchemaxu. Symbiot w tym wydaniu nie jest tylko „czarnym kostiumem” – to pasożytnicza technologia i organiczny horror w jednym, co świetnie koresponduje z technokratycznym koszmarem roku 2099.
Co tu błyszczy?
Dialogi: David nie zapomniał, jak pisać Miguela. Jest szorstko, inteligentnie i z odpowiednią dozą “desperacji”.
Warstwa wizualna: Rogê Antônio wykonuje tytaniczną pracę. Jego wizja symbiotycznego pająka jest drapieżna i „brudna” w sposób, który idealnie kontrastuje z neonową sterylnością przyszłości. Symbiot na O’Harze nie jest czarny, a przejmuje granatowo-ktwisty odcień z futurystycznym zacięćiem jeżeli chodzi o symbol pająka wyrastający z pleców.
Dynamika: Komiks czyta się błyskawicznie, a ogrom cameo’s jest rewelacyjny (Punisher, President Doom, Strange, Vulture, Tyler Stone, Kron Stone - Venom).
Gdzie pojawiają się zgrzyty? Moja wewnętrzna, krytyczna natura podpowiada, że to historia, którą poniekąd już znamy. Motyw „walki z wewnętrznym mrokiem” jest w świecie komiksów eksploatowany do granic wytrzymałości. Choć David robi to lepiej niż większość współczesnych scenarzystów, momentami czuć, że to bezpieczny powrót do znanego konfliktu. Niestety nie ma tu żadnej rewolucji, nie ma diametralnych zmian. Czy to rzetelne, świetnie narysowany tom dla fanów 2099? Bez dwóch zdań.
Nie będzie to istotny komiks w całej antologii Symbiotów, a raczej naturalnym rozwinięciem mroczniejszej linii „pajęczaków”. To komiks solidny, choć niepozbawiony pewnej wtórności, która, o dziwo – w tym futurystycznym sosie smakuje całkiem nieźle.
Ocena: 3,3/5 (goodreads 3/5 | lubimyczytać 7/10 | nakanapie 7/10 | thestorygraph 3,25/5)
Fabuła przenosi nas do podniebnych lokacji megamiasta, co jest miłą odmianą od opatrzonych miejsc cyberpunkowych przedmieść Miguel O’Hara, którego sarkazm i determinacja są tu (dzięki Davidowi), napisane z chirurgiczną precyzją, staje przed wyzwaniem, które uderza w same fundamenty Alchemaxu. Symbiot w tym wydaniu nie jest tylko „czarnym kostiumem” – to pasożytnicza technologia i organiczny horror w jednym, co świetnie koresponduje z technokratycznym koszmarem roku 2099.
Co tu błyszczy?
Dialogi: David nie zapomniał, jak pisać Miguela. Jest szorstko, inteligentnie i z odpowiednią dozą “desperacji”.
Warstwa wizualna: Rogê Antônio wykonuje tytaniczną pracę. Jego wizja symbiotycznego pająka jest drapieżna i „brudna” w sposób, który idealnie kontrastuje z neonową sterylnością przyszłości. Symbiot na O’Harze nie jest czarny, a przejmuje granatowo-ktwisty odcień z futurystycznym zacięćiem jeżeli chodzi o symbol pająka wyrastający z pleców.
Dynamika: Komiks czyta się błyskawicznie, a ogrom cameo’s jest rewelacyjny (Punisher, President Doom, Strange, Vulture, Tyler Stone, Kron Stone - Venom).
Gdzie pojawiają się zgrzyty? Moja wewnętrzna, krytyczna natura podpowiada, że to historia, którą poniekąd już znamy. Motyw „walki z wewnętrznym mrokiem” jest w świecie komiksów eksploatowany do granic wytrzymałości. Choć David robi to lepiej niż większość współczesnych scenarzystów, momentami czuć, że to bezpieczny powrót do znanego konfliktu. Niestety nie ma tu żadnej rewolucji, nie ma diametralnych zmian. Czy to rzetelne, świetnie narysowany tom dla fanów 2099? Bez dwóch zdań.
Nie będzie to istotny komiks w całej antologii Symbiotów, a raczej naturalnym rozwinięciem mroczniejszej linii „pajęczaków”. To komiks solidny, choć niepozbawiony pewnej wtórności, która, o dziwo – w tym futurystycznym sosie smakuje całkiem nieźle.
Ocena: 3,3/5 (goodreads 3/5 | lubimyczytać 7/10 | nakanapie 7/10 | thestorygraph 3,25/5)
September 9, 2024
The 90's were a crazy time for Marvel. At one point, the company almost fell completely apart. Things were so bad that writers and artists were leaving Marvel before their books were cancelled.
Peter David was one of those departing. He left Spider-Man 2099 just as things were gearing up, plotwise. Guess it took them awhile to see what 'might have been' if he'd been allowed to finish up that arc. This is, essentially, how 'Spider-Man 2099 would have ended if he'd had a chance to close out his original run. Not a bad way to go.
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Bonus: cameos by Punisher 2099, Doom 2099, Vulture 2099, Strange 2099, Goblin 2099 (WHY does every character need the year tacked on to their name??)
Bonus Bonus: Strange 2099 has messed up SO many timelines. Do we blame Peter David, or Marvel?
Peter David was one of those departing. He left Spider-Man 2099 just as things were gearing up, plotwise. Guess it took them awhile to see what 'might have been' if he'd been allowed to finish up that arc. This is, essentially, how 'Spider-Man 2099 would have ended if he'd had a chance to close out his original run. Not a bad way to go.
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Bonus: cameos by Punisher 2099, Doom 2099, Vulture 2099, Strange 2099, Goblin 2099 (WHY does every character need the year tacked on to their name??)
Bonus Bonus: Strange 2099 has messed up SO many timelines. Do we blame Peter David, or Marvel?
December 28, 2024
Less than the sum of its parts, unfortunately. Peter David combines his Symbiote Spider-Man mini-series with his Spider-Man 2099 universe, but it mostly becomes incomprehensible in terms of where it fits in continuity, and why we should actually be rooting for the good guys. There's promise if this is revisited again, with a few dangling plot threads, but taken on its own, this was kind of disappointing from both sides of the fence.
February 16, 2026
I always loved Peter David. Thankfully this picks right up from his established Spider-man 2099 work and ignores the Steve Orlando garbage. It is a fairly quick story exploring notes of family and morality. I liked it, but it did seem light and therefore was docked a few stars. I would have loved to see where David would have taken his reveal at the end next.
Miss you.
Miss you.
December 9, 2024
Read as single issues.
Wasn't all that bad and I'd like to see more being done with Miguel O'Hara, but under the circumstances the changes in his status quo most likely don't really matter.
Good artwork.
Wasn't all that bad and I'd like to see more being done with Miguel O'Hara, but under the circumstances the changes in his status quo most likely don't really matter.
Good artwork.
February 16, 2025
The artwork is insane!!! I love it so much. :3
February 22, 2025
A good graphic novel.
January 1, 2026
El ritmo es algo rápido, pero es entendible en un cómic que tiene cinco volúmenes y que trata de abarcar mucho. Aún así, sigue siendo bastante gracioso (algo ya obvio en un cómic de spiderman, cual sea el que estás leyendo)
July 10, 2024
words cant express how happy i am to see the original spider-man 2099 run get a proper conclusion by peter david
we are so fucking back
we are so fucking back
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