Future Foundation

Marvel's The End: 2099 leads to a new start for Spider-Man 2099

- STEPHEN JEWELL

WHILE THE 22ND CENTURY WAS over 100 years in the distance when Spider-Man 2099 debuted in 1992, it's now less than 75 years away, which is partly why Marvel is bringing their near-future line to a close with this five-parter - leading to the introduction of Spider-Man 3099.

“Logically, it hasn’t literally been the year 2099 for folks like Miguel O'Hara for a long time, unless he’s been speed-running all his adventures to the extreme,” laughs writer Steve Orlando. “As for The End: 2099, as we've seen, conceptually, in fiction, ends are times of change and even the apocalypse is often contextualised as a paradigm shift.”

With the Age of Heroes having concluded with 2024’s