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Marvel Comics’ future-time of 2099 might’ve recently made a comeback, but it’s also about to face its biggest challenge.
The End has come
Longtime Marvel Comics fans have already been through one ending to the 2099 era, though that one wasn’t all that decisive. To that point, the imprint kinda/sorta made a comeback in recent years, with a number of tales told via Spider-Man 2099. Fans even got some new heroes and villains for the futuristic age, in what looked like a path that could lead to a major return. But if that’s going to happen, and it’s a big ‘if’, 2099 will first have to get past The End.
A new event set to debut this December, The End will hail from writer Steve Orlando and artist Ibraim Roberson. Fans can look of it to set the heroes of 2099 against a multiverse of foes, in action set on something that sure does sound like Battleworld. So does that mean the Beyonder is behind the conflict? Well, no, not exactly. This secret war is being instigated by the devilrous Mephisto and Abyssus.
You might be wondering who the heck that is, and uh, it’s a Knull-infected Galactus. Yeah, that’s a gonna be a problem. It’s also not all the insanity that’s planned for The End, as the tale will introduce the far-future of Marvel 3099, and a golden hero known as Spider-Man.
THE MARVEL WORLD OF TOMORROW FACES ITS LAST DAYS IN AN ERA-DEFINING TALE!
From the ashes of the Age of Heroes, a new generation of vigilantes, like Spider-Man 2099, Nova 2099 and Red Hulk 2099, emerged in the dystopia that followed to forge a bright new future—a future that has come to an end in the face of ABYSSUS, a horrifying fusion of a KNULL-INFECTED GALACTUS!
As the Devourer in Black descends upon the world, a deal is struck with the devil—literally—as Mephisto bets the fate of 2099 in a brutal battle of survival, pitting the warriors of 2099 against fan-favorite characters from across the multiverse–like Age of Apocalypse’s Wolverine, Cyclops and Marvel Girl from Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s era of Uncanny X-Men, House of M’s Wanda Maximoff and so many more—each battling for their own universe’s survival! It’s hero against hero in this no-holds barred war against extinction! As Marvel’s heroes past and present duke it out, only one thing is certain: the future is coming, and it’s arriving in the form of… SPIDER-MAN 3099??!!
“Every time the door to 2099 opens, it’s not just an honor–it’s an adventure!” Orlando said. “This is the one for it all, folks. With all existing 2099 timelines united into the one, true, Universe-2099, the stakes are higher than ever when Abyssus, the Devourer in Black, comes to dinner! But not all is as it seems! Mephisto, 2099’s dark dealmaker, pivots from annihilation to a war of champions–with 2099’s greatest battling Abyssus’ finest, plucked from the multiverse!”
On choosing the cast, Orlando explained, “Putting together a team not just from 2099, but from all of Marvel’s banquet of realities, was the best kind of challenge–each warrior from the multiverse reflects a warrior from 2099 they’re meant to take down. And each warrior is a moment to celebrate some of Marvel’s most iconic realities and timelines. And best of all? In the spirit of Marvel’s greatest events, we’re debuting a whole new Spider-Man. It’s easy to say this is a spider like no other, but Spider-Man 3099 really will introduce folks to a whole new generation of heroism. Like the spider itself is a keystone species, Spider-Man 3099 is a keystone hero–the first hero in history, as far as he knows! He’s never even met another Spider-Man…but meeting Miguel O’Hara will change his life forever!”
Check out David Marquez’s main cover along with variant covers by Derrick Chew and Paulo Siqueira spotlighting SPIDER-MAN 3099 and preorder THE END 2099 #1 at your local comic shop today!
Marvel Comics press release
Look for The End #1 (of 5) to hit stands on December 3rd,
