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jooheons · 1 year

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spider-man 2099 / miguel o’hara reading guide

miguel o’hara was a young genetics genius employed at mega corporation alchemax, in the future city of nueva york of the year 2099 (a future universe where all superheroes got wiped out). he became spider-man when one of his experiments to replicate the powers of spider-man is used against him, his dna is rewritten and became fifty percent spider.

essential reading:

spider-man 2099 (1992), #1-10

spider-man 2099, #11-14

spider-man 2099 annual, #1

2099 unlimited #1-3 *

spider-man 2099, #15

ravage 2099, #15 *

x-men 2099, #5 *

doom 2099 (1993), #14 *

punisher 2099 (1993), #13 *

spider-man 2099, #16-22

spider-man 2099, #23-33

2099 unlimited #8 *

ghost rider 2099 #7 *

spider-man 2099, #34-38

spider-man 2099 special #1

spider-man 2099 meets spider-man #1

2099 unlimited #9-10 *

spider-man 2099, #39-46 *

2099: world of tomorrow (1996), #1-8 *

2099: manifest destiny *

* in early 1996, editor joey cavalieri was fired. it led to the cancellation of the 2099 titles. for spider-man 2099′s case, peter david (creator and writer) 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.

* cross-overs are optional reading, they’re grouped together with the original spider-man 2099 issues because it’s part of their collection.

non-essential reading (crossovers):

fantastic four 2099 (1996), #4, #6, #8

captain marvel (2000) #27-30

exiles (2001-2008), #72 *

exiles #75-99

exiles annual #1

timestorm 2009-2099 (2009), #1–4 *

* exiles!miguel is a variant (not the same from his 1992 run), he’s from earth-6375 here.

* timestorm!miguel is a variant, he’s from earth-96099 here.

semi-essential reading (main marvel universe):

superior spider-man (2013), #17-21

superior spider-man #22-26

superior spider-man annual #1

superior spider-man #27-31

superior spider-man annual #2

essential reading (spider-verse event):

spider-man 2099 (2014) #1-5

amazing spider-man (2014) #1

amazing spider-man (2014) #9-15

spider-man 2099 (2014), #6-12

spider-man 2099 (2015), #1-5

spider-man 2099 (2015), #6-10

spider-man 2099 (2015), #11-16

spider-man 2099 (2015), #17-21

spider-man 2099 (2015), #22-25

spider-man 2099 meets spider-man (1995)

amazing spider-man (2018), #32-36

semi-essential reading (back to 2099):

spider-man 2099 (2019)

spider-man 2099: exodus alpha (2022)

spider-man 2099: exodus #1-5

spider-man 2099: exodus omega

spider-man 2099: dark genesis #1-5

other media:

spider-man: shattered dimensions (2010, video game)

spider-man: edge of time (2011, video game)

ultimate spider-man, the spider-verse: part 1 (2015, animated series)

spider-man: into the spider-verse (2018, film)

spider-man: across the spider-verse (2023, film)

this reading guide will be updated should any upcoming projects arise!

#spidermanedit #comicedit #marveledit #miguel o'hara #spider man 2099 #spider man: across the spider verse #atsvedit #*#heavily inspired by coolgirl's jason guide :)#very big thank you to zee (@tresrachas on twt) for the graphics help!

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roses-r-rosie3 · 1 year

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Welcome!

PLEASE READ RULES!

Requests status: Closed

Rules

1. I write for male/gender neutral readers only!!!!!

2. Please Do Not Spam Request

3. Please Do Not Request For Something When My Requests Are Closed

4. if Your Request Has Not Been Made Yet, Please Do Not Spam Me When It Will Be Done

5. When Requesting, Please give a plot

6. Enjoy Yourself And Relax

How to request

You can either message me your request or submit your request in my request box

Who I write for:

• Dc Universe 🔵

- Barry Allen (The Flash)

- Bart Allen (Impulse)

- Batfamily

- Bruce Wayne (Batman)

- Clark Kent (Superman)

- Conner Kent (Superboy)

- Damian Wayne (Robin)

- Dick Grayson (Nightwing)

- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)

- Jaime Reyes (Blue Beetle)

- Jason Todd (Red Hood)

- John Constantine

- Oliver Queen (Green Arrow)

- Roy Harper (Speedy/Arsenal/Red Arrow)

- Tim Drake (Red Robin)

- Wally West (Kid-Flash)

• Descendants 🍎

- Ben Florian

- Chad Charming

- Jay

• Fear Street 🧙‍♀️

- Kurt

- Nick Goode

- Tommy Slater

• Marvel Universe 🔴

- Adam Warlock

- Billy Maximoff (Wiccan)

- Bucky Barnes (Winter Solider)

- Chase Stein

- Clint Barton (Hawkeye)

- Druig

- Hobie Brown (Spider-Punk)

- Ikaris

- Johnny Storm (Human Torch)

- Kingo

- Matt Murdock (Daredevil)

- Miguel O’Hara (Spider-Man 2099)

- Peter Parker (Andrew’s Spider-Man)

- Peter Parker (Tom’s Spider-Man)

- Pietro Maximoff (QuickSilver)

- Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic)

- Stephan Strange (Dr. Strange)

- Steve Rogers (Captain America)

- T’Challa (Black Panther)

- Thor Oddinson

- Tony Stark (Ironman)

• Mortal Kombat 🐉

- Bi-Han (Noob Saibot/Sub-Zero)

- Erron Black

- Fujin

- Geras

- Hanzo Hasashi (Scorpion)

- Havik

- Jax Briggs

- Johnny Cage

- Kabal

- Kano

- Kenshi Takahashi

- Kuai Liang (Sub-Zero/Scorpion)

- Kung Jin

- Kung Lao

- Liu Kang

- Radien

- Reiko

- Syzoth (Reptile)

- Takeda

- Tomas Vrbada (Smoke)

• Percy Jackson 🔱

- Grover Underwood

- Leo Valdez

- Luke Castellen

- Percy Jackson

• Scream 🔪😱

- Billy Loomis

- Chad Meeks Martian

- Danny Brackett

- Wes Hicks

- Mickey Alteri

• Wolf Pack 🐺

- Everett Ross

- Harlan Briggs

What I feel comfortable writing for:

• Bondage

• Overstim/Edging

Stuff I feel if-y to write for:

• Age Gap

• Cheating

• Daddy Kinks

• Poly relationships

• Spit Kinks

• Threesome

What I will not write for:

• Any female characters

• Any Irl celebrities

• Piss/shit kinks etc

• Rape/Non-consensual

• Sex slave type of stuff

• MTF/FTM

Common Questions

Are F!Readers allowed to read my stories?

- Absolutely! Just don’t fetishize it!

Can ppl reblog my stories

- Yes!

Can I request more than once?

- of course!

Why Don’t you write for FTM/MTF?

- I personally do not know how that feels like so I don't think I can really do your request justice and I don’t really feel comfortable writing for that

(If you have any more questions you want to ask me, feel free to message me!)

Get to know me!

• I am Asian

• I am a kpop Stan, and most of my stories are named after a kpop song or a line in a kpop song (don’t judge me)

• I usually take a really long time to make fics so don’t be concerned if I haven’t made you’re request

• Artists I listen to: Aespa, AleXa, Ariana Grande, Baby Monster, Beabadoobee, Bibi, Blackpink, Conan Gray, Dream Catcher, (G) I-dle, GOT The Beat, Itzy, Ive, Jini, K/DA, Kiss Of Life, Lana Del Rey, Laufey, Lee Chaeyeon, Le Sserafim, Little Mix, Lyn Lapid, Madison Beer, Mad Tsai, Mamamoo, Mave, Melanie Martinez, New Jeans, Nmixx, Olivia Rodrigo, Poppy, Red Velvet, Sarah Cothran, Soojin, Stayc, Taeyon, Taylor Swift, Twice, and XG

• I change my pfp every 5 seconds💀

• I watched scream, Fear street, wolf pack, lab rats, literally any marvel movies/shows, some dc movies/shows, and a lot more!

#rosesrrosie3 #welcome to my blog #welcome page #masterlist

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fyeahfantasticfour · 9 months

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"This isn't what was supposed to happen! Science. . .Science was going to solve our problems not add to them. Not make things worse! What went wrong?"

Fantastic Four 2099 vol 1 1: "Fantastic 4-Ever!"

#fantastic four #reed richards #ben grimm #mr fantastic #thing #marvel 2099 #comics #mod: cosmicrayed

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donnatroyprincessofthemyscira · 9 months

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MARVEL COMICS NEW RELEASES FOR 09/06/2023

Amazing Spider-Man #31 (2nd Printing Cover A Humberto Ramos), $9.99

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Captain Marvel By Kelly Thompson Volume 1 TP, $34.99

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Daredevil Guardian Devil Gallery Edition HC, $50.00

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#Marvel Comics #The Scarlet Witch #Wanda Maximoff #Loki #Iron Man #X-Men #Emma Frost #Jackpot #Mary Jane Watson #SpiderWoman #Gwen Stacy #Spider Ghost #Silver Surfer #Galactus #Hulk #Incredible Hulk #Ms Marvel #Kamala Khan

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doomreed · 8 months

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Recommended (mostly comic book) reading guide for Doom/Reed v2, text version & some details behind cut:

=DoomReed ship reading guide v2.0=

1960’s-80’s (Lee & Kirby thru deFalco):

Fantastic Four #5 (Doom’s first appearance ever in comics! and his reunion w/ Reed)

Fantastic Four #10 (kidnap & bodyswap)

Fantastic Four Annual #2 (Doom’s full origin story, including the Incident In College)

Fantastic Four #196-200 (intense arc, ends w/ their first very… physical fight)

Fantastic Four #236

Fantastic Four #260 & #288

Fantastic Four #381 & Fantastic Four Unlimited #12 (+ Fantastic Four Unplugged #2) (the DeFalco suicide pact arc, which is very wild and very intense)

Fantastic Four #352 (time duel story! an absolute classic)

1990’s (Heroes Reborn/Return era):

Fantastic Four v2 (1997) #5-6

Captain America v2 (1997) #12

Chris Claremont:

Fantastic Four v3 (1998) #25, #29-31 (Reed stuck in Doom’s armor, becoming more like Victor - but also emphasizes how much alike they already were)

2000’s (Mark Waid):

Fantastic Four #499 (numbered as #70) & #500 (start of the “Unthinkable” arc, which shows Victor in a bad light but is worth it for the dynamic and for how Reed is written)

Fantastic Four #503 (Reed takes over Latveria)

Fantastic Four #507 (Reed builds a pocket dimension to imprison just himself and Victor, it’s very intense honestly)

Dwayne McDuffie:

Fantastic Four #551-553

Fantastic Four Special, “My Dinner with Doom” (honestly one of the best and most overtly romantic stories for these two, Reed literally goes on a dinner date with Victor)

Mark Millar:

Fantastic Four #558, 562

Hickman/Secret Wars Era:

Fantastic Four #581 (arc ends in #582)

FF v1 (2010) #1-14 (omit 6, 7, 10, 11): concluding in Fantastic Four #611

New Avengers v3 (2013) #6, 7,14

Secret Wars (2015) #2-4, 9 + Marvel’s Two-In-One Annual #1 for conclusion

Post-Secret Wars Era:

Infamous Iron Man #6, #8

Marvel Two In One (2017) #5-6 (+ #4 for background), Annual #1, & #11

Fantastic Four (2018-) #25, #32, B Story, “Duel Intentions” & #33

Doctor Doom #9 & #10 (Chris Cantwell)

Origin Re-tellings & Variations:

Books of Doom #2

Before The Fantastic Four: Reed Richards #1-3

Shame Itself (B story) (satire)

F4 #416 ‘Roads Not Taken'

Ultimates (1610) setting:

Ultimate Fantastic Four #2, #7, #9-12, & #31-32

AU Versions:

Fantastic Five (2007) #1-5

Warlock (1972) #6-7

Exiles #95-98

What If? (1977) #22 (‘What if Doctor Doom was a Hero?“)

Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #42

100th Anniversary #1

GeNext: United #2

What If? (1977) #6 (‘What if the Fantastic Four had different Super Powers?’)

Also Recommended:

Fantastic Four vs. the X-Men #1-4 (1987)

X-Men + Fantastic Four (2020) #2 & #3

Fantastic Four: The Movie (2005) (comic adaptation)

DOOM 2099 (2019)

Fantastic Four 2099 (1996) #6-8

Other Media:

Fantastic Four: Doomgate by Jeffrey Lang (novel)

#doomreed #reading guide #comic reading guide #reed richards #victor von doom #doctor doom #mister fantastic

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comicwaren · 5 months

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This week on Marvel Comics (3rd January 2024):

Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 6 #041

Captain America Vol. 11 #005

Doctor Strange Vol. 6 #011

Fall of the House of X #001 (NEW!)

Fantastic Four Vol. 7 #015

Kid Venom: Origins #001 (One-shot)

Marvel Meow #001 (One-shot)

Marvel Zombies: Black, White & Blood #004 (Finale)

Miguel O'Hara - Spider-Man 2099 #001 (NEW!)

Star Wars: Darth Vader #042

Star Wars: The High Republic - Shadows of Starlight #004 (Finale)

Thanos Vol. 4 #002

Vengeance of the Moon Knight Vol. 2 #001 (NEW!)

Venom Vol. 5 #029

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doomrichards · 1 year

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A DoomReed Recommended Reading List posted for Jan. 2023 and not exhaustive!

full text list below the cut!

DOOMREED Recommended Reading List

Doctor Doom/Mister Fantastic, Victor von Doom/Reed Richards by @doomrichards on tumblr, twitter, and archive of our own Updated 01/2023, originally compiled by @foeyeahboi

1960s Stan Lee & Jack Kirby: Fantastic Four #5, #10, Annual #2 1970s Marv Wolfman & Keith Pollard: Fantastic Four #196-200 1980s John Byrne: Fantastic Four #236, #260 & #288 1990s Walt Simonson: Fantastic Four #350 & #352

Tom DeFalco & Paul Ryan, et. al.: Fantastic Four #381 & Fantastic Four Unlimited #12 & Fantastic Four Unplugged #2 Jim Lee, Heroes Reborn/Return Era: Fantastic Four v2 (1997) #5-6 Captain America v2 (1997) #12 Chris Claremont, Larroca & Bogdanove: Fantastic Four vs. the X-Men #1-4 (1987) Fantastic Four v3 (1998) #25, #29-31

Mark Waid, Mike Wieringo, et. al.: Fantastic Four v3 (1998) #70 & Fantastic Four #500, #503, #507 Dwayne McDuffie, Pelletier & Jones: Fantastic Four #551-553 Fantastic Four Special, "My Dinner with Doom" Mark Millar & Bryan Hitch: Fantastic Four #558, #562

Jonathan Hickman Secret Wars Era with Epting, Deodata, Ribic, et. al.: Fantastic Four #581 - #582 FF (2010) #1-14 (omit 6, 7, 10, 11); concluding in Fantastic Four #611 New Avengers v3 (2013) #6, #7, #14 Secret Wars (2015) #2-4, #9 & Marvel 2-In-One (2017) Annual #1 for conclusion

Post-Secret Wars Era: Brian M. Bendis & Alex Maleev: Infamous Iron Man (2016) #6, #8 Chip Zdarsky, Cheung, Schiti, Dodson, et. al.: Marvel 2-In-One (2017) #4-6, Annual #1 & #11 X-Men/Fantastic Four (2020) #2-3 Dan Slott, R.B. Silva & Javier Rodriguez: Fantastic Four (2018) #25, #32 (B Story) "Duel Intentions" & #33 Christopher Cantwell & Salvador Larocca: Doctor Doom (2019) #9-10 Ryan North & Iban Coello: Fantastic Four (2022) #2

Origin Re-tellings & Variations: Books of Doom #2 Before The Fantastic Four: Reed Richards #1-3 Fantastic Four #416 (B Story) "Roads Not Taken!" Shame Itself (B story) (satire) Ultimates (Earth-1610) AU: Ultimate Fantastic Four #2, #7, #9-12, & #31-32

AU Versions / Other: Warlock (1972) #6-7 What If? (1977) #6, "What if the F.F. had different Super-Powers?" What If? (1977) #22, "What if Dr. Doom had become a Hero?" Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #42 100th Anniversary Special: Fantastic Four GeNext United #2 Marc Spector: Moon Knight (1989) #39-40 Spider-Man & The Secret Wars #2, #4 Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil #4 Marvel 1602 #4 Big Town #2 Earth X #2 & Universe X Special: 4 #1 Exiles (2001) #95-98 Fantastic Four: 1 2 3 4 #4 Fantastic Four: The Movie (2005) (comic adaptation) Fantastic Five (2007) #1-5 Fantastic Four 2099 (1996) #6-8 DOOM 2099 (2019) Timeless #1 (2021)

Multimedia: Fantastic Four (1994) (film) Doomgate by Jeffrey Lang (novel) Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes ep. 1, 4, 17, 25 Marvel’s Wastelanders: Doom by Mark Waid et. al. (podcast) & Marvel’s Wastelanders Marvels Chapter 4 (podcast) Avengers Ultimate Alliance (video game) Marvel Superheroes Official Game Adventure: Gates of What If? by Roger Moore (RPG manual)

#doomreed #reed richards #victor von doom #doctor doom #mister fantastic #marvel #marvel comics #comic reading guide #doomrichardsedit #this is an updated doomreed rec list made for me by foeyeahboi on twitter ages ago; I’m grateful for the intro to this forever foemance #feel free to share far and wide; all I ask is to link back for future updates

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bdzonthareel · 1 year

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Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse

Spider-Man is pretty ubiquitous in the cultural zeitgeist, multiple animated series, a couple of really good video games, and myriad of successful films. And the one that really blew people (myself included) away was Into The Spiderverse, which was nothing short of a masterpiece! Animation that blew the audience away, a dope soundtrack and a fantastic story that was easy to follow. So Sony Animation really had a lot to live up to with their follow up Across The Spiderverse.

Spider-Man: Across The Spiderverse takes place a year after the events of Into The Spiderverse. Miles Morales has been living his best Spider-Life, in spite of juggling his other responsibilities. When he is reunited with Spider-Gwen and Peter B. Parker, who introduce him the enigmatic leader of a secret society of Spideys, Miguel O’Hara aka Spider-Man 2099; who tell Miles of a threat that might destroy the entire multiverse.

The first thing entering my head was how much fun that I had watching this film, truly a work of art. But narratively this was a disjointed mess.

I can’t sing the praises of these visuals enough, Directors Joaquin Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justice K. Thompson built off and very strong foundation, showcasing a use of colors, and art styles that I haven’t seen since the original run of Samurai Jack.

Vocal performances were amazing, Shamiek Moore does miss a beat returning to the role Miles Morales, same goes for Hailey Steinfeld, and Jake Johnson as returning Spider-people.

Newcomers Oscar Isaac (2099), and Issa Rae (Spider-Woman) deliver a level of maturity as mentors to the Spider Society.

But Daniel Kaluya as Hobie Brown was everything I dreamed he be in this role, his Punk Rock/Chav energy was on full display and I am so here for it! Jason Schwartzman was beautifully awkward as originally c-tier villain The Spot. And I am almost certain that I heard him make a Wes Anderson reference.

A fast paced score, the matched the film’s kinetic visually. The soundtrack was a certified bop, with a few of my favorites by the likes of Rap legend Rakim.

But pacing is part of this movie’s problem, there moments that hit me with information overload and the amount of characters that will be important in the next film popping in an out made certain bits easy to forget if your neurodivergent like myself.

The writing team of Lord and Miller, as well as David Callaham, clearly had some big shoes to film with story and what they did was very ambitious, but I feel like they forgot that less is more.

So there is term in media known as sequelitis, and it this movie suffers from it, does that make it bad film? Absolutely not! But the problem is that movie does what John Wick 3 did, sequel baiting for 2024’s Beyond The Spiderverse. There was so much set up, that I was worried that this movie was trying to give Avengers Endgame a run for its money and at 2.5 hours it almost did!

I’m so glad I got to see this world again and I will be having second helping. But I would be remised to not point out the film’s very tiny list of flaws.

See you beyond the spiderverse, true believers!

I give Spider-Man: Across The Spiderverse a 4 out of 5.

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cybercitycomix · 2 years

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Top New Marvel Comic Releases for the Week of August 3rd, 2022.

Demon Wars Iron Samurai #1,

Edge of Spider-Verse #1,

Ghost Rider #5,

Immortal X-Men #5,

Iron Man #22,

Mech Strike Monster Hunters #2,

Moon Knight #14,

New Fantastic Four #3,

Spider-Punk #4 +

Spider-Man 2099 Exodus #5.

#marvel comics #comics #comic books #spiderverse #spider-man #moon knight #iron man #demon wars

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cartoonus-maximus · 5 months

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A Look Back on the Media I Consumed in 2023

(complete with graphics and bingo charts!)

♻️ = a re-read or a re-watch

According to Goodreads, I read 35-ish books in 2023. Let's break those down a little more.

📚 Books I Read:

"Bedtime Stories for the Criminally Insane" by Shawn Bailey

"Circe" by Madeline Miller

"FNAF Fazbear Frights: Felix the Shark" by Scott Cawthon et al

"FNAF: the Freddy Files Updated Edition" by Scott Cawthon

"Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the Demigod Files" by Rick Riordan

"Peter Pan" by J.M. Barrie ♻️

"Rhinoceros and Other Plays" by Eugene Ionesco

"the Shadow Queen" by C.J. Redwine

"Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere" by Maria Bamford

"To Sleep In A Sea of Stars" by Christopher Paolini

"the Wish Granter" by C.J. Redwine

📚 (Comic)Books I Read:

"the Amazing Spider-Man: 2099 Companion" by Nick Spencer, et al

"the Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows vol 1" by Dan Slott, et al

"Archie's Holiday Magic Special" by Mike Northrup, et al

"Cryptid Club" by Sarah Andersen

"Fantastic Four, vols 1-6" by Jonathan Hickman, et al ♻️

"FF, vols 1-4" by Jonathan Hickman, et al ♻️

"Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man vol 1" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko

"Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Team-Up vol 1" by Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas, et al

"the New Fantastic Four: Hell in a Handbasket" by Peter David, et al

"Sabrina the Teenage Witch Holiday Special" by Kelly Thompson, et al

"Scooby Apocalypse vol 2" by Keith Giffen, et al

"Spider-Man and Venom: Double Trouble" by Mariko Tamaki

"Wolf Walkers the graphic novel" by Tomm Moore

That gives us this year's reading bingo chart! Two full bingos and almost a third, so that's pretty good.

My favorite book this year was "Circe." I've been away from the classical Greek period for several years now, and Miller's book scratched a particular itch.

📺 Shows I Finished:

Be Cool, Scooby-Doo (best revision of the franchise ever tyvm)

Good Omens (finished season 2… honestly didn't like it as much as the first season)

Grimm (finally finished watching this damn series... I'm glad I did, but I don't think it was worth the time, tbh)

the Horror of Dolores Roach (we support women's rights and women's wrongs)

I'm A Virgo (the irony of watching it on Amazon Prime was not lost on me)

the Legend of Vox Machina (finished Season 1)

📺 Shows I'm Currently Watching:

The Adventures of Batman and Robin (1968, Filmation)

Being Human (American version, partway through Season 1)

the Feed

Frasier ♻️

the Legend of Vox Machina (partway through Season 2 rn)

Psych (partway through Season 2 rn) ♻️

Tokyo Vampire Hotel

🎬 Movies I Watched:

I may not have produced a lot of art or written much fic this year, but boy howdy did I watch movies!

the Addams Family 2 (2021, MGM)

the Aristocats (1970, Disney) ♻️

the Batman (2022, Warner Bros.)

the Birdcage (1996, MGM)

Black Panther (2018, Marvel)

the Black Phone (2021, Blumhouse)

Bros (2022, Universal)

Doctor Strange (2016, Marvel)

Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness (2022, Marvel)

Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022, AGBO)

Hellboy: Sword of Storms (2006, Starz Media)

Invincible: Atom Eve (2023, Amazon)

Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013, EuropaCorp)

Judy (2019, LD Entertainment)

M3gan (2022, Blumhouse)

Mama (2013, Universal)

the Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021, Amazon)

Merry Little Batman (2023, Amazon)

Morbius (2022, Sony)

Nope (2022, Monkeypaw Productions)

Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl (2003, Disney) ♻️

Renfield (2023, Universal)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964, Rankin Bass) ♻️

Scooby-Doo and the Curse of the 13th Ghost (2019, Warner Bros.)

Scrooged (1988, Paramount)

Secret Window (2004, Sony)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023, Sony)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018, Sony) ♻️

Totally Killer (2023, Blumhouse)

Uzumaki (2000, Omega Micott)

Violent Night (2022, 87North Productions)

Wonder Woman (2017, Warner Bros.)

Words on Bathroom Walls (2020, LD Entertainment)

And this year's movie watching bingo chart is... completely covered.

I have achieved ultimate bingo.

I'm not sure what my favorite movie of the bunch was, but "Nope," "Across the Spider-Verse," "the Black Phone," "Totally Killer," "Words on Bathroom Walls," and "the Batman" are all pretty up there.

I tried to watch a movie every Saturday of this year. I didn't hit them all, but I did manage to watch a whopping 33 movies, exposing myself to stories and genres that I normally wouldn't, and I'm very happy to have gotten that far.

I probably won't watch anywhere near that amount of movies in 2024 (I have other plans for the year that are going to be fairly time consuming), but this was a fun experience.

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papus-clown-enclosure · 11 months

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Mr fantastic rn at where im at on issue 1 of 2099 fantastic 4:

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"Where are we?" The future...?"

"Oh, no--It's still 2099!"

"Won't those National Geographic jokers be surprised when I show up for all them back issues of my lifetime subscription!"

Fantastic Four 2099 vol 1 1: "Fantastic 4-Ever!"

#fantastic four #reed richards #susan storm #johnny storm #ben grimm #mr fantastic #invisible woman #human torch #thing #marvel 2099 #comics #mod: cosmicrayed

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cheese0spider · 2 years

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Good night everyone tomorrow is Dark Crisis Issue 4,Moon Knight,Immortal Xmen,Wolverine,New Mutants,She Hulk,Ghost Rider,Punisher,AXE Death To The Mutants,Marauders,Black Panther,New Fantastic Four,Captain America,The New Champion Of Shazam,Xmen And Moon Girl,All Out Avengers,Batman Nightwatch,Black Adam The Justice Society Files Atom Smasher,Spiderman 2099 Exodus Omega,Multiversity Teen Justice,Sword Of Azrael,Batman Dear Detective,and Dark Knights Of Steel Tales From The Three Kingdoms plus Pokemon Scarlet And Violent Trailer :D

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hellzyeahthewebwieldingavenger · 5 years

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2099 Alpha #1 Thoughts

This was a confusing set of teaser trailers.

This is partially a post covering the issue and a rant about the entire premise of the series.

Throughout this comic book (and F4 2099) one prevailing question kept crossing my mind.

“Who is this even for?”

It was a question that became louder when I looked at both the cover and the blurb at the back explaining how this project came to be about.

Matthew Rosenberg, author of the most controversial and derided X-Men run in recent memory (so you know that bodes well), pointed out that 2019 was both the 80th anniversary of Marvel comics (even though most people would argue Marvel truly started in 1961 with F4 #1) and also 80 years away from the real life year 2099.

The idea was dismissed but then Nick Spencer decided he liked it and after one thing led to another this event was born.

This event being a ‘reimagining’ of the 2099 universe but with ‘a similar methodology’ to the original 1992 line (that is to say avoiding the ‘common traps’ of descendants of known characters*), with a mind towards how the future was perceived in 2019 vs. 1992.

Right off the bat there are inherent problems with that entire premise.

First of all the original 2099 line presented a version of the future that if anything is MORE relevant now than it was in 1992.

Futurism in any era is never just one thing, but the futurism of 2019 is generally speaking understandably cynical and nihilistic. It’s a world which foresees a future where there isn’t even an illusion of freedom, where the gap between rich and poor has grown even wider than it already is with little-no feasible way to close it, where corporations run the show (more openly than they already do) and where environmental disaster is ravaging mankind if not having already wiped it out. This is to say nothing of a world where artificial intelligence and mechanisation will probably compromise a lot of people’s employment opportunities, and pose direct physical and mental dangers to human lives.

That is the general ethos of how a lot of people and a lot of fiction reflects the future NOWDAYS. And that’s what the 2099 was doing in 1992! Not only was the line set in the future it was literally ahead of it’s time as the world we live in if anything has grown to reflect it more and more.

Secondly when you are approaching the notion of making a futuristic version of Spider-Man and the Punisher in the year 2099 and applying the same ‘methodology’ as the LAST time someone tried to make a futuristic version of Spider-Man and the Punisher in the year 2099 the results at best are not going to be that different, rendering the exercise pointless. In fact in all likelihood you are going to be worse or at least derivative. Even if you are not the fact that the 2099 line resonated with people enough for it to continually pop up every so often for nearly 30 years means that your new take is unlikely to hold up to people’s nostalgia.

And make no mistake, this is a project that exists for nostalgia. It doesn’t exist just for the sake of exploring a possible future for the Marvel universe, otherwise why revive a popular and famous Marvel brand to do it?

And therein lies my fundamental question.

If this project exists because people are already invested in 2099 then why reboot it and thus mitigate their emotional investment?

Nostalgic 2099 fans don’t simply want to see any iteration of these characters. They want something at least mostly in line with the original 1992 iteration, which is why when Spidey 2099 was scheduled for a spin-off in 2014 the fandom spoke with one voice, they wanted Peter David back. And whilst the iteration of Miguel and 2099 as a whole he presented was not identical to the 1992 version(s) it was at least a helluva lot closer than 2009’s Timestorm (a pathetic attempt to essentially do Ultimate 2099) and wound up being more successful as a result.

This is literally the exact mistake the Nu52 made in that it erased the iterations of the DC characters and DC universe people knew and loved and replaced it with new versions (‘coincidentally’ closer to the versions the DC higher ups knew and loved as kids). It alienated readers to the point where DC Rebirth practically reverse rebooted the Nu52, rendering the characters much closer to their pre-Nu52 counterparts, and in Superman’s case having the pre-Nu52 Superman literally replace his successor.

With the 2099 event though the attempt at rebooting is even more wrongheaded considering that this isn’t even a lasting universe that might in theory develop new readers over time. It’s a string of connected one shots associated with a Spider-Man story arc. If there is any aftermath to this event at all it will be fairly minimal and at most follow Miguel O’Hara.

And that brings up the other end of this event’s problems. This holds little appeal to (the already miniscule number of) potential newer fans.

Consider how this event started. You are a newer fan reading Spencer’s ASM run. You pick up issue #25 and randomly this other Spider-Man looking guy you maybe recognize from some video games and the post-credits scene from Into the Spider-Verse shows up, looking half dead.

For less than 20 pages across 3 issues you follow him stumbling about spouting nonsense before he delivers some weird line about possible futures (that you’ll only understand if you already know about the 2099 lines) and then he blows up.

Okay, at best you get the idea. He is a Spider-Man from the future and the present day has erased his future, that’s bad.

Then you pick this up and you maybe figure out that this Miguel character in this comic book is in fact the same guy, or a VERSION of the same guy you met back in ASM. That’s confusing. It’s confusing because you need to deduce that this issue is the newly rewritten timeline, making your investment in the preceding ASM issues kinda pointless. It might also be confusing because time travel stories tend to be confusing unless written with a lot of clarity.

But say you just picked THIS up, maybe because you recognized Spidey 2099 on the cover (and god forbid you picked it up due to recognizing the classic 2099 characters).

Spencer in this comic book doesn’t write a story. He writes a series of teaser vignettes strung together by the Watcher and Doom spouting a load of cryptic nonsense.

Nothing is explained, nothing is clearly conveyed, the world building is quite frankly awful, you merely get an impression of this future, you are not actually organically introduced to much of anything. In comparison the first few issues of Spider-Man 2099 already gave you a great idea of what this world of the future was like.

It’s not just that the presentation is bad and thus likely to alienate newer readers (I was lost with it and I’m familiar with the older 2099 stuff to a degree) but it’s also frankly inferior to the 1992 rendition of the future.

Perhaps the 1992 Marvel line wasn’t the single most original vision of the future ever conceived, but it at least combined older ideas together and presented a consistent vision. Perhaps the microcosm of the 1992’s vision of the future was the notion of the ravaged ruins of old New York being the foundations upon which new super sky scrapers were built, the rich literally living above the poor.

But this issue never brings that up, it doesn’t bring up the narrative and literal foundations of the world this takes place in. My personal impression was that this 2099 doesn’t even incorporate such an idea. It’s a microcosm of how off the rails this reboot is.

Everything feels downright generic sans the city of traffic and the colony of Thor/Asgardian worshippers.

Even those are derivative though. Transverse City rips off (a much better executed) idea from a 2007 episode of Doctor Who ‘Gridlock’ which is regarded as something of a modern classic by fans. And the Thor worshippers was something that came directly from the original 1992 2099 line, but weirdly is being used to tease...Conan the Barbarian???????? Conan hasn’t got anything to do with Thor besides coming from a warrior background. It might as well be Silver Samurai!

Perhaps the best microcosm of this issue’s failings at world building and presentation, can be found in the opening scene.

In the scene Thor’s hammer is frequently relocated and seems to be maybe or maybe not moving on it’s own volition. That isn’t to say the story is building in mystery as to whether or not it is moving on it’s own. It’s just that poorly conveyed to the audience. I honestly have little idea what was happening in that scene sans the authorities going to war with Thor’s worshippers.

The scene also contains a microcosm of this book being for nobody. In said scene a police officer gets their face revealed and is referred to as ‘Jake’. If you didn’t already realize it, this is Jake Gallows, Punisher 2099. He does nothing else in the course of the issue beyond get injured fight and tell his friend a confusing police story. Then the issue ends teasing him as Punisher 2099.

Like I said nostalgic 2099 fans will be turned off by this on principle because it’s not the character you know and love (his costume will also be different too) but if you are a newer reader...what are you even supposed to make of this? He’s just a random cop, it might as well have been his cop buddy who was the Punisher. It was at best a lame first impression.

And that’s true of virtually EVERY character teased in this comic exempting maybe Ghost Rider 2099.

He at least got a little more personality, you got a little more insight into how he operates, but only as a normal guy not as anything associated with the classic Ghost Rider or the 2099 counterpart you know and love.

Miguel’s background was confusing as he seems to already have his powers but is chummy with his dickhead boss/Dad/archnemesis Tyler Stone and the brief flashbacks to his origin are both different to the original 2099 line and nonsensical.

Conan didn’t even appear to my recollection but he’s still teased.

And the F4 tease was laughable as it didn’t even feature the F4 but rather HERBIE and a newly imagined take on Venture, effectively the first super villain of the 2099 line.

When this event was announced I was sad that Peter David was uninvolved.

But now I see why.

They didn’t want him involved and this is frankly an insult to his and the other 2099 creators’ works.

Don’t read this.

*Gotta love that subtle shade thrown out at the MC2 universe, a universe which lasted longer than the original 2099 line and you know....was way better than this reimagining has been so far. Why does modern Marvel punch down on Spider-Girl.

#Spider-Man #Spider-Man 2099 #Marvel 2099 #Nick Spencer #Miguel O'Hara #Fantastic 4 2099 #Ghost Rider 2099 #Conan 2099 #Conan the Barbarian #punisher 2099 #MC2 Universe #MC2 #Spider-Girl #Tyler Stone

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