SPIDER-MAN 2099 (Miguel O'Hara)
Created By: Peter David & Rick Leonardi
First Appearance: The Amazing Spider-Man #365 (Aug. 1992)
Role: Future Version of Modern Hero, Everyman Hero
Group Affiliations: Alchemax, The Exiles
PL 10 (210)
STRENGTH 7 STAMINA 7 AGILITY 7
FIGHTING 12 DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 6 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 2
Skills:
Acrobatics 9 (+16)
Athletics 8 (+15)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 1 (+11)
Deception 5 (+7)
Expertise (Science) 8 (+14)
Expertise (Business) 3 (+9)
Insight 2 (+5)
Intimidation 2 (+4)
Investigation 2 (+5)
Perception 4 (+7)
Ranged Combat (Webs) 2 (+12)
Technology 6 (+12)
Advantages:
Agile Feint, Defensive Attack, Diehard, Evasion, Fast Grab, Improved Critical (Talons), Improved Defense, Improved Initiative, Move-By Action, Ranged Attack 6, Seize Initiative, Takedown, Uncanny Dodge
Powers:
"The Proportionate Speed & Strength of a Spider"
Power-Lifting 1 (12 tons) [1]
Leaping 2 (30 feet) [2]
Speed 2 (8 mph) [2]
Regeneration 1 [1]
"Spider-Senses" Senses 5 (Extended Vision 2, Extended Hearing, Darkvision 2) [5]
"Talons"
Strength-Damage +1 (Extras: Penetrating 4) [5]
Movement 4 (Wall-Crawling 2, Sure-Footed 2) [4]
"Organic Webbing"
Snare 8 (Feats: Dynamic, Split) (26) -- [29]
- Dynamic AE: Movement 2 (Swinging 2) (Feats: Dynamic) (5)
- AE: "Paralyzing Bite" Affliction 8 (Fort; Fatigued/Stunned/Paralyzed) (Extras: Cumulative) (16)
Flight 4 (30 mph) (Flaws: Gliding) (4)
Movement 1 (Slow Fall) (2)
Immunity 20 (Energy Damage) (Flaws: Limited to Three-Quarters Effect -1.5) (5)
-- (11 points)
Offense:
Unarmed +12 (+7 Damage, DC 22)
Talons +12 (+8 Damage, DC 23)
Snare +12 (+8 Ranged Affliction, DC 18)
Paraylyzing Bite +8 (+8 Affliction, DC 18)
Initiative +11
Defenses:
Dodge +13 (DC 23), Parry +12 (DC 22), Toughness +7, Fortitude +8, Will +6
Complications:
Motivation (Destroying Megacorps)- Having finally seen how evil all of the megacorporations ruling 2099 America were, Miguel is devoted to bringing them down- especially his old employers at Alchemax. Later, when Doom takes over America, he is put in charge of Alchemax, and seeks to change the system from within.
Relationship (Gabe- Brother)- Gabe has figured out Miguel's secret identity, and is a bit resentful of the attention his girlfriend gives the new super-hero. He later becomes the new Green Goblin.
Relationship (Mother)- Miguel has a complex relationship with his mother, who considered Miguel a disappointment, used to sleep with his arch-nemesis, and then tried to kill the man.
Relationship (Xina)- The two are on-and-off in their relationship.
Enemy (Tyler Stone)- A bad guy and major player at Alchemax, Stone got Miguel addicted to a super-drug, and is ALSO his birth father.
Enemy (Various Baddies)- Miguel has crossed 2099 versions of The Vulture, Venom and The Green Goblin, as well as a few others.
Relationship (Doom)- The monarch is a strong ally of Miguel's, leaving both him & his Spider-Man identity in charge of various things.
Disabled (Light-Sensitive)- Miguel's eyes are keyed to extreme darkness, not light- he must constantly wear tinted glasses to avoid being Visually Disabled or Unaware in daylight conditions.
Prejudice (Superhuman)- Miguel has red irises and small fangs in his teeth- the discovery of these could mark him as a superhuman.
Total: Abilities: 96 / Skills: 54--27 / Advantages: 18 / Powers: 58 / Defenses: 11 (210)
-On the 30th Anniversary of the debut of Peter Parker, we got a futuristic version, meant to act as the centrepiece for a line of "Marvel 2099" comic books (then 107 years in the future). Peter David was the main writer until #44, when he quit the book in solidarity with the suddenly-fired Editor, and two issues later, the book died- an attempted combination of ALL the 2099 books in World of Tomorrow failed after only eight issues, basically killing the line. Marvel 2099 was basically just a weird marketting gimmick meant to capitalize on some characters' success (we had a new Spidey, Hulk, Punisher, Doom & X-Men; plus Stan Lee writing Ravage 2099, an environmentalist work that was used by his detractors to "prove" that he was a hack all along, and that Kirby was more responsible for his success) and produce some NEW books featuring the established names. It strikes me as very The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show-ish, like it came out of a Marketting Meeting because they wanted to squeeze MORE blood from the stone of these characters, without actually diluting the mainstream line. The only 2099 stuff I read was the pretty awful X-Men title they had going, but I've heard great things about Doom 2099. Oddly, despite David's name being attached, I don't think I've heard word one about Spider-Man 2099.
-Living in a world where corporations ruled America (different from modern times HOW?), the multiracial Miguel O'Hara (because in the future, why WOULDN'T there be a ton more multiracial people?) worked for the evil Alchemax corporation until he saw how morally corrupt its owner, Tyler Stone, was. When Stone got him addicted to a drug, O'Hara tried to rewrite his genetic code to cure himself of it, but ended up altering his genes to make him part-Spider thanks to some deception by a jealous colleague. You know- a simple origin story. He fights against Alchemax, interacts with his family and supporting cast (an ex-girlfriend is killed, his mother shoots his arch-nemesis/secret father, and his brother becomes the new Green Goblin), and eventually in the post-script of the 2099-verse, he gains Thor's Hammer and rules for a thousand years of enlightenment.
-In between this apparently, Miguel was cast into the modern timeline, as he is currently (in the Spidey book) trapped in 2013/14 Marvel. He joins the early incarnation of Alchemax (formed by some of Peter Parker's colleagues at his Think-Tank lab) as "Michael O'Mara". Oh, and a version also appeared on the Exiles team, helping them fight Proteus after he'd infected a future guy, then Hulk 2099- this whole mess created a parallel timeline (as Miguel obviously stuck around the 2099-verse afterwards, as this is pre-Doom's takeover... because TIME TRAVEL STORIES YAYYYYY...). Plus he's been put into various modern Spidey video games, making him by far the most-relevant of the 2099 characters.
-A skilled hero in his own right, Miguel fits in as a less-experienced version of Spider-Man with a few slightly-different powers (like his Extended Vision & Paralyzing Bite)- he makes PL 10 pretty handily, and can fight Spidey pretty easily in the inevitable crossover, but in my opinion he'd definitely lose- he just doesn't have the experience or the varied opponents that Pete got saddled with.