Secret Wars 2099 Review

Finished reading Secret Wars 2099, taking the place of the Spider-Man 2099 series during Marvel's line wide Secret Wars event writer Peter David brings a new twist to the 2099 universe within the one of the many domains of Battleworld. The book open with the Avengers of the year 2099 going after the criminal Chain gang showing how the team work together. When the team head back to Alchemax Captain America debriefs her boss Miguel Stone this universes version of Spider-Man 2099 who took over the company from his father. After being dismissed Captain America reverts back into her civilian persona of Roberta Mendez who is an office worker in Alchemax, who is at the centre of an assassination attempt on her life as someone wants Captain America gone. While the Avengers are investigating and trying to find the person who put the hit on Roberta they find themselves face to face with another 2099 incarnation of a classic Marvel team, the Defenders. Overall this was a great book as it dives into an alternative version of Marvel's 2099 universe that puts Spider-Man 2099 as the CEO of Alchemax which allows for writer Peter David to explore the members of this worlds version of the Avengers and Defenders and how they fit within the world. The amount of development that Captain America and Hercules get throughout the book is great and makes their motivations very interesting while characters like this worlds Black Widow and the villain of the story Martin Hargood do not get a lot of development but when they get their own parts in the book it's a great addition. Even though there's not much background to some of the characters and how they have become the heroes of the book their interactions between one another and the hints to their past make them very intriguing characters that will hopefully be revisited by Marvel down the line. The artwork in the book works perfectly for the setting of 2099 as artist Will Sliney's art style feels very futuristic which allows for some location and set designs while also making the character designs fit into this world very organically. 8/10.