Review: Spider-Man 2099 #6

Released 11.26.14

Story By: Peter David

Artist: Will Sliney

 

            Cover Art: Francesco Mattina

Publisher: Marvel Comics

 

Cover Price: $3.99

Finally after 5 previous issue's of Miguel O'Hara slumming it here in good old 2014, issue #6 picks up immediately from the events of Amazing Spider-Man #10. It terms of timeline for the people of 2099 it also picks up a couple of hours from when Tyler Stone CEO of Alchemax appeared to trap Miguel in 2014. 

Thankfully for both Miguel and to the chagrin of Tyler Stone, Spider-Man is back in his correct time and he's brought a couple of friends with him,..........oh and a giant immortal Spider hunting killing monster hell bent of devouring Miguel and his two Spidery companions, Six armed Spider-Man and Steampunk Lady Spider.

following the events seen in  the pages of Amazing Spider-Man #10 Superior Spider-Man along with the assistance of Kaine took down and seemingly killed Daemos of the inheritors, until they discovered to their cost that Daemos had now been cloned and returned.

Miguel, Six armed Spidey and Lady Spider fled that encounter with the corpse of Daemos, hotly pursued by the antagonists clone. Their plan to dissect the body of Daemos's corpse to find answers as to any weakness's that the inheritors may possess. The excellent Peter David drives this portion of the overall Spider-Verse arc along at an insanely fast pace from the outset of the issue as we're literally thrown into the action, with is vidually supplied by Will Sliney, who resumes his artistic duties on the book following Rick Leonardi's guest spot in the last issue. 

The story told in this issue feels quite balanced, in the sense that although the three protagonists get a slight victory over their enemy it's is not without cost and Miguel finds himself having to make a deal with an unlikely ally. which offers up a footin perhaps to other storylines to be explored after Spider-Verse comes to a conclusion........Baring in mind if Miguel survives of course. 

One of the more interesting aspects is Daemos' interactions and treatment of Lady Spider, although he does tend to later regret that with the closing of this issue. there are however down sides as in any tale and yet another Spider does get killed off although i'm sure it's in order to provide another obstacle for our hero's to overcome. but it's the manner of the killing that's getting a bit monotonous, after all you'd think that after seeing a number of the army go down in the same way, that the Spider's would switch it up a bit. After all Spider-Man is supposed to be the kind of hero that can find alternate way's to overcome a foe. 

However there are also moments of humour, such as the trashing  of Miguel's brother's apartment where he lament's "Gabriel will never let me hear the end of this.......for the five seconds or so we have left to live" it's moments like that, where you feel grateful that Peter David is back writing this character again.
  
The overall score for this Issue I feel is a solid 7.0. there are a few surprise's and fun elements but for the main part it's a bit perfunctory although that being said it does perfunctory quite well. 

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