I’m a bit tired today after shopping so let’s just let Owen Likes Comics do the work today.
The Ultimate Universe was not Marvel’s first attempt at a new imprint with re-imagined versions of old characters. It’s not even the first with Spider-Man, and we’re not counting “What If” stories here. Marvel 2099 was a project that made futuristic versions of Marvel heroes, their descendants in the year 2099 AD. I know, what a stretch. The only one to gain any significant interest, much like the Ultimate Universe, was of course Spider-Man: 2099, the adventures of Miguel O’Hara complete with his own origin in a time period where superheroes were just a memory.
In the following video Owen goes over all of the 2099 themed titles and possibly why the line didn’t do as well.
BW Media Spotlight 
Always loved spider-girl myself.
But 2099 did have a very striking costume.
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I have the 2099 action figure that they released in the Spider-Man Classics line. It’s one of my favorite Spider-Suits.
Spider-Girl’s is just a repurposed Ben Reilly Spider-Man costume unless she changed it at some point. So basically she has her uncle’s hand-me-downs.
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Sorry I should have made clear – of the alternate spideys they’ve done, I like Spider girl best.
But 2099 had a great costume.
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Nah, I figured out what you meant eventually. Mayday’s outfit is still Ben’s Spider-Man costume though, which still looks cool but it’s the same outfit unless they changed it in later issues.
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Oh yeah I knew the similarities. I’ll admit some of what made Mayday’s run entertaining is that it would halfway redeem the clone saga at times.
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So half a miracle? 🙂
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