Miguel O'Hara

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Spider-Man 2099 Miguel O'Hara in Amazing Spider-Man v5 #33.

Miguel O'Hara is a male comic superhero who features in Marvel Comics.

Biography

Origin

Miguel O'Hara

As adults, Miguel and Xina date seriously until Miguel cheats on her with Dana D'Angelo, who originally is the girlfriend of Miguel's brother Gabe. (Spider-Man 2099 v1 #3)

Miguel eventually becomes head of the genetics program of Alchemax, intended to create new corporation-controlled super-powered soldiers called 'corporate raiders'. He himself was specifically inspired by surviving records concerning Spider-Man and hoped to one day create a similarly powered person. But after a human test subject dies during an early experiment, Miguel tells Tyler Stone he wishes to resign from Alchemax and discontinue his genetics research. Rather than let Miguel leave, Tyler Stone tricks him into taking Rapture, an addictive drug that genetically bonds to the user. Tyler reminds Miguel that only Alchemax is allowed to legally distribute this drug, so if O'Hara does not remain with the corporation then Tyler must assume he is getting the drug from the black market and will be forced to tell the police. Not wishing to be a blackmailed addict, Miguel recalls that he entered his own genetic code into his machine's databanks during initial experiments, using it as a human DNA test sample. Intending to use this older template of his pure genetic code to write over his current biology and free himself from the Rapture, Miguel sneaks into Alchemax and uses the gene alteration machines on himself. (Spider-Man 2099 v1 #1)

After going to sleep, he came to think recent events were just a dream but awoke to find that his new talons had shredded his bed. He quickly determined that he gained abilities similar to a spider as a result of the tampering with the machine. Miguel then decided that he needed to use clothes made of Unstable Molecules as they were durable enough to survive his new powers whilst he was trying to get them under control. In this time, his brother came to visit where he questioned O'Hara's involvement in Alchemax's corporate raider program. It was then that Miguel spied on the corporate cyborg bounty hunter Venture who was tracking the people involved in the incident at Alchemax. Looking to throw him off the scent, O'Hara used an old costume that he tailored into a Spider-Man Suit as he went out into the field. (Spider-Man 2099 v1 #2)

However, Miguel had webbing under his mask to prevent unwanted removal and, while the Specialist was distracted, he slashed at the Specialist with his talons, starting another fight with him so Kasey could escape during the chaos. Knowing that he couldn’t beat the Specialist, Miguel tried to escape, but was prevented by doing so by Public Officers. Luckily for Miguel, Kasey hijacked a hover bike, which Miguel fired a webline at, managing to escape the battlefield, though the Specialist managed to grab his leg, going on for the ride. Thanks to the assistance of Kasey however, the Specialist was hit against a wall, leading to him letting go of Miguel’s leg. Not having killer instinct, Miguel caught the Specialist, carrying him to safety, only to get kicked in the chest. In a fit of rage, Miguel accidentally slit his throat, killing him. A squadron of Public Eye officers, led by a sergeant looking to avenge his son who was severely slashed by Miguel days ago, fired at Miguel (not knowing of Tyler Stone’s order not to fire due to their leader ignoring him), sending him falling down dozens of stories, into the underbelly of Nueva York dubbed Downtown. (Spider-Man 2099 v1 #5)

Spider-Man 2099

Time-Displaced

In his time, tears in the fabric of time came to affect the city with animals and people from the past emerging from these rips in reality. As Spider-Man, he helped save some people before going to Alchemax headquarters as he believed them responsible for the incident. However, Tyler Stone revealed that they had been trying to protect their timeline from being erased and that something from the Heroic Age had caused the disruptions in the timeline. The Alchemax scientists believed that only Spider-Man was capable of journeying back in time to stop the danger. Against Tyler Stone's wishes, the masked vigilante went back in time otherwise he would create a paradox where he arrived to stop the Superior Spider-Man from killing Tiberius Stone who was Miguel's own grandfather. (Superior Spider-Man v1 #17)

Overview

Personality and attributes

After gaining his power, it was remarked that he shared a similarity to the historical Spider-Man and came to take the name Spider-Man. (Spider-Man 2099 v1 #2)

Since his teenage years, it was said that he had a tendency of making comments in order to tear someone down. It was said that he had a habit of making fun of people with some people unaware of the fact that he was doing it to them. (Spider-Man 2099 v1 #10)

It was said that he projected the qualities of a smug scientist. Miguel remarked that he was a super-genius. (Spider-Man 2099 v1 #1)

According to Miguel, his mother hated him as he reminded her of his father. (Spider-Man 2099 v1 #10)

It was remarked that his father had been a brilliant man. (Spider-Man 2099 v1 #1)

Powers and abilities

His aptitude test scores when he was a child ranked him in the top one percentile. (Spider-Man 2099 v1 #10)

In an effort to remove a drug dependency, Miguel had used genetic engineering to transform himself whereby he intended to restore himself to the state he was prior to the drug entering his system. However, the machinery was tampered with during the experiment and he became genetically altered as a result. An aspect of the transformation meant that his eyes were sensitive to bright light. (Spider-Man 2099 v1 #1) Among the traits he gained as a result of the spider program was heightened vision. (Spider-Man 2099 v1 #2)

It was shown that his vision was sensitive enough to pick up certain kinds of energy waves. (Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man v1 #1)

He demonstrated a superhuman level of strength and agility along with the leaping ability of a spider. (Spider-Man 2099 v1 #2)

As part of his transformation, he gained sharp talons on his hands and feet. These helped in his ability to climb surfaces with the ones by his feet angled differently to help support him. At first, he struggled in the control of these talons such as in one case he tore through his bedsheets by accident in his sleep. However, instinctually, the talons retracted when touching his own skin to prevent any injure to himself. This was considered a safety reflex and he determined that through concentration he could consciously retract them. Miguel that with time and practice that he could get a better control over using them. (Spider-Man 2099 v1 #2)

With him, he had an A.I. assistant by the name of Lyla who could manifest a hologram to represent herself as a beautiful woman. Her sensors were able to gather personal bio-readings on him including accelerated heartbeat and pulse if they were above the norm which allowed her to determine if he was exerting himself. She also was aware of Miguel's normal programming parameters allowing her to know when his behaviour was behaving outside the norm of his standard pattern of domestic activities. It was shown that she also maintained his journal and could access its contents for him. He was able to have to activate Journal Mode whereby she took down his thoughts and feelings that were added into the journal. Lyla was also able to take messages and play them for Miguel with these capable of manifesting as holograms. (Spider-Man 2099 v1 #1) She was noted to had 293 different appearances and personalities that she could adopt. (Spider-Man 2099 v1 #2) As a holographic computer agent, it was said that she did not have feelings though Lyla had said that she was able to simulate them. (Spider-Man 2099 v1 #9)

After gaining his powers, he reasoned that he would have to get all his clothes made from Unstable Molecules even though this would cost him a small fortune. This was because initially his inexperience with his powers could have resulted in his clothes being easily damaged as a result. At first, the only thing he had made of UMF was a Death's Head costume that he bought during a trip to Mexico at the Day of the Dead festival. He later modified this to be his first Spider-Man Suit which was used to conceal his true identity. (Spider-Man 2099 v1 #2)

Notes

• The Miguel O'Hara Spider-Man 2099 was created by Peter David and Rick Leonardi where he made a cameo appearance in Amazing Spider-Man v1 #365 (August, 1992) before making his first full appearance in Spider-Man 2099 v1 #1 (March, 1992).

Alternate Versions

In other media

Television

Films

• In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Spider-Man 2099 made a cameo appearance in the animated films post-credit scene where he was voiced by actor Oscar Isaac.

Video games

Appearances

• Amazing Spider-Man v1: (1992)
• Spider-Man 2099 v1: (1992)
• Superior Spider-Man v1:

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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