Welcome back, 2099 shock-heads. Buckle up—because The End 2099 #1 doesn’t just darken Marvel’s future timeline, it obliterates it. This is not a quiet farewell. This is an apocalypse engineered by gods, devils, and symbiotes, all colliding in a story that feels part cosmic horror, part philosophical showdown, and part all-out Contest of Champions with the soul of existence on the line. If you thought the original 2099 era was grim, this issue asks a far crueler question: What happens when even the afterlife is taken away? Let’s break it down, page by page, and see how the end truly begins.
The Herald of the Void (Pages 1–10)
The Setting: Planet Ioda, Jobe System
The story opens on Planet Ioda, introduced as the Galaxy’s Top Data-Processing Hub. In the world of 2099, Ioda isn’t just another planet—it’s a backbone of civilization. Information, infrastructure, decision-making, and interstellar coordination all flow through this world. If Ioda falls, the future doesn’t just stumble—it collapses.
And that’s exactly what happens.
The Arrival of Bloodwielder
Descending from the sky is not the Silver Surfer, not a familiar cosmic herald—but Dracula.
Now reborn as Bloodwielder, Dracula reveals his horrifying evolution. Once exiled and left for dead, he was discovered by something far worse than death itself. A greater evil found him, stripped him of what remained of his old identity, and reforged him into a weapon.
Bloodwielder doesn’t threaten conquest. He announces eradication.
He names his master: Abyssus, the Devourer in Black.
And then comes the most chilling revelation of the issue:
Abyssus doesn’t just consume planets—he devours the souls of everyone on them, erasing even the possibility of an afterlife.
Ioda is annihilated. Not conquered. Not enslaved.
Simply… gone.
The Universal Crash (Pages 11–12)
The Fallout Across the Galaxy
With Ioda erased, the future implodes in real time.
- Planet Wakanda descends into chaos as systems fail.
- Contraxia and Domus Draconum lose contact with the wider universe.
- On Earth (Oasis X), servers crash, data streams die, and global coordination vanishes.
Long-range scans confirm the impossible:
Ioda no longer exists.
No debris. No echoes. Just absence.
The True Face of Abyssus
In the Triangulum Galaxy, the story finally reveals the architect of extinction.
Abyssus is not merely a monster—it is a fusion. A nightmarish convergence of Galactus and Knull, the God of Symbiotes.
Inside this living apocalypse, Galan—the man who became Galactus—is still conscious. And he is full of regret.
Through internal dialogue, we learn the truth:
- Galan knelt before Knull in desperation
- He was “remade” rather than saved
- Galan controls the body… but Knull controls the hunger
Knull mocks him mercilessly. Purpose, appetite, destruction—those belong to Knull now.
Abyssus is not balance.
He is the end of balance.
The Desperate Alliance (Pages 13–19)
The Silver Surfer’s Gamble
Watching this cosmic catastrophe unfold is the Silver Surfer, and for once, even he knows the truth:
This cannot be stopped alone.
So he does the unthinkable.
He goes to Hell.
The Pitch to Mephisto
Mephisto, as expected, is unimpressed. The living always die. Souls always come to him… eventually.
But the Surfer plays his final card.
Abyssus consumes souls.
If Abyssus wins, Hell starves.
The Surfer calls Abyssus what Mephisto cannot ignore:
A thief.
Someone stealing the Devil’s rightful property.
That gets Mephisto’s attention.
For the first time in the issue, Abyssus may have made an enemy he didn’t anticipate.
Crisis on Earth 2099 (Pages 20–30)
While cosmic gods posture, 2099’s heroes deal with reality on the ground.
Spider-Man 2099 (Miguel O’Hara)
In Nueva York, Miguel struggles to keep order amid systemic collapse. We witness a tense confrontation involving:
- Spider-Woman
- Gallows (Punisher 2099)
Gallows appears mind-controlled by Alchemax technology, desperately pleading, “Alchemax has me.” Miguel ultimately teleports him away, choosing mercy over execution—even when the world is ending.
Nova 2099
Nova deals with the collapse of the God-Cloud, noting something crucial:
People no longer have systems telling them what to do.
For the first time in generations, human choice matters again.
Daredevil 2099
A brief but striking glimpse shows Daredevil battling grotesque “Alligator Men,” reinforcing the idea that Earth hasn’t just lost data—it’s lost stability.
The Wager (Pages 31–36)
The Burning of Contraxia
On Contraxia, the Sun Priestesses panic as prophecy fails.
Then Mephisto arrives.
Rather than protect the planet, he burns it himself, deliberately destroying Abyssus’s next meal. It’s not heroism—it’s strategy.
Abyssus arrives moments later.
The Deal Instead of War
Both entities understand the same truth:
A direct fight would weaken them both.
So they strike a bargain.
A Wager.
- Mephisto’s Team: Champions pulled from Earth and Hell
- Abyssus’s Team: Warriors selected from across the Multiverse
- The Battlefield: Viadrome, a new arena forged from Contraxia’s ashes
The universe will be decided by combat—not annihilation.
The Teams Assemble (Pages 37–43)
Team Mephisto: Champions of 2099
Mephisto summons the heroes we’ve followed:
- Spider-Man 2099
- Ghost Rider 2099
- Others drawn from the broken future
They are told plainly:
Fight… or everything ends.
Team Abyssus: The Abyssal Warriors
Abyssus answers with his own legion—Venomized, symbiote-infected champions from other realities.
They are not mindless monsters. They are purposeful.
Miguel O’Hara Pushes Back
Miguel refuses to treat extinction like sport. He tries to reason with the Abyssal Warriors, insisting they are tools being used, that they can reject the symbiotes.
One of them—appearing to be a Spider-Man from another timeline (possibly Earth-304)—shuts him down.
They claim they are minimizing losses.
They believe Abyssus has a necessary role in the cosmic order.
And that is the most terrifying idea of all.
The Cliffhanger
The issue ends with both teams facing each other across Viadrome.
No punches thrown.
No victor declared.
Just the promise of what’s coming next:
“Crosstime Combat! 2099 vs 3099!”
