Back at Alchemax, which Miguel currently had control of, he gets the bad news that his half-brother, Kron Stone, had escaped from an ambulance; which Miguel put him in after a stout beating. A bloodied and swollen Kron returns to his apartment, while Miguel has a stern talk with a Dr. Hibby, who had been running a Super-Soldier program, with symbiotes. Which had spawned, for good measure. Miguel orders him to destroy the symbiote, then asks his holographic assistant Lyra to check on that:
Miguel suits up, to see if Dr. Hibby would maybe take Spider-Man's advice, but he sics the symbiote on him. The symbiote seems to find S-M more interesting, though. Meanwhile, a pouting Kron wonders how wimpy Miguel kicked the crap out of him, but is advised not to worry, he'll be dead in a few, courtesy of Punisher 2099! Who is so thrilled to have another chance to kill Kron, that he talks more than he probably did in much of his series; but is momentarily distracted when Kron's shower has "plumbing problems." Namely, the symbiote returning to Kron! Punisher is outclassed, and intends to get Spidey 2099 for help, but is instead murdered by the real Venom 2099. (This would be another break with previous 2099 continuity, as I'm pretty sure Jake Gallows gets got in Punisher 2099 #34? Or 2099 A.D. Apocalypse #1.) Venom then gets blown up by the Punisher's skycycle; it's a common safety feature! Meanwhile, back at Alchemax, the other symbiote has bonded with Miguel, which arguably would make him Carnage 2099, but I don't think we're going there.
If you like David's stuff previously, you'll dig this. Also, another 2099 character makes an appearance later in the run; and David maybe plants seeds for a later storyline, or continuing one from 1996: shades of the Hobgoblin, but the reveal of Green Goblin 2099's identity wasn't what he had planned, and he was maybe steering back to it.
I’m sure it’s either a case of time-travel shenanigans or David not having read Savage Avengers, because Jake was not only alive, but helped the team defeat Ultron before resuming his personal mission in life.
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