あらすじ
Collects Spider-Man 2099 (2015) #17-21. Spider-Man 2099 has learned the location of the headquarters of the Fist - the extremist anti-government offshoot of the Hand that put his fiance in a coma - and he's ready to mount his attack! But it turns out that he's not the only one investigating the radical group. Elektra Natchios, Marvel's most deadly assassin, has her own reasons for hunting these terrorists. Can Miguel trust this mysterious newcomer, or is she yet another obstacle in his quest for vengeance? And even if Spidey and Elektra team up, the Hand has upped the ante big-time - calling in an ancient evil to help them bring about the end of the entire world! How can the future Spider-Man prevent certain doom when Armageddon is written in the cards?
作品考察・見どころ
ピーター・デイヴィッドが描く本作の真髄は、未来から来た騎士ミゲルが抱く「孤独な怒り」の深層心理にあります。単なる超人劇ではなく、復讐心と正義の間で揺れる人間ドラマが、デイヴィッド特有の冷徹かつ叙情的な筆致で重厚に描き出されています。 特に、暗殺者エレクトラとの邂逅は、最先端の未来技術と古の邪悪が交差する見事な対比を生んでいます。絶望的な終末の予言に抗い、運命を塗り替えようともがくミゲルの姿は、読者の魂を激しく揺さぶります。普遍的な「意志の尊さ」を問いかける、情熱と知性に満ちた文芸的興奮を誘う傑作です。