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  1. A Look Back at Spider-Man 2099 #12 (1993)

    Disclaimer: This is my original work with details sourced from reading the comic book and doing personal research. Anyone who wants to use this article, in part or in whole, needs to secure first my permission and agree to cite me as the source and author. Let it be known that any unauthorized use of this article will constrain the author to pursue the remedies under R.A. No. 8293, the Revised Penal Code, and/or all applicable legal actions under the laws of the Philippines.

    Welcome back superhero enthusiasts, 1990s culture enthusiasts and comic book collectors! Today we go back to the year 1993 to explore a part of the Marvel Comics shared universe through a tale of the Spider-Man 2099 monthly series.

    By 1993, the 2099 lineup of comic books became popular with Marvel Comics readers and it was the series of the futuristic Spider-Man that engaged readers a lot thanks to the in-depth writing of the late Peter David. It should be stated that David also wrote a lot of stories of the classic Spider-Man (Peter Parker) years before Marvel even launched the 2099 franchise of comic books.

    With those details laid down, here is a look back at Spider-Man 2099 #12, published in 1993 by Marvel Comics with a story written by Peter David and drawn by Rick Leonardi.

    The cover.

    Early story

    The story begins in an Alchemax facility with Tyler Stone talking with Dana at work. As Miguel O’Hara walks by the virtuality unreality office, a huge explosion sudden hits them. It turns out there was an experiment by Jordan Boone that went wrong and Miguel finds him. As the two talked, Jordan remains arrogant and sarcastic towards O’Hara.

    Elsewhere, the mysterious man wearing armor and a helmet uses his device to scan the Alchemax facility and he spots Tyler Stone and Dana talking with each other. He listens to their conversation closely…

    Quality

    Not even Miguel O’Hara’s AI assistant could handle the news.

    This is a tale that has a careful mix of complexity and twists within. It technically is about the business of Alchemax getting disrupted from within and from the outside with the mysterious Thanatos pursuing something deep within the secrets of the company.

    Miguel O’Hara is in a bind here as Dana (who is his fiancée) gets involved in a dangerous situation because of Thanatos’ sudden forced entry into Alchemax targeting Tyler Stone. At the same time, O’Hara values the company and prefers it does not collapse because of Thanatos. As expected, Miguel changes into the futuristic Spider-Man and carefully deals with Thanatos not by force but with strategic negotiation and discussion. Since he does not know what Thanatos is truly after, he has to play along while ensuring nobody from the company suffers (even though Alchemax itself has some very undesirable personalities within).

    All throughout, this tale is heavy on the dialogue and there are a lot of details that you will need to absorb in order to understand the story and what Thanatos is pursuing. Along the way, this story reveals Alchemax has something valuable that has nothing to do with wealth. This is where the virtual unreality division of the company comes into place and Jordan Boone (who later becomes the fake Loki in the Fall of the Hammer storyline and also Halloween Jack in later X-Men 2099 tales) has a very notable role here. The story moves mostly in a medium pace and the build-up of the plot happens gradually. As such, there is some suspense and intrigue here.

    Thanatos here is a pretty calculating antagonist. He is capable of killing others to get what he wants, but he prefers to do things patiently and strives get what he wants without using force as the primary option. There is richness in the dialogue here and his interactions with Spider-Man and Tyler have a cerebral touch throughout.

    Conclusion

    Spider-Man carefully talks with Thanatos to let Dana go free. Dana does not know Miguel O’Hara and Spidey are one and the same person.

    Spider-Man 2099 #12 (1993) is a really intriguing read filled with suspense and twists. This is not your typical superhero story about the hero fighting hard with the villain, and Thanatos is a pretty unique antagonist who puts Alchemax and others on the edge of danger. That said, this tale is the start of a new storyline and there is more that have yet to be revealed. 

    Overall, Spider-Man 2099 #12 (1993) is recommended.

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  2. Rational cryptid commentator Tyler Stone responds to a question on TikTok about the evolutionary plausibility of Bigfoot. It’s a short and pithy answer that sums up the serious, remaining problems with Bigfoot/Sasquatch existing as a real animal in North America.

    1. Bigfoot is not that unlikely, compared to other cryptids, because it’s proposed as another species of giant ape. But that idea introduces two very unlikely and unsupported options:
      • A. Another member of the human lineage survived undetected alongside us in an area where humans are populous. Or,
      • B. Another family of great apes evolved, independently of humans, to walk bipedally.
    2. Sasquatch as a concept is not very old, considering that indigenous mythology didn’t consider it on the same status as a bear, deer or other local animal. It was more of a spiritual being. Where is the evidence for it in prehistoric America?
    3. The descriptions of the creature are variable, so much so that several researchers propose that there are multiple unknown species across the continent. This is really stretching the limits of plausibility. Large animals don’t evolve into such distinct populations as proposed in such a short period of time.
    4. Stories of Bigfoot include significant human interactions. Yet they remain “undetected”. This does not square with how the real world works. How is it that we regularly encounter the creature but yet can’t establish its existence?
    5. Bigfoot is widespread in range, reported from across the continent, not just the Pacific Northwest. It strains credulity to say that it can be so widely distributed but never be found or documented properly. The idea of no body parts of dead animals may apply to remote (there is no untouched wilderness) parts of forestland, but Bigfoot is reported close to towns and, since they are seen by people, in areas inhabited by people. Therefore, we should have found better evidence by now.
    6. How would have a Bigfoot species gotten to America? If it was a species from Asia (say, Gigantopithecus – which is problematic in itself), it would have crossed over the Bering land bridge (connecting modern Siberia and North America 15,000 years ago at the latest). Yet, we do not find fossil evidence of it as we do for many other large Ice Age species. There are many other assumptions made that don’t stand up to scrutiny and that scuttle this idea of an Asian migration. (See the video for the details.)

    https://www.tiktok.com/@tylerstoneart/video/7405641711306771754

    In conclusion, there are several lines of evidence missing for Bigfoot that should exist for us to find, if it is a real animal. Doubt about its reality is well-justified, not just skeptics being dismissive. The fact that scientific research has failed to support the idea of Bigfoot as a species leaves a huge problem with the widespread reports of its existence across the US and Canada. If it’s not a zoological possibility, then what is going on? We have two general options here:

    1. The sightings and reports are a socio-cultural phenomenon where people are interpreting their encounters as a Bigfoot experience, but they are not actually seeing a Bigfoot as we culturally know it. Instead, the sighting (hearing, smelling…) could be an established animal, person, or thing that the witness did not correctly identify. This option also includes misremembered accounts, deliberately exaggerated or fictionalized reports, and outright hoaxes. If people are told that Bigfoot exists, they are more likely to report that they have encountered it.
    2. Bigfoot/Sasquatch is not a zoological creature. Since it has been able to avoid capture and biological identification, its behavior and capabilities go beyond natural. It must be para-natural. This option creates an entirely new, complicated, implausible, and currently unsupported array of concepts to unpack. But, some people are very willing these days to venture here in order to support their belief in the creature.

    Follow https://www.tiktok.com/@tylerstoneart for more great videos.

    https://moderncryptozoology.wordpress.com/2024/08/30/evolutionary-possibility-of-bigfoot-in-a-nutshell/

    #Bigfoot #cryptids #cryptidtok #evolution #IsBigfootReal #Sasquatch #TylerStone #zoology

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