DOOMED STORYLINES

Writer - John Francis Moore
Pencil Art - Arthur 'Art' Nichols

Cover Color Art - Mike Thomas

Notes:

This story sees Doom 2099 going on a Wizard of Oz inspired adventure. Given that Fortune, Xandra, and Wire are all present, this would have been an inventory story written possibly for the first year. Although the cover is dated 1994 curiously enough. If I had to place the story somewhere I would place this between Doom 2099 # 10 and #11. Wire and Doom are free of cyberspace and its prior to Xandra leaving for Wakanda. But then I suppose you could also place it between issues 4 and 5. Any later than #11 and you have Fortune looking for her brother, Xandra in Wakanda, and Doom and Wire on their own. This may explain why the story was never used. But that's pure speculation on my part.
The story was fully penciled and inked, though not lettered. The art is by Arthur 'Art' Nichols who provided the artwork for the one-page 2099 teasers seen in Marvel Age and also Punisher 2099 #12.
Scans of the fully penciled and inked art used to be available courtesy of Doomscribe, who first hosted them on his website the Den of Madness.


	Title - Thunderlizard Writer - Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning Art - Luke Ross [pencils], Bob Petrecca [inks] Notes: A freak lab accident turns Miguel's friend, Hector Dey, into a pre-historic lizard man. Miguel must race to find a way to revert him back to human form before a team of Private Eye officers destroy him. The story was penciled, inked, and lettered.
	Title - Credit Crunch Writer - Ben Schwartz Art - Chris Wozniak [pencils], John Lowe [inks], Matt Maley [letterer] Notes: Miguel's utility payments are mysteriously past due. When the collection agency comes calling, it becomes a matter of life or death. The story was penciled, inked, and lettered. Art is penciled by Chris Wozniak, who also penciled the first Spider-Man 2099 stories to appear in 2099 Unlimited. Miguel mentions the Throwbacks - See Spider-Man 2099 #8.
	Title - Lost Hope Writer - Chris Wozniak Pencils - Chris Wozniak Inks - John Lowe Notes: An unpublished inventory story dealing with what happened to Sims, the test subject from Spider-Man 2099 #1. The issue was penciled and inked, but not lettered or colored. A cover was also made for the story. You can read Chris Wozniak's recollections about the story here.
	Title - Unknown Writer - Unknown Pencils - Tom Grindberg Inks - Don Hudson Notes: Spider-Man 2099 is targeted by Reva Duchane, ring leader of an underground death match circuit. To maintain her share of the market, she arranges a fight to the death between her champion, Sanction, and Spider-Man. The issue was penciled, inked and lettered. A cover was made for the story and colored. Grindberg & Hudson also worked on Spider-Man 2099 #14. This isn't the first time that Spider-Man 2099 has been targeted for sport. See also Spider-Man 2099 #21.
	Title - Unknown Writer - Unknown Pencils - Gabriel Morrissette Inks - Keith Williams Notes: While apprehending the data thief known as Tanker, Miguel becomes infected by a deadly toxin. Lyla races against time to find a cure using a virtual simulation of Miguel. This story was penciled by Gabriel Morrissette (who penciled "Eye Spy" from the Spider-Man 2099 Special) and inked by Keith Williams (inker on Ravage 2099). The story reached the lettering stage, but was not colored. The writer is unknown. In my correspondence with Gabriel, he remembers this story being written by Elliiot S! Maggin. Elliot however has no recollection of the story. The story further develops Lyla's character, specifically her love for Miguel. Lyla admitted that, were she human, she would be in love with Miguel in Spider-Man 2099 #11.
	Title - Kill Riff Writer - Don DeBrandt Pencils - Gabriel Morrissette Notes: Miguel learns of a plot to assassinate Riff, one of his favorite RagnaRock musicians, at a concert that he is attending. This brings him into conflict with the high-tech hit man, Deadcenter. Written by sci-fi author Don DeBrandt and penciled by Gabriel Morrissette. The story never reached the inking stage, and therefore was never scripted, lettered or colored.
	Title - Unknown Writer - Unknown Pencils - David Klein Inks - David Klein Notes: Spider-Man 2099 faces off against a bug-eyed villain. The story was penciled and inked by David Klein who also provided art for the Lachryma story in 2099 Unlimited and Doom 2099 #31. I don't think the story reached the lettering stage.
	Writer - Dan Slott Art - N/A Notes: Dan Slott was asked via Formspring in November of 2011 about any Spider-Man 2099 stories he may written but were not published. His response was: "I remember one that was bought, but sat in a drawer and never got drawn. It involved a new Alchemax-designed prison called the Big House where villains were shrunk down with Pym particles. And if that sounds familiar... it's because I used it in SHE-HULK Vol.1 #5. :-) And it eventually found its way into the Earth's Mightiest Heroes cartoon... and possibly Super Hero Squad."


	Title - The Big Collar Writer - Chuck Dixon Art - Alcatena Notes: While working a Public Eye contract, Jake helps to clear a building of drug dealers peddling a gene-altering narcotic called Wrangle. The leader of the gang, Daddy Wronglegs, is a multi-armed monstrosity. Wronglegs wounds Jake before being subdued. Unknown to Jake, the wounds mean that he has been infected with the same gene-altering toxin. Jake's race to track down the source of the drug now becomes a search for a way to cure himself of the drug's effects. Story continues in "Strange Blood" The story was fully penciled, inked, and lettered. There is a colorist credit, however as of this writing, I've never seen any color guides for this story. You can read an interview with artist Alcatena, here. Chuck Dixon has kindly shared the pages from this story on his website.
	Title - Strange Blood Writer - Chuck Dixon Art - Alcatena Notes: Still suffering from the physical transformations brought on by the drug Wrangle, Jake searches for a cure to his condition. His last hope lies with a former geneticist turned ecologist, Hendrix Kumbata. Kumbata resides in The Habitat, a sanctuary for endangered species where no man is allowed to enter. Jake risks all to seek out Kumbata's help, not knowing that a gang led by Grrantula are hunting for him and the cure to Wrangle as well. Story continues from "The Big Collar" The story was fully penciled, inked, and lettered. There is a colorist credit, however as of this writing, I've never seen any color guides for this story. You can read an interview with artist Alcatena, here. Chuck Dixon has kindly shared the pages from this story on his website.
	Title - Unknown Writer - Pat Mills & Tony Skinner Art - Duke Mighten Notes: When the wife of a fellow Public Eye officer is viciously murdered, Jake suspects the husband. The trail leads him into conflict with a secret cabal of high ranking citizens who lead double lives as Shades. Story was fully penciled, inked, and lettered. Mighten also completed a cover for the issue. You can see the cover here where it is being incorrectly identified as the "1st version" of the cover to Punisher 2099 #1. This is of course rubbish.
	Title - Unknown Writer - Pat Mills & Tony Skinner Art - Duke Mighten Notes: The Punisher 2099 pursues Asmodeus Blake, a man who uses high-tech demons to commit his evil acts. Story was fully penciled, inked, and lettered. Mighten also completed a story-specific cover for the issue.
	Title - Unknown Writer - Unknown Pencils - Tom Rasch Notes: Tom penciled an unpublished issue of Punisher 2099. Apparently never inked. Story/Writer unknown. Tom's made page 7 and page 13 of the issue available for viewing on his deviant art gallery.

Title - Unknown

Writer - Unknown

Pencils - Max Douglas

Inks - Max Douglas

Notes:

Ravage investigates a mysterious cult and unwittingly becomes their latest sacrifice. The story was fully penciled and inked by Max, but unfortunately never made it to the lettering stage.

Title - What Lurks Below!

Writer - Gary Cohn

Pencils - David Boller

Inks - Don Hudson

Notes:

There are strange happenings at Las Bravas, a top secret mining and research facility run by Alchemax. Hearing rumors of illegal experiments, Ravage investigates. Deep beneath a crater where an Alchemax complex once stood, Ravage discovers a horrible secret.
The story was written by Gary Cohn, a long-time DC writer, and penciled by David Boller who had also done the Young Miguel O' Hara back-up stories. The story was fully penciled, inked, and reached the lettering stage, but was not colored.
You can view 16 pages of this story from my collection here.

Title - Horrorshow

Writer - Warren Ellis

Art - Max Douglas

Notes:

Zero goes hunting for a D/MONIX hit-man that is murdering data-pirates. An unpublished inventory story, fully penciled, inked, and lettered.

Title - Daddy Dearest

Writer - Max Douglas and Scott Andrews

Art - Max Douglas

Notes:

Zero receives an anonymous tip about a D/MONIX lab worker who has developed a techno-virus that would give the corporation total dominance on the net. When Zero goes after the lab worker, all is not as it appears. An unpublished inventory story, fully penciled, inked, and lettered.

Title - Unknown

Writer - Unknown

Pencils - Ron Lim (?)

Inks - Al Williamson

Notes:

An unpublished inventory issue of X-Men 2099 featuring Bloodhawk, ostensibly penciled by Ron Lim and definitely inked by Al Williamson. Issue was penciled, inked, and lettered.

Title - Unknown

Writer - Unknown

Pencils - Horacio Ottolini

Inks - Unknown

Notes:

An unpublished inventory issue of X-Men 2099 featuring Meanstreak. It was pencilled by Argentine artist Horacio Ottolini. It is unknown if it was inked or lettered


	Title - A Wanderer Unknown Writer - Terry Kavanagh Art - Alcatena Notes: A story featuring Radian from Doom 2099 #15-18. This is meant to immediately follow the events of that issue. Since the story doesn't feature any of the regular cast and is essentially a Radian story, this was probably meant to either be a back-up for a double-sized issue (a-la the Feng Huang story in #25) or (most likely) a story that would have featured in 2099 Unlimited. The story is written by Terry Kavanagh whose published 2099 Unlimited story focused on Doom 2099. It should be noted that Radian's survival was hinted at in #18 despite the "Death of Radian" proclamation on the cover. Also in the letters page of Doom 2099 # 20 where we were told "you haven't seen the last of Radian," not to mention a statement in the letters page of Spider-Man 2099 stating they had just received the first few pages of this story from Alcatena. In this story Radian provides a different explanation for his presence on Earth, one that contradicts the explanation given in Doom 2099 #18. In Doom 2099 #18 he states he is working for the Y'Lestja. In this story it seems like his own people sent him to Earth to await the Y'lestja so he could provide them with the experiences of his race. No mention is made of his preparing the way for the Y'lestja's communion with the human race or acting as their agent. You can view 21 pages of this story from my collection here.
	Title - Unknown Writer - Pat Mills & Tony Skinner Pencils - Luke Ross Inks - Keith Williams Notes: This Public Enemy story was slated to appear in 2099 Unlimited #9 but ultimately went unpublished. The story introduces Dragonrider as a new opponent for the Public Enemy. The Public Eye hires Dragonrider as an outside contractor to take down the Public Enemy. Dragonrider specializes in using mob violence to hide assassinations. He's hired because of his experience with mob dynamics. The story was penciled, inked, and lettered.
	Title - Unknown Writer - Unknown Pencils - Gino De Cicco Inks - Bob Wiacek Notes: The story follows an all-new 2099 character. The dialogue and letter 'H' on the character's costume seem to indicate that the character's name is The Hooligan. The story was fully penciled, inked, and lettered. In it, The Hooligan runs afoul of Coquette who seems to run the community known as "Undead Town."
	Title - Unknown Writer - Michael Jan Friedman Pencils - Jim Fern Inks - Tim Tuohy Notes: Galahad was introduced in 2099 Unlimited #6. The story ended with the promise that "Galahad will rise again! And soon!" The next issue box of 2099 Unlimited #8 also makes mention of the story. So chances are this was originally slated to appear in 2099 Unlimited #9. However the character did not appear again until 2099 AD: Apocalypse where he was killed off. A page from the unpublished story was featured in Marvel Vision #20. Thanks to inker Tim Tuohy, you can see the fully penciled and inked art from 10 page story here. Once again my sincere thanks to Tim for sharing these scans!
	Title - Unknown Writer - Unknown Pencils - Tom Grindberg Inks - Don Hudson Notes: An unpublished solo-story starring X-Men 2099's the Driver. Story was penciled and inked, but did not reach the scripting/lettering stage. I've posted two pages that I own from the story here.
	Writer - Ian Edington Art - David Klein Notes: The letters page of 2099 Unlimited #7 mentions that Ian was working on a second Lachryma story. It was penciled & inked by David Klein.
	Writer - Karl Kesel Art - Adam Huges Notes: In an interview with writer Karl Kesel, he revealed that the reason he received a special thanks in issues of Spider-Man 2099, was that he had created the character of Strange 2099 for a 10 page story for 2099 Unlimited. He wrote the story, while Adam Hughes designed the character. It's unknown if the story reached the penciling stage. Check out the interview with Karl, as well as a glimpse at some sketches of the character by Adam Hughes.
	Writer - Ian Edington Art - Luke Ross Inks - Scott Koblish (partial) Notes: The letters page of 2099 Unlimited #7 mentions that Ian was also working on a Chernobyl solo story. The story was fully penciled, but inking was not completed. You can view 8 pages of this story from my collection here.
	Title - Doc Houdini: Breakout Writer - Don Debrandt Art - Gabriel Morrissette Notes: A 30 page story introducing an all-new character, Doc Houdini. The story was penciled by Gabriel, but never reached the inking stage. Gabriel Morrissette very kindly shared copies of his un-inked artwork for this story and I've them posted here.

Unmade Proposals

Daredevil 2099

Read the proposal by Mark Waid here.

Apocalypse 2099 [Captain America, Ironman, and Avengers 2099]

In 1994 Grant Morrison and Mark Millar pitched a massive overhaul of the 2099 universe. You can read a summary of the proposal here.

Black Panther 2099	On his official website, Warren Ellis describes the pitch. Here is the relevant passage: "I remember being asked to pitch for a mooted BLACK PANTHER 2099 book at Marvel. The book actually never happened at all. I imagine none of the pitches were up to snuff, and they just killed the idea. I dimly remember mine being a sort of terrifying “Fear Of A Black Planet”/Huey P Newton thing, with Black Panther Cells run from Marvel’s fictional African country Wakanda destabilising corporate-run America. I think I used some of the stuff in there for my later DOOM 2099 sequence. I wasn’t happy at doing the foot race: I got paid, and my foot hadn’t been in the door that long, and I supposed this was just the way things were done. But I had a feeling that maybe it wasn’t the best way to do things." Warren Ellis warrenellis.com 7/25/2011
Black Panther 2099	In an interview, Evan Dorkin recalls how he turned down an opportunity to write a Black Panther 2099 series. He also mentions being offered X-Men 2099. Below is only a abridged excerpt. You can read the full interview here. You can also see the only surviving art from his proposal here. "I turned down a few mainstream jobs that might have done well for me back in the 90′s. [I was offered] a gig to co-develop and co-write X-Men 2099, and write a Black Panther 2099 series...In the case of the Black Panther 2099 job, I didn’t feel I could pull off writing the African characters convincingly and accurately. At least not back then. Even now, I’d only attempt something like that after doing some massive amounts of research. I had an overview for a 12-issue arc, which I liked very much, [with] a new origin for a female descendant of T’Challa, a supporting cast, [and] villains...." Evan Dorkin Artist of the Month: Evan Dorkin (Interviewed by Josh Jones) Interview on Comicattack.net 5/15/2010
Fight Man 2099	On his own website, Evan Dorkin revealed that he pitched a 10 page story about his Fight Man character. "A "Fight-Man 2099" 10 page story was almost done for 2099 Unlimited, Joey Cavalieri okayed the pitched idea, but I never had the time to do the story -- which was about F-M finally getting paroled because it was cruel to keep him in jail for a century after the end of the first book." Evan Dorkin House of Fun Interactive Interview! Projects outside of the House! 1997 Archive Link
Knight Raven 2099	A 2099 version of the Marvel UK character, Night Raven was proposed, but ultimately went unmade. Written and drawn by Simon Wyatt, Simon has posted four pages of art from the proposal on his Deviant Art account. Check them out here. "If I remember it correctly, it was set in an apocalyptic future version of Paris, involved an armoured (K)Night Raven (cybernetic as tho' immortal he had lost some limbs in battle, possibly by an explosion or cut off by an encounter with someone possessing adamantium :-) The premise was that Knight Raven was sent on a quest to locate the illegitimate daughter of China White (Yi Yang) by the future Paris resistance. Yi Yi (Yang's daughter) held the genetic key to finally destroying both Yi Yang and Knight Raven's immortality, bringing him peace and ridding Paris of the criminal tyranny of Yi Yang who had held the city in thrall employing her Cyber Ninjas." Simon Wyatt via email 1/7/14
Captain America 2099	Brazilian writer and artist Emir Ribeiro pitched his own version of Captain America 2099. He wrote and drew two pages for his proposal. The second of the two pages he drew surfaced at auction, unfortunately I didn't see it in time to bid. The website credits the artwork to Mark Millar, but I emailed Emir and he identified the artwork as his. You can still see the auction page with the image there. Enjoy it while it lasts, it will probably be gone one day.

Unpublished Stories	During the five year run of the 2099 imprint, not all stories that were written and/or drawn saw print. Over the years some pages have surfaced, giving fans a glimpse of stories that almost were. Many of these were inventory stories; sometimes called filler issues because they are used to "fill-in" when for whatever reason the regular issue isn't ready. The process of creating comics is very much like an assembly line. Work on the stories listed below was stopped at differing stages along the line. Therefore the stories listed are overwhelmingly incomplete. Some were penciled but not inked. Some were penciled and inked but not scripted or lettered. At least one was completely finished (penciled, inked, scripted, lettered and colored) but simply not published. In any case, all of these are fascinating examples of stories that could have been. I've separated the stories by where I think they probably would have appeared had they been published. I stress probably because bear in mind that any and all of these stories could have been fair game to have appeared in 2099 Unlimited. For example, the Spider-Man 2099 story, Night of the Impaler was originally intended as a filler for the monthly Spider-Man 2099 series as evidenced by the fully pasted-up unused alternate cover. Ultimately it made it into 2099 Unlimited #9. With that said, the placement of these stories is entirely hypothetical on my part.
Unmade Proposals	Here are proposals for 2099 books that were never made.
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