Many months ago, Spider-Man writer Dan Slott put up a tweet that was quickly deleted. Many assumed said tweet was meant to be a direct message to his artist Ryan Stegman. In this tweet he mentioned “Miguel” which many assumed meant Miguel O’Hara, the Spider-Man of 2099, and this lead fans to speculate that The Superior Spider-Man would be Miguel. Slott revealed to MTV that what he did was an intentional prank.

“I wish to apologize, I did a horrible prank, and that prank was I put a tweet up online on midnight on a Saturday and made it look like it was a direct message to my artist Ryan Stegman that hinted that a character ‘Miguel’ might be the new Superior Spider-Man. I am very sorry, it was a prank, it was a trick. And all these poor fans of Spider-man 2099 were so certain that Spider-Man 2099 was going to be the Superior Spider-Man.’

‘This is not a trick, this is not a prank: You will see Miguel O’Hara in Superior Spider-Man”

Slott is a known trickster, so it remains to be seen if Miguel will actually show up in the series or if it will simply be a background image of Spider-Man 2099, which is not entirely out of the cards. What do you think? Are you excited for the return of Miguel O’Hara?

You can check out our review of The Superior Spider-Man by clicking here.