Multiverse (Marvel Comics)

For the depiction of the multiverse in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, see Multiverse (Marvel Cinematic Universe).

Within Marvel Comics, most tales take place within the fictional Marvel Universe, which in turn is part of a larger multiverse. Starting with issues of Captain Britain, the main continuity in which most Marvel storylines take place was designated Earth-616, and the Multiverse was established as being protected by Merlyn. Each universe has a Captain Britain designated to protect its version of the British Isles. These protectors are collectively known as the Captain Britain Corps. This numerical notation was continued in the series Excalibur and other titles. Each universe of the Multiverse in Marvel also appears to be defended by a Sorcerer Supreme at nearly all times, appointed by the mystic trinity of Vishanti to defend the world against threats primarily magical in nature from within and beyond and bearing the Eye of Agamotto.

Multiverse
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	The Avengers #85 (February 1971)
See also	Features of the Marvel Universe

Later on, many writers would use and reshape the Multiverse in titles such as Exiles, X-Men, and Ultimate Fantastic Four. New universes would also spin out of storylines involving time-traveling characters such as Rachel Summers, Cable, and Bishop, as their actions rendered their home times alternate timelines.

The Multiverse also plays a role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), which is also known as Earth-199999 in the comics. Its concept was first introduced in Doctor Strange (2016) before being explored more deeply in Phase Four of the MCU, starting with Loki (2021), Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), and the animated series What If...? (2021). Additionally, Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) ties into the MCU multiverse. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) also tie into its own multiverse along with one more upcoming film in the series.

Concept

The Multiverse is the collection of alternate universes that share a universal hierarchy. A large variety of these universes were originated from another due to a major decision on the part of a character. Some can seem to be taking place in the past or future due to differences in how time passes in each universe. Often, new universes are born due to time traveling; another name for these new universes is an "alternate timeline". Earth-616 is the established main universe where the majority of Marvel books take place.

The Marvel multiverse is protected from imbalance by the Living Tribunal, a vastly powerful humanoid cosmic entity, who is one for the entire multiverse. It may act to prevent one universe from amassing more power than any of the others or from upsetting the cosmic balance in some way. It is only overseen by the One-Above-All, an omnipotent entity said to have created the entire Marvel Multiverse.

According to the origin mythology, at the beginning there was only one universe, The First Firmament, but due to actions of Celestials existing there, it diverged.^[1] Then, the Multiverse went through several incarnations and eventually the Big Bang caused the existence of the Seventh Cosmos, where most well-known heroes originated. The seventh iteration of the Multiverse was destroyed as a consequence of the phenomena known as incursions and was eventually reborn as the eighth thanks to Reed Richards.^[2] According to him the ultimate fate of the Multiverse is to perish in all-encompassing heat death.^[3]

Nature of the Multiverse

According to Forge, mutants living on these alternate Earths have lost their powers due to M-Day, as stated in "Endangered Species"; however, this mass depowering has not been seen in any of Marvel's current alternate reality publications such as Exiles, the Ultimate Marvel titles, Amazing Spider-Girl, the Marvel Adventures titles or GeNext, though it is possible that the issue of time may be related to their exclusion. This was apparently retconned during the "X-Men: Messiah Complex" storyline, where Forge stated that all mutants in possible future timelines were depowered, not in parallel universes.^[4] This, in addition to A.R.M.O.R.'s observation that Lyra arrived from an alternate reality^[5] indicates that the topology of the Marvel Multiverse is based on new realities branching off from key nodes of a timeline instead of strictly parallel dimensions.

Other dimensions

Not every alternate dimension is an entire independent universe, but instead maintain a parasitic relationship to a parent reality. Others can exist outside the multiversal structure altogether.

Pocket universes

• Counter-Earth (Heroes Reborn): A pocket dimension where Franklin Richards stored many of Earth's superheroes after the events surrounding the appearance of Onslaught. Doctor Doom saved Counter-Earth from the unstable pocket dimension and placed it in an alternate orbit of Earth-616 on the other side of the Sun.
• The Hill: A dangerous pocket dimension used by Mikhail Rasputin after flooding the Morlock tunnels. Rasputin brought all Morlocks to the Hill to raise them in a survival-of-the-fittest mentality. In this dimension, time runs several times faster. While in Earth-616 only one or two years passed, more than 10 years passed in the Hill. Marrow and the other Gene Nation members grew up in this dimension.
• The Microverse: Originally, many microverses existed within the Marvel Multiverse. The most commonly visited microverse is the one containing the regions known as Sub-Atomica and the Micronauts' Homeworld.
• The Mojoverse: A dimension where all beings are addicted to gladiator-like television programs. Ruled by Mojo and home to Spiral, Longshot and the X-Babies.
• The Negative Zone: Mostly uninhabited, it is a universe parallel to Earth's with many similarities. One major difference is all matter in the Negative Zone is negatively charged. Negative Zone Prison Alpha is located here. Also the home of both Blastaar the Living Bomb-Burst and Annihilus.
• Otherplace: Also known as "Limbo" or "demonic Limbo". A magical dimension of demons which was historically ruled by Belasco and primarily featured in the X-Men comic books.
• The Void: A pocket dimension that exists inside Shaman's medicine bag.
• Soulworld: A pocket dimension that exists inside the Soul Gem.

External realities

• Avalon: Also known as Otherworld, this realm is an access point to the entire Marvel Multiverse utilized by the Captain Britain Corps. Also home to the Celtic gods and King Arthur.
• The Darkforce Dimension: This dimension also includes, but is not limited to, Spotworld as used by the supervillain the Spot and the Brimstone Dimension as used by the X-Man Nightcrawler.
• Limbo: Also known as "true Limbo" or "temporal Limbo"; outside of time, historically ruled by Immortus and the location to which Rom the Spaceknight banished the Dire Wraiths.
• The Panoptichron: Home base of the reality-hopping Exiles, structurally dissimilar, but functionally similar, to Avalon.

Definitions

The classification system for alternate realities was devised, in part, by Mark Gruenwald.^[6]

Universe

A universe is a single dimension, such as Earth-616, the mainstream Marvel Universe.

Reality

A reality is the collection of a universe, where a version of the planet Earth exists, and the various other dimensions associated with it, like Asgard, the Dark Dimension, or the Negative Zone. Universes, where a planet Earth exists, are infinite, and there is (generally) one version of Asgard, one version of the Dark Dimension, one version of the Negative Zone, and so on, associated with each. For example, beings like Dormammu and gods like Odin hail from separate dimensions, but they all nevertheless belong to Reality-616, and other realities like the MCU, have different variants of these characters. Note that whether any given specific use of the term "Marvel Universe" refers to the Marvel Multiverse (in general) or to the Reality-616 (in particular) can only be determined by the context of its use.^[7]

Multiverse

A multiverse is the collection of alternate universes, with a similar nature and a universal hierarchy. The Marvel Multiverse contains the universe that holds Reality-616, most of the What If? universes, as well as the vast number of the alternate Marvel Universe Earths.

Megaverse

A Megaverse is a collection of alternate multiverses, which do not necessarily need to have similar natures and universal hierarchies. The term was posited in the 21st century edition of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe.

Omniverse

According to the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Alternate Universes, and building on Mark Gruenwald's original definition of the term,^[8] the Omniverse consists of all of fiction and reality combined, including all the works that are outside of Marvel's copyright restrictions, and therefore also outside the Marvel Multiverse. As such, there can logically only be one Omniverse, as anything and everything that currently exists, existed in the past, can potentially exist at any time or may exist in the future is a part of it.

Known alternate universes

As stated above, nearly every imprint, timeline and appearances in other media have its own separate universe. Most of these have been cataloged by Marvel Comics in many publications, being most notable the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Alternate Universes. The numerical designations for these are rarely revealed outside of reference works such as the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Alternate Universes 2005. A.R.M.O.R. and Project Pegasus however seem to possess vast knowledge of other Marvel realities, utilizing the same designations; whether this is simply narrative convenience on behalf of Marvel's authors or an unusual decision by these agencies to utilize an effectively alien catalog method is as yet unstated.

The numeric designations of these alternate universes have been confirmed by Marvel Comics throughout the years and compiled in 2005's Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Alternate Universes, and in Marvel publications since the release of the Handbook.

Many official numbers are random or use other numbers as a base, the best example of this is Ultimate Marvel. 1610 is the swapped numbers of 616 with a 0 to differentiate it from the already existing 161. In addition, many universes have also been designated with numbers by fans with various methods for the numbering, such as the birth date of an important Marvel staff member (artist Nelson Ribeiro for the Transformers U.S. Universe, Earth-91274) or the spelling of a name with a touch-tone phone (Animated Silver Surfer Earth-936652, spells out Zenn-La).

In 2014, during the publication of the "Spider-Verse" storyline, writer Dan Slott posted on Twitter that the numbers that appear in wiki entries and handbooks do not count, only those that are published within "actual" stories do. This was in response to the questions that the different numbers for some Earths appearing in Spider-Verse brought up, such as the Spider-Friends being from Earth-1983 and not the believed designation of Earth-8107.^[9] This has created some debate among readers, as some believe that the "Spiders" with numbers that do not match the "original" ones are alternate versions, or if the former numbers should be completely dismissed, despite being official.

In the 2015 Secret Wars series, a confrontation with the Beyonders over the fate of the various alternate versions of the Molecule Man results in the destruction of the Multiverse, triggering various 'incursions' as Earths crash together and destroy each other, the Beyonders' assault culminating in Doctor Doom stealing the power of the remaining Beyonders and bringing the last of the parallel universes together into a single 'Battleworld'. Doom rules this reality for eight years until key heroes and villains from the pre-existing Multiverse are discovered and released by Doctor Strange, who had been acting as Doom's 'sheriff' until the discovery of the survivors gave him an alternative. In the heroes' final assault on Doom's fortress, the Molecule Man, who had been the source of Doom's power, transfers Doom's power to Mister Fantastic when Doom acknowledges that Reed would have done a better job as 'God' than he did. Having restored Earth-616 as it was before the Beyonders' incursions began, Mister Fantastic departs to recreate the multiverse with the company of his restored family.

List of alternate Earths and universes

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Below is a short, non-comprehensive list of the universes in the Marvel Multiverse:

Name	First appearance	Notes
Earth-616	Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 (1939)	The main setting of the Marvel Universe. Reality of the original Marvel Super Heroes and its mainstream continuity. Differences between universes are usually described in comparison with Earth-616. First numbered in The Daredevils. As of the Secret Wars storyline, it gained the designation of Prime Earth and became known as the eighth incarnation of the Marvel Universe. During the Reckoning War, its discovered this Universe is only 10% of what it once was, with the remaining 90% decimated eons ago during the First War and forgotten. An alternate reality based on Earth-616 called Earth-616B, appeared alongside a variation of its Peter Parker / Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson in the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. The Marvel Cinematic Universe was designated as Earth-616 by Quentin Beck / Mysterio in the film Spider-Man: Far From Home, later revealed to be a lie to Peter Parker. In Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Christine Palmer from Earth-838 tells the main version Doctor Strange that his Earth is also called Earth-616, although it is not the same continuity as the comics.
Earth-1610	Ultimate Spider-Man #1 (2000)	The Ultimate Marvel universe is the reinvention of the Marvel Universe for the modern age, Initially beginning with Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimate X-Men. The events of the Ultimate Spider-Man video game originally took place in this reality until it was subsequently retconned and placed in a different reality. Home reality of the Ultimates (this universe's counterparts of the Avengers) and Miles Morales. First numbered in Marvel Encyclopedia: Fantastic Four. In this world, mutants are the results of the genetic modifications done by this world's version of Weapon X who were attempting to produce a supersoldier.
Earth-10005	X-Men (July 12, 2000)	Original setting of the X-Men film franchise until the events of X-Men: Days of Future Past. Also the setting of Wolverine spin-off films consisting of X-Men Origins: Wolverine and The Wolverine.
Earth-92131	"Night of the Sentinels" (Part 1) (Oct. 31, 1992)	Setting of X-Men: The Animated Series & its continuation, the X-Men '92 comic book series, and Spider-Man: The Animated Series. First numbered in Volume 5 of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z hardcover book. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness features an alternate variant of Charles Xavier / Professor X from Earth-838, who bears multiple visual and characteristic similarities to the Charles Xavier of Earth-92131.
Earth-534834	"And the Sea Shall Give Up Its Dead" (Sep. 24, 1994)	Reality designation for the animated series part of the Marvel Action Hour programming block. Setting for Iron Man: The Animated Series, the 1994 Fantastic Four television series and the 1996 television series, The Incredible Hulk.
Earth-26496	"Survival of the Fittest" (March 8, 2008)	The setting of The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series. Created by Greg Weisman and Victor Cook. In this continuity, Peter Parker attends Midtown High School with his best friend Harry Osborn, and teenaged iterations of his love interests Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson. Eddie Brock is a graduate of Midtown High and a biology major at Empire State University, where Peter interned as a lab assistant alongside Gwen under the tutelage of Dr. Curt Connors. Peter Parker's uncle Ben Parker was slain by Walter Hardy, otherwise known as the Cat Burglar, and the father of jewelry thief and occasional ally & love interest, Felicia Hardy / Black Cat. The crime lord alias of the "Big Man of Crime" is shared among multiple individuals in this reality, initially belonging to public socialite and entrepreneur L. Thompson Lincoln / Tombstone, before being challenged by Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus / Master Planner and Silvio Manfredi / Silvermane, and finally being usurped upon his arrest, by Norman Osborn / Green Goblin. In this reality, Jackson Brice / Montana dons the costumed identity of the Shocker, the leader of the Enforcers and operator of the criminal-populated pub called the Big Sky Lounge. As opposed to the civilian identity of the Molten Man belonging to Mark Raxton as in other continuities, this universe's iteration of the character is Mark Allan, the biological brother of Midtown High student Elizabeth "Liz" Allan. Unlike the comics, Silver Sable is the daughter of Silvermane. Number revealed in The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Volume 4 hardcover book. The Peter Parker / Spider-Man of this reality will appear in the upcoming film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).
Earth-904913	"Iron, Forged in Fire" (April 24, 2009)	The setting of the animated series Iron Man: Armored Adventures, where Tony Stark becomes Iron Man as a teenager. Justin Hammer is depicted to be in his 20s.
Earth-12041	"Great Power and Great Responsibility" (April 1, 2012)	Universe of the animated series featured on Disney XD. Setting of Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (seasons 1–2), Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. and Marvel's Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell. Number revealed in Secret Wars: Official Guide to The Marvel Universe. In this reality, Morbius, the Living Vampire, Rhino, and Vulture got their powers from the formulas created by Doctor Octopus that are similar to the Lizard formula.
Earth-17628	Introduction! (July 24, 2017)	Reality of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout (Season 3), Marvel's Spider-Man and Avengers: Black Panther's Quest (Season 5 of Avengers Assemble). In this reality, Raymond Warren operates as Jackal and was the one who developed the serum that he used to turn Aleksei Sytsevich into Rhino (similar to the formula in Ultimate Spider-Man) and the genetically altered spiders. Otto Octavius, Herman Schultz, and Clayton Cole are depicted as teenager. Flint Marko's daughter Keemia Marko became Sandgirl through the same accident that supposedly killed Flint and was raised by Hammerhead.
Earth-8096	Wolverine and the X-Men (January 23, 2009)	Main setting of Wolverine and the X-Men, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Hulk Vs. and Thor: Tales of Asgard. Also referred to as the "Yostverse" by fans, after the creator of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Christopher Yost.
Earth-10022	Planet Hulk (February 2, 2010)	Universe in which the Planet Hulk film takes place.
Earth-8107	"Bubble, Bubble, Oil and Trouble" (September 12, 1981)	Main setting of the 1981 Spider-Man animated series, its companion series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, and the 1982 animated series The Incredible Hulk.
Earth-634962	Silver Surfer (TV series) (February - May 1998)	Main setting of the 1998 Silver Surfer animated series.
Earth-65	Edge of Spider-Verse #2 (Nov. 2014)	Home universe of Spider-Woman (Gwen Stacy) and Kingpin (Matt Murdock) In this reality, Peter Parker was Gwen's best friend, who injected himself with Curt Connors' formula to become the Lizard, and was later killed by the after-effects of the serum, with Spider-Woman being publicly blamed for his demise. Captain America is Samantha Wilson and Falcon is a clone of her called Sam 13. First referenced in Excalibur #44 (November 1991). First numbered in The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 3) #9 (January 2015). An alternate reality based on Earth-65 appears in the films Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, alongside variations of Gwen Stacy / Spider-Woman, Captain George Stacy, Peter Parker / Lizard, the Mary Janes, and Matt Murdock / Kingpin.
Earth-6799	"The Power of Dr. Octopus" (Sept 9, 1967)	Setting of the 1967 Spider-Man series. Alternate version (referred to as Earth-67) depicted in the post-credits scene of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). First numbered in the Spider-Verse crossover comic books.
Earth-730784	The Avengers: United They Stand (October 1999 - February 2000)	Main setting of the 1999 animated series The Avengers: United They Stand.
Earth-700974	Fred and Barney Meet the Thing (September 8 - December 1, 1979)	Main setting of the 1979 The Thing TV series. This show was part of an animated package alongside The Flintstones spin-off show The New Fred and Barney Show. The series contained two segments: one 30 minute episode of The New Fred and Barney Show and two 11 minute episodes of The Thing. Despite the show's title, both segments remained separate and did not crossover with one another. The characters of Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble, and Thing were only featured together during the opening title sequence and in brief bumpers between segments. This version of the Thing is the only animated incarnation of the character that Ben Grimm can transform into the Thing and back to his human form. He is also the only animated incarnation of the Thing to not be a member of the Fantastic Four.
Earth-9907	Avengers Next #10 (July 1999)	An alternate world in which the Red Skull survived his last battle with Captain America and successfully led the Third Reich into total world domination. First mentioned in A-Next #7, it is fully seen in A-Next #10.
Earth-8311	Marvel Tails #1 (1983)	The Larval Universe is the home reality of Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham and various intelligent, talking, anthropomorphic funny animal parodies of the Marvel characters. First numbered in Marvel Encyclopedia: Fantastic Four. However, in Spider-Verse, Spider-Ham is said to be from Earth-25. An alternate reality based on Earth-8311, undesignated currently, appeared in the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse alongside a variation of Peter Porker / Spider-Ham. Peter Porker / Spider-Ham of Earth-TRN705 was later featured in the short film Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham released in 2019.
Earth-921	Avengers #343 (November 1991)	This Earth was home to Phillip Javert who operated as Swordsman.
Earth-928	Spider-Man 2099 #1 (1992)	The 2099 Universe An alternate future of Earth-616 set in 2099, with futuristic incarnations of Marvel heroes, villains and teams. First numbered in Marvel Encyclopedia: Fantastic Four. However, in the Spider-Verse event (Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 3) #14) it's said that Marvel 2099 takes place in the future of Earth-616. An alternate reality based on Earth-928 appeared alongside a variation of Miguel O' Hara / Spider-Man 2099 in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and will return in its sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
Earth-982	What If? (vol. 2) #105 (1998)	The setting of MC2. Home reality of Spider-Girl, J2, A-Next, Wild Thing, the Fantastic Five, and other children of the Marvel heroes and villains. Set in an alternate version of Earth-616 in the late 1990s. First numbered in Marvel Encyclopedia: Fantastic Four. Two alternate versions of Mayday Parker will appear in the upcoming film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). One will be depicted as the infant daughter of Peter B. Parker and Mary Jane Watson, while another version will have joined Miguel O' Hara's Spider-Forces as Spider-Girl.
Earth-2149	Ultimate Fantastic Four #21 (2005)	Reality of the original Marvel Zombies series, where an outbreak of a zombie virus that came from another alternate Earth turned all of its superheroes and supervillains into cannibalistic, flesh-eating zombies. First numbered in Alternate Universes 2005.
Earth-712	Avengers #85–86 (Feb.–March 1971)	Home universe of the Squadron Supreme, a superhero team that is a pastiche of the Justice League and other DC Comics characters. As with other worlds in the Marvel Multiverse, there are multiple versions of it. In some instances, the Squadron exists even within other 616-based worlds.
Earth-58163	House of M (June—Nov. 2005)	An alternate version of Earth-616 created by Wanda Maximoff, who wished mutants were the dominant species instead of humans. Later numbered at an unknown time.
Earth-19529	Spider-Man: Life Story #1 (March 20, 2019)	Main setting of the comic limited series Spider-Man: Life Story, by Chip Zdarsky, Mark Bagley, John Dell and Frank D'Armata An alternate version of Earth-616 that has progressed in real-time since the conception of the Marvel Universe in 1961, and told from Peter Parker's perspective beginning with his debut as Spider-Man in 1962. This universe's Peter Parker interned for Reed Richards in 1966, later establishing the Future Foundation with him and Otto Octavius, where he worked for a decade. Following the death of Gwen Stacy and his marriage to Mary Jane Watson, the couple conceived children: Son Benjamin Watson-Parker and daughter Claire Watson-Parker The trauma sustained from the events of "Kraven's Last Hunt" caused Peter and MJ to later separate, with the latter taking their children to raise them in Portland. Peter had established the tech firm Parker Industries by 1995. Tony Stark would become the U.S. Secretary of Defense by 2005, approaching Parker in hopes of having him endorse the Superhuman Registration Act, and promptly dispatching his defense unit, the U.S.Avengers when Parker declined, causing Parker to ally himself with Captain America's faction of rogue Avengers By 2019, the majority of pre-existing superhumans have either been killed or self-exiled as a result of the ensuing "Civil War", with Parker remaining as one of the last living senior heroes. Doctor Doom had seized control and rule over the planet, with Parker leading a resistance movement against his authority Parker gives his life to activate Stark's "Doomsday Machine", an orbital space station constructed with the intent of globally deactivating Doom's various technologies, with the assistance of a fragmented, metaphysical memory of Aunt May, and a reformed Venom symbiote.
Earth-1287	Strikeforce: Morituri #01 (1986)	Reality where a scientist named Dr. Kimmo Tuolema in 2072 discovers a process which can provide humans with superhuman powers in order to fight back a ravaging alien invasion that started in 2069. First numbered in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Alternate Universes 2005.
Earth-14123	Big Hero 6 (7 November 2014)	Main setting of the 2014 Big Hero 6 film, the 2017 Disney XD series Big Hero 6: The Series, and the Disney+ series Baymax!. An alternate history with this world has San Fransokyo instead of San Francisco.
Earth-88194	Dr. Zero #1 (1988)	The setting of Shadowline. Created by Archie Goodwin under the Epic Comics imprint as a mature-themed line for Marvel Comics. Home reality of Doctor Zero, Power Line and St. George, and the origin of Terror Inc. First numbered in Alternate Universes 2005.
Earth-811	Uncanny X-Men #141 (1981)	The setting of Days of Future Past, a dystopic version of the near-distant future where mutants are actively hunted and sent to concentration camps, and whose timeline diverges from Earth-616 in occasion of the assassination of Senator Kelly.
Earth-45828	Razorline: The First Cut #1 (Sept. 1993)	The setting of Clive Barker's Razorline imprint, Home reality of Ectokid, Saint Sinner, Hyperkind and Hokum & Hex. First numbered in Alternate Universes 2005.
Earth-148611	Star Brand #1 (Oct. 1986)	The setting of the New Universe. Created by Jim Shooter, Archie Goodwin, Eliot R. Brown, John Morelli, Mark Gruenwald, Tom DeFalco, and Michael Higgins. Home reality of DP 7, Psi-Force, Star Brand, Justice, Nightmask, Spitfire and the Troubleshooters, Mark Hazzard and Kickers Inc. First numbered in Alternate Universes 2005.
Earth-807128	Wolverine (vol. 3) #66 (Aug. 2008)	The setting of Old Man Logan where the supervillains united and killed all of the superheroes, then divided up the world into their respective territories. The film Logan is greatly inspired by Old Man Logan, but set in its own universe.
Earth-21929	Old Man Logan #1 (May 2015)	This Earth is similar to Earth-807128, but has some differences. The Old Man Logan from this Earth was displaced on Earth-616 for a while. Following Old Man Logan killing Red Skull and Hulk, a power vacuum happened in Amerika which led to Doctor Doom taking over Red Skull's territory known as The Presidential Quarter.
Earth-90214	Spider-Man Noir #1 (Feb. 2009)	The setting of Marvel Noir, a universe in the 1920s–1930s that has few superhumans who developed superpowers. This universe combines elements of film noir and pulp fiction. An alternate reality based on Earth-90214, undesignated currently, appeared alongside a variation of Peter Parker / Spider-Man Noir in the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Earth-31117	Captain America (vol. 4) #17-20 (Nov. 2003 - Jan. 2004)	An alternate version in which Nazi Germany won World War II, caused by an unknown disturbance in the timestream. Captain America is found and revived by the Nazis, leads an American resistance movement against them, and falls into a time machine which brings him to the mainstream timeline, where he is found by the Avengers.
Earth-1218	Marvel Team-Up #137 (Jan. 1984)	The setting of our reality, in which superheroes and supervillains only exist as fictional characters in mainstream media and popular culture.
Earth-98140	Alien Legion #1 (April 1984)	Main setting of the Alien Legion. Created by Carl Potts, Alan Zelenetz, and Frank Cirocco.
Earth-9997	Earth X #0 (Jan. 1999)	The setting of Earth X. Created by Alex Ross and Jim Krueger. First numbered in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Vol 4 #17.
Earth-94024	Amazing Spider-Man Family	The setting where May Porker, the daughter of Spider-Ham, became Swiney-Girl.
Earth-7642	Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Jan. 1976)	Created by Gerry Conway and Ross Andru. A reality where Marvel and DC characters coexist with one another. It also includes characters from other franchises, such as Archie, the Transformers, the WildC.A.T.s, the Witchblade, and Shi.
Earth-93060	Hardcase #1 (June 1993)	Main setting of the Ultraverse. Home reality of Prime, Night Man, Hardcase, Mantra, UltraForce, and The Strangers.
Earth-8116	Epic Illustrated #1 (March 1980)	The setting of Dreadstar. Created by Jim Starlin. First numbered by the Crew of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe in their Online-Appendix.
Earth-13122	Lego Marvel Super Heroes (22 October 2013)	Marvel Legoverse Main setting of Lego Marvel video games Lego Marvel Super Heroes and Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2.
Earth-1048	Spider-Man (2018 video game) (Sept. 7 2018)	Also known as the Gamerverse, the Insomniac Games Universe and the PlayStation-Marvel Universe. Main setting of the Marvel's Spider-Man video game series developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for PlayStation consoles and Microsoft Windows: Marvel's Spider-Man, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and Marvel's Wolverine, as well as associated media. Marvel's Iron Man VR for PlayStation VR is implied to share events, locations and characters with this reality.^[10] First numbered in the comics storyline "Spider-Geddon" (2018) when Superior Spider-Man (Doctor Octopus' mind in a Proto-Clone body) visited this world to recruit its Spider-Man.
Earth-2301	Marvel Mangaverse: New Dawn (March 2002)	Also known as the Mangaverse. Interpretation of Marvel characters through a manga format and aesthetic. The Peter Parker / Spider-Man of this reality will appear in the film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).
Earth-30847	The Punisher (1993)	Main setting of the Marvel vs. Capcom video game series.
Earth-295	X-Men: Alpha (January 1995)	Also known as the Age of Apocalypse Reality where the villain Apocalypse has successfully conquered North America, causing chaos & destruction across most of the world. Home reality of the character Nate Grey (aka "X-Man"), who is the reality's version of Cable.
Earth-311	Marvel 1602 #1 (13 August 2003)	Also known as Marvel 1602 and Earth-1602 Primary setting for the 1602 limited series written by Neil Gaiman, and the spin-off titles 1602: New World, 1602: Fantastick Four and 1602: Spider-Man Off-shoot reality of Earth-616, depicting Silver Age-era Marvel characters who have awakened 400 years earlier in England
Earth-61011	Spider-Man and Friends	Main setting for Spider-Man and Friends.
Earth-398	Avengers (Vol. 3) #2 (January 1998)	This world was created when Morgan le Fay warped reality where it is trapped in the Medieval ages. While Scarlet Witch managed to undo this reality, it still exists in the Multiverse. Each of the Avengers was transformed into a group called the Queen's Vengeance to match this reality and serve as Morgan le Fay's elite guard. Beast became Kreature. Black Knight was still called Black Knight here. Black Panther became Nubian Prince. Black Widow became Tsarina. Captain America became a knight called Yeoman America. Crystal became Elementelle. Darkhawk became Falconer. Demolition Man became Serf. Falcon became Blackbird. Firebird became Firemaiden. Firestar became Lady Comet. Hank Pym became Gigantus. Hawkeye became Longbow. Hercules became Heracles. Iron Man became Iron Knight. Julia Carpenter became Arachne. Justice became Squire Justice. Living Lightning became Sir Fulminator. Machine Man became Sir MacHinery. Magdalene became Lady Magdalena. Monica Rambeau became Daystar. Moondragon became Priestess. Ms. Marvel became Lady Marvel. Namor became Sealord. Quasar became Star-Knight. Quicksilver became Gypsy Davy. Rage became Blacksmith. Sandman became Quarryman. Sersi became Circe the Sorceress. She-Hulk became Jade Giantess. Starfox became Knave of Hearts. Stingray became Sir Devilfish. Swordsman of Earth-921 became Chevalier Thor became Donar. Tigra became Grimalkin. U.S. Agent became Liegeman. Vision became Ghost of Stone. Wasp became Pixie.
Earth-818	Avengers (Vol. 8) #50 (December 2021)	This was one of the worlds that was conquered by the Multiversal Masters of Evil after they slew this world's version of the Avengers of 1,000,000 BC. Black Skull turned this world into a wasteland and ruled over it until he was defeated by a Multiverse-hopping Ghost Rider, his Deathlok companion, and the local resistance. Tony Stark operates as Ant-Man. A woman named Mariama Spector operates as Moon Knight.
Earth-1226	M.O.D.O.K. (May 2021)	The setting of M.O.D.O.K. and Hit-Monkey.
Earth-9602	Amalgam Comics (April 1996 – June 1997)	An amalgamation of the Marvel and DC universes that occurred during the DC vs. Marvel crossover event. Characters from both franchises were merged to create new ones (e.g., DC Comics' Batman and Marvel Comics' Wolverine become the Amalgam Comics character Dark Claw).
Earth-40083	Hulk (20 June 2003)	Setting for the 2003 film Hulk directed by Ang Lee and its characters
Earth-121347	Ghost Rider (February 16, 2007)	Setting for the films Ghost Rider and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Official designation revealed in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Volume 5 hardcover book.
Earth-121698	Fantastic Four (8 July 2005)	Setting for the 2005 film Fantastic Four and its 2007 sequel directed by Tim Story.
Earth-15866	Fantastic Four (4 August 2015)	Setting for the 2015 film Fantastic Four directed by Josh Trank and its characters. This will be the only Fantastic Four film set in this reality as the rights to the Fantastic Four have subsequently reverted to Marvel Studios after 20th Century Fox declined to make further films with the property, with a reboot of the franchise within the Marvel Cinematic Universe being developed.
Earth-11911	Marvel Super Hero Squad comics	Setting for the comics.
Earth-91119	The Super Hero Squad Show (14 September 2009)	Main setting for The Super Hero Squad Show.
Earth-7085	Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness (2007)	The setting where the Marvel characters are werewolves due to being infected with lycanthropy. The Peter Parker / Spider-Man of this reality will appear in the upcoming film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).
(undesignated)	X-Men: Days of Future Past (10 May 2014)	Main setting for the X-Men film franchise beginning with the film X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) continuing with X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), and concluding with Dark Phoenix (2019). Additionally the setting of the first two Deadpool films produced by 20th Century Fox. The character as he appears on this reality and Earth-41633 will be incorporated into the continuity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (Earth-199999) for future films.
Earth-17040	"Chapter 1" (8 February 2017)	Primary setting for the FX television series Legion. Exists adjacent to the timeline of Earth-14523. Harry Lloyd portrays an alternate iteration of Charles Xavier in this reality with similar characteristics to the versions of Charles Xavier present on Earth-10005 and Earth-TRN414.
Earth-17327	"eXposed" (2 October 2017)	Setting for the Fox television series The Gifted.
Earth-17315	Logan (17 February 2017)	Setting for the X-Men spin-off film Logan directed by James Mangold. Although this film is part of 20th Century Fox's X-Men film franchise, this film set in an previously unexplored alternate reality compared to the other films in the X-Men film series.
Earth-41633	Deadpool 2 (10 May 2018)	Primary setting for the film Deadpool 2 directed by David Leitch.
Earth-11714	Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (14 June 2011 – 4 January 2014)	Primary setting for the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark and its characters with music and lyrics written by Bono and The Edge. The plot of the show is inspired by the events Earth-616 and the Sam Raimi films This production is the most expensive Broadway production in history. The production ended in January 2014.
Earth-85481	Heathcliff #1: (April 1985)	The universe containg comic character Heathcliff. Official designation revealed in The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe.
Earth-1610B	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (1 December 2018)	Primary setting for the animated Spider-Verse franchise. Created by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman. The version of Peter Parker native to this reality was murdered by Kingpin, and subsequently succeeded by Miles Morales as Spider-Man. An alternate version of Parker, named Peter B. Parker from Earth-616B, was transported to this reality alongside other alternate Spider-People from Earth-65A, Earth-90214B, Earth-14512B and Earth-8311B. Miles Morales is romantically involved with Gwen Stacy, the Spider-Woman of Earth-65B. In-universe, this reality is designated "Earth-1610", homaging its similarities to the comics continuity of Earth-1610. Reality designation revealed in the film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).
Earth-42	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2 June 2023)	Alternate setting within the animated Spider-Verse franchise Created by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller and David Callaham In this reality, Jefferson Davis ended up being killed in action some time ago, while his son Miles Morales was never bitten by a radioactive spider and thus never gained superpowers, as a result of the spider intended for him being transported to Earth-1610B while that world's Alchemax was conducting tests for Wilson Fisk's multiversal "super-collider", prior to the events of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse The spider from Earth-42, codenamed in experiments as "Alchemax-42", eventually found its way to, and bit that world's Miles Morales instead, leading to him becoming that universe's new Spider-Man following Peter Parker's demise, and leaving Earth-42 without a Spider-Man to protect New York As a result of getting more closely involved with Aaron Davis' criminal activities and being distant with his own family, Earth-42's Miles Morales ended up becoming the Prowler instead, while Davis used the money secured from heists to financially support the widowed Rio Morales Earth-1610B's Miles Morales accidentally displaces himself in Earth-42 while trying to return to his home reality, and ends up being captured by Davis and Morales
Earth-701306	Daredevil (14 February 2003)	Main setting for the 2003 Daredevil film and the 2005 Elektra film.
(undesignated)	Marvel's Avengers (4 September 2020)	Main setting for the 2020 Marvel's Avengers game.
Earth-6109	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (24 October 2006)	Primary setting of the first two games in the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance series.
Earth-400005	The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series) (November 1977 - May 1982)	Main setting of the 1977 The Incredible Hulk TV series.
(undesignated)	Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order (19 July 2019)	Primary setting for the game Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order for Nintendo Switch.
(undesignated)	Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (October 21, 2008)	Main setting of the 2008 video game Spider-Man: Web of Shadows.
(undesignated)	Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (October 25, 2021)	Main setting for the 2021 Guardians of the Galaxy video game.
Earth-20824	Spider-Man (2000 video game) (1 September 2000)	Main setting for the 2000 Spider-Man game and his 2001 sequel Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro, both released on PlayStation.
Earth-760207	"Heroes and Villains" (22 August 2003)	Primary setting for the MTV television series Spider-Man: The New Animated Series. This reality originally shared events with the continuity of Earth-96283, but diverged in significant details: In this reality, Peter Parker / Spider-Man, Mary Jane Watson and Harry Osborn all attended Empire State University, as opposed to Parker solely being a student at Columbia University as depicted in Spider-Man 2 (2004). Parker has an on-again, off-again romantic relationship with Mary Jane Watson following the events of the first film, contradicting his decision to leave MJ out of fear for her safety due to his activities as Spider-Man before rekindling their relationship in Spider-Man 2. Supporting characters in the show also include a combination of original characters such as love interest Indira Daimonji and antagonists Turbo Jet and Cheyenne / Talon, in addition to an assortment of rogues from the comics that did not appear in any of the films, such as Curt Connors becoming the Lizard, as well as the appearances of Wilson Fisk / Kingpin, Silver Sable, Max Dillon / Electro and Kraven the Hunter among others. The series' first and only season concludes with Parker permanently forfeiting his life as Spider-Man in favor of resuming a normal civilian life, a detail that shares Spider-Man 2's inspiration from the "Spider-Man No More!" storyline, but is contradicted by Parker's reasoning for initially dissociating from the mantle, and his eventual decision in the film to resume his vigilante activities after a change of heart.
Earth-58732	The Punisher (2004 film) (16 April 2004)	Main setting for the 2004 The Punisher film.
(undesignated)	Ultimate Spider-Man (video game) (19 September 2005)	Primary setting of the 2005 Ultimate Spider-Man game. The events of this reality originally took place in the same continuity as the Ultimate Spider-Man comic book storyline on Earth-1610.
Earth-50116	The Punisher (2004 video game) (16 January 2005)	Main setting for the 2005 The Punisher game.
Earth-11052	X-Men: Evolution (November 2000 - October 2003)	Main setting of the animated series X-Men: Evolution.
Earth-12131	Marvel Avengers Alliance (1 March 2012)	Primary setting of the Marvel Avengers Alliance game series.
(undesignated)	The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (23 August 2005)	Main setting for the 2005 video game The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction.
Earth-71002	Spider-Man: Friend or Foe (2 October 2007)	Primary setting of the 2007 video game Spider-Man: Friend or Foe. The Spider-Man of this universe is an alternate version of the Spider-Man from Earth-96283, sharing the same history as his counterpart, only with a few differences. Unlike Earth-96283, Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Harry Osborn and Venom didn't die.
Earth-50701	Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects (20 September 2005)	Main setting of the 2005 video game Marvel Nemesis.
Earth-5724	Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (film) (26 May 1998)	Main setting of the 1998 Nick Fury film, with Fury being portrayed by David Hasselhoff.
(undesignated)	"Mother's Little Helpers" (16 October 2020)	Also known as the Adventure into Fear universe Main setting for the events of the Hulu streaming series Helstrom The events in this series were originally intended to take place within the reality of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (Earth-199999) until it was clarified as set in an adjacent universe by showrunner Paul Zbyszewski.
Earth-51778	Spider-Man (Japanese TV series) (May 1978 - March 1979)	Main setting of the Japanese Spider-Man TV series, also known as Supaidāman. In this Earth, Spider-Man is a Japanese man called Takuya Yamashiro. This version of Spider-Man will appear in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
(undesignated)	Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions (7 September 2010)	Primary setting of the 2010 video game Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions and its 2011 sequel Spider-Man: Edge of Time. Both games have the appearance of several Spider-Man's versions, like Spider-Ham, Spider-Man 2099, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Girl, and others. The villains also have the appearance of several different versions from another Earths.
Earth-58470	Howard the Duck (film) (August 1, 1986)	Main setting of the 1986 film Howard the Duck.
Earth-26320	Blade (film) (August 21, 1998)	Main setting of the films in the Blade trilogy (1998-2004) and the television series Blade: The Series, with Blade being portrayed by Wesley Snipes and Sticky Fingaz.
Earth-13625	Deadpool (video game) (June 25, 2013)	Main setting for the 2013 Deadpool video game.
Earth-79203	Super Sentai (1975–present), Kamen Rider (1971–present), Metal Hero Series (1982–present)	Main setting for the Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, and Metal Hero franchises.
(undesignated)	The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 video game) (June 26, 2012)	Main setting for the two games of The Amazing Spider-Man series, based on Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man films. This Earth has some similarities with Earth-120703, with differences including how some events happened, the appearance of some characters, etc.
(undesignated)	Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series (April 18 - November 7, 2017)	Main setting of the Guardians of the Galaxy game produced by Telltale Games.
Earth-120703	The Amazing Spider-Man (film series) (3 July 2012)	Setting of The Amazing Spider-Man film duology directed by Marc Webb.
Earth-96283	Spider-Man (film series) (3 May 2002)	Setting of the Spider-Man film trilogy directed by Sam Raimi.

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Main article: Multiverse (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

See also

• Marvel Universe
• Multiverse (DC Comics)

References

1. Ultimates 2 (vol. 2) #6
2. Secret Wars (vol. 1) #9
3. New Avengers (vol. 3) #1
4. David, Peter. X-Factor (vol. 2) #25
5. All New Savage She-Hulk #1
6. "Alternate Earths". Marvunapp.com. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
7. . gamesradar. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007.
8. "Roberson's Interminable Ramble: Mark Gruenwald, the father of modern superhero comics".
9. Slott, Dan [@DanSlott] (November 10, 2014). "@AyrMen Sorry. Was swamped w/work. Unless mentioned in actual stories, designations in Wiki entries & handbooks don't count. That answer it?" (Tweet). from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2020 – via Twitter.
10. Farell, Blair (August 13, 2020). "THERE ISN'T A MARVEL GAMING UNIVERSE…OR IS THERE?". Comic Book Video Games. from the original on December 10, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

Bibliography

• Marvel Encyclopedia Volume 6: Fantastic Four (November 2004)
• Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Alternate Universes 2005
• Marvel Legacy: The 1960s Handbook (2006)
• Marvel Legacy: The 1970s Handbook (2006)
• Marvel Legacy: The 1980s Handbook (2006)
• Marvel Legacy: The 1990s Handbook (2007)

External links

• Appendix to The Marvel Universe Alternate Universes Page
• The word "universe" in this context at Toonopedia
• Multiverse on Marvel Database, a Marvel Comics wiki
• A Guide to the Many Marvel Multiverses at Marvel Universe