When Doctor Strange and America Chavez initially escaped the Scarlet Witch from the ruin of Kamar-Taj, they wind up in a reality whose Doctor Strange was killed. There was never any reason to question the authority of the book as canon, considering the timing of its release and its publisher, until Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The reference guide indicates a distinction between the world of the comics, 616, and the cinematic universe, 199999. In 2008, the same year the MCU was established with the release of Iron Man, marvel published a book entitled Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z, Vol. This also allowed for other meta congruencies, since before this moment the MCU's designation was unambiguously Earth-199999. Peter and the audience are both fooled and the film can make good on its early twist while it develops a unique and memorable adaptation for a staple in Spider-Man's rogue's gallery. When the deception is revealed later in the film, the audience is left to consider the reference solely as an interesting Easter egg with no real consequence. Their benefactor, Opal Luna Saturnyne, The Omniversal Majestrix, referred to the Brian Braddock of the core comic's universe as the 616 variant and the categorization has remained intact ever since.Ĭonsidering that Beck was miming lines from a script written for him by a colleague named Guterman, this provided the savvy portion of the audience familiar with the comics instant credibility for his tale as the last surviving defender of an obliterated alternate Earth.

Alan Moore and Alan Davis are credited with creating the reference in the story 'Rough Justice,' which featured the multiversal Captain Britain Corps, a collection of Britain's champions from across multiple dimensions. Earth-616 was established as the native dimension of the Marvel Comics in July 1983. It was the first time the MCU had ever referred to itself in this way which was both clever and confusing.

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