Official designation
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Reality name
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Brief description
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First appearance
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Earth-616
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Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)
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- The main continuity for the MCU, including the films, One-Shots, tie-in comics and all of the
Disney+ series (excluding for What If...? and most of
Loki)
- Home reality of "
Peter-One".
- The original designation for this reality of Earth-199999 was revealed in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Volume 5 hardcover book, which was released in 2008.
[2]
- This designation was never referenced to as such in any subsequent official media (with the exception of
Sony Animation’s
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)) in the following years nor was referred as such by Marvel Studios themselves, and was confirmed as Earth-616 in Multiverse of Madness.
Kevin Feige – head of Marvel Studios as well as former-chief creative officer of
Marvel Entertainment – later began referring to the main reality of the MCU as Earth-616 as well.
[3]
- An event known as
the Blip played a major role in the events of this reality, with half of all life within the universe being erased from existence by the villain known as
Thanos in
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) before being restored back to life five years later in
Avengers: Endgame (2019) by the
Avengers.
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Iron Man (2008)
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Earth-96283
[a]
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"
Raimi-verse"
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Spider-Man (2002)
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Earth-120703
[a]
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“
Webb-verse"
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The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
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Earth-688
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Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU)
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- Primary setting for
Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) and its component films and characters.
- A Spider-Man is alleged to exist in this universe according to the director for
Morbius (2022), but has yet to be referenced in-universe nor has appeared in any films in the SSU as of 2022.
[6]
- The universe is briefly visited by
Spot in Across the Spider-Verse where he encounters Mrs. Chen. In a TV spot for the film, it was designated as Earth-688, which references the unofficial fan designation of this reality of “Earth-TRN688”.
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Venom (2018)
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Earth-838
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N/A
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- This reality has advanced technology as compared to Earth-616 standards, in addition to the foliage and the atmosphere appearing to be brighter and cleaner, respectively.
- Home reality of
the Illuminati, who consist of
Maria Rambeau / Captain Marvel,
Peggy Carter / Captain Carter,
Blackagar Boltagon / Black Bolt,
Professor Charles Xavier,
Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic and
Karl Mordo (
Sorcerer Supreme)
-
Ultron worked as
Tony Stark intended, leading to the retirement of the Avengers and the rise of the Illuminati as confirmed by producer Richie Palmer.
[7]
- Exists under an
authoritarian
police state rule, as revealed by screenwriter
Michael Waldron.
[8]
- This reality’s events of
Infinity War occurred similar to Earth-616, up until
Thanos was killed by the Illuminati on
Titan before being able to collect all six Infinity Stones.
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
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Earth-617
[9]
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N/A
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Mentioned in audio commentary for
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
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Undesignated Earth
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N/A
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- Unstable reality in which a corrupted version of Doctor Strange caused an “incursion” event that mostly destroyed his universe by “dream-walking” into various universes trying to find a happy life with Christine Palmer.
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
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Earth-29929
[a]
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N/A
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- Reality in which
Ultron fulfilled his goal of
human extinction during the events of
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), by way of succeeding to transfer his consciousness into the vibranium body he created before the Avengers retrieved it to create it Vision
- Ultron initiated a
nuclear holocaust killing most life on Earth. He then destroyed countless planets and life across this universe before becoming aware of the multiverse.
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What If... Ultron Won? – 1.08 (2021)
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Earth-91233
[a] (destroyed)
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N/A
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- Destroyed reality in which
Stephen Strange's girlfriend
Christine Palmer dies in the car crash as depicted in
Doctor Strange (2016) instead of Strange breaking his hands.
- In this universe, Palmer's death is an "absolute point", meaning that it will always happen regardless.
- Collapses into a small pocket reality held up by an extremely powerful Strange after he revives Palmer but violates the absolute point, breaking the fabric of the universe.
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What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands? – 1.05 (2021)
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Earth-89521
[a]
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N/A
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What If... Zombies?! – 1.05 (2021)
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Earth-41633
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N/A
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- Main setting of most of Deadpool 2 (2018) until the very end, when
Wade Wilson / Deadpool reverses the events of this timeline and ends up back in the modified X-Men timeline.
- The character will be integrated into the main MCU reality in
Deadpool 3 (2024).
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Deadpool 2 (2018)
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Undesignated Earth
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N/A
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- Alternate reality that diverged from Earth-616 at an undetermined point prior to Infinity War, leading to
The Snap never occurring in 2018.
- As such, numerous heroes previously killed off in the main timeline remain alive in this reality.
- Main setting of all of the real-life attractions that are part of
Marvel Land in the numerous Disney Parks.
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N/A
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