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This morning, for Marvel Comics' 616 Day, the company posted via Marvel Comics QR Code at (just after) 06:16 ET, 03:16 PT or 11.16 BST, the following tease For twelve hours later. We wondered "He is back… Knull, The King In Black? Meridius? Eddie Brock as Venom? Cletus Kasaday as Carnage? Venom as the bad guy? Donny[...]

Original article continues: Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported the return of the Marvel Comics QR Code that so annoyed X-Men readers last year, in last week's Giant-Size Spider-Man, ahead of Marvel 616 Day, to the address https://www.marvel.com/616 and which was meant to have gone live at 06:16 ET, 03:16 PT or 11.16 BST, where I am[...]

Marvel Comics sent comic book retailers a special secret thing for Marvel 616 Day with a warning not to open it until the 16th of June, or 616 Day. Some folks, it seems, can't wait to open their presents before the special day And then put them on eBay The packages include pins, posters, and special[...]

Marvel Comics sent comic book retailers a special secret thing for Marvel 616 Day with a warning not to open it until the 16th of June, or 616 Day And this is an image sent to me by a retailer not interested in opening it before then Will everyone else be so compliant or reticent? Photo[...]

And in doing so creating Marvel's first superhero. Marvel Comics #1 (1939) And when he got to write Marvel Comics #1000, published eighty years later in 2019, he really went to town with it. Marvel Comics #1000 (2019) Revisiting that second page of the comic book, with Steve Epting, he reprised the first time the Human Torch was shown[...]

The Pentaverate must never be exposed. Because he is leaving Earth 616 behind But not for Earth 1610, the Ultimate Universe. He appears to have a different universe entirely in mind While quoting Pablo Picasso in the process. A world that does have a Peter Parker in it And a Liz Allan And a Genome Isotope Accelerator, and[...]

Moon Knight time! But first, it's getting closer to a new multi-timezone and timeline endgame for the Avengers, with a reminder that for some the number 616 isn't just a number of the Marvel Universe reality While 666 is called the "number of the beast" in most manuscripts of The Book of Revelation, a fragment[...]

In Marvel Comics, 616 is the numerical designation of the Marvel Universe, on the multiversal scale, given to it by Alan Moore courtesy of Dave Thorpe and Alan Davis, grabbed by Chris Claremont for Excalibur and the X-Men, and then prominently used by Dan Slott in Spider-Verse, Jonathan Hickman in Secret Wars and Jason Aaron[...]

Mad Jim Jaspers, Saturnyne, The Crazy Gang, the Jaspers Warp – and the idea that the Earth Captain Britain was fighting on, was designated 616. One of which is about to get a whole lot more of attention thanks to the Spider-Man: Far From Home movie, released in cinemas today The idea that the Marvel Earth[...]

A while ago, Bleeding Cool predicted that Marvel was getting rid of the 616 nomenclature for the Marvel Universe Created by Dave Thorpe/Alan Moore for Captain Britain, as a self-deprecatory joke, suggesting that the Marvel Universe was insignificant in the grander scheme of things, the term was popularised by Chris Claremont in the X-books[...]

It's more of an area code thing. But if anyone wants to show solidarity with the previous Marvel 616 Universe, with unstable Iso-8, a non-mutant killing Terrigen Mists, a Doctor Doom with a messed up face, and magic that works properly, here's where you can go….   Okay, so it has nothing to do with Marvel Comics[...]

Back in May, Bleeding Cool looked at the use of the term "616" by Marvel to denote the main continuity in which their stories were told And suggested that its use was about to be curtailed. Invented by Dave Thorpe/Alan Moore for the Captain Britain comics, it was picked up by Chris Claremont for X-Men and[...]

Which or some reason means that the Jane Foster Thor from the 616 Universe has to give two different motivational speeches to the same Thor Corps… firstly in Secret Wars… And then again in Thors #4. We'll get back to the hammers in a minute The Thors show up big time at the end of Squadron[...]

It originated with Captain Britain, the idea that the Marvel universe was number 616 in the Multiverse, a joke about perspective given that DC Comics had Earth 1 and Earth 2 It was a self deprecatory joke that the Marvel Earth was a much lower rank, 616, a more insignificant number. It was picked up by[...]

The Ultimate End comic, part of the Secret Wars spinoff titles shows us a Manhattan with two realities existing simultaneously, the Regular Marvel Universe, the 616 and the Ultimate Universe, 1610 And finding a way to get by, in the full knowledge that Doom doesn't approve of this sort of thing. But is it? At the end[...]

Marvel's Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada and Executive Editor Tom Brevoort have each stated their dislike for the term Earth 616. "I can tell you for sure that those of us actually working on the books virtually never use the term — and I kind of wince inside whenever I hear somebody use it[...]

I remember a time when Marvel's Tom Brevoort said that they never used the "616" sobriquet internally at Marvel Comics Created by Alan Moore for Captain Britain, it identified the dimension in which the Marvel universe occurred DC Comics had Earth 1 and Earth 2, so Marvel had Earth 616 It was a good joke,[...]

 Enough dots to start connecting? I think their might be. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: The Ultimate/616 Crossover In Spider-Men Has Been Going On Longer Than We Thought (SPOILERS)  The article reveals the villain involved has been popping from universe to universe and has shown up in previous issues of Ultimate Spider-Man But in disguise. Rumours Of DC Editorial Changes[...]

As well as the news that the crossover between the Ultimate Universe and the 616 Universe has actually been going on for quite some time. The article reveals the villain involved has been popping from universe to universe and has shown up in previous issues of Ultimate Spider-Man But in disguise. The article tells us; Bendis says fans[...]

Joe Quesada, on defending his decision to publish Spider-Men, when previously he'd said such an Ultimate/616 crossover would mean Marvel was officially out of ideas. Look, one of the things that used to get thrown back at me all the time is, "Dead is dead You said dead is dead." No, that wasn't the entire quote[...]

The New York Daily News has reported that in June, the touted Spider-Men series from Marvel will be the first official crossover between the Marvel Universe and the Ultimate Universe. Brian Bendis has long decried such an event, denying that the Ultimate Universe is even an alternate reality to the 616 And getting annoyed by[...]

Adam WarRock has released the first single from his upcoming rap album  You Dare Call That Thing Human?!? out on February 13th. The single? Oh it's called 616 Yes, that 616. It's available for free digital download If anyone wants to geekannodate it, feel free Where is Jess Nevins when you need him? The radio edit single is available[...]

An hour later they had none. Seriously, this is going to hit everyone like a truck? Thought Obama Spider-Man or Death Of Captain America was bad? Get ready for Archie #616 The Huffington Post kicks it off… expect a lot more to come A lot!!! UPDATE: When we posted this piece earlier today, Diamond had plenty[...]