616 Day Archives

Recently, Marvel Comics has been doing a thing for 616 Day, or the 16th of June, in celebration of the 616 parallel universe of reality known as the Marvel Universe, as invented by Dave Thorpe and Alan Moore for Marvel UK' Captain Britain, used in Excalibur over at Marvel USA by Alan Davis and then[...]

Bleeding Cool broke the news out of this year's ComicsPRO, in a presentation by former Marvel SVP David Gabriel about the 616 Day Marvel Mystery Bag for June With him telling us "These are going to have an extremely limited print run This mystery bag will feature the black-and-white pencil version of Doomquest #1… each[...]

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[...]

Everyone seems to be getting involved in Marvel 616 Day, including the most unlikely of subjects Take Karazishi Botan, a Ramen Diner helmed by Ramen Master "Foo" Kanegae, in Brooklyn, whose Instagram is being followed by Marvel EIC C.B Cebulski They just announced for Monday, the 16th of June, Marvel 616 Day, as well as[...]

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[...]