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* ''ComicBook/AgeOfUltron'' Two, aside from the prime Earth-616. We have Earth-61112, where TheBadGuyWins, and Earth-26111, where [[ForWantOfANail without Ultron and Hank Pym]], MagicVersusScience was decided completely in favor of magic.

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* ''ComicBook/AgeOfUltron'' Two, aside from the prime Earth-616. We have Earth-61112, where TheBadGuyWins, and Earth-26111, where [[ForWantOfANail [[PointOfDivergence without Ultron and Hank Pym]], MagicVersusScience was decided completely in favor of magic.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'': While the actual ''Ultimate Marvel'' universe until ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'' very much reflected reality like the classic Marvel Universe did, the film uses the ''Spider Verse'' concept to take the idea of ComicBook/MilesMorales coming from an alternate reality even further; for example, New York police cars are labeled with "PDNY" rather than "NYPD", {{Bland Name Product}}s abound (with "Koca-Soda" instead of Coca-Cola and "[=RedEx=]" instead of "[=FedEx=]"), ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' became an actual franchise, and Miles doesn't know what Comic-Con is when Peter quips about it. This is cemented by Peter Parker's own universe having a Coca-Cola neon sign and the traditional "NYPD" abbreviation on a police car.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'': While the actual ''Ultimate Marvel'' universe until ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'' very much reflected reality like the classic Marvel Universe did, the film uses the ''Spider Verse'' concept to take the idea of ComicBook/MilesMorales [[Characters/MarvelComicsMilesMorales Miles Morales]] coming from an alternate reality even further; for example, New York police cars are labeled with "PDNY" rather than "NYPD", {{Bland Name Product}}s abound (with "Koca-Soda" instead of Coca-Cola and "[=RedEx=]" instead of "[=FedEx=]"), ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' became an actual franchise, and Miles doesn't know what Comic-Con is when Peter quips about it. This is cemented by Peter Parker's own universe having a Coca-Cola neon sign and the traditional "NYPD" abbreviation on a police car.
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* ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManRenewYourVows'': The series takes place on Earth-18119, where, similarly to the [[ComicBook/SpiderGirl Earth-982]] [=MC2=] universe, Spider-Man and Mary Jane are married and had a daughter with spider powers. Instead of ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga'' being the divergent point, however, the split away from the main continuity is ''ComicBook/CivilWar''. The events of that storyline were averted when [[ComicBook/XMen Charles Xavier]] and ComicBook/TheAvengers proposed the self-policing of mutant and super-hero communities as an alternative to the SuperRegistrationAct, which averted Spider-Man revealing his identity, thus preventing ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' from occurring. Additionally, thanks to Regent, most of the Earth's heroes have lost their powers, leaving the X-Men as the only hero group left.

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* ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManRenewYourVows'': The series takes place on Earth-18119, where, similarly to the [[ComicBook/SpiderGirl Earth-982]] [=MC2=] universe, Spider-Man and Mary Jane are married and had a daughter with spider powers. Instead of ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga'' being the divergent point, however, the split away from the main continuity is ''ComicBook/CivilWar''.''ComicBook/CivilWar2006''. The events of that storyline were averted when [[ComicBook/XMen Charles Xavier]] and ComicBook/TheAvengers proposed the self-policing of mutant and super-hero communities as an alternative to the SuperRegistrationAct, which averted Spider-Man revealing his identity, thus preventing ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' from occurring. Additionally, thanks to Regent, most of the Earth's heroes have lost their powers, leaving the X-Men as the only hero group left.
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Notably, the main continuity is ''not'' Earth-1 or Earth-Prime, it's Earth-616. This label was introduced in passing by the local Creator/MarvelUK imprint in the 1980s, as part of the ''ComicBook/CaptainBritainACrookedWorld'' storyline. Despite some Marvel management actively trying to move away from it (and in-universe events that [[ComicBook/XMan renumbered worlds]] or [[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 deleted all alternate universes and rebooted the whole multiverse]]), it’s still in use as of 2022.

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Notably, the main continuity is ''not'' Earth-1 or Earth-Prime, it's Earth-616. This label was introduced in passing by the local Creator/MarvelUK imprint in the 1980s, as part of the ''ComicBook/CaptainBritainACrookedWorld'' storyline. Despite some Marvel management actively trying to move away from it (and in-universe events that [[ComicBook/XMan [[ComicBook/XManCounterX renumbered worlds]] or [[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 deleted all alternate universes and rebooted the whole multiverse]]), it’s still in use as of 2022.
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Notably, the main continuity is ''not'' Earth-1 or Earth-Prime, it's Earth-616. This label was introduced in passing by the local Creator/MarvelUK imprint in the 1980s, as part of the Captain Britain ''ComicBook/ACrookedWorld'' storyline. Despite some Marvel management actively trying to move away from it (and in-universe events that [[ComicBook/XMan renumbered worlds]] or [[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 deleted all alternate universes and rebooted the whole multiverse]]), it’s still in use as of 2022.

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Notably, the main continuity is ''not'' Earth-1 or Earth-Prime, it's Earth-616. This label was introduced in passing by the local Creator/MarvelUK imprint in the 1980s, as part of the Captain Britain ''ComicBook/ACrookedWorld'' ''ComicBook/CaptainBritainACrookedWorld'' storyline. Despite some Marvel management actively trying to move away from it (and in-universe events that [[ComicBook/XMan renumbered worlds]] or [[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 deleted all alternate universes and rebooted the whole multiverse]]), it’s still in use as of 2022.



* The Captain Britain storyline ''ComicBook/ACrookedWorld'' starts on Earth-238, where reality is fraying and all of the superheroes are dead. The Captain then finds himself back in his usual universe, facing counterparts of his Earth-238 foes to stop history repeating itself. This was the storyline that first named the 'main' Marvel universe as Earth-616.

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* The Captain Britain ''ComicBook/CaptainBritainACrookedWorld'' storyline ''ComicBook/ACrookedWorld'' starts on Earth-238, where reality is fraying and all of the superheroes are dead. The Captain then finds himself back in his usual universe, facing counterparts of his Earth-238 foes to stop history repeating itself. This was the storyline that first named the 'main' Marvel universe as Earth-616.
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* ''ComicBook/MarvelApes'' (Earth-8101)
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* ComicBook/ManThing's swamp is home to a [[{{Hellgate}} plot-friendly conflux]] of universes, including ComicBook/HowardTheDuck's home dimension.

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* ComicBook/ManThing's swamp is home to a [[{{Hellgate}} plot-friendly conflux]] of universes, including ComicBook/HowardTheDuck's home dimension.dimension.

!!Films
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'': While the actual ''Ultimate Marvel'' universe until ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'' very much reflected reality like the classic Marvel Universe did, the film uses the ''Spider Verse'' concept to take the idea of ComicBook/MilesMorales coming from an alternate reality even further; for example, New York police cars are labeled with "PDNY" rather than "NYPD", {{Bland Name Product}}s abound (with "Koca-Soda" instead of Coca-Cola and "[=RedEx=]" instead of "[=FedEx=]"), ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' became an actual franchise, and Miles doesn't know what Comic-Con is when Peter quips about it. This is cemented by Peter Parker's own universe having a Coca-Cola neon sign and the traditional "NYPD" abbreviation on a police car.
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* ''ComicBook/CaptainCarter'' is set in an alternate universe where Peggy Carter replaced Steve Rogers, who didn’t get the chance to become Captain America.
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Notably, the main continuity is ''not'' Earth-1 or Earth-Prime, it's Earth-616. This label was introduced in passing by the local Creator/MarvelUK imprint in the 1980s, as part of the Captain Britain ''ComicBook/ACrookedWorld'' storyline. Despite some Marvel management actively trying to move away from it (and in-universe events that [[ComicBook/XMan renumbered worlds]] or [[ComicBook/SecretWars deleted all alternate universes and rebooted the whole multiverse]]), it’s still in use as of 2022.

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Notably, the main continuity is ''not'' Earth-1 or Earth-Prime, it's Earth-616. This label was introduced in passing by the local Creator/MarvelUK imprint in the 1980s, as part of the Captain Britain ''ComicBook/ACrookedWorld'' storyline. Despite some Marvel management actively trying to move away from it (and in-universe events that [[ComicBook/XMan renumbered worlds]] or [[ComicBook/SecretWars [[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 deleted all alternate universes and rebooted the whole multiverse]]), it’s still in use as of 2022.
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Notably, the main continuity is ''not'' Earth-1 or Earth-Prime, it's Earth-616. This label was introduced in passing by the local Creator/MarvelUK imprint in the 1980s, as part of the Captain Britain ''ComicBook/ACrookedWorld'' storyline. Despite some Marvel management actively trying to move away from that label (and in-universe events that [[ComicBook/XMan renumbered worlds]] or [[ComicBook/SecretWars deleted all alternate universes and rebooted the whole multiverse]]), it’s still in use as of 2022.

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Notably, the main continuity is ''not'' Earth-1 or Earth-Prime, it's Earth-616. This label was introduced in passing by the local Creator/MarvelUK imprint in the 1980s, as part of the Captain Britain ''ComicBook/ACrookedWorld'' storyline. Despite some Marvel management actively trying to move away from that label it (and in-universe events that [[ComicBook/XMan renumbered worlds]] or [[ComicBook/SecretWars deleted all alternate universes and rebooted the whole multiverse]]), it’s still in use as of 2022.
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A number of Franchise/MarvelUniverse stories deal with and take place in these; appearances of the heroes in other media also fall under this category. Most prominent (and AlternateContinuity examples) are listed below. Notably, the main continuity is ''not'' Earth-1 or Earth-Prime, it's Earth-616.

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A number of Franchise/MarvelUniverse stories deal with and take place in these; appearances of the heroes in other media also fall under this category. Most prominent (and AlternateContinuity examples) are listed below.

Notably, the main continuity is ''not'' Earth-1 or Earth-Prime, it's Earth-616.Earth-616. This label was introduced in passing by the local Creator/MarvelUK imprint in the 1980s, as part of the Captain Britain ''ComicBook/ACrookedWorld'' storyline. Despite some Marvel management actively trying to move away from that label (and in-universe events that [[ComicBook/XMan renumbered worlds]] or [[ComicBook/SecretWars deleted all alternate universes and rebooted the whole multiverse]]), it’s still in use as of 2022.
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* The Captain Britain storyline ''ComicBook/ACrookedWorld'' starts on Earth-238, where reality is fraying and all of the superheroes are dead. The Captain then finds himself back in his usual universe, facing counterparts of his Earth-238 foes to stop history repeating itself. This was the storyline that first named the 'main' Marvel universe as Earth-616.
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* ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse (Earth-295)

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* ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse (Earth-295)And then there's the ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' storyline. Although it was initially an alternate ''present'' for Marvel's baseline universe "Earth-616", it became an alternate reality when Jean Grey split it off into a separate universe during the events of ''X-Men Omega'' (Earth-295).



* According to ''ComicBook/EarthX'' (Earth-9997), every time you alter history through time travel you create an alternate universe.
* The comic ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'' explores this idea to its fullest, having the main characters hop between different Marvel [=AUs=] and fixing problems.



* ComicBook/EarthX (Earth-9997)



* ''ComicBook/{{Marvel 1602}}'' (Earth-311)



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* ComicBook/MarvelZombies (Earth-2149)(Earth-2149)
* ''ComicBook/{{Marvel 1602}}'' (Earth-311)



* ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManRenewYourVows'': The series takes place on Earth-18119, where, similarly to the [[ComicBook/SpiderGirl Earth-982]] [=MC2=] universe, Spider-Man and Mary Jane are married and had a daughter with spider powers. Instead of ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga'' being the divergent point, however, the split away from the main continuity is ''ComicBook/CivilWar''. The events of that storyline were averted when [[ComicBook/XMen Charles Xavier]] and ComicBook/TheAvengers proposed the self-policing of mutant and super-hero communities as an alternative to the SuperRegistrationAct, which averted Spider-Man revealing his identity, thus preventing ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' from occurring. Additionally, thanks to Regent, most of the Earth's heroes have lost their powers, leaving the X-Men as the only hero group left.

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* * ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManRenewYourVows'': The series takes place on Earth-18119, where, similarly to the [[ComicBook/SpiderGirl Earth-982]] [=MC2=] universe, Spider-Man and Mary Jane are married and had a daughter with spider powers. Instead of ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga'' being the divergent point, however, the split away from the main continuity is ''ComicBook/CivilWar''. The events of that storyline were averted when [[ComicBook/XMen Charles Xavier]] and ComicBook/TheAvengers proposed the self-policing of mutant and super-hero communities as an alternative to the SuperRegistrationAct, which averted Spider-Man revealing his identity, thus preventing ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' from occurring. Additionally, thanks to Regent, most of the Earth's heroes have lost their powers, leaving the X-Men as the only hero group left.left.
* The ComicBook/SpiderVerse storyline. Just... The whole thing.



* The ComicBook/SpiderVerse storyline. Just... The whole thing.



* And then there's the ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' storyline. Although it was initially an alternate ''present'' for Marvel's baseline universe "Earth-616", it became an alternate reality when Jean Grey split it off into a separate universe during the events of ''X-Men Omega''.
* The comic ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'' explores this idea to its fullest, having the main characters hop between different Marvel [=AUs=] and fixing problems.
* According to ''ComicBook/EarthX'', every time you alter history through time travel you create an alternate universe.
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A number of Franchise/MarvelUniverse stories deal with and take place in these; appearances of the heroes in other media also fall under this category. Most prominent (and AlternateContinuity examples) are listed below. Notably, the main continuity is ''not'' Earth-1 or Earth-Prime, it's Earth-616.
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* ''ComicBook/AgentsOfAtlas'' In one AU, Marvel Boy, Venus, M-11, Gorilla Man and 3-D Man became a team of 1950s Avengers; the timeline later got destroyed by Kang. The AU was based on the same issue of "What If?" that inspired the Agents.
* ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse (Earth-295)
* ''ComicBook/AgeOfUltron'' Two, aside from the prime Earth-616. We have Earth-61112, where TheBadGuyWins, and Earth-26111, where [[ForWantOfANail without Ultron and Hank Pym]], MagicVersusScience was decided completely in favor of magic.
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Many, ''many'' of them. The FF have the highest number of canon AU stories. [[DeusExitMachina And whenever they needed to be avoided from a crossover]]; their absence is usually handwaved with: "The FF are away in an alternate dimension..." At one point, it's even revealed that Reed Richards often holds trans dimensional conferences with numerous alternate versions of himself at the same time.
** One universe, depicted in ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' #11, is one where [[SelfInsert the original Marvel Bullpen]] was the Fantastic Four, with Creator/JackKirby as the Thing, Flo Steinberg as the Invisible Girl, Sol Brodsky as the Human Torch, and none other than Creator/StanLee as Mr. Fantastic.
* ComicBook/EarthX (Earth-9997)
* ComicBook/HouseOfM (Earth-58163)
* ''ComicBook/{{Marvel 1602}}'' (Earth-311)
* ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures'' (Earth-20051)
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (Earth-199999 - that's five nines)
* ''ComicBook/MarvelComics2'' (Earth-982)
* Manga/MarvelMangaverse (Earth-2301)
ComicBook/MarvelZombies (Earth-2149)
* ComicBook/SquadronSupreme (Earth-712)
* ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManRenewYourVows'': The series takes place on Earth-18119, where, similarly to the [[ComicBook/SpiderGirl Earth-982]] [=MC2=] universe, Spider-Man and Mary Jane are married and had a daughter with spider powers. Instead of ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga'' being the divergent point, however, the split away from the main continuity is ''ComicBook/CivilWar''. The events of that storyline were averted when [[ComicBook/XMen Charles Xavier]] and ComicBook/TheAvengers proposed the self-policing of mutant and super-hero communities as an alternative to the SuperRegistrationAct, which averted Spider-Man revealing his identity, thus preventing ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' from occurring. Additionally, thanks to Regent, most of the Earth's heroes have lost their powers, leaving the X-Men as the only hero group left.
* ''ComicBook/XMenForever'': The continuity remains more or less the same as the 1990s era of the Marvel Universe, with changes occurring only when an X-Man makes a life-changing decision (Peter Rasputin beginning a relationship with The Black Widow). Interestingly, recent 616 events are also covered and better explained or abruptly ended (The dwindling Mutant population and Storm's marriage). It's officially Earth-161 of the Marvel {{Multiverse}}.
* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel (Earth-1610)
* Anime/MarvelAnime (Earth-101001)
* The ComicBook/SpiderVerse storyline. Just... The whole thing.
* ComicBook/{{Galactus}} is the sole known survivor from the previous Big Bang-Big Crunch universe cycle, making him technically a native of an alternate universe.
* And then there's the ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' storyline. Although it was initially an alternate ''present'' for Marvel's baseline universe "Earth-616", it became an alternate reality when Jean Grey split it off into a separate universe during the events of ''X-Men Omega''.
* The comic ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'' explores this idea to its fullest, having the main characters hop between different Marvel [=AUs=] and fixing problems.
* According to ''ComicBook/EarthX'', every time you alter history through time travel you create an alternate universe.
* ComicBook/ManThing's swamp is home to a [[{{Hellgate}} plot-friendly conflux]] of universes, including ComicBook/HowardTheDuck's home dimension.

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