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Later on, many writers would utilize and reshape the multiverse in titles such as '' Exiles '', '' X-Man '', and '' Ultimate Fantastic Four ''. New universes would also spin out of storylines involving time travelling characters such as Rachel Summers , Cable , and Bishop , as their actions rendered their home times Alternate Timeline s.

Below is a partial list of notable Alternate Worlds , and universes with known numerical designations. Beyond these, many other alternate worlds have been visited or explored in Marvel Comics. Most notably, almost every separate storyline of the ''What If...'' and ''Exiles'' series relates to a separate universe in the multiverse (although an occasional pair of issues in which characters and situations do not overlap could conceivably share a universe - a good example is the current ''What If Featuring...'' six issue series, which are all self-contained stories but happen in the same alternate universe, Earth-717). In most cases, the numerical designations for these have not been revealed.


CONFIRMED DESIGNATED EARTHS AND ALTERNATE PLANES OF EXISTENCE

These Earth's have the designated number of the multiverse confirmed by Marvel Comics throughout the years and compiled in 2005's '' Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe : Alternate Universes'' as well as Earths confirmed in Marvel publications since the release of the Handbook. The prevalent method of numerically classifying a universe is to derive the numbers in some way from the publication date of an issue relating to the universe, usually, its first appearance. This is, in turn, based on the incorrect belief that "Earth-616" derived its number from the publication date of ''Fantastic Four'' #1.


POCKET DIMENSIONS: UNIVERSES WITHIN UNIVERSES

  • Earth 311 ( that the normal Marvel titles are based within. However, when events resolve at the end of the series, the 1602-verse lives on in Uatu's pocket dimension as Earth-311. (''Marvel 1602'' #6, page 2)

  • stored many of Earth's superheroes after the events surrounding the appearance of Onslaught .

  • Limbo : The name of three different dimensions in the Marvel Universe.

  • -verse, the Narcissi-verse. the Media-verse, the Puppet-verse, and the Insipiverse.



DEFINITIONS

The classification system for alternate realities was devised, in part, by Mark Gruenwald . {Link without Title}

Universe

A Universe is a single dimension reality, such as Earth-616, the mainstream Marvel Universe.
  • ''Uni'' meaning one

    • Multiverse

A Multiverse is the collection of alternate dimensions with a similar nature and a universal hierarchy. The marvel multiverse contains Earth-616, most of the ''What If''? worlds, as well as the vast number of the alternate Earths seen in the Marvel Universe.

Megaverse

  • There are certain universes which are tied to the Marvel multiverse - such as the New Universe - which do not share any open similarities to it, and thus are not strictly part of the larger universal hierarchy that forms the Marvel multiverse, but at the same time, are not so far removed that they existed in a separate multiverse. The 21st century edition of the ''Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe'' posits the term Megaverse as the name for this larger grouping.

    • Omniverse

An Omniverse ("omni" meaning "all") is the collection of every single universe, multiverse, dimension (alternate or pocket) and realm mention in not only Marvel Comics but also encompassing DC Comics , Image , Dark Horse , Archie etc ever mentioned or seen. It includes every single literary, television show, movie, urban legend, whatever universe/realm ever. It includes everyone from Jean Val Jean to Sailor Moon to George W. Bush to Othello to Yoda to Gabrielle Solis to Crazy Frog and Schnappi , etc. The Omniverse also includes our own world. Everything is in the Omniverse, and there is only one Omniverse. The term was invented by Mark Gruenwald .


BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • ''Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Alternate Universes 2005''



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