Spider-Man: Far From Home - Everything You Need To Know About Marvel's Multiverse
7. Where Is The MCU In The Multiverse?
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As was previously established, the main Marvel universe is Earth-616. It's the one featured in the publisher's comics, and the first to feature Earth's Mightiest Heroes in their traditional guises.
Perhaps confusingly, the comics multiverse actually encompasses various other depictions of the Marvel universe outside of the comics too. That includes the MCU, which has the designation of Earth-199999, meaning that it could potentially even intersect with classic Marvel continuity in the future. It's a lot to chew-off, but the important thing to remember is that all these realities basically take place within one giant omniverse.
The MCU is also a fantastic example of how Marvel's alternate Earths can look like. They're all just different interpretations of the same material produced during the sixties, and though the series takes inspiration from both the main reality and several alternate ones (the Ultimate series in particular... bear with), it's still situated within that same, singular multiverse.
It remains to be seen what reality Mysterio hails from (if he actually does at all), but that's likely to add another designation to Marvel's ever-increasing list of parallel realities.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
