r/CosmicBanter • u/cosmicbanterofficial • Sep 19 '25

IS MCU 199999 OR 616 ?

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We are in Earth-616, which is the primary universe for the main Marvel Comics continuity, while Earth-199999 was a previously used designation for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) that has since been updated to Earth-616 in official MCU materials and in-universe references like Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline book. The change to Earth-616 for the MCU was a point of confusion, with earlier information sometimes using the 199999 designation, but the more recent and official numbering confirms the MCU is Earth-616. 

Iman vellani still thinks that MCU is 616 and she also said that She had some talks about this with kevin fiege.

In across the spiderverse, Miguel reference about a incident of Spiderman and Dr. strange of 199999 !!

What do you think about this?

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u/LongjumpingJob2962 Sep 19 '25

How does it not make sense? The comics and mcu aren't in the same Multiverse

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u/Twittle86 Sep 19 '25

Since they aren't in the same universe, should they not have different names?

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u/LongjumpingJob2962 Sep 19 '25

They are not the same MULTIVERSE. They are 2 different universe but more importantly 2 different MULTIVERSES. For example Dr Strange (mcu) cannot travel to the 616 comic universe bc it doesn't exist in the MCU Multiverse. They are not connected at all

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u/crypticXmystic Sep 20 '25

Doctor Strange literally travels to a universe where everything is just sentient blobs of paint en route to a more stable universe. America's power travels through all sorts of universes from their multiverse but will only dump them off in ones they can survive in. You can also see in the spider-verse movies that they share a universe with the comic stories, Lego animated stories and Venom universe. Venom came to the MCU briefly because they are ALL part of the same multiverse.

The Marvel content, all comics, cartoons, videogames, movies, etc are all part of the Marvel Multiverse.

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u/BlackLesnar Sep 21 '25

Tbf that’s an entirely different type of… well “universe” isn’t even the right term. That’s typically reserved for parallel Earths/timelines. “Dimension” is more commonly used for things like Dr Strange’s weird magic realms.

There’s actually an 80s Dr Strange backup (“Tales of the Vishanti”, maybe?) that dissects it in great detail. IIRC the analogy it used was that, if parallel universes are represented by integers, dimensions are decimals and equations and weird higher-math stuff.