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SunGodKizaru wrote: I asked on twitter to Al Ewing if the White Fox that appeared in this new books was the Webtoon one or a new 616 version and he told me its the Webtoon one apparently, so yeah for whatever reason and I imagine the 616 characters being some of the most important for Secret Wars, the new Marvel Universe might be mostly based on that, I think Ultimate End might give us some hints since its a 616/1610 mash up, Old Man Logan is there, Miles is going to be there apparently and the book got delayed for some reason for Secret Wars to catch up to it.

I think Ultimate End, the last chapter of Silver Surfer and obviously Secret Wars will be defining books to understand what the new Universe actually is.

Its definitely mostly 616 and a some 1610 as well and the extras(Old Man Logan, Squadron, Red Wolf, White Fox, Weirdworld,etc).

'''My tweet for clarification:

@Al_Ewing hey Al can I ask a question? is the White Fox from Contest an alternate one from 616 or the same from the Korean web series? tks

Al Ewing Answer:

@Pepsi_Plunge The same one from the web series.'''

I would caution against taking the word of a given writer who is currently working on an active storyline. Particularly Ewing. Because at the end of the day the editorial decision comes of which character comes from what reality is typically Marvel. There have been numerous cases where a writer has intended a character to be a version from a specific reality only for a handbook to later come out and index them to an alternate version of said reality.

Ewing -- as talented a writer as he is -- has flubbed even basic continuity. Notably the headache he created in with the whole Dum Dum Dugan LMD thing. He brazenly set the story in 1966, ignoring the sliding timescale and ignoring the fact that SHIELD was not formed until the modern age (Post ) Which has created a bit of a headache. We've made an editorial decision on that bone head move until a handbook clarifies what is obviously a massive continuity error. Ewing has stated that he's "retconned" SHIELD to having been created after World War II, which contradicts mountains upon mountains of documented evidence that states that SHIELD was formed in the modern age. That's not something you can do lightly, and I suspect that when a handbook comes out that finally addresses the issue, it's going to stick the whole fiasco within Modern age continuity (right about where we admins figure it fits in Marvel modern age continuity)

The thing to remember at the end of the day, regardless of what a writer intends, Marvel has the ultimate editorial decision on things, particularly when you're dealing with various alternate realities.