Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5448995-20160114192145/@comment-3406131-20160117183055

Well, it's not really our old Earth-616, it is a recreated and modified version of it. Regarding to that fact, it is possible to say that "yes, it is not Earth-616", because Earth-616 was destroyed. It kind of depend if Black Panther (there, it is the exact meaning of the word that is to be understood) recreated ("new 616" created, therefore not truly Earth-616) or restored (original 616 brought back into existence, therefore it is Earth-616), with modifications.

I assume Brevoort wants to distinguish his new mainstream universe in his 8th multiverse from the previous in the 7th multiverse.

I think to recall he sometimes states such things in a way to piss off some people who are jerks on the tumblr (But in this case, Brevoort and Quesada have seemingly real hatred for the term "616").

A few interviews (more cadre that the Tumblr) from Marvel.com or CBR could be useful, as well as a few New Avengers, Ultimates, and possibly Starbrand and Nighmask issues and the coming handbook will seemingly help answer the question, regardless to editors (well...) and fans opinions. Until that, let's assume everything from "Earth-Prime" is Earth-616.

PS: For those who were talking about "Earth-0", both Secret Wars #9 and Brevoort's statement have an effect on the previous multiversal iterations perception.