Earth-616

Earth-616 is a numeric designation attributed to the internal reality featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The name applies to the mainstream continuity found in most titles published by Marvel and is otherwise referred to by the umbrella title, the Marvel Universe. The appelation first came about by British writer Alan Moore and artist Alan Davis who used it to describe the mainstream reality in the "Rough Justice" story from issue #7 of the Marvel UK magazine The Daredevils.