Marvel Universe

The Marvel Universe, affectionately referred to as the "Merry Marvel Universe", is the internal reality of the shared continuity featured in many comic book titles published by Marvel Comics. Specifically, it refers to Marvels' superhero continuity and includes many of their more infamous properties such as Spider-Man, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men. Although the term is often used as an umbrella phrase for all superhero comics published by Marvel, this database is refining the definition to include only those articles that pertain to the mainstream Marvel Universe, which is also known as the Earth-616 reality.