comicbookman1 asked: Yo Tom will there be a list of which Hero's are from 616 and which are not? Like in A-Force I'm left wondering from which Universe each character comes from
There is no 616. All gone now.
See, it’s amazing to me that they don’t seem to realize how upsetting this is to a substantial number of people. Shock value sells books, I understand that; “this is the event that will change everything foreverz” is hardly anything new, but to take a massively complex confluence of narratives and heart and blood and sweat and laughs and tears all of those decades in the making and treat it like a brown banana peel meant to be tossed away and forgotten is just so fucked. It’s callous and shortsighted, and I can’t believe no-one in those offices was able to make a strong case that this is an atrocious idea.
When DC did that four years ago they lost fans; they got a temporary sales bump, yes, but they lost a very substantial, heart-broken chunk of their long-term fanbase, many of whom still have not come back. For Marvel to do this now, after seeing the failure of the New 52, is beyond mind-boggling. I have loved and cherished that special quality that is the Marvel Comics Universe (the 616) since I was a wee lad, and it’s being remorselessly and unapologetically thrown in the bin. For what. For a short spike in sales?
You’re breaking my fucking heart, and what’s worse you don’t seem to care.
They’ve already published books that take place after secret wars and clearly continue that continuity. Which makes this “616 is gone FOREVAHS, EVERYTHING IS CHANGE” attitude brevoort keeps up really really weird
