Thread:Marvelus/@comment-26838855-20190116120806/@comment-25521424-20190507224901

The Wikia Editor wrote: Elledy92 wrote: It makes sense. Earth-616 is the main definition of the prime universe in the comics, but the code is different in other reality. The main Earth of Into the Spiderverse is known as Earth-1610, and Peter B Parker's Earth is called Earth-616 (even if they are clearly not the one of the comics). I'd prefer for them to just use the official designation of Earth-199999. I get that they're doing it for the fanservice, but the problem is that fans who get the reference (such as myself), will also know that it's incorrect. It bothered me a little in Into the Spider-Verse and it bothers me here as well. At least Mysterio's reality, Earth-823, is a new designation that's never been used, so that's fine.

And to be fair, this kind of situation is similar to an X-Men storyline in which a group from another universe tried to invade Earth-616. In the main story, the invasion was stopped, but several alternate realities in which they succeeded have also been shown in which the alternate realities are each still referred to as "Earth-616" in-story, even though each of them has received its own official designation. Earth-833 is a name already used in the comics. It is the home reality of Bill Braddock a.k.a. Spider-Man UK.

''The numerical designation for realities, and the assignation of 616 to the core reality, occurred during Alan Moore's run on Captain Britain Vol. 2 in the 1980's. Alan Moore has confirmed that, contrary to popular belief, there is no particular significance to the number (one popular rumor suggests that it has something to do with the date of the release of the first Fantastic Four issue in 1961). There is considerable irony in the fact that the "primary" Marvel reality had been assigned a number quite a way down the scale.''