What timeline is this?

[Green Raven]

I never really read the comics, so my Marvel knowledge comes from the MCU.
...which, clearly, is not the universe (199999) this game occupies.

Just trying to sort things out in my head...

- Captain America leads the Avengers, so Civil War never happened.
- Bruce Banner is fully human when you see him, so no Prof Hulk
- The X-Men are a thing, and seem on good terms with the Avengers
- Ultron happened.
- Nico has already gone through her entire Runaway storyline.
- Robbie, not Blaze, is Ghost Rider

[Captain Worthy]

It's not the 616(comic book) universe either so the timeline is whatever the script requires at any given time. A lot of the history is the same as in the comic books but things might have happened in a different order.

It is not based on the MCU at all, but on the comic books.

[Green Raven]

Well whatever timeline this is in, it has the multiverses greatest Iron Man and Dr. Strange monopoly match

"Get out of jail free again? Who designed this game, Wilson Fisk?"
"Impossible. No one from New York could conceive of free parking."

[Black Hammer]

Spider Man is not an Avenger, according to him.

[Statsministeren]

No idea, but fit me perfect. I stop reading marvel around 1993 and everything is like it should be, no mcu and no reboots. Spider got the symbiote on battle world 84. At least if i ignore the new heroes, there is only one ghost rider for me and that is Jhonny Blaze
I presume it is the original timeline, before the 96 reboot, Wolverine fit perfect.

[Zebedee]

Solomon has said it's off on its own, for the reasons Captain Worthy gives. Solomon joked on Twitter that in this universe Beast is still a really nice guy.

[Captain Worthy]

Originally posted by Zebedee:

Solomon has said it's off on its own, for the reasons Captain Worthy gives. Solomon joked on Twitter that in this universe Beast is still a really nice guy.

That's actually really wonderful to hear. X-Men comics have reflected the ongoing demoralization of the youth for a long time now and characters like the Beast have suffered the most from it, somehow becoming amoral and sociopathic despite starting out as a founding X-Man and a long time Avenger. It just feels wrong.

Originally posted by Statsministeren:

No idea, but fit me perfect. I stop reading marvel around 1993 and everything is like it should be, no mcu and no reboots. Spider got the symbiote on battle world 84. At least if i ignore the new heroes, there is only one ghost rider for me and that is Jhonny Blaze
I presume it is the original timeline, before the 96 reboot, Wolverine fit perfect.

It's not the original 616 timeline, though a lot of the things which happened there have happened in the game universe as well. It takes place in the modern world long past '96, and includes events from more recent comics too but not all of them.

Also when it comes to Ghost Riders, Marvel has a lot of these and Robbie Reyes is just one among them. There were at least three Ghost Riders before Robbie, because Mephisto makes multiple deals and the spirit of vengeance can possess multiple people. Not that there would be anything wrong with having a favorite Ghost Rider, of course.

[Btad]

i dont have the quote but im 90% sure i have overheard cap talking about him and iron man fighting. like civil war happened but... different.

[Captain Worthy]

Originally posted by Btad:

i dont have the quote but im 90% sure i have overheard cap talking about him and iron man fighting. like civil war happened but... different.

Yeah, the first one from the comic books might have happened in the game universe, but the second one hasn't happened at all.

[Zebedee]

Part which I think could have used a little more is Wanda's whole backstory and filling that out a bit. What's there is a mix of familiar and slightly different (killing people when she discovered powers) but seems to lack the bit between that and arriving at the Abbey. As well as stuff which leads into spoilers.

[Btad]

Originally posted by Captain Worthy:

Originally posted by Btad:

i dont have the quote but im 90% sure i have overheard cap talking about him and iron man fighting. like civil war happened but... different.

Yeah, the first one from the comic books might have happened in the game universe, but the second one hasn't happened at all.

im not sure how much but i bet at least some of it is cleared up in the graphic novels attached to the game that are coming out.

[Btad]

https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/midnight-suns-rise-again-new-comic-series-2022

[Btad]

first one is a new comic idk if it is connected but i know this one is. https://www.vitalsource.com/products/marvel-39-s-midnight-suns-infernal-rising-s-d-perry-v9781803360560?duration=perpetual&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=VST%20Tier%20Three%20ShoppingGoogle-US&msclkid=f6a82d2f9bc312417bfe4e97b652ca7e

[Blacksnake]

To answer your question, it's a whole new timeline. The Civil War DID happen as you are asked if you would have registered or not during one of the "Help this Hero" interaction. Robbie is Ghost Rider, but you also see Johnny Blaze is Ghost Rider in like the first minute. There is also an excerpt about Jeremiah Kaine, a freed slave that was Ghost Rider around the Civil War era and one of the Abbey's protectors during the years after the Hunter fell.

[mstidman81]

Originally posted by Green Raven:

I never really read the comics, so my Marvel knowledge comes from the MCU.
...which, clearly, is not the universe (199999) this game occupies.

Just trying to sort things out in my head...

The universe has been tentatively dubbed "Earth-TRN994" by the fandom. Some of the storyline aspects and team members come from a comic storyline about the nine who fought lilith in the midnight sun area.

[donald23]

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