3 Great Marvel Alternate Universes That Deserve Their Own Series

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Marvel Comics features a huge number of alternate universes, and many of them would make great ongoing comic series. It’s important to know that everything in Marvel’s history is considered official, and whenever a change happens – whether through “What If…?” stories or time travel – a new Earth is created. While events like the “Incursions” and “Secret Wars” aimed to eliminate many of these alternate Earths, Marvel keeps introducing more. The recent “Age of Revelation” storyline added yet another alternate Earth to the mix, and it’s likely there will be plenty more to come.

Marvel Comics has introduced countless alternate Earths over the years. Here are three of the most compelling worlds that would make fantastic ongoing comic series.

3) Earth-982 (MC2)

In Marvel Comics, one particularly well-developed alternate Earth actually had its own short-lived series, and it still deserves more attention. Interestingly, this Earth – known as Earth-982 – debuted a few years before the launch of the Ultimate Marvel universe, and many fans believe it was even more compelling. First appearing in What If…? #105, it proved popular enough for Marvel to revisit, largely due to the character of Mayday Parker, the world’s Spider-Girl.

Marvel Comics had a promising team called A-Next, a group of young heroes including a new Juggernaut and Wild Child, the daughter of Wolverine and Elektra. With the addition of the Fantastic Five and Darkdevil, Ben Reilly’s son, this group has a lot of potential that Marvel could explore if they revisited these characters.

2) Earth-19529 (Life Story)

Marvel’s ‘Life Story’ concept was a promising one, but so far it’s only resulted in two limited series: ‘Fantastic Four: Life Story’ and ‘Spider-Man: Life Story.’ What sets these stories apart is that they depict the heroes’ journeys as if time moved forward consistently, without the usual comic book trick of resetting their ages. Traditionally, Marvel uses a ‘sliding timeline’ to explain why characters haven’t aged much despite over 60 years of publication.

Both series featured older, mostly retired heroes like Captain America, Hawkeye, Luke Cage, and characters like Kamala Khan and Ironheart who had become seasoned veterans. These stories were powerfully told and well-crafted, and the studio would be smart to revisit this world and explore the lives of other fan-favorite heroes as they age naturally over time.

1) Earth-311 (1602)

Despite the recent issues surrounding its co-creator, Earth-311 was a fascinating setting in the Marvel 1602 series. Created by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert, it presented classic heroes as if they lived during the time of Queen Elizabeth I. Even without modern technology, these heroes faced a dangerous and mysterious threat that could have destroyed everything.

As a huge comic fan, I was so excited when this eight-issue series got not one, but three follow-ups! They even tied in some of my favorite heroes – the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, and a really cool team-up with the Hulk, Norman Osborn, and Nick Fury. It felt like this world had so much potential beyond those initial issues, and I always thought it could be an ongoing series. I wasn’t wrong! Marvel clearly saw that potential too, which is why they brought it into their What If…? show on Disney+, and honestly, it works brilliantly as a fantasy series.

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2025-10-25 19:14