Does the MCU Multiverse include Marvel Comics’ 616 universe? It does, and Deadpool & Wolverine almost went there

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The concept of a multiverse is big business for Marvel Studios, with it being the glue that holds together Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the two seasons of Loki, the cartoon What If…?, and the recent billion-dollar movie known as Deadpool & Wolverine. But in the dozens of alternate universes shown so far in the MCU beyond that sacred timeline, is the actual comics universe where it all began – the Marvel Comics universe (lovingly known as Earth-616) – in there somewhere? It is – and apparently, it almost appeared in Deadpool & Wolverine.

Marvel Studios’ director of visual development and longtime concept artist Andy Park has revealed that there were conversations about Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool jumping into the Marvel Comics Universe in search for the right Wolverine to team up with.

“Concept illustration I did for [Deadpool & Wolverine] before there was a script for the film. I pitched a fun idea where Deadpool would jump through multiverses and arrive at the MCU, Marvel COMICS Universe!” Park wrote on Instagram, accompanying a piece of concept art from the movie. “And each character would be in the art style of a legendary comic book artist. Each who have inspired me greatly! Can you name identify all of them?”

Yes, Andy – we can

Thor: Walter Simonson
Hawkeye: John Byrne
The Hulk: Sal Buscema
Black Widow: Jim Lee
Iron Man: Bob Layton
Captain America: Jack Kirby
Deadpool: Rob Liefeld

It’s interesting there’s no sign of Wolverine in this: might we suggest a Sam Keith Wolverine?

Deadpool & Wolverine is in theaters right now. 

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