Luckily,Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verseseems to be clearing some things up.

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“which to me sounds more like a retcon than anything.

Rachel McAdams, Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness, timeline

There are a couple of ways to explain this away without breaking continuity, though.

First, the film included nothing major that directly contradicted the comics.

That danger has not been a major problem in Marvel Comics' Multiversal stories.

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Another way to explain it is simply as a retcon.

TheSpider-Versefranchise has modeled itself both from an artistic lens and a storytelling lens off of the comics industry.

As such, the movies could implement another comics storytelling tool, the retcon.

Christine Palmer in

Sometimes, things change just for change’s sake.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Versehits theaters on June 2.

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