What you say Jim: you didn't know today was Marvel Day? Well it's nothing official but today is June 16th & using the American notation for dates it's 6/16 or 616, the multiversal designation for the primary continuity in which most of the main Marvel comic books take place (your X-Men, your Avengers, your Spider-Man & the like).
According to Wikipedia the origin of the term is this:
The term was first used in "Rough Justice," a story credited to both Alan Moore and Alan Davis published in July 1983 by Marvel UK in the anthology comic The Daredevils (and was later reprinted in the Captain Britain trade paperback). Saturnyne uses the term to differentiate Brian Braddock, the Captain Britain of the regular Marvel Comics universe, from the other members of the Captain Britain Corps. The designation was later confirmed by the American branch of Marvel Comics in the Excalibur title, which frequently referenced Captain Britain's early UK-published adventures. This comic was written by Chris Claremont, who had created Captain Britain, and by Alan Davis, the artist on the UK-published series.
Alan Moore is usually credited with creating the term (for example by Marvel editor Tom Brevoort). However, Alan Davis has stated that the designation of Earth 616 was actually first made by Dave Thorpe, the previous writer of the UK-published Captain Britain stories.
In addition, a difference of opinion exists regarding the selection of the number 616. In 2005, Alan Moore's son-in-law John Reppion (who is married to Alan Moore's daughter Leah Moore), stated on an Internet message board that the number 616 was arbitrarily chosen by Moore and had no significant meaning, saying it "was just a random number of no significance chosen because people always seemed to be talking about 'earth 2' or 'earth 4' but never any higher numbers." However, Alan Davis contends that Thorpe specifically chose the true Number of the Beast to reflect his feelings about the modern superhero genre.
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Also, there is are 2 new shows premieres tonight. One on ABC Family, it's called The Middleman & is based off of a small press comic book from a few years ago. The other show is on Showtime & is called Secret Diary of a Call Girl. It stars Billie Piper (formerly of Doctor Who) as.. well.. a Call Girl. I plan in checking out both to see if either are worth watching. I'll probably tell what I thought after a see them.
So, until next time I bid thy a Stay Jazzy!
-Brian
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