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		BryantD on Aug 26, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009... Marvel's multiverse goes way further back -- in 1970, Avengers #85 introduced the alternate universe Squadron Supreme, for example. There's a ton of classic SF along these lines as well. H. Beam Piper's Paratime stories come to mind.

kagakuninja on Aug 26, 2024 [–]

And it was probably heavily influenced by DC Comics alternate earths. Earth-2 was introduced in 1961.

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