Earth-65

Earth-65 is a planet that features in Marvel Comics.

History

Earth-65 was an alternate reality that existed within the Multiverse.

After Nazi double agents sabotaged the operation, causing the death of the lead scientist Abraham Erskine and the loss of his research, Sam Wilson was the only subject that could take part of the process to have their body enhanced to the peak of human physique. Sam became Captain America, and fought for her country during WWII. Captain America was soon targeted by the Nazi science initiative, Hydra, and confronted villains such as Baron Zemo and the Red Skull. Sam's war efforts came to an abrupt end when she confronted Hydra scientist Arnim Zola, who had devised a plan to invade the Earth with the combined Nazi forces of alternate realities. The interdimensional gateway was destroyed, but Cap found herself trapped outside of her universe, and wandered through realities for seventy-five years. (Spider-Gwen v2 #2)

After Captain America disappeared in the middle of the war, Project Rebirth worked tirelessly for decades to recreate their only success. One of these attempts was Sam 13, a male clone of Sam Wilson, who became Captain America's protégé when she returned 75 years after her disappearance. (Spider-Gwen v2 #2)

One evening, Jack Murdock and his son Matt Murdock were involved in a truck accident. This left Maggie Murdock in a coma whilst Matt discovered that, while the chemical waste spilled by the truck in his eyes had rendered him blind, it had also enhanced his remaining senses to superhuman levels. With his wife hospitalized and his son disabled, Jack worked his way up boxing ranks filled with determination to pay the medical bills that were burying him. However, he soon discovered his fights had been rigged by the crime boss Silvermane. Initially agreeing to lose the final match in exchange for a payoff, Jack instead knocked out his opponent as a consequence of both pride and frustration, costing Silvermane a small fortune. When Silvermane's men attacked Jack and Matt in revenge, they only managed to fatally injure Jack before being stopped by the vigilante known as Stick. Recognizing Matt's superhuman abilities, Stick took the boy under his wing and started training him to help him in his war against New York's crime syndicate. Matt's mentor was killed in battle against Silvermane's ninja allies, the Hand, and Matt slaughtered the ninjas responsible before being defeated. Impressed with the blind boy’s skill, the Hand took Matt into their fold, training him in Japan into becoming a deadly assassin. (Spider-Gwen v2 #28)

After being bitten by a genetically-engineered spider, Gwen Stacy was granted arachnid-like super-powers, and started a career as a crimefighter, dubbed by the media as Spider-Woman. She was given a costume and a set of Web-Shooters by retired crimefighter Janet van Dyne. Gwen spent most of her early adventures focused on exploiting and maintaining her newfound attention more than helping those in need; however, Gwen's behavior changed after her father expressed he believed Spider-Woman could easily help people. (Edge of Spider-Verse v1 #2)

Overview

Organizations and groups that operated on Earth included:

• Strategic Scientific Reserve :
• Project Rebirth :
• S.I.L.K. :
• Hand :

Inhabitants

• Gwen Stacy :
• Arthur Stacy :
• Peter Parker :
• Betty Brant :
• Em Jay Watson :
• Glory Grant :
• Jean DeWolff :
• Frank Castle :
• Reed Richards :
• Sister Britain :
• Margaret Carter :
• Samantha Wilson :
• Sam 13 :
• Bodega Bandit :
• Norman Osborn :
• Harry Osborn :
• Cindy Moon :
• Quentin Beck :
• Sergei Kravinoff :
• Matt Murdock :
• Elsa Brock :
• Katherine Pryde :
• Jesse Drew : born on the Moon to S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Jonathan and Miriam Drew. He followed in his parents' footsteps, joined S.H.I.E.L.D. right after high school, and was eventually sent to renovate the very moonbase he was born in. Jesse and his team got attacked by venomous space spider parasites and only Jesse managed to escape back to Earth. The infection threatened to kill him, but his life was saved by Cindy Moon, who developed an isotope that allegedly stabilized Jesse's condition and granted him Spider-like powers; however, Cindy had lied to Jesse and convinced him that he required regular injections of her isotope in order to survive. Both of them splintered off from S.H.I.E.L.D. and formed S.I.L.K., an international crime organization in which Jesse acted as Cindy's right hand man under the codename Agent 77. (Spider-Woman v6 #7)
• Susan Storm : part of the cast of the Fantastic Four TV series. (Spider-Gwen v2 #7) Consumed with a ruthless ambition, Susan struck an alliance with Doctor Doom during a trip to Latveria and was imbued with superpowers alongside her brother Johnny Storm. Spending the next five years honing her abilities and even seducing Doctor Doom, once she had learned all she could Susan murdered Doctor Doom and usurped his identity. (Ghost-Spider v1 #10) Eventually returning to New York, she and her brother began using their powers to act as vigilantes, murdering their mother and cremating her body. Seeking to get Ghost-Spider out of the way, Sue and Johnny pretended to befriend her and teamed up with her to assess her powers. (Ghost-Spider v1 #9) However, the next day Susan demanded Ghost-Spider leave New York, declaring that she and her brother were now the city's rulers. When Ghost-Spider refused, Sue encased her head in an airless bubble to suffocate her despite Johnny's protests that she'd promised not to kill her. Ghost-Spider's symbiote attacked Sue to protect its host, letting her breathe through Susan's force-field. after a short fight Sue managed to capture Ghost-Spider in a force field but was persuaded to give her a chance to join them by Johnny. Susan threatened to kill Ghost-Spider's father and turn the city's opinion against her with a doctored video framing her for a crime, causing Ghost-Spider to exile herself to Earth-616. (Ghost-Spider v1 #10)
• Bruce Banner : a government scientist researching the mutagenic effects of gamma radiation. Obsessed with the music of Dazzler and wanting to have her all to himself, he befriended her lead guitarist Rick Jones. Banner drugged and experimented on him, secretly bringing forth his 'Hulk' alter-ego without Rick's knowledge. Banner had the Hulk kidnap Dazzler's sister Mortis and her friend Pixie in order to isolate her. (Spider-Gwen: Smash v1 #3)

Notes

• Earth-65 was created by Alan Davis, Jason Latour, and Robbi Rodriguez where it made its first appearance in Edge of Spider-Verse v1 #2 (September, 2014).
• The '65' designation for this was a reference to the first appearance of Gwen Stacy in Amazing Spider-Man #31

In other media

Films

• In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Earth-65 appeared in the setting of the 2018 animated film.
• In Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Earth-65 appeared in the setting of the 2023 animated film.

Appearances

• Edge of Spider-Verse v1: (2014)

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry

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