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asked:
So the exact designation has now retroactively always been the same, but are the characters in "the Marvel Universe" the same as the ones in what we used to call "Earth-616"? Is the Iron Man in International Iron Man #1 the exact same guy as the one in Tales of Suspense #39, etcetera?

Every seven years or so, all of the cells in your body have been replaced by new, fresh ones. Are you still the same person?