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>during WW2 the SSS is created, and nobody can actually replicate it because it was Kree in origin
>Kree, Spartoi and Humans all share a common ancestor, and so both alien empires keep an eye on Earth once we're discovered, for multiple purposes
>Kree got here first and gave variants of the SSS to both sides of the conflict, to see what'd happen
>HYDRA lost faith in the AXIS and withdrew support so they folded, Cap got frozen, etc
>SHIELD keeps the origin from Hickman's Shield, existing as a West-aligned hidden organization, that has existed in various forms over the years
>SWORD and SPEAR have common origins but they've drifted in various directions over the ages, headed by different philosophies, and all contesting with one another
>HYDRA is an offshoot of them all that went deeper into the occult and the arcane, existing mostly in the shadows and less so as a centralised entity until recently
>AIM is just a bunch of technocratic and science-worshipping terrorists
So that's the basics before we reach a vauge 2000s-esque [current day]. It's not 2007, 2027, or 2047, it's just a "now".
>history does mostly go the same as IRL, and we reach that new millennium, with Cap being unearthed, and the Age of Marvels begins
>like in Ultimate, Hulk, Iron Man, Osborn, all are connected with trying to replicate the success of the SSS with their own way
>during their college years a couple of the MU geniuses did find themselves together, in a Dead Poets Society type of situation
>Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Reed Richards, Hank Pym, all together
I wouldn't add more to not make it ridiculous, these 4 are enough. And they'd call themselves "Fantastic Four".
>Banner here isn't a repressed nerd, but he actually unleashed his darker side early on, killing his abusive father, so he projects a more masculine and dangerous front
>Tony's the same, Reed's the level headed one, Pym's got his insecurities but is best buds with Tony and gets support
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