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Keep in mind, I have not read any of Avengers Assemble, so I don't know how good or bad it is, personally. Would it be that difficult for Bendis to retract his statement, either via press release or something within the comic that proves it's not a 616 story?

And are the discrepancies you guys referring to due to the one year gap (where any number of things could have happened in our absence) or are there plot points that specifically contradict previous events/characters (such as one character lost an arm after his daughter was killed but now never had a daughter and has both arms)?

I think the part about 616 Peter and Miles is simply a plot point to be picked up on later, either by the current creative team, or a different one later down the line.

I don't think it necessarily means another crossover with Ultimate Marvel, but it's possible. Comic writers do this kind of thing all the time and the good writers are able to weave in and out of established continuity with new stories using these dangling plot threads. The bad ones, on the other hand....