I.....have a quick question about this All New All Different. Does this render all events before secret wars basically dead or never existed?
Everything still happened.
Basically, there was the standard Marvel Universe (616) and it died alongside every other version. Each universe shattered like Lego bricks. Secret Wars was Doom grabbing a couple of bricks from each universe and making a new one.
Post Secret Wars, the Marvel Universe (616) is back together again in largely the same configuration, but with a few extra bricks (Miles, Old Man Logan, the Maker). Otherwise, everything that happened before, still happened. All the older Marvel stories still happened. This wasn't a reboot.
Certain questions remain:
How much time was lost just prior to Secret Wars? Cap, Steve, Black Bolt and others looked rather dead in Time Runs Out. All seem fine now, so either there's an out or we came back right before the very end.
How much do they remember of Secret Wars? We've jumped forward 8 months, so we're missing the direct discussions of Secret Wars fallout. There have been subtle hints and acknowledgements, like in Iron Man, but no one's outright said anything and Secret Wars doesn't end until December I believe.
What about the other universes? Saved for Secret Wars, but Spider-Gwen and Web Warriors are already dealing with other universes, so the multiverse isn't gone. Miles is in our Marvel Universe, but the isn't the Ultimate Universe still around?