Is MC2 universe the Best version of Spider-Man Peter Parker married and with Family or Is "Spider-Man: Renew your Vows" orbis 6160 universe ?

1. MC2: The “what if” future that became its own world

MC2 began as a What If? story that introduced Mayday Parker, then expanded into the Marvel Comics 2 imprint centered on a possible future of Marvel where the “Age of Heroes” started earlier; its core designation is Earth‑982 and its flagship remains Spider‑Girl, the grown child of Peter and Mary Jane ^{[1] [2]}. MC2 stories treat Peter and MJ as a married couple with a child, and detail elements such as Peter’s later retirement after losing a leg and May’s career as Spider‑Girl ^{[5] [6]}.

2. Renew Your Vows: A different married‑Parker snapshot

Amazing Spider‑Man: Renew Your Vows originated as a Secret Wars “what‑if” style tale that pictured Peter and MJ staying married and raising a daughter; it was popular enough to return in a 2015–2018 Marvel series that focuses on the Parker family under extraordinary circumstances ^{[3] [7]}. Marvel treated Renew Your Vows as a distinct continuity/storyline — a family‑centered take on Spider‑Man — rather than a direct revival or relabeling of MC2 ^{[3] [4]}.

3. Key differences: lineage, daughter, and publishing roots

MC2’s daughter is May (Mayday) Parker, created by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz and spun directly out of What If? #105; she anchors a multi‑title imprint with recurring MC2 characters and a consistent Earth‑982 designation ^{[1] [8]}. Renew Your Vows centers on Peter and MJ’s daughter Annie in its Secret Wars and later series, and exists as a separate “family” reality within Marvel’s multiverse storytelling — often tied to Secret Wars/Spider‑Verse events rather than the MC2 imprint ^{[3] [9]}.

4. Which is “Earth‑6160” / Ultimate / new universes — and why labels matter

The Earth‑6160 / Ultimate threads are a separate development: the Ultimate/6160 lines (Jonathan Hickman’s Ultimate Spider‑Man and related titles) reimagine Peter as a married man with different children in an alternate Ultimate timeline (Earth‑6160), not MC2 or Renew Your Vows ^{[10] [11]}. In short: MC2 = Earth‑982; Renew Your Vows = its own alternate family continuity tied to Secret Wars and later limited/ongoing runs; Earth‑6160 / Ultimate = a separate universe with its own married/family Peter ^{[2] [3] [10]}.

5. Fan perception vs. editorial reality

Fans sometimes conflate any married‑Parker with “the married Spider‑Man universe,” but editorially Marvel has hosted multiple separate answers to “what if Peter had a family?” MC2 is the original long‑running future imprint where May is the heir; Renew Your Vows is a modern revival of the married‑Parker concept produced as a tie‑in and later series ^{[1] [3]}. Available sources do not mention a single canonical claim that declares one version “the best”; assessments are based on fan taste and sales, not a Marvel editorial decree ^{[8] [3]}.

6. How to read them if you want the married/family Peter

Read MC2/Spider‑Girl if you want the decades‑long alternate future where Peter and MJ’s daughter May grows into Spider‑Girl and the line spurred multiple spin‑offs under Earth‑982 ^{[1] [12]}. Read Amazing Spider‑Man: Renew Your Vows if you want a modern, self‑contained take on the Parker family born in the Secret Wars context and extended in 2015–2018 series ^{[3] [4]}.

7. Final take: multiple “married” Peters, each with different aims

Marvel deliberately uses the multiverse to let writers tell different married/family Peter stories. MC2 is the classic, long‑running alternate future featuring Mayday Parker and Earth‑982; Renew Your Vows is a separate family reality that revisits the married Parker concept for modern audiences. Which is “best” is a reader judgement; editorially they are distinct continuities with separate characters, publishing lineages and narrative goals ^{[2] [3]}.

Limitations: this analysis uses only the supplied sources; it does not survey every Marvel editorial statement or fan ranking beyond those documents.