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we are given an indication--all ages is on the cover. and we know all ages books are NOT canon. the one time they officially tied one to continuity they announced it. any other all ages book canon that you know of? you've already acknowledged there are differences in the retelling vs the real thing. so, between the differences (even if minor) and what we know about other all ages books, not sure why you're so certain it is canon. you claim there is no proof that it ISN'T canon. there is equally no proof it is. similarity of story isn't enough imo. it could simply be another retelling that is mostly correct. you also say there is nothing indicating an alt universe, but what about this famous book:
is there something specific in that book, or others like it, that specifically tell us its another universe? because that fight past for canon for a long whole....i don't know the answer to that question tbh....
i'll freely admit i don't care one way or the other. definitive claims from either side seem sort of ridiculous though. imo the any feats from story should be left out of debates purely because it's so ambiguous. /shrug
Oh never-mind then. Still would be curious to find out what he says.
So there lies the issue. Honestly, I'm open to it being canon. However, from prior experience All-Ages comics tend not to be. Could this be the exception? Maybe. but haven't seen anything clearly to say it is. *shrugs* So this becomes very murky.
I'll have to go back, but Fantastic Four had a few retellings.
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pretty much my thoughts as well.
you'd think it would at least be mentioned somewhere in a handbook somewhere, or in a for-sure canon comic if it really was intended to be canon material.