The time was chosen because 'it was a nice place to set the story. 'I didn't want it to be a war story, and I didn't want to write a story in which might made right – or in which might made anything.' On a trip to Venice soon after, Gaiman was struck by how the 'past seemed very close at hand' he returned from the trip knowing the story he wanted to tell. When the Septemattacks occurred, Gaiman decided that he did not want planes, skyscrapers, bombs or guns in his comic.

Gaiman eventually agreed to write a Marvel comic in August 2001, although he was not sure what it would contain. The editors ofġ602, Nick Lowe and Joe Quesada, approached Gaiman after Quesada became Marvel's Editor in Chief with the intent for Gaiman to work on a project for Marvel. Neil Gaiman stated in an afterword to the series that he had always viewed the Marvel universe as 'magic'. The pocket reality seen at the end of the limited series in which the continuing Marvel 1602 universe takes place is classified as Earth-311. In 1602: Witchhunter Angela of Marvel's 2015 Secret Wars event, Angela appears as a hunter of witchbreed (mutants). There is also a short story, 'Son of the Dragon', starring the 1602 version of The Hulk in the second issue of Hulk: Broken Worlds. The success of the comic led to three sequels, entitled 1602: New World, Marvel 1602: Fantastick Four, and Spider-Man: 1602. Neil Gaiman had always been a fan of Marvel, and editor Joe Quesada approached Gaiman to work on a project which eventually evolved into 1602. Many of the early Marvel superheroes - Nick Fury, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and Spider-Man - as well as villains such as Doctor Doom and Magneto appear in various roles. The eight-part series takes place in a timeline where Marvel superheroes exist in the Elizabethan era faced with the destruction of their world by a mysterious force, the heroes must fight to save their universe. The limited series was written by Neil Gaiman, penciled by Andy Kubert, and digitally painted by Richard Isanove Scott McKowen illustrated the distinctive scratchboard covers.

Marvel 1602 is an eight-issue comic book limited series published in 2003 by Marvel Comics.

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