Within the MCU The Infinity Saga Iron Man 2 is set six months after the events of
Iron Man, and around the same time as
Thor according to comments made by
Nick Fury. Several of the
Marvel One-Shots short films also occur around the events of Phase One films, including
The Consultant (set after the events of
Iron Man 2 and
The Incredible Hulk), ''
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer (set before the events of Thor
), Item 47 (set after The Avengers), and Agent Carter (set one year after the events of Captain America: The First Avenger). Iron Man 3 takes place about six months after The Avengers
, during Christmas; Thor: The Dark World is set one year later; and Captain America: The Winter Soldier is two years after. Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant-Man ended the phase in 2015, with several months passing between those films in-universe as in real life. The One-Shot All Hail the King is set after the events of Iron Man 3''.
Captain America: Civil War begins a year after
Age of Ultron, with
Avengers: Infinity War set two years after that.
Black Panther and
Spider-Man: Homecoming respectively begin a week and several months after
Civil War.
Thor: Ragnarok begins four years after
The Dark World and two years after
Age of Ultron, around the same time as
Civil War and
Homecoming.
Doctor Strange takes place over a whole year, ending in late 2016, bringing the film "up to date with the rest of the MCU". Both
Guardians of the Galaxy and its sequel
Vol. 2 are explicitly set in 2014, which Marvel Studios president
Kevin Feige believed would create a four-year gap between
Vol. 2 and
Infinity War, though the other MCU films up to that point do not specify years onscreen.
Ant-Man and the Wasp and
Captain Marvel are set earlier in the timeline; the former is set two years after
Civil War and shortly before
Infinity War, while the latter is set in 1995.
Avengers: Endgame begins shortly after
Infinity War and ends in 2023 after a five-year time jump. It confirms dates for several of the other films, including
The Avengers in 2012,
Thor: The Dark World in 2013,
Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014,
Doctor Strange around 2017, and
Ant-Man and the Wasp in 2018 before
Infinity War.
Spider-Man: Far From Home begins eight months after
Endgame in 2024.
The Multiverse Saga Many of the properties in Phase Four are set after the events of
Avengers: Endgame.
WandaVision is set three weeks after the events of that film, and directly sets up
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness;
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is set six months after
Endgame.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is also set after
Endgame during the days leading to the
Qingming Festival in early April, with
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law set "a relatively short amount of time" after
Shang-Chi.
Eternals takes place around the same time as
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and
Spider-Man: Far From Home, six to eight months after
Endgame in 2024, while
Spider-Man: No Way Home begins immediately after
Far From Home, and continues over late 2024.
Hawkeye takes place one year after the events of
Endgame during the 2024 Christmas season.
Moon Knight is set after
Hawkeye in early 2025, while
Multiverse of Madness is set after
Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Ms. Marvel is set after
Moon Knight, one to two years after
Endgame.
Thor: Love and Thunder is set after
Endgame, eight and a half years after Thor broke up with Jane Foster, which had occurred by
Ragnarok, and "a few weeks" since Thor joined the Guardians of the Galaxy. According to producer
Nate Moore,
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is set after
No Way Home and
Eternals, "potentially concurrent" with
Love and Thunder and
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, though it was placed earlier in the timeline between
Moon Knight and
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law with its addition to Disney+.
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special is set "a fairly long time" after the events of
Love and Thunder and before the events of
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The
first season of
Loki continues from the 2012 events seen in
Endgame, but much of the series exists outside of time and space given the introduction of the
Time Variance Authority.
What If...? is set after
Lokis
first-season finale, exploring the various branching timelines of the newly created multiverse in which major moments from the MCU films occur differently. The
second season of
Loki begins immediately after the first-season finale, taking place outside of time and space while some events occur between the past, present, and future.
Black Widow is set between
Civil War and
Infinity War, mostly taking place between the main plot of
Civil War and its final scene. The first
I Am Groot short is set between the end of
Guardians of the Galaxy and the start of
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, with the remaining shorts set between the end of
Vol. 2 and its mid-credits scene. The special
Werewolf by Night exists within the MCU but does not state "when, how or why". The director
Michael Giacchino has "a very specific idea" of how the special fits into the MCU that had not been discussed with Marvel Studios. In
Phase Five,
Echo is set five months after
Hawkeye, in May 2025.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is set in 2026, around the same time as the events of
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and the beginning of
Ms. Marvel.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is set after the
Holiday Special.
Secret Invasion is set in the "present day" of the MCU, thirty years after the events of
Captain Marvel around 2026, after the events of
Far From Home and
Wakanda Forever.
The Marvels is set in 2026, after
Secret Invasion and
Ms. Marvel.
Agatha All Along is set in 2026, three years after the events of
WandaVision.
Captain America: Brave New World begins in November 2026, two years after
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and is set primarily in the first few months of 2027. The
first season of
Daredevil: Born Again is set after
Echo, with a prologue in the first episode set in late 2025, before jumping ahead a year to late 2026 and continuing into early 2027.
Thunderbolts* is set later in 2027, after
Brave New World, while
Ironheart is set six months after
Wakanda Forever in late 2025.
Deadpool & Wolverine is set in 2024, largely on
Earth-10005 and in the
Void; it occurs after the events of
Loki season two.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is set outside the Sacred Timeline, with the first season set around the events of
Civil War. In
Phase Six,
Eyes of Wakanda is set in several past time periods, with its respective episodes set in 1260 BC
Crete during the
Bronze Age, 1200 BC during the
Trojan War, 1400 AD China at the start of the
Ming dynasty, and 1896 AD Ethiopia during the
First Italo-Ethiopian War.
Wonder Man begins in late 2025 and concludes in mid-2027. The
second season of
Born Again is set six months after the first season, and concurrent with the events of
The Punisher: One Last Kill television special.
VisionQuest will be set after the events of
WandaVision.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is set four years after
No Way Home in 2028.
Avengers: Doomsday will also be set in 2028, 14 months after the end of
Thunderbolts*.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps is set on
Earth-828 in 1964. The first season of
Marvel Zombies is set in 2023 on the alternate reality from the
What If...? episode "
What If... Zombies?!", five years after those events.
Codifying attempts Phase One infographic (May 2012) Marvel released an official
infographic timeline for their Phase One films and One-Shots in May 2012 in its ''The Art of Marvel's The Avengers
book; some of this information had previously been revealed in the official canon tie-in comic Fury's Big Week, which had confirmed that The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2
, and Thor
all took place within a week, a year before The Avengers''. The infographic timeline's scale is shown in relation to
Tony Stark revealing he is Iron Man at the end of
Iron Man, with events set "BIM" (Before Iron Man) and "AIM" (After Iron Man).
Marvel Studios: The First 10 Years timeline (November 2018) In November 2018, a timeline specifying dates for the events in each film released to that point was included as part of the sourcebook
Marvel Studios: The First 10 Years, celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the MCU. This timeline ignores the two "eight-year" continuity errors as seen in
Homecoming, but also contradicts the events of
Black Panther and
Infinity War by placing them in 2017.
The Incredible Hulk,
Spider-Man: Homecoming, and
Ant-Man and the Wasp are discussed in the sourcebook, but their events are not included in the timeline.
Disney+ timeline (October 2020–present) The initial Disney+ timeline order in October 2020 was
Captain America: The First Avenger,
Captain Marvel,
Iron Man,
Iron Man 2,
Thor,
The Avengers,
Thor: The Dark World,
Iron Man 3,
Captain America: The Winter Soldier,
Guardians of the Galaxy,
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,
Avengers: Age of Ultron,
Ant-Man,
Captain America: Civil War,
Black Panther,
Doctor Strange,
Thor: Ragnarok,
Ant-Man and the Wasp,
Avengers: Infinity War, and
Avengers: Endgame.
The Incredible Hulk,
Spider-Man: Homecoming, and
Spider-Man: Far From Home were excluded at this time since Disney did not have their distribution rights. In June 2022,
Homecoming became available on Disney+ in the United Kingdom and Australia, while
Far From Home became available on Disney+ in Japan the following month; both were added to the Disney+ timeline in those territories. By August 2022,
The Incredible Hulk was added to the Disney+ timeline in territories it was available in such as Spain and Japan.
Homecoming became available in the United States and was added to the timeline in May 2023. Marvel Studios regained the distribution rights to
The Incredible Hulk in June 2023, with it subsequently made available in the United States on Disney+.
Far From Home became available in the United States in November 2023. To coincide with
Echo release in January 2024, all of
Marvel's Netflix television series–including
Daredevil,
Jessica Jones,
Luke Cage,
Iron Fist,
The Defenders, and
The Punisher–were added to the Disney+ timeline, after they were made available on the platform in 2022. The series' placements were initially based on when their first seasons took place, with each season taking place on the timeline around the same time of their release. The
first season of
Daredevil is set after the events of
The Avengers, and was placed after
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and
I Am Groot and before
Age of Ultron on the timeline.
Jessica Jones first season is set after that and is placed before
Age of Ultron and
Ant-Man. The
second season of
Daredevil takes place around six months after its first season, either around or shortly after the events of
Ant-Man. The
first season of
Luke Cage picks up a few months after
Jessica Jones, and part of the season takes place simultaneously with the events of
Daredevil season 2. It was placed after
Ant-Man on the timeline, and is followed shortly after by
Iron Fist first season, which references the events of
Daredevil season 2 throughout the season, and was placed between
Ant-Man and
Civil War. These were followed by the events of the crossover series
The Defenders, which takes place a few months after
Daredevil second season, and a month after
Iron Fist season one, while being placed before
Civil War on the timeline.
The Defenders sets up elements of the
second season of
Jessica Jones, but it does not have a clear placement in the timeline, while
Luke Cage season 2,
Iron Fist season 2,
Daredevil third season, and
Jessica Jones third season are also set after
The Defenders.
The Punisher begins after the events of
Daredevil season 2 before jumping ahead six months later, and was described as a stand-alone series, outside of the series leading up to
The Defenders. Its
first season also depicts some events from before the second season of
Daredevil, which
The Punisher star
Jon Bernthal described as being "loose with chronology", and it was placed in-between
Homecoming and
Doctor Strange on the timeline. In early February 2024, the Disney+ timeline was updated to include the placement of each season of Marvel Studios' series and the Netflix series, along with the creation of a new timeline featuring just the MCU films.
Spider-Man: No Way Home became available in the United States in April 2026.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline (October 2023) In the book
The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline, released in October 2023, the timeline for the first four phases of the MCU is detailed, presenting the timeline for content that occurs in the "
Sacred Timeline" of
Earth-616, the main timeline and universe of the MCU, but does not include the Netflix series as they were not yet officially considered part of the Sacred Timeline up to that point. The book addresses several continuity errors through messages from
Miss Minutes, the mascot of the
Time Variance Authority (TVA), and was written with an in-universe perspective as if it was a TVA guidebook. These included placing
Homecoming as occurring in late 2016 while noting that the eight years timeframe in the film was incorrect and confirming that four years had passed in-universe from
The Avengers. The book also places
Iron Man in early 2008, the same as its year of release;
Iron Man 2,
The Incredible Hulk, and
Thor as occurring around the same time in early 2010;
Iron Man 3 from December 22–25, 2013, before ending in early 2014;
Doctor Strange as starting in late 2016 after
Homecoming and occurring through 2017 before
Thor: Ragnarok, contradicting the film's co-writer
C. Robert Cargill's statement on its timeline;
Black Panther in mid-2016, starting after
Black Widow and before
Civil Wars ending;
Ant-Man and the Wasp and
Infinity War in early 2018;
Endgame primarily in late 2023 with
WandaVision set shortly after;
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings in early 2024 in between
WandaVision and
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the latter of which is placed from early-to-mid-2024;
Far From Home and the start of
No Way Home in mid-2024 during
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier;
She-Hulk starting in late 2024, before
Eternals, which takes place during
No Way Home, which is primarily followed by
Multiverse of Madness, also in late 2024;
No Way Home ending in December 2024, right before
Hawkeye, also placed in that month;
She-Hulk primarily occurring through early 2025, before
Moon Knight and
Wakanda Forever, and until late 2025;
Ms. Marvel and
Love and Thunder following in late 2025; and dates
Werewolf by Night after them in late 2025, which was noted as seemingly being accurate but that "magical influences" made determining its placement uncertain. == Timeline ==