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The Complete MCU

The master spine

Timeline

Every title in in-universe order, from Deep Time to Avengers: Secret Wars. In-universe dates are contested — Marvel's own timeline book has retconned dates that contradict on-screen captions. Where a date is disputed or absent, this says so rather than pretending precision.

The First Superhero

1943 – 19472 titles
  1. Captain America: The First Avenger1943 – 1945FilmPhase 12011
  2. Agent Carter1946 – 1947Series2015

The Cold Decades

1970 – 20081 title
  1. Captain Marvel1995FilmPhase 32019

The Age of Heroes Begins

2008 – 20125 titles
  1. Iron Man2008FilmPhase 12008
  2. The Incredible Hulk2008FilmPhase 12008
  3. Iron Man 22010FilmPhase 12010
  4. Thor2011FilmPhase 12011
  5. The Avengers2012FilmPhase 12012

Consequences

2012 – 201518 titles
  1. Iron Man 32013FilmPhase 22013
  2. Thor: The Dark World2013FilmPhase 22013
  3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier2014FilmPhase 22014
  4. Guardians of the Galaxy2014FilmPhase 22014
  5. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 22014FilmPhase 32017
  6. Avengers: Age of Ultron2015FilmPhase 22015
  7. Ant-Man2015FilmPhase 22015
  8. Daredevil2015 – 2018Series2015
  9. Jessica Jones2015Series2015
  10. Luke CageNo in-universe date givenSeriesinferred2016
  11. Iron FistNo in-universe date givenSeriesinferred2017
  12. The Defenders2017Series2017
  13. The Punisher2017 – 2019Series2017
  14. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.No in-universe date givenSeriesinferred2013
  15. InhumansNo in-universe date givenSeriesinferred2017
  16. RunawaysNo in-universe date givenSeriesinferred2017
  17. Cloak & DaggerNo in-universe date givenSeriesinferred2018
  18. HelstromNo in-universe date givenSeriesinferred2020

The Fracture and the Snap

2016 – 20188 titles
  1. Captain America: Civil War2016FilmPhase 32016
  2. Black Widow2016FilmPhase 42021
  3. Black Panther2016FilmPhase 32018
  4. Spider-Man: Homecoming2016FilmPhase 32017
  5. Doctor Strange2016 – 2017FilmPhase 32016
  6. Thor: Ragnarok2017FilmPhase 32017
  7. Avengers: Infinity War2018FilmPhase 32018
  8. Ant-Man and the Wasp2018FilmPhase 32018

The Blip and the Return

2018 – 202527 titles
  1. Avengers: Endgame2018 → 2023FilmPhase 32019
  2. WandaVisionlate 2023SeriesPhase 42021
  3. Spider-Man: Far From Home2024FilmPhase 32019
  4. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier2024SeriesPhase 42021
  5. Loki, Season 1outside time (TVA)SeriesPhase 42021
  6. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings2024FilmPhase 42021
  7. Eternals2024FilmPhase 42021
  8. HawkeyeChristmas 2024SeriesPhase 42021
  9. Spider-Man: No Way Homelate 2024FilmPhase 42021
  10. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness2025FilmPhase 42022
  11. Moon KnightNo in-universe date givenSeriesPhase 4inferred2022
  12. Ms. MarvelNo in-universe date givenSeriesPhase 4inferred2022
  13. Thor: Love and ThunderNo in-universe date givenFilmPhase 4inferred2022
  14. She-Hulk: Attorney at LawNo in-universe date givenSeriesPhase 4inferred2022
  15. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday SpecialNo in-universe date givenSpecialPhase 4inferred2022
  16. Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverNo in-universe date givenFilmPhase 4inferred2022
  17. Ant-Man and the Wasp: QuantumaniaNo in-universe date givenFilmPhase 5inferred2023
  18. Loki, Season 2outside time (TVA)SeriesPhase 5inferred2023
  19. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3No in-universe date givenFilmPhase 5inferred2023
  20. Secret InvasionNo in-universe date givenSeriesPhase 5inferred2023
  21. The MarvelsNo in-universe date givenFilmPhase 5inferred2023
  22. Echo2024SeriesPhase 52024
  23. Agatha All Along2024SeriesPhase 52024
  24. Deadpool & WolverineNo in-universe date givenFilmPhase 5inferred2024
  25. What If…?No in-universe date givenSeriesPhase 4inferred2021
  26. Marvel ZombiesNo in-universe date givenSeriesinferred2025
  27. MorbiusNo in-universe date givenFilminferred2022

The Road to Doom

2025 – 202712 titles
  1. Captain America: Brave New World2025FilmPhase 52025
  2. Daredevil: Born Again, Season 12025SeriesPhase 52025
  3. Thunderbolts*2025FilmPhase 52025
  4. Ironheart2025SeriesPhase 62025
  5. The Fantastic Four: First Steps2025FilmPhase 62025
  6. Wonder Man2026SeriesPhase 62026
  7. Daredevil: Born Again, Season 22026SeriesPhase 62026
  8. The Punisher: One Last Kill2026SpecialPhase 62026
  9. Spider-Man: Brand New DayJuly 2026FilmPhase 62026
  10. VisionQuestOctober 2026SeriesPhase 62026
  11. Avengers: Doomsday18 December 2026FilmPhase 62026
  12. Avengers: Secret Wars17 December 2027FilmPhase 62027

Earth-10005

The Fox films, 2000 – 202410 titles
  1. X-Men2000Film2000
  2. X2: X-Men United2003Film2003
  3. X-Men: The Last Stand2006Film2006
  4. X-Men: First Class1962Film2011
  5. X-Men: Days of Future Past1973 / a dystopian futureFilm2014
  6. X-Men: ApocalypseNo in-universe date givenFilminferred2016
  7. Logan2029Film2017
  8. Deadpool2016Film2016
  9. Deadpool 22018Film2018
  10. X-Men '97No in-universe date givenSeriesinferred2024

A note on ordering

The guide's section order and its stated in-universe dates disagree in two places. Black Panther is written up after Ragnarok but its own prose sets it “roughly a week after Civil War”, and WandaVision is written up after Far From Home despite being dated three weeks after Endgame. This timeline follows the dates; the reader view follows the document. Neither is silently corrected.