Welcome, guys and geeks, to the MCU Chronological
Timeline version 6.5. âBefore we get started, does anyone wanna
get out?â And thatâs a totally serious question. This video comprises the entire live action
Marvel Cinematic Universe including all shows and gets into spoiler-territory. If you want to watch the MCU Timeline film-only
edition with no spoilers, be sure to click that card right there for v6.0. This timeline is meant to be a chronological
viewing order. While some of the films and shows overlap,
this timeline will generalize a titleâs given dates to determine whether it takes
place before or after another title in the list, giving primary weight to either the
3rd act, or climax. This means we wonât be breaking up the films
or shows if they bounce around between different years. Also, please note, most of the mid and post
credit scenes take place during different time periods than the filmâs theyâre attached
to, and wonât be used in determining when a film occurs. Iâm looking at you Doctor Strange. This will also include shows that have been
cancelled, and theyâll remain on the timeline until officially deemed non-canonical. Letâs begin! Captain America: The First Avenger sets the
backdrop to Earth 616 and the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the first film to introduce superheroes
to the world, at least in the modern epoch, and ushers in a new age for mankind. Beginning at the height of Americaâs involvement
in WW2, The First Avenger shows the birth of a superhero, one whose moral compass and
character are just as impressive as his enhanced superhuman abilities. Taking place between 1942 and 1945, as well
as a short stint in 2011, this is undoubtedly the first title in our list. Steve goes under the Arctic in March of 1945. âYou know, I still donât know how to dance.â The second title should definitely be Agent
Carter Season 1, which follows the love interest of Steve Rogers, in Peggy Carter. This takes place in Fall 1946, a year after
the end of The First Avenger. Agent Carter Season 2 continues Peggyâs
fight against new Atomic Age threats as she moves from New York to Los Angeles in July
of 1947. The Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter has been
retconned to occur after the events of the first two seasons, and sees the start of what
is to become S.H.I.E.L.D. The next film, Captain Marvel, is one of the
more recent films in the series, though itâs chronological placement is one of the earliest
on the timeline. Here we follow a Kree-trained warrior named
Vers to earth in search of several shape-shifting refugees known as the Skrull in 1995, only
to discover her terrestrial origins as the Air Force Pilot Carol Danvers. âI didnât know.â Along the way she befriends a young Nick Fury
and discovers the incredible extents of her power. Strongest Avenger? Let me know your thoughts in the comments
below! We push forward into 2008, with the film that
started it all, Iron Man. Tony Stark, billionaire weapons dealer for
the US government and CEO of Stark Industries, has a change of heart after being kidnapped
by terrorists using his own weapons against him. Upon discovering shrapnel embedded in his
chest and inching closer to his heart, he finds a new way to power not only him, but
a means for his escape, and the subsequent line of suits that would identify him as Iron
Man. âI am Iron Man.â Iron Man 2 picks up 6 months after Ivan Vanko
completes his response to the Iron Man armor, but hereâs where some may take offense at
our placement on the timeline. Instead of retconning Iron Man to occur later
than 2008 as this film would suggest is necessary, weâve kept it where it is due to later retcons
in the series, and have subsequently moved Iron Man 2 as occurring in 2011. While we wonât get into too much detail
as to why this is necessary here, please note that Iron Man 2, The Incredible Hulk, and
Thor, run semi-concurrently. If you want more information, weâve compiled
an incredibly in-depth look at each film in the timeline in this 20-part video playlist
known as When Does the MCU Take Place? Itâll explain everything, and weâll link
it down below, but for now, letâs continue placing each film on the timeline. The Incredible Hulk is perhaps the most retconned
film in the MCU, having replaced both the lead actor in the role of the Hulk, as well
as completely ignoring its own timeline retroactively. The timeline totally forgets about Emil Blonskyâs
Abomination altogether. âGive me a real fight.â Should they bring him back? Let me know your thoughts! The film makes it very clear on multiple occasions
that it occurs in May of 2007, 5 years after Bruce Banner subjects himself to gamma radiation
and develops his angry alter-ego, the Hulk. Because of itâs involvement with Furyâs
Big Week, a week long period which also encompasses Iron Man 2 and Thor, the film has been moved
up to May and early-June, 2011. In the short Marvel One-Shot: A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to Thorâs Hammer, Coulson stopâs a gas station robbery on his way
to New Mexico. Thor reintroduces the Asgardians onto Midgard,
or Earth, in the modern era, having been away long enough for the Asgardians to fade away
into Norse myth. After being stripped of his titles and rank,
Thor must prove to himself and his king that he is again worthy to possess the powers once
bestowed to him and enhanced by his hammer Mjolnir. âThe burden of the throne has fallen to
me now.â His adopted brother, Loki, uses Thorâs weakened
state to take control of Asgard. Thor occurs in 2011, beginning shortly after
Iron Man 2 and The Incredible Hulk. In the Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant, Coulson
and Jasper Sitwell conspire to keep Emil Blonskyâs Abomination out of the Avengers Initiative. This actually occurs before the mid credits
scene in The Incredible Hulk. âSomeone who offend the general to his very
core. Youâre talking about the Consultant. No Iâm not. Youâve just described him to a tee. Iâm telling you now, stop it: I am not calling
the consultant.â but weâll place it here so as not to break
that film up. There was an idea to bring together a group
of remarkable people to see if they could become something more. And they certainly did with Marvelâs The
Avengers. Set almost 1 year after Furyâs Big Week,
The Avengers team up to stop a global threat of invasion in 2012 crafted by Thorâs brother
Loki. The film would not only go on to transform
and be referenced by future MCU films, but became hugely influential in how Hollywood
has approached franchises in the years since. âI am a god, you dull creature. And I will not be bullied by ahhh.â While Loki and the Chitauri army are the immediate
threat, we later find that Thanos was behind the invasion all along. If youâre enjoying this video that you probably
didnât realize took months to create, let us know by doing some combination of these
four actions! Heimdall is watching! In the Marvel One-Shot: Item 47, we find that
Chitauri weaponry is being found and utilized by amateur bank robbers shortly after the
events of the Avengers. Iron Man 3 sees individuals from Tonyâs
past coming back to haunt him, as Aldrich Killian and Maya Hansen introduce the world
to the Extremis project. âIâm not sure if you can tell, but at
this moment the body is trying to decide whether to accept Extremis or just give up.â Weâre also introduced to someone claiming
to be the Mandarin, but we wonât see the true Mandarin until Phase 4. This is an interesting film to try and fit
into the timeline as it features dates that occur after the events of Thor: the Dark World,
but is generally believed to occur before The Dark World. Itâs confusing. We break it down in this video right here. Ultimately the film must occur a year prior
to this date on this newspaper, during Christmas 2012. In the Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King,
we regroup with Trevor Slattery to determine if he truly knows anything more about the
Mandarin, and/or the Ten Rings organization. This occurs, likely, a few months after Iron
Man 3. Now we begin the introduction of Agents of
S.H.I.E.L.D., as we dive into Season 1. Because of the showâs long 22 episode format,
and the apparent time breaks within each season, we can place most of the show with some certainty,
especially in its earlier seasons. âKay, there are two ways we can do this. Oh, is one of them the easy way? No. Oh.âThe first 7 episodes introduce us to
the S.H.I.E.L.D. team. Thor: The Dark World naturally comes next. âYou said you were coming back. I know, I know, but the bifrost was destroyed. But I saw you on tv. You were, you were in New York!â Every 5000 years the Convergence of the 9
Realms opens a portal between worlds, and Malekith uses it to unleash the power of the
Aether to transform the universe back into eternal darkness. The Convergence occurs on November 17, 2013. Is this the worst film in the franchise? I personally enjoy it. Episodes 8-16 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 1 arrive next, with events in Episode
8 picking up after The Dark World, and events in episodes 16 leading into The Winter Soldier. With Captain America: The Winter Soldier we
find ourselves in the summer of 2014. âYou need to keep both eyes open.â Adapting to life in the 21st century, Steve
Rogers, along with Natasha Romanoff, find themsleves on the run from a rogue cell thatâs
taken over S.H.I.E.L.D. in HYDRA and a brand new threat arrives from Steveâs past, as
we discover Bucky has become the Winter Soldier. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season one, episodes 17-22 deal directly with
the massive curveball of HYDRA infiltrating S.H.I.E.L.D. âNow Iâll be unst-... Hey guys, I found it!â Next up, we leave Earth to explore the Cosmic
side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Guardians of the Galaxy takes place 26 years
after Peter Quill, a young boy from Missouri, is abducted in 1988. Here Peter, now going by the moniker of Star-Lord,
must team up with other galactic misfits to take down the Kree radical Ronan the Accuser. Weâre also introduced to Thanos family in
Gamora and Nebula. Without further information, we can only assume
that Guardians of the Galaxy occurs sometime during the Summer of 2014, shortly after The
Winter Soldier. âWe are Groot.â Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 occurs only
a few short months after the first film, and considering there are no other films that
arrive concurrently between the two, theyâll show up side by side on our timeline. A mysterious entity introduces himself to
Peter as Ego, his father, who helps unlock Peterâs true potential, but not all is as
it seems, as being half Celestial has its drawbacks. âYou people have issues. Well of course I have issues. Thatâs my freakin father!â This film likely occurs mid-late Fall 2014. Daredevil season one ushers in the Netflix
heroes into the MCU, as Matt Murdoch chooses a life of defending law by day and fighting
crime by night. Wilson Fisk is perhaps the best villain we
ever received with any of the Marvel TV shows, and is up there with the top MCU villains
in general. With Jessica Jones season 1 we close out 2014
with Jessica going up against her prior abuser, Kilgrave, in one of the MCUâs most chilling
chapters. âYou a P.I.? Iâm just trying to make money, yâknow
booze costs money. Usually.â Weâre also introduced to Luke Cage. Cloak and Dagger season 1, while arriving
in 2018, actually takes place 8 years after 2007 - which makes it early 2015. Tyrone and Tandy become intertwined with powers
of light and darkness, and must band together to take down the evil corporate entity, Roxxon. âIn this day and age you need to keep up
with the Joneses... as well as the Starks and the Rands.â Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 2, episodes 1-19 is a series of episodes
weâve decided to consolidate to early 2015, considering even the time jumps between episodes
never occur over long periods of time, and it doesnât feel appropriate to split them
up. âWe finally get to find out what we become.â That said, episode 19 ties directly into Avengers:
Age of Ultron. The Avengers must team up again in Avengers:
Age of Ultron, as Tony and Bruce unintentionally unleash a dangerous artificially intelligent
life form into the world. Ultron is intent on making the world a better
place, a place run by machines who arenât constrained by human emotion. The film ends with the unfortunate destruction
of Sokovia. âThe beauty of it. The inevitability. You rise only to fall.â This event takes place in the Summer of 2015,
as becomes evident by other titles in the series. The final 3 episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 2, 20-22, follow events after the Battle
of Sokovia. We have the first season of WHIH Newsfront,
a YouTube web-series of 5 episodes that chronicles the media coverage post-Sokovia. âNow we revisit a story from a few years
back in the case of cyber-criminal and self-proclaimed whistleblower Scott Lang.â This was released on YouTube originally, but
has since been removed. Weâve re-uploaded it right here, and weâve
left it un-monetized because we donât technically own it. The next film youâll want to watch is Ant-Man,
which takes place some short months later. Scott Lang is released from a 3-year prison
sentence on July 17th, 2015, and after a few months trying to make a living and failing
to pay childâs support, he reverts back to his old ways of burglary, only to find
a dusty old suit that happens to be able to make him shrink down to the size of an ant. Weâre also introduced to the Quantum Realm,
which is highly important to the future of the MCU, especially in Phase 3. âYou would enter a reality where all concepts
of time and space are irrelevant.â The filmâs climax occurs on October 9th,
2015. Simmons is trapped in the Monolith world in
the first half of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 3, episodes 1-10, shortly after Ant-Man. Daredevil season 2 is next up, as weâre
introduced to The Punisher. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. s3, Episodes 11-19 technically run concurrently
to both Daredevil season 2 and Luke Cage season 1. âAnd I appreciate the help. Does that mean youâre reauthorizing S.H.I.E.L.D.? The public has a short memory; not that short.â Luke Cage season 1 follows Luke as he becomes
the hero that Harlem needs, some 4 years after Hulk rampaged through it. Luke faces off against both Cottonmouth and
Diamondback in this season. âEverybody wants to be da king.â Brigid OâReilly returns to Cloak and Dagger
season 2 alongside Mayhem, her doppelgänger. It follows shortly after Luke Cage season
1, and actually discusses some of the events outlined at the end of Luke Cageâs first
season. This show brings us into 2016. âLuke Cage in Harlem rumble, by Karen Page.â Though please bear in mind that the recent
news that Cloak and Dagger and the Runaways team are teaming up in Runaways season 3 might
mean that they are pushing the timeline for the entire Cloak and Dagger series up two
years. But thatâs not been determined yet; weâll
keep it where it is for now.â Iron Fist season 1 occurs in February 2016,
as Danny Rand returns to New York after being presumed dead for over 15 years and he struggles
to balance whether or not his duties to his families legacy are more important than who
he is as the Iron Fist. Defenders season one picks up just a short
month or so after Iron Fist, and follows the entire Netflix Marvel cast, except the Punisher,
as they collectively take down the Hand organization from destroying New York City. They really shouldâve phoned in some Avengers
for this one. Season 2 of WHIH Newsfront was released between
April and May 2016, but likely occurs in early to late March. It leads directly into the Lagos incident
of Captain America: Civil War. Again, weâll link all parts of the Newsfront
series in the description. Oh, you like my MCU Timeline shirt? Well you can grab yours now by visiting our
merch store linked just below this video, and youâll help support the production of
more content like this! The Avengers team find themselves divided
on two differing sides of a controversial new bill known as the Sokovia Accords, which
effectively limits their freedom to protect citizens across sovereign borders due to damage
they may or may not have been responsible for. âThis isnât gonna change what happened. I donât care, he killed my mom.â Captain America: Civil Warâs climax occurs
within the first week of April 2016 and sees the Avengers team split down the middle. Please note that while many films occur in
2016, there is a fair amount of overlapping. For much more detail, please see our When
Does the MCU Take Place series. Black Panther picks up a week after King TâChaka
is killed in a terrorist attack that occurred during Civil Warâs time frame. The film follows TâChalla as he undergoes
the coronation ritual upon arriving back in his country of Wakanda, an African utopia
hidden away from the rest of the world. Along the way he is challenged for the throne
by Erik Killmonger, whose ultimate goal is to help aid those of African descent by arming
them with Wakandan technology so they can overthrow their governments. âYour weapons. Our weapons will not be used to wage war on
the world.â The film occurs as early as the second week
of April, and spans only a few days. Letâs close out Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 3 with episodes 20-22, which follows
shortly after the events of Civil War. Youâd think with almost a decade of films
under their belt at this stage, the dates would just slide into place, right? Well then they go and release Spider-Man:
Homecoming. A great film which introduces one of the Marvelâs
most popular heroes and one of the MCUâs most personable villains to date in the Vulture,
but a film that also boasts the worst timeline fumbles in the entirety of the MCU. âTime to go home, Pete. Iâm trying to save you!â Almost every date, time and reference to season
is contradicted by other films in the MCU or by Homecoming itself. This video here explains how poorly it fits
on the MCU Timeline. A year after his introduction in Daredevil
season 2, we join the Punisher in the first season of his spinoff show, which ends late
November 2016. Doctor Strange comes next on our timeline
though, like we mentioned earlier, thereâs some overlap with other films in 2016. In fact, Doctor Strange begins before even
Civil War. Revolving around Steven Strange getting into
an accident, and trying anything to get the proper use of his hands back, he eventually
finds himself in Kamar Taj, under the tutelage of The Ancient One as he learns the mystical
arts and becomes the Doctor Strange we know and love. âYouâd think after all this time Iâd
be ready, but look at me: stretching one moment out into a thousand just so that I can watch
the snow.â The climax occurs at the tail end of 2016
and the mid and post credit scenes occur in 2017, once Steven apparently feels proficient
enough to protect the Eye of Agamotto from his Sanctum in New York City. The beginning and end of the Slingshot web-series
takes place after episode 8 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4, but the majority of the show occurs
before the start of the season. âI heard Mace was calling you in. Youâre signing the Sokovia Accords. Thatâs a big step.â Letâs not break it up though, as it would
ruin the flow of the miniseries. This brings us into 2017. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season four comes next, and weâll keep the
entire season together. This includes the Ghost Rider, Agents of HYDRA,
and L.M.D. arcs. Inhumans season 1 arrives after both the Terrigenesis
event and the Inhuman registration act that followed the Sokovia Accords. Jessica Jones season 2 falls in step at about
May 2017, 17 years after the accident that took the lives of Jessicaâs family. But it turns out that not the entire family
was taken, as Jessica learns that her mother is still out there. In Luke Cage season 2, Luke meets his match
in Bushmaster, but perhaps his most noteworthy foe is none other than the owner of Harlemâs
Paradise, Mariah Dillard. âIâm Detective Misty Knight, and thatâs
a search warrant. You put a bounty out on Mariah Dillard. Stokes. Mariah Stokes.â This occurs in August 2017. While the first handful of episodes in Agents
of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5 occur over 90 years in a far flung
future, weâll adhere to the characterâs relative timelines, which would occur chronologically
next on the timeline. âThat doesnât make sense. How long ago did they build this place and
when did you first come here? I donât know, they built it 90-some odd
years ago, minimum.â Thor: Ragnarok sees the return of Thorâs
deranged older sister Hela, and upon facing off against her in the bifrost, gets transported
to the alien world of Sakaar, where he meets an old friend from work. âI wouldnât worry, brother. I feel like everythingâs gonna work out
fine.â Despite what the mid credit scene would have
you believe, Thor: Ragnarok does not take place directly before Infinity War. There is about a 5-7 month gap between this
filmâs main events and the scene in question. The film likely takes place mostly during
Fall 2017. Iron Fist season 2 arrives next, in or around
November 2017. This season sees Danny lose his grasp on the
Iron Fist mantle, and is a marked improvement in some ways to the first season. Moving on to Daredevil season 3, wherein weâre
introduced to the Netflix iteration of Bullseye. âWho are you? Iâm Daredevil.â This occurs late in 2017, shortly after Iron
Fist. Weâre pushing Runaways season 1 up a bit
from our last timeline, as it does take place over the winter holiday season. âWeâre a family. Weâre a family. And weâll fight you if we have to.â Though there is little outward evidence to
that effect. In Runaways season 2, we finally see the cast
doing what they were cast to do; running away. Beginning just a day after the end of the
first season and moving into 2018, it wouldnât make sense to break up these two seasons. The Punisher season 2 occurs over a year after
the first season, and picks up after Daredevil season 3, which is confirmed by the personal
arc of Karen Page. Jessica Jones season three is the last Marvel
Netflix show on our list and occurs just a short month or so before the Snap. Back in the presumed normal timeline Agents
of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5, episodes 11-18 fall into step right
here. Ant-Man and the Wasp, however, occurs mid-April
2018. The film takes place a little over two years
after Civil War, and this is notable as Scott Langâs just about to end his probation period
for events he aided in said film. He and Hope become entangled in a quantum
heist as Hank Pym attempts to bring Janet back from, well, quantum entanglement. âItâs me.â A popular theory holds that this film occurs
concurrently to Infinity War, and weâve even mentioned that on occasion here, but
aside from the mid-credits scene wherein we see the effects of the Snap, thereâs no
evidence that that is the case. Between the climax and the mid credits is
at least a week long resolution period. For more info, click that card. The final 4 episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5, episodes 19-22, lead into the events
of Infinity War with references to Thanos, the Avengers, and even the aliens in NY. âGotta say. Itâs pretty magical.â These episodes are concurrent to the events
in Infinity War. Avengers: Infinity War occurs over 3 days,
with the climactic snap being, at the earliest, on or after April 19th, 2018. The latest date would probably be June 3rd. The film sees the Mad Titan Thanos attempt
to rid half the universe of life by collecting all 6 Infinity Stones, a threat even the Avengers
will have trouble defending against. âYou shouldâve gone for the head. NO!â Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 6 will just have to go here until they
explain themselves. It is supposedly a year after the Snap, but
thereâs no reference to it in the slightest, and nobody appears affected. This may be the last iteration of the timeline
where these shows are still considered canon, unless something further is clarified. Avengers: Endgame, the sequel to Infinity
War, follows 5 years after the snap in the previous film, as the Avengers need to regroup
to take Thanos down for good. But that wonât be as easy as it sounds. Endgame bounces around on the timeline, but
the primary time period is a bit over 5 years after Avengers: Infinity War, at about October
2023. âAVENGERS... assemble.â Spider-Man: Far From Home is the latest film
on our timeline, taking place 8 months after what is known as the blip from Endgame and
the death of Tony Stark, Peter Parker and friends go on an end of year trip to Europe. Unfortunately for him, it wonât be much
of a vacation, as everywhere he goes happens to be attacked by giant elemental monsters. This movie takes place in late June, early
July 2024. There is one major inconsistency, and thatâs
the inclusion of the Signal Lights Festival which happens in October. âStark was right. You do deserve them.â Peter claims that he is still 16 in this film,
meaning heâs been 16 for over 18 months, but if his birthday is August 10th, and he
was blipped back in October, he wouldnât count that year, as heâs only ever experienced
16 August 10thâs, so that adds up. I need to take this time to thank you all
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I love you guys, and I love your videos. But I will die on the "Cloak and Dagger is in 2017" hill.
I can only imagine how long it took to render. Switching from minivids to just title icons was a smart choice.
Predicting the dissolution of Marvel TV, I also created a film-only, spoiler free version of said timeline. That explains about... 80 of those hours lol.
dude god bless your soul. is there a youtube link for this
Bravo. You did a great job with that! Thanks for sharing.
I have a question: Now that Feige is the last word creatively on all things Marvel, would you consider revamping this if he starts decanonizing some/all of the Marvel Television projects?
I still maintain that im3 happens in the mid season break of AOS season 1. It explains why shield is MIA, they're all looking for coulson.
Also extremis is still fairly unknown in the beginning, as Coulson calls it new, and AIM had been testing it for a while, it's not unreasonable to assume that SHIELD was aware of its development and that they were keeping an eye on it, especially considering it was being used by HYDRAshield. This means all the dates in IM3 line up including the newspaper, and the jokes about how old Tony's potential kid is.
Itâd be cool if you did individual vids for the Marvel TV projects like you did for the films.
It gets pretty tricky after 2016.
I like that you placed Iron Man in 2008.
I see the â6 months laterâ in Iron Man 2 as just being 6 months since Vanko finished his arc reactor in the intro, not since âI Am Iron Manâ.
Just gotta ignore some supplementary material and make some leaps with some of the lines said in the film.