CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM TO ALL AGENTS: This document outlines the officially recognized cinematic and television productions within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), ordered chronologically by in-universe events. This includes primary "Sacred Timeline" events and documented incursions or explorations into alternate realities. Episode ranges are provided for TV series where their storylines directly interweave with major cinematic events. Please review carefully for mission parameters and historical context.
Chronological Timeline of MCU Canon (Earth-616)
Pre-2000s Era
- Captain America: The First Avenger (1943-1945)
- Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter (1944)
- Agent Carter Season 1 (1946)
- Agent Carter Season 2 (1947)
- Captain Marvel (1995)
Phase 1: The Infinity Saga Begins (2008-2012)
- Iron Man (2008)
- Iron Man 2 (2010)
- The Incredible Hulk (2010)
- Marvel One-Shot: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer (2010)
- Thor (2010)
- Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant (2011)
- The Avengers (2012)
- Marvel One-Shot: Item 47 (2012)
Phase 2: Expanding Horizons (2013-2015)
- Iron Man 3 (2013)
- Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2013)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1, Episodes 1-7 (2013)
- Thor: The Dark World (2013)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1, Episodes 8-16 (2014)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1, Episodes 17-22 (2014)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
- I Am Groot Season 1 (2014)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2014)
- Daredevil Season 1 (2014-2015)
- Jessica Jones Season 1 (2015)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2, Episodes 1-19 (2014-2015)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2, Episodes 20-22 (2015)
- Ant-Man (2015)
Phase 3: Civil War to Endgame (2016-2019)
- Daredevil Season 2 (2016)
- Luke Cage Season 1 (2016)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3, Episodes 1-19 (2015-2016)
- Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- Black Widow (2016)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3, Episodes 20-22 (2016)
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (2016)
- Doctor Strange (2016-2017)
- Iron Fist Season 1 (2017)
- The Defenders (2017)
- The Punisher Season 1 (2017)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 (2016-2017)
- Inhumans (2017)
- Runaways Season 1 (2017-2018)
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
- Jessica Jones Season 2 (2018)
- Luke Cage Season 2 (2018)
- Iron Fist Season 2 (2018)
- Daredevil Season 3 (2018)
- Cloak & Dagger Season 1 (2018)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- Runaways Season 2 (2018)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 (2017-2018)
- The Punisher Season 2 (2019)
- Jessica Jones Season 3 (2019)
- Cloak & Dagger Season 2 (2019)
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 6 (2019)
- Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
- Runaways Season 3 (2019)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 7 (2020)
- Helstrom (2020)
Phase 4: Multiverse Saga Begins (2021-2022)
- WandaVision (2021)
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
- Loki Season 1 (2021) - *Explores branched timelines originating from 2012*
- What If...? Season 1 (2021) - *Animated explorations of alternate realities*
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
- Eternals (2021)
- Hawkeye (2021)
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) - *Features characters from Earth-96283 (Raimi), Earth-120703 (Webb), and Earth-688 (SSU)*
- Moon Knight (2022)
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) - *Explores Earth-838 and other realities*
- Ms. Marvel (2022)
- Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
- I Am Groot Season 2 (2022)
- She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022)
- Werewolf By Night (2022)
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
- The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)
Phase 5: Expanding the Multiverse (2023-Present/Future)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
- Secret Invasion (2023)
- Loki Season 2 (2023)
- The Marvels (2023)
- What If...? Season 2 (2023)
- Echo (2024)
- Deadpool & Wolverine (Upcoming - July 2024) - *Major crossover event with Earth-10005 (Fox X-Men Universe)*
- Agatha All Along (Upcoming - September 2024)
- What If...? Season 3 (Upcoming - December 2024)
- Captain America: Brave New World (Upcoming - February 2025)
- Daredevil: Born Again (Upcoming - March 2025)
- Thunderbolts* (Upcoming - May 2025)
- Fantastic Four (Upcoming - July 2025)
- Eyes of Wakanda (Upcoming - August 2025)
- Marvel Zombies (Upcoming - October 2025)
- Wonder Man (Upcoming - December 2025)
Phase 6: Multiverse Finale (Future)
- Avengers: Doomsday (Upcoming - December 2026)
- Avengers: Secret Wars (Upcoming - December 2027)
Multiversal Incursions & Other Realities
The following films originate from alternate universes that have established direct connections or incursions with the MCU Multiverse (Earth-616), primarily through events depicted in Spider-Man: No Way Home and Deadpool & Wolverine. Their internal timelines are presented for context.
Sony's Spider-Man Universe (Earth-688 & Related) (Outside Sacred Timeline)
- Madame Web (2003 - primarily)
- Venom (2018)
- Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
- Morbius (2022)
- Venom: The Last Dance (Upcoming - October 2024)
- Kraven the Hunter (Upcoming - December 2024)
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) - *Animated, introduces broader Spider-Verse concept*
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) - *Animated, further explores the Spider-Verse*
- Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (Upcoming - 2027) - *Animated*
Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Universe (Earth-96283) (Outside Sacred Timeline)
- Spider-Man (2002)
- Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man Universe (Earth-120703) (Outside Sacred Timeline)
- The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
Fox X-Men Universe (Earth-10005 & Related) (Outside Sacred Timeline)
This timeline is complex due to time travel events (Days of Future Past). The following list represents the primary chronological order of events in the "reset" timeline that leads to the version of Wolverine seen in Deadpool & Wolverine.
- X-Men: First Class (1962)
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (1973 - past segments)
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Primarily 1970s/80s, but spans decades from 1845)
- X-Men: Apocalypse (1983)
- Dark Phoenix (1992)
- X-Men (2000)
- X2: X-Men United (2003)
- X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
- The Wolverine (2013)
- Deadpool (2016)
- Deadpool 2 (2018)
- The New Mutants (Unspecified, but post-Dark Phoenix)
- Logan (2029)
Other Connected Realities (Outside Sacred Timeline)
- Howard the Duck (1986)
- Blade (1998)
- Fantastic Four (2005)
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
- Ghost Rider (2007)
- Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
- Daredevil (2003)
- Fantastic Four (2015)
Marvel Television Series (Integrated Canon)
These series, originally produced by Marvel Television, are now largely acknowledged as canonical within the broader MCU narrative. Recent Marvel Studios productions, such as Daredevil: Born Again, directly reference and build upon the events and character histories established in these shows, integrating them more fully into the main timeline.
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013-2020)
- Agent Carter (2015-2016)
- Daredevil (2015-2018)
- Jessica Jones (2015-2019)
- Luke Cage (2016-2018)
- Iron Fist (2017-2018)
- The Defenders (2017)
- Inhumans (2017)
- The Punisher (2017-2019)
- Runaways (2017-2019)
- Cloak & Dagger (2018-2019)
- Helstrom (2020)
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION: This document is for internal use only. Unauthorized dissemination is subject to disciplinary action by the Department of Multiversal Affairs.
Last Updated: May 2025