Confused about the Marvel universe timeline? Not sure, how to watch the movies and TV shows in order? No worries, we got you!
The Marvel timeline keeps changing a lot because there are so many projects being made and released in the MCU. In 2024, there’s only one movie, Deadpool & Wolverine, but there’s a bunch more coming in Marvel Phase 5 as the Multiverse Saga keeps going strong.
We have all the details about the Marvel timeline below, with every project organized in order of when they happen.
Contents
Marvel Timeline: 1931-1995
The story begins with Captain America: The First Avenger. Here’s the rundown:
- Agents of Shield Season 7 (1931-2019)
- Captain America: The First Avenger (1943-45)
- One Shot: Agent Carter (1944)
- Agent Carter Season 1 (1946)
- Agent Carter Season 2 (1947)
- Captain Marvel (1995)
Marvel Timeline: 2008-2012
Iron Man kicked it off in 2008, followed by its sequel two years later and standalone movies of other superheroes. Fans are also treated to a couple of One Shot and the epic battle in Avengers.
- Iron Man (2008)
- Iron Man 2 (2010)
- The Incredible Hulk (2010)
- One Shot: The Consultant (2010)
- One Shot: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer (2010)
- Thor (2010)
- Avengers (2012)
- One Shot: Item 47 (2012)
Marvel Timeline: 2013-2015
So, here’s how the Marvel timeline from 2013-2015 rolls.
- Iron Man 3 (2013)
- One Shot: All Hail the King (2013)
- Agents of Shield Season 1, Episodes 1-7 (2013)
- Thor: The Dark World (2013)
- Agents of Shield Season 1, Episodes 8-16 (2014)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
- Agents of Shield Season 1, Episodes 17-22 (2014)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2014)
- I Am Groot (2014)
- Daredevil Season 1 (2014)
- Jessica Jones Season 1 (2015)
- Agents of Shield Season 2, Episodes 1-19 (2015)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- Agents of Shield Season 2, Episodes 20-22 (2015)
- Ant-Man (2015)
- Daredevil Season 2 (2015)
- Luke Cage Season 1 (2015)
- Agents of Shield Season 3, Episodes 1-10 (2015)
Marvel Timeline: 2016
2016 was a rollercoaster in the Marvel universe, but the timeline stays pretty straightforward. Let’s take a look at what went down in the Marvel universe in 2016:
- Agents of Shield Season 3, Episodes 11-19 (2016)
- Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- Agents of Shield Season 3, Episodes 20-22 (2016)
- Agents of Shield Season 4, Episodes 1-8 (2016)
- Agents of Shield: Slingshot (2016)
- Agents of Shield Season 4, Episodes 9-22 (2016)
- Iron Fist Season 1 (2016)
- The Defenders (2016)
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (2016)
- The Punisher Season 1 (2016)
- Doctor Strange (2016-2017)
Marvel Timeline: 2017-2018
This period marks the year of the Snap, a pivotal moment in the Marvel universe.
- Agents of Shield Season 5, Episodes 1-19 (2017)
- Black Widow (2017)
- Black Panther (2017)
- Jessica Jones Season 2 (2017)
- Inhumans Season 1 (2017)
- Luke Cage Season 2 (2017)
- Iron Fist Season 2 (2017)
- Daredevil Season 3 (2017)
- The Punisher Season 2 (2017)
- Jessica Jones Season 3 (2017)
- Runaways Season 1 and 2 (2017)
- Cloak and Dagger Season 1 and 2 (2017-2018)
- Runaways Season 3 (2018)
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017-2018)
- Agents of Shield Season 5, Episodes 19-22 (2018)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
- Avengers: Infinity War (2017-2018)
- Agents of Shield Season 6 (2018)
Marvel Timeline: 2018-2026
Here’s a glimpse of what to expect from Marvel universe from 2018 to 2026:
- Avengers: Endgame (2018-2023)
- Agents of Shield Season 7 Finale (2019*)
- WandaVision (2023)
- Loki (Partly 2023, partly 2012)
- Loki Season 2 (Partly 2023)
- Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings (2024)
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2024)
- Spider-Man: Far From Home (2024)
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (2024)
- Eternals (2024)
- Hawkeye (2024)
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2024)
- Moon Knight (2025)
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2025)
- Echo (2025)
- She-Hulk (2025)
- Ms. Marvel (2025)
- The Marvels (2025)
- Thor: Love and Thunder (2025)
- Werewolf By Night (2025)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (Christmas 2025)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2026)
- Guardians of the Galaxy 3 (2026)
- Secret Invasion (2026)
