Official Marvel Cinematic Universe Timeline Clears Up Some Confusing Inconsistencies

Official Marvel Cinematic Universe Timeline Clears Up Some Confusing Inconsistencies

Marvel Studios has released an official timeline detailing when each MCU movie took place and it finally clears up some apparent plot holes, particularly in regards to Spider-Man: Homecoming. Take a look!

By JoshWilding - Nov 21, 2018 05:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Avengers
Source: Marvel Studios: The First 10 Years
Over the past decade, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has grown exponentially and keeping track of what movie fits where and when they should take place has become a rather tricky task as a result.

There's also been a handful of discrepancies over the years, with the most noteworthy coming in Spider-Man: Homecoming when we learned that the movie took place eight years after The Avengers, something which would place it squarely in 2020 and after the events of movies like Avengers: Infinity War and Black Panther.

Well, this officially released timeline clears things up!

 
1943-45: Captain America: The First Avenger
2010: Iron Man
2011: Iron Man 2, The Incredible Hulk, Thor
2012: The Avengers, Iron Man 3
2013: Thor: The Dark World
2014: Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
2015: Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Ant-Man
2016: Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming
2016 - 2017: Doctor Strange
2017: Black Panther, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War

As you can see, Iron Man actually took place in 2010 rather than 2008, while Doctor Strange's origin story played out from 2016 - 2017, a year later than originally thought. There are still some inconsistencies, however, with the most noteworthy being Black Panther as that was originally supposed to have taken place a year after Captain America: Civil War despite T'Challa only having just been named King.

 
What are your thoughts on this timeline? Let us know in the comments section down below.
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Battabing
Battabing - 11/21/2018, 5:47 AM
Timeline clears up discrepancies, creates more discrepancies.
seakhan
seakhan - 11/21/2018, 8:03 AM
@Battabing - Fixed it for you.

1) Iron Man (May-Nov 2007)
2) Iron Man 2 (May 2008)
3) One-Shot: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer (May 2008)
4) Thor (May 2008)
5) The Incredible Hulk (May 2008)
6) One-Shot: The Consultant (May 2008)
7) Captain America (Spring 2009/1943-45)
8) The Avengers (Late Spring 2009)
9) One-Shot: Item 47 (Late Spring / Early Summer 2009)
10) Iron Man 3 (Dec 2009)
11) One-Shot: All Hail The King (Summer 2010)
12) Thor: The Dark World (late Spring 2010)
13) One-Shot: Agent Carter (1946)
14) Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Fall 2011)
15) Guardians of the Galaxy (early 2014)
16) Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol.2 (late 2014)
17) Avengers: Age of Ultron (Summer 2015)
18) Ant-Man (Fall 2015 / 1989)
19) Captain America: Civil War (Sept-Oct 2016)
20) Black Panther (Fall 2016)
21) Spider-man: Homecoming (early October 2016)
22) Doctor Strange (early 2016-Fall 2017)
23) Thor: Ragnarok (Fall 2017)
24) Avengers: Infinity War (Fall 2017)
25) Ant-Man and the Wasp (Fall 2017)
26) Captain Marvel (mid-1990’s, 2019?)
27) Avengers 4 (2022?)
JonC
JonC - 11/21/2018, 9:07 AM
@Battabing - and where did this "official" timeline originate from... aren't they supposed to show their source on this site to protect the site?
JonC
JonC - 11/21/2018, 9:12 AM
@Battabing - pretty sure the list is bogus.
csims1885
csims1885 - 11/21/2018, 9:43 AM
@seakhan - Ant-Man and the WASP takes place before infinity War...
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 11/22/2018, 7:34 AM
@Battabing - This list was confirmed fake on Instagram a few nights ago.
SpideyPuffsMJ
SpideyPuffsMJ - 11/21/2018, 5:47 AM
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo......not 8 years later for Homecoming. I didn't have a huge issue with it, I get what they meant, but that's a pretty bonehead move by someone not to make sure the number was right lol. I knew this would still be messy as soon as they said they were gonna make a timeline. Also Spider-Man 2nd DLC is FIRE so far.
WeaponXCII
WeaponXCII - 11/21/2018, 5:50 AM
There's ten entries, which means you could have turned this into a "Ten Points in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Timeline" listicle. Missed opportunity, Josh!
StormXmen123
StormXmen123 - 11/21/2018, 6:18 AM
@WeaponXCII - Relax.

He comb through these comments and get all the incosteances we write about the new time line. He can spread that into atleast two articles cut into ~5 sections.
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