The Marvel Cinematic Universe is getting massive. With 27 films (as of the making of this video) and a growing roster of TV shows, it's getting harder to keep track of the world's mightiest heroes and everyone associated with them, from gargantuan beings of infinite cosmic power to hot sauce-obsessed Russian assassins. The MCU has been going strong since 2008, but its story at this point covers thousands of years, and it can be hard to wrap your head around all the twists and turns. Looking to refresh yourself on all the MCU has offered up thus far? This is the MCU timeline, fully explained.
#MarvelCinematicUniverse #TVShows #Timeline
In the beginning: cosmic genesis | 0:00
A long, long time ago | 2:47
Life during wartime: the 1940s | 6:42
The Silver Age: the mid 20th century | 9:09
Recent history: the late 20th century | 10:28
Meanwhile... | 12:30
The Kree-Skrull War: 1990s | 13:30
The Marvel Age of Cinema: 2008 | 16:59
Phase One: 2009 - 2011 | 19:52
Assembly: 2012 - 2013 | 22:00
Phase Two and aftermath: 2014 - 2016 | 25:57
Disassembled: 2015 - 2017 | 28:14
Homecomings: 2017 - 2018 | 31:10
The Infinity War(s): 2018 - 2023 | 33:06
Another time, another space | 36:01
Aftermath of the reverse-snap: 2023 | 37:47
Phase 4 begins: 2023-2024 | 39:26
Lost and found: Late 2024 | 41:51
The future: new Avengers | 43:53
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We goofed! Odin didn't slay Laufey in battle, just defeated him. We try to get everything right but in a video this big, a few things are bound to slip through the cracks! Thanks for keeping us on our toes!
What about the new movie “Morbius” how’s that involved in this time line ?
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Its cool... we Marvel Maniacs knew what you meant!!!😁
you had other goofs: Iron Man is in 2010 Incredible Hulk is not around the same time as Iron man 1. it is happening during Iron Man 2 and Thor 1 Guardians 2 is chronologically after the first movie. its only a few months later. its not in 2016 Homecoming is in 2016, not 2017 Ant-Man and the Wasp is two weeks before Infinity War, not happening at the same time Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Eternals are in 2014
@@hectorcervantes1332 its not. its a different universe
I'm sooooo glad you included the Marvel TV shows in this video! This MCU Timeline video is a FANTASTIC update! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Yup it only makes sense without those explanations the MCU time-line wld be incomplete.
I thought they were going to avoid it entirely. No mention of the Hand, or the early millennia of Hydra made me think they split the TV shows off completely. There was a little mention of the Agent Carter series that I was thankful for but I really wasn’t expecting more. I was shocked when they said Coulson got better after being stabbed by Loki. Then they brought in the whole Netflix crew for a cameo! I’m wondering if I’ll see more in the rest of the video…
XMen will join the MCU
@@kapengbarako8877 Amen!
This explanation deserves an oscar 👏 It's so intriguing....
You are amazing, you have explained the whole MCU Chronological order. Respect for the amount of time, research and editing that went into this.
This is 100 percent one of the best Marvel timeline breakdowns I've ever come across. Thank you for this!!
WOW I didn't even realize this was a Looper video until AFTER I watched it. Usually I don't watch Looper videos cuz they're mostly one long ad, but this was all meat n no bones.
This is a great way to get someone new up to speed on the MCU and it's a great refresher for fans as well. Of course it'll have to be updated yearly
Not yearly...maybe after every phase
I'm updating it right now :)
he will just create a new one in a couple of years since he did it before
Yup
🤣🤣🤣nah for a newbie it would be too much info too fast....it's perfect peeps familiar with the MCU
Respect for the amount of time, research and editing that went into this.
i was way too lazy to make this vid myself, so glad somebody else did it for me
At 9:48 that Peggy Carter is living with the Cap that went back. He probably told her only use that young photo of himself as to not raise suspicion.
As a person actually trying to learn and get extremely into MCU, this video is perfect. Like holy cow I can probably last in a conversation to an extent.
Excellent narration and guidance. Thank you for including the marvel tv shows. I didnt see any of them, so it was good to see how they fit in to the overall mcu. The summary of all movies and Disney+ series was brief yet super informative. I look forward to seeing this on an annual basis
The fact that a whole Celestial almost emerged from underground during the same time as Wandavison is insane. Like you would think more people would have mentioned it during Wandavison.
Nobody Celestial emerges Wanda sipping tea and doing a magic party
Nerd 🤓
Well you have to take into consideration that majority of WandaVison literally takes place inside Wanda's pocket reality and alot of the show was revolved around said reality. So there probably wasnt any time for a Celestial emerging to be mentioned.
I believe all of Wandavision events are way before the events of Eternals and FATWS, she starts the hex just nine days after Hulk’s snap and SWORD begins looking into it three weeks later.
@@MsMiss-lm4ws WandaVision is set 3 weeks after Avengers: Endgame.
The entire mcu, the Netflix series, and the fx series all under 45 minutes? You deserve a pay raise my guy💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
They left out Matt Murdock's up-bringing when he goes blind etc.
I absolutely loved this video… just want to say thank you for taking the time on this
A true legend explained MCU in 45 mins 👏
You basically copied a comment.
You are not slick
This was indeed brilliant. I mean wow, I was sucked in as if this was a Marvel movie itself. Well done Looper, just when i thought it was explained before you have upped the bar even more. Bravo to you.
That was an amazing synopsis! Thanks for all that effort.
I am thoroughly impressed with this MCU timeline explanation. Well done!!
This presentation is the best. From pre-history up through current Disney+ show (Hawkeye), you've done a marvelous job at splicing the MCU together in one catchall of Marveldome.
Well done job on explaining the multiverse! I haven’t seen anything better. Keep it up LOOPER. Good job to all!
thank you so much for creating such a complex but highly interesting video, Looper!
Wow. This is unbelievably well conceived and executed. Truly well done! And thank you.
Thank you for all the hard work you put into researching and researching and explaining the MCU
i thought i knew everything concerning the MCU, but this puts everything in perspective. Nicely done guys, i enjoyed every bit of it
Lol this is the best time line out there you explains it all in 45 minutes 😂 hilarious loved it. 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
This was such a great refresher!!! I done watched most of the older films as they came out so my "connecting the dots" wasn't the greatest. Thanks for this awesome video!!
I love how you actually included the tv shows in the timeline!
Bcoz.. these tv shows .. also included and connected to the MCU
Facts
Which phase of the MCU was your favorite?
Are you gonna make a timeline of how the shows in-between fits into the Universe?
Sir, you said Peggy's husband is Steve in the mainstream MCU, but how come later you say "Steve went to Peggy in an alternate past"?
Phase 3
Phase 1 was okay, the good movies being iron man and captain America: the first avenger. Then phase 2 was hit or miss. There were some great ones, like guardians and winter soldier, but then there were some pretty bad ones with iron man 3 and dark world. Phase 3 was definitely the best, and I think all the movies were at least good. Phase 4 hasn’t ended, so it isn’t fair to criticize it this early.
Phase 3
Nice work! I enjoyed how u showed how the characters were connected to the main story. I wish u would have included a suggested movie watch list in suggested watch order in your post. I have seen some of the movies, but primarily as standalones. In either case, nice work! 😁
Great video buddy , and you brought 3 shows to my attention I didn't even know existed . So thank you for that ... time to binge watch
Just amazing explanation of the whole MCU Chronological Order, I loved the fact that you include the Marvel TV Shows 'cause not everybody does it, I'm so glad that you put them in the video. Is incredible the whole construction that this universe had (and still has) and you explained it in such a clear and easy way to old and new fans of the MCU!
Phase 1-3: infinity war saga Phase 4-6: Multiverse War Saga Phase 7-9: The Doom Saga Phase 10-12: the mutant saga Final Phase: Heroes Reborn Saga
ooh
i don't think we will live to phase 10+ and I think the mutants will come much much sooner (see strange 2)
@@jellebetten7036 yeaaa
Multiverse of madness imo will literally be an opening for an example to how xmen f4 and even characters like deadpool crossover
i hope to live long enough to see these Marvel phase.
Probably the best commentary on KZhead. This was absolutely fantastic
So grateful and proud of you my man!! It takes a lot of research and due diligence! Godspeed brother!! Salute!!
Amazing timeline explained, thank you!
This was a really great break down Looper ! I didn’t need it, but I really enjoyed it !
Well-done! The best timeline summary I´ve ever seen. Thanks!
wow this was amazing putting all this together great job 👍
Never watched any YT video this long. I love origin and chronological stories. Great job. Its pretty true to life how Stark creates villains by not considering other's lives by the consequences of your choices. Hence, Killian and Tombs. You either become better or bitter when faced with trials. Becoming better is achieved through forgiveness. Becoming bitter is fueled by anger, resentment, and vengence. Lots of great lessons in these movies while being entertained. Its like playing the game "Legend." The way you think and how you would respond while placing yourself in any of the character's lives and situations, so determines if you will become better or bitter. Then which will determine the path your choices take you and create the character you truly are.
You forgot about Isaiah Bradley! The first Black Captain America! I think he had something to do with the Tuskegee Airmen?
Oh Gosh, this Looper guy is the one who kept Isaiah in jail!
@@yudhazacharias9377 So red guardian said he fight with captain America
@@rithik8674 Except that Captain America was in the ice during the time Red Guardian was around. He was just bragging for street cred in prison.
Again he's forgotten and ignored... :(
@@laras678 some guyes talk about there were three actually?
Wow ! Incredible and Amazing 🔥 I am a marvel fan, but I don’t go into relating the different characters and movies, but yeah You made me understand how all these all started. Now I have a deep view of almost everything. Thanks for the awesome Job man. Keep it rolling 💪🏾 🔥
WoW amazing explanation of the timeline, thank you for this!
Man im so lucky and happy to be living in the exact time of a movie company developing marvel movies that wil eventually give me one of my greatest expieriences while growing up. Incredibly rare that i get to expierience the making of this whole MCU "movie-ing" in my childhood. And also i am therefore completely obsessed with Marvel. And i also break my head over the new Disney+ series and movies point and storypart of the mcu. Yeah
The fact that you realize this as a child is amazing.
I know right
This is by far the most comprehensive explanation of maybe the most intricate universe ever created.
Amazing video! One of the most incredible creative projects of the modern age.
This video is awesome! Can't wait to see an updated version including the new releases
Mind blown... Now I need to watch all the TV series just to fill in the gaps of the MCU time line 😀
Wow thus is stupider than i thought..
Hell no...
@@jaquelineflores6247 already done. It was awesome.
This is epic and cool on so many levels. The characters, the events, the Infinity Stones, the Ten Rings, and everything involving the MCU was included. I love this so much.
Wow can’t believe I watched this whole thing. Must have taken immense effort to pull together. Nice job!
Love it you did a awesome job.
There's one element you forgot, - the darkelves existed before the birth of the universe, they existed in the void along with arishem. -asgard battle against the dark elves happened way before the eternals arrived on earth
They prolly forgotten the start of scarlet witch and his brother too
I never saw Wandavision but I love that one scene you got where she finally puts on a crown that looks like the one she wears in the comics.
you'd better watch it. it's a great series. it might be dull during first few episodes but ended very good.
@@keenen5366 tempted to now.
@@jerichogarry I was skeptic at first, but I finally watched it. It was worth it…that scene you mentioned was amazing.
@@jerichogarry It's kind of a required watch if you want to understand Multiverse of Madness better when its out, in my opinion.
@@KillingMachine56656 Meh, if you really wanna know what is happening you would have to watch every marvel movie, tv serie, ... I just mean to say its fine to miss something every now and then so when u watch a movie or one of the tv series you had not watched you would have those 'so this explains what happend there' moments.
Watched it in one go. You covered everything at the same time making it interesting. 👍👍
Omg I loved and needed this. Thank you!!!!
I needed this. I was curious to know how they all fit together.
Just the idea of a man in a suit of flying armour catching a nuke flying it through a wormhole into space is just awesome
Even being a very old mcu fan, the way this video has explained the timeline. absolutely blew my mind! like everything is connected.
This was an incredible video! Very insightful and fun! :)
Guardians Vol. 2 takes place 6 months after Guardians 1. If you’re including Agents of Shield, then Iron Man is Christmas 2012, not 2013. Black Panther takes place about 1 to 2 weeks after Civil War according to the film itself at the beginning. Good Job, Good Effort Though.
It’s easier for someone to tell a pro athlete he/she is terrible when you have never stepped onto the field your self……you gonna post a response video? Good job, good effort.
@@djxgam1ng I see where you are coming from but he is just pointing out some dates that are wrong, like a coach would point out the mistakes a pro athlete made in a match or competition but also tell them they did a good job.
@@woutvrancken2742 but he isn’t a coach…just a critical viewer trying to sound smart. You can do a 20 min video on anything and I can research it and find errors in your findings. Guarantee you that person did not know that information at hand, he looked it up to confirm. Guess how many videos that commented has posted?
Whoooboo been waiting for this updates timeline for a while now. Nice job Looper / loves how you included the Netflix, the Agents of Shield and Hulu shows into this 😁 although Legion was not mentioned and Helstrom😁it’s all good this was super condensed🙃
Legion was never part of the MCU and Helstrom is very debatable ( I barely made it through the first episode....more importantly, I'd rather see a more accurate adaptation of the character in the MCU )
Legion is about Mutants and part of X Men timeline
Helstorm used to be apart of the MCU and the Marvel name, but was revoked of both names due to its strong occult themes.
I don't like how non MCU canon shows were included in this. Was looking forward for a pure MCU timeline but that didn't happen. With Runaways, Daredevil, and Agents of Shield being some examples of popular non MCU canon shows
@@Fourmath daredevils literally canon no cap
This video is incredible! Good job!
Great breakdown 👌 the editing was excellent good job guys
Loved the entire thing! but you forgot wanda’s past with the mind stone
This is why the MCU is light years better than the DCEU. The time Marvel took to introduce and develop each character is the difference.
#Eric Henderson yes it is. But it is also the amazing connections and Easter Eggs in this timeline and the exact match to world history since WWII. Sekovia is Serbia. Clinton and the USA were sanctioned just like the Avengers for killing civilians. It’s mind blowing if you really know the metaphors for every hero.
@@micahdavis2067 some deep world changing stuff that can’t be googled.
Love it. Keep em coming!
Great video. Please keep updating after regular intervals
This is cool! I wish there was a way to watch all of the actual scenes of the MCU all the way through in chronological order like this. Kind of like the "watch in order" option they have on Disney+, but cut up and combined all together as one gigantic video.
Searching for "MCU: A Chronology MK18" is a good ideia.
@@mr.knight3677 link?
@@mr.knight3677 Wow thanks that is amazing!
I watched a few films here and there, so when the infamous Thanos snap occurred I was in the dark. I didn't want to watch ALL of those films and TV shows just to catch up. Way too much. Now I truly do not have to watch any of them for I am fully caught up. I LOVE KZhead and how people have this need to make videos like this.
Thank You, this is a great video! 💜
Wow, just wow. Speechless, perfectly put together. BRAVO!!!
Probably the greatest story of all times in my opinion. For real. All things cover up each other. What a story.
If only Peter had gone to Dr. Strange and just asked him to make everyone on Earth forget Quentin Beck ever existed then everyone would have forgotten it was him who revealed Peter Parker was Spider-Man, but sadly Peter didn't think of that either and the actions he and Dr. Strange took afterwards resulted in the mulitverse.
HISHE is on it
They would still remember that Peter is Spiderman they would just forget who said it
thats not how the spells of cothcor works
Umm... Sylvie is the reason for the multiverse.
@@ishmellnelson7911 yeah, She brought the neighbors, while Strange's spell invited them as guests. Infinity Ultron was an invader. Wanda was listening "through the windows" for variants of her kids
Hands down best breakdown video I seen n u didn’t make it boring
-Clint began his career as hawkeye & working for shield in 2004. -mission Budapest happened between 2004 & 2008
And Clint marrying fellow agent Mockingbird and having a family--which is imortant to the timeline--is skipped.
@@laras678 it's shield classified information.
R.I.P BLACK PANTHER. 🖤
Always feel bad for the panther 🖤
Incredible, with the amount of marvel live action films we have access to, you summed it all up well. If I could give a medal I, I would.
thanks for this actually, I found out about so many things like those other kid vigilantes and a bunch of other earlier stuff. I also got a sense of where the stuff happened in the timeline. I love it, please do more of these. Can you do an entire invincible timeline when you get the chance?
I can't believe they mentioned the runaways and cloak & dagger but completely skipped wanda's back story from the cold war to her experimentations on hydra. (Loved the video tho!, no hate)
also skipped the Kree experimenting on humans to create the first Inhumans, including Hive....and though the wider MCU has yet to acknowledge it, SHIELD was re-legitimized thanks to the Sokovia Accords and presently has Alfonso "Mack" Mackenzie as director.
Also skiped isaiah brdley (sorry if i butchered his name) part when he was the first black captain america and fought bucky
i've seen all those movies and tv shows and i STILL learned something haha. crazy.
helps when the main contribution of the films are put in perspective of everything. lots of details just fly over our heads
Man this video couldn't have been better 🔥🔥
Subscribed finally to the Looper because of this fantastic work!!! Thanks for this...very grateful
We are going to need a new one after the Multiverse of Madness so much will be changing in the timeline lol. Might as make this a yearly series lol!!!
We have a yearly timeline update for Star Wars, so why not Marvel? These two are one of the biggest franchises thats gets expanded continiously.
This was exceptionally well put together, wow.
cant get a better explanations thn ths so thnks ma man..keep it up G
This is so cool... Really appreciate your effort to bring this one to us...Not easy to make this one..to put all of it in one video... Thanks again 🙏😊
Makes you wonder about the whole "zola took over shield" doesn't it? I mean cap went back to be with Peggy, but Peggy still worked for shield and cap KNEW about Zola at that point.. So he could have prevented ALL of civil war really. Not only that, but once back there in time... He never went after Bucky??? To stop him from "getting all that blood on his hands"??? Some very ODD things pop up when you stop to think about endgame's END.
i think he didnt do that since he knew that would create disturbances in reality, or maybe he was just tired of all the fighting and wanted to let things pan out the way they did for him, knowing they will pan out that way and he will always come back to peggy in the end, so cap didnt bother much
As Strange would put it, that would destroy the fabric of reality and time
Remember, changing your past doesn’t change your future.
I would love to watch a disk set playing every scene of every movie and show , including post credits in chronological order...
Great job as always!! 👍🏾👍🏾
awesome and super well explained. i watched the movies in release order, but now watching this some stuff got so much clearer. thanks
Given that this delved into Agent Carter territory, it should have also covered how Hydra was originally an ancient cult-based organisation, a la Agents of Shield.
It was based around bringing an ancient creature called Alveus back to Earth
Thank you. It was a headache trying to do this on paper...15 years in 45 Minute.
It's a linear story. It's just difficult because it's not just one main character's point of view that has to be explained. Seen every movie and know the story well but, it's refreshing to have it explained this way. If someone needed a simplistic overview of the universe. This is definitely the best.
Im blown away the timeliness beautifully all connected together its outstanding. A real pleasure to watch👍😉😃
Very good video. Glad you included Marvel TV and Disney plus shows.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
my fan theory as to how the X-Men could join the Marvel Cinematic Universe: keep First Class, Days of Future Past, Apocalypse, Dark Phoenix, Deadpool 1 & 2, New Mutants in the Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline as there is a massive gap between 1963-1995 with the Dark Phoenix cast appearing in Deadpool 1&2, these films can happen after the events of Dark Phoenix and since Essex Corps is referenced in New Mutants, this could happen in the Dark Phoenix timeline after these events, Professor X uses Cerebro to convince the world that mutants don't exist and erase any new mutant activities from people's minds whenever one is witnessed. however the only person who knows is Nick Fury, who agrees with Professor X to keep tabs on any new mutant activity. this is also referenced in a deleted scene from Iron Man 1, when Nick mentions X-Men the X-Men can work in secret between 1992 up until Endgame. when Tony Stark snaps his fingers, the mind stone reverses the effects of Professor X's actions. resulting in the public now remembering who the X-Men are as for Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, Hydra's meddling with the mind stone prematurely reversed Professor X's actions, as it was mentioned that the mind stone unlocks dormant abilities already present in the brain my theory brings the Dark Phoenix X-Men cast into the MCU, thus eliminating the need to recast the entire X-Men team. the actors are young, they've expressed interest in returning and continuing their roles. it's an option for Marvel Studios to do that I've explained my theory to a lot of people, most of whom say it works. others say it won't work and demand i should forget everything about the Fox X-Men films and be happy with what Disney/Marvel Studios are going to do with the X-Men I will probably receive a lot of negative feedback about my theory, nothing is set in stone, if Marvel Studios can bring back JK Simmons as J Jonah Jameson, why won't they bring back the Dark Phoenix cast? there are multiple websites that support my theory, along with the Iron Man 1 deleted post credit scene. not only that, something similar happened in the comics (Robert Reynolds/Sentry and Gabriel Summers/Vulcan) since Days of Future Past rewrote the timeline, X-trilogy/Wolverine trilogy no longer take place as the ending to Dark Phoenix doesn't connect to the original trilogy, leaving it open for possible future sequels. as I mentioned, the Dark Phoenix cast could return and continue
You guys forgot when Thanos went to retrieve his gauntlet from eitri the dwarf!!!
Wow, great job👍...freakin marathon review.
I needed this video. Thank you.
What about Wanda and Pietro’s childhood that was directly impacted by Tony Stark? When she came in direct contact with an infinity stone? 😕
Irrelevant
@@killerbears It's irrelevant how the Scarlet Witch came to be, but totally relevant that Ben Parker was killed by a robber Peter Parker failed to stop--a scenario that was never shown, and might not even be the case in this universe?
@@laras678 I never said Spider-Man’s origin was relevant. Focus on what u said
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@@killerbears shut up pls...
22:57 - Sir you must be living under a rock
This was wonderful! Thank you!
wow, thank you for making this video
This is great video, even if you already watch some of the movies. It will help you to connect all the dots together
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