MARVEL MARATHON WATCH GUIDE
MCU
TIMELINE.
Follow the MCU timeline from Steve Rogers in the 1940s through the Blip, the Multiverse Saga and the MCU’s latest confirmed story years.
TIMELINE LOGIC
HOW THE MCU CHRONOLOGY WORKS
This order uses each title’s principal story year. It starts with Captain America: The First Avenger, then follows the main MCU timeline rather than the date each production was released.
Some stories resist a single position. Loki operates outside ordinary time, flashbacks can span decades, and time travel creates branches. Television seasons also cover more than one date. To keep the list practical, every season stays intact and appears where its main story belongs.
Marvel’s published timeline and the ordering used by Disney+ provide the foundation. Newer films and series are placed only when their story context is clear. If you are watching for the first time, the MCU release-order guide avoids revealing later ideas too early.
STORY SEQUENCE
COMPLETE MCU TIMELINE ORDER
Story-year labels are approximate. Release dates remain beside each entry so you can see when it originally reached audiences.
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Captain America: The First Avenger
STORY YEAR 1943
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Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter
STORY YEAR 1946
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Captain Marvel
STORY YEAR 1995
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Iron Man
STORY YEAR 2010
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Iron Man 2
STORY YEAR 2011 -
The Incredible Hulk
STORY YEAR 2011 -
Marvel One-Shot: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer
STORY YEAR 2011 -
Thor
STORY YEAR 2011 -
Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant
STORY YEAR 2011
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The Avengers
STORY YEAR 2012 -
Marvel One-Shot: Item 47
STORY YEAR 2012
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Thor: The Dark World
STORY YEAR 2013 -
Iron Man 3
STORY YEAR 2013
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Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
STORY YEAR 2014 -
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
STORY YEAR 2014 -
Guardians of the Galaxy
STORY YEAR 2014 -
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
STORY YEAR 2014
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Daredevil · Season 1
STORY YEAR 2015 -
Jessica Jones · Season 1
STORY YEAR 2015 -
Avengers: Age of Ultron
STORY YEAR 2015 -
Ant-Man
STORY YEAR 2015
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Daredevil · Season 2
STORY YEAR 2016 -
Luke Cage · Season 1
STORY YEAR 2016 -
Iron Fist · Season 1
STORY YEAR 2016 -
The Defenders
STORY YEAR 2016 -
Captain America: Civil War
STORY YEAR 2016 -
Black Widow
STORY YEAR 2016 -
Black Panther
STORY YEAR 2016 -
Spider-Man: Homecoming
STORY YEAR 2016 -
The Punisher · Season 1
STORY YEAR 2016 -
Doctor Strange
STORY YEAR 2016
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Jessica Jones · Season 2
STORY YEAR 2017 -
Luke Cage · Season 2
STORY YEAR 2017 -
Iron Fist · Season 2
STORY YEAR 2017 -
Daredevil · Season 3
STORY YEAR 2017 -
Thor: Ragnarok
STORY YEAR 2017
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The Punisher · Season 2
STORY YEAR 2018 -
Jessica Jones · Season 3
STORY YEAR 2018 -
Ant-Man and the Wasp
STORY YEAR 2018 -
Avengers: Infinity War
STORY YEAR 2018
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Avengers: Endgame
STORY YEAR 2023 -
Loki · Season 1
STORY YEAR 2023 -
WandaVision
STORY YEAR 2023 -
Loki · Season 2
STORY YEAR 2023
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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
STORY YEAR 2024 -
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
STORY YEAR 2024 -
Spider-Man: Far From Home
STORY YEAR 2024 -
Eternals
STORY YEAR 2024 -
Spider-Man: No Way Home
STORY YEAR 2024 -
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
STORY YEAR 2024 -
Hawkeye
STORY YEAR 2024 -
Deadpool & Wolverine
STORY YEAR 2024
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Moon Knight
STORY YEAR 2025 -
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
STORY YEAR 2025 -
Echo
STORY YEAR 2025 -
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
STORY YEAR 2025 -
Ms. Marvel
STORY YEAR 2025 -
Thor: Love and Thunder
STORY YEAR 2025 -
Ironheart
STORY YEAR 2025 -
Werewolf by Night
STORY YEAR 2025 -
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
STORY YEAR 2025
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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
STORY YEAR 2026 -
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
STORY YEAR 2026 -
Secret Invasion
STORY YEAR 2026 -
The Marvels
STORY YEAR 2026 -
Agatha All Along
STORY YEAR 2026 -
Daredevil: Born Again · Season 1
STORY YEAR 2026
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Captain America: Brave New World
STORY YEAR 2027 -
Thunderbolts*
STORY YEAR 2027 -
Wonder Man · Season 1
STORY YEAR 2027 -
Daredevil: Born Again · Season 2
STORY YEAR 2027 -
The Punisher: One Last Kill
STORY YEAR 2027
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps
STORY YEAR 1964
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TIMELINE NOTES
MCU CHRONOLOGY QUESTIONS
Is chronological order best for a first MCU watch?
Usually not. Release order introduces the world and its surprises as intended. Chronological order is especially useful for a rewatch or for tracing cause and effect across the timeline.
Why is Captain America: The First Avenger first?
Most of its main story takes place during the Second World War, well before the modern events of Iron Man. Its present-day framing does not change its principal position.
Where does Loki belong if it happens outside time?
The first season follows the events of Avengers: Endgame, so it sits after that film even though the Time Variance Authority exists outside the ordinary timeline.
Why are seasons kept together?
Splitting individual episodes around films would make the order difficult to follow and maintain. Each live-action season is treated as a single story at its principal point in time.
Are unreleased MCU titles included?
Only when a principal story year is known well enough to place them. A confirmed release date alone does not establish chronological position.
EDITORIAL NOTES
SOURCES AND UPDATES
Chronology is checked against Marvel’s official timeline material and current first-party catalogues. Ambiguous stories use their principal setting and are labelled as approximate.