Entire MCU Recapped in Chronological Order | Complete Timeline Explained as of Jul '24

After 33 movies, 10 Disney+ shows, 2 Disney+ specials, and more, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is getting complicated! This video will help you sort it all out by recapping it ALL, in timeline order, starting before the creation of the universe all the way through the most recent events, including Echo, Loki Season 2, and The Marvels! This video has also been adjusted to align with the officially released MCU Timeline book.

Also, with Daredevil and Kingpin showing up more in the current shows/movies, I figured it's time to officially bring them into the timeline! So, this edition includes all three seasons of Daredevil and The Defenders miniseries.

BILLIONS OF YEARS AGO
0:00 Arishem Brings Light into the Universe
2:19 Birth of Ego

MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO
2:43 Wakanda is Formed

THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO
3:38 Ego Finds Purpose
4:09 Eternals Arrive on Earth
4:30 Asgard Faces the Dark Elves
5:46 The Fall of Ta Lo
6:33 Asgard Conquers the Nine Realms
6:51 The Eternals Are Changed by Their Experiences on Earth
8:02 Odin Reforms, Sersi and Ikaris Marry
8:45 Thor is Born and Asgard Defeats the Frost Giants
9:50 The Kree Wars Begin
10:22 Xu Wenwu Discovers the Ten Rings

HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO
10:40 The Tesseract is Brought to Earth
11:00 The Eternals Split-up
12:12 Namor is Born
13:53 The Witch Trial Massacre

1930s - 1940s
14:18 Red Skull is Born
15:53 Aisha Finds the Bangle
16:24 CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER
22:07 Aisha is Killed and Sana is Rescued

1950's and 60's
23:23 SHIELD's Formations and Technological Advancements

1970's
26:01 Dr. Zola Becomes a Computer
26:17 Wilson Fisk's First Kill
26:42 Ego Falls in Love

1980's
28:15 The High Evolutionary Visits Earth
28:54 Janet van Dyne is Trapped in the Quantum Realm
29:56 Peter Quill is Kidnapped and Brought to Space
30:48 Hank Pym Leaves SHIELD
31:08 Carol Danvers Gets Powers

1990's
33:26 Tony’s Parents are Killed by the Winter Soldier
34:33 Ulysses Klau Steals from Wakanda (Killmonger's Backstory)
36:35 Daredevil's Origins
40:04 CAPTAIN MARVEL
43:18 Sticks Ends Murdock's Training
43:48 Black Widow's Origins
45:45 Ava Starr Becomes Ghost
46:39 Xu Wenwu's Search for Ta Lo
47:35 Thanos Adopts Gamora
48:60 Nick Fury Makes a Deal with the Skrulls (and Meets His Future Wife)
50:04 Tony Stark Makes Enemies (Wanda Maximoff and Aldrich Killian)

2000's
52:46 Hulk's Origins
54:05 Murdock Meets Elektra
55:35 Shang-Chi's Training Begins
57:29 Echo's Origins
58:40 Rocket Raccoon's Origins
1:02:27 Romanoff Joins SHIELD

2008
1:03:30 IRON MAN

2009
1:08:47 Kang is Stranded in the Quantum Realm

2010
1:09:55 IRON MAN 2 / THE INCREDIBLE HULK / THOR
(Combined because their timelines overlap significantly)

2011
1:23:46 Steve Rogers is Found in the Ice

2012
1:24:14 THE AVENGERS
1:32:37 THOR: THE DARK WORLD

2013
1:36:50 IRON MAN 3

2014
1:41:30 Shang-Chi's First Kill
1:42:07 CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
1:51:17 Murdock's First Foray as the Devil of Hell's Kitchen
1:53:03 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 1 & 2

2015
2:05:51 DAREDEVIL SEASON 1
2:13:35 AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
2:22:11 ANT-MAN
2:27:54 Thor and Jane Break Up
2:28:30 DAREDEVIL SEASON 2

2016
2:38:50 DOCTOR STRANGE - PART 1
2:39:36 THE DEFENDERS
2:43:20 CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
2:50:41 BLACK WIDOW
2:54:44 BLACK PANTHER
3:01:08 SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING
3:08:52 DOCTOR STRANGE - PART 2

2017
3:14:45 DAREDEVIL SEASON 3
3:29:29 THOR: RAGNAROK

2018
3:34:46 ANT-MAN AND THE WASP
3:39:35 AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR & ENDGAME

2023
4:04:32 LOKI SEASONS 1 AND 2
4:23:56 WANDAVISION

2024
4:33:39 SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
4:38:16 THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER - PART 1
4:47:05 T'Challa Passes Away
4:47:26 SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME
4:55:38 THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER - PART 2
4:58:13 Peter's Life After His Secret Identity Was Revealed
4:58:37 She-Hulk is Born
4:59:10 ETERNALS
5:05:06 SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
5:13:30 DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS
5:22:30 MJ Has Deja-Vu
5:23:18 HAWKEYE

2025
5:31:19 SHE-HULK: ATTORNEY AT LAW - Part 1
5:33:12 MOON KNIGHT
5:41:15 BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
5:47:52 ECHO
5:51:39 Gorr Vows to Kill all Gods
5:52:18 SHE-HULK: ATTORNEY AT LAW - Part 2
5:59:27 MS. MARVEL
6:07:40 THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER
6:12:49 WEREWOLF BY NIGHT & GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HOLIDAY SPECIAL

2026
6:17:46 ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA
6:23:10 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3
6:32:10 SECRET INVASION
6:39:32 THE MARVELS

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MCU Timeline Summer 2024 Update!
Here’s what’s new in this version (now updated with timestamps!):

4:12:44 Loki Season 2
6:39:32 The Marvels

ECHO
57:29 Echo's Origins
3:52:19 Echo Stars Working for Fisk
5:47:52 ECHO Season 1

DAREDEVIL*
26:17 Wilson Fisk's First Kill
36:35 Daredevil's Origins
43:18 Sticks Ends Murdock's Training
54:05 Murdock Meets Elektra
1:51:17 Murdock's First Foray as the Devil of Hell's Kitchen
2:05:51 DAREDEVIL Season 1
2:28:30 DAREDEVIL Season 2
2:39:36 THE DEFENDERS
3:14:45 DAREDEVIL Season 3

*With his and Kingpin’s inclusion in a few shows + the upcoming Disney+ series (which is being reshot to more closely align with the Netflix series), it seems like Feige is pulling Daredevil up to tier 1 canon (my words, not his). So, I decided to recap all three seasons and The Defenders. Selfishly, I also wanted an excuse to rewatch Daredevil 😅

The Official MCU Timeline book - I still remember how this book was announced literally the day I published version 1 of this video. Crazy. Anyway, now that it’s out, I read through it and made sure this video aligns with it.

I may add some more detail to this comment later, including listing out some of the bigger adjustments that came from the book but for now… Gotta go get that X-Men timeline done!

These timestamps are also making me think that maybe in the future, I should do an "updates only" video for people who just wanna see the new stuff 🤔

[Bozito]

The fact that this video is 7 hours really goes to show how hard it is for anyone who hasn't grown up with the MCU to get into it

[ODST]

If you start the video when it dropped around midnight, you could finish it with the sunrise.

[atomicartin]

finally after 1 year of waiting for the mcu timeline you updated it. and not only that, you uploaded x-men timeline. lets

[MajinIsFat]

Listening to this while I work this 10 hr shift is helping a lot. Especially since I can vividly picture everything while you describe it

[thedefinitionisthis]

Amazing. Simply amazing work. Happy to see this latest version finally out. I know what I’m watching/listening to, while doing chores and cleaning the house for when my in-laws visit! Through both the good and (at worse) meh entries of the franchise, I’m still an MCU fan, and appreciate the interconnectivity of this universe. Your attention to detail and willingness to recap every major plot point and character beat through the MCU’s extensive history is MUCH appreciated and impressive 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[gakabler]

Somebody REALLY did their homework here!!!

[BobboB-cypx]

I know the task would be utterly daunting, but you should do a full MCU Multiverse timeline video! This would include all the multiverse connections, no matter how small! Keep up the great work!

[kingdevin_]

I remembered watching the last 2 timeline explained and loving it. I'm looking forward to a more updated version! Thank you so much for taking the time to add updates!

[omardu_]

its a really good video to recap after resting my superhero fatigue and ready to comeback...

[JazziG]

Dang Gil, you really didn’t have to spoil us with this long form video. Thank you 🙏

[Giovanni-kusg]

Sir, I admire you, I know damn well that this must’ve been a pain in the ass to edit but I want you to know that we really appreciate all your efforts to bring us good quality content.

[LoveNLegacy]

This is an awesome video!!! I'm so happy someone took the time to put all these movies to a timeline.

[TimelessChild]

I love when a new one of these comes out I have a cleaning job and I listen to it at work and just picture all the scenes in comic book style

[Marshwiggles]

Thank you so very much! I can't even imagine how long this took! Along with all the other videos. Thank you so very much for putting in your time, energy, and effort into this for all of us fans!

[shiel]

I LOVE THIS! AMAZING you really did not miss ANYTHING and even mentioned updates in comments, everything is perfect! you really deserve more appreciation

[lastwhisper]

This is perfect, a 6 hour long in detail explanation is exactly what I needed. Keep it up!

[CorpseofRabby]

It’s kinda funny how we don’t start talking about the first movie made for the MCU until over an hour in the video

[MercedesDiane]

This is amazing! I can’t believe how thorough it is and your delivery is so engaging. I’m downloading for a rewatch on my next long haul flight. Thank you! 😊

[tak]

Great video! You’ll have to add on to this with all the movies and shows before secret wars so we can watch it right before the movie to get caught up.