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Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline
Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline: the in-universe chronology of Marvel Studios' shared franchise, ordered from Eyes of Wakanda (1260 B.C.) and Captain America's WWII adventures to 2028, distinct from release order and fixed partly by the 2023 official DK timeline book.
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Five
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Five is the fifth grouping of MCU releases, running from Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania in 2023 to Ironheart in 2025.
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Four
Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Four (2021-2022): the first phase of the Multiverse Saga, opened by WandaVision on Disney+, including Black Widow, Shang-Chi, Eternals, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and multiverse groundwork.
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One
MCU Phase One (2008–2012), also called the Avengers Initiative: six Marvel Studios films from Iron Man to The Avengers that founded the shared universe, grossed $3.8 billion, and ended with the first Avengers crossover.
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Six
MCU Phase Six, the final phase of the Multiverse Saga announced at Comic-Con 2022, runs from The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) to Avengers: Secret Wars (2027), with Doctor Doom replacing Kang as central villain.
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Three
Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: 11 films released 2016–2019 (Captain America: Civil War to Spider-Man: Far From Home), announced by Kevin Feige in 2014, closing the Infinity Saga with the franchise's best Rotten Tomatoes average (89.2%) and six $1 billion films.
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two is the 2013–2015 MCU slate of six films, from Iron Man 3 to Ant-Man, which grossed about $5.2 billion worldwide and introduced the Guardians of the Galaxy and more Infinity Stones.
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics, also known historically as Timely Comics and Atlas Comics, is the American comic publisher founded by Martin Goodman in 1939, home of Spider-Man, the X-Men, and the Fantastic Four, Disney-owned since 2009 and relocating to Burbank in 2026.
Marvel Comics Presents
Marvel Comics Presents is a Marvel Comics anthology series published biweekly from 1988 to 1995. It featured four stories per issue, with Wolverine becoming the permanent lead.
Marvel Complete Collections
Marvel Complete Collections is a Marvel Comics line of trade paperback books reprinting previously published stories, typically 300 to 500 pages, as a mid-priced alternative to hardcover omnibus editions.
Marvel Cosmic Invasion
Marvel Cosmic Invasion is a 2025 side-scrolling beat 'em up by Tribute Games and Dotemu, released December 1, 2025. It features 15 Marvel heroes, a dual-character tag-team Cosmic Swap mechanic, four-player co-op, and a campaign against Annihilus.
Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers
Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers (ディスク・ウォーズ：アベンジャーズ) is a 51-episode Toei Animation anime for Walt Disney Japan, aired on TV Tokyo 2014-2015, in which Loki traps the Avengers in DISKs and five boys free them with biocodes; never fully released in English in the US.
Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, also known as Marvel Enterprises, Ltd., was the character-based entertainment company behind Marvel Studios and Marvel Comics, which Disney agreed to acquire in 2009 for about $4 billion.
Marvel Family
Marvel Family, later the Shazam Family, Fawcett Comics superhero team of Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr., and Mary Marvel, created by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck; first family unit of superheroes, later DC's Shazam Family.
Marvel Fusion
Marvel Fusion is a Munich startup founded in 2019 that develops laser-driven inertial confinement fusion, firing ultra-short laser pulses at nanostructured hydrogen and boron-11 fuel targets.
Marvel Heroes (video game)
Marvel Heroes was Gazillion Entertainment's free-to-play Diablo-style Marvel action RPG/MMO, launched 2013 under David Brevik, rebranded Marvel Heroes 2015/2016, shut down 28 November 2017, and revived since 2023 by the MHServerEmu emulator and Project Tahiti server.
Marvel Knights
Marvel Knights is a Marvel Comics imprint launched in 1998, run by Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti of Event Comics, which revived Daredevil, Punisher, Black Panther, and Inhumans with darker, creator-driven stories and was revived in 2025.
Marvel Legends
Marvel Legends is Hasbro's 6-inch Marvel action figure line, launched by Toy Biz in 2002 as a Spider-Man Classics spinoff. Known for high articulation and the Build-A-Figure concept, it moved to Hasbro in 2006-2007.
Marvel MaXimum Collection
Marvel MaXimum Collection is a 2026 retro compilation by Limited Run Games and Clear River Games with Marvel Games and Konami, bundling six Marvel games in 13 versions, including X-Men: The Arcade Game with six-player rollback online.
Marvel Mystery Comics
Marvel Mystery Comics was Timely Comics' flagship anthology (92 issues, 1939–1949), retitled from Marvel Comics #1 and home to the Human Torch and Namor the Sub-Mariner, who staged comics' first crossover battle in #8–9.
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects is a 2005 EA 3D arena fighting game for PS2, Xbox, GameCube, DS, and PSP, pitting Marvel heroes against the original Imperfects; Metacritic scores ranged from 34 to 58.
Marvel One-Shots
Marvel One-Shots: Marvel Studios' short-film series (2011–2014) released as MCU home video extras, from The Consultant through All Hail the King, later grouped with the Team Thor shorts on Disney+.
Marvel Premier Collection
Marvel Premier Collection is Marvel Comics' compact 6 x 9 inch trade paperback line of classic story reprints at $14.99, launched February 2025 with Daredevil: Born Again as Marvel's answer to DC Compact Comics.
Marvel Premiere
Marvel Premiere was a Marvel Comics tryout anthology series, April 1972 to August 1981, 61 issues, distinct from the modern Marvel Premier Collection trade paperback line. It debuted Adam Warlock (#1) and Iron Fist (#15) and carried the second Doctor Strange series (#3-14).
Marvel Rising
Marvel Rising is a Marvel Animation media franchise owned by Disney, launched with the 2018 Initiation shorts and the Secret Warriors TV movie, featuring Ghost-Spider, Ms. Marvel, and Squirrel Girl, plus specials and 2018-2019 comics.
Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors
Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors is a 2018 Marvel Animation TV movie (80 min) premiering September 30, 2018 on Disney Channel and Disney XD, uniting Ms. Marvel, Squirrel Girl, Quake, Patriot, America Chavez, and Inferno against Hala's militants, directed by Alfred Gimeno and written by Mairghread Scott.
Marvel Rivals
Marvel Rivals is a free-to-play 6v6 third-person hero shooter by NetEase Games and Marvel Games, launched December 6, 2024 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, with all heroes free, Team-Up Skills, destructible maps, and over 400,000 launch players.
Marvel Spotlight
Marvel Spotlight: Marvel Comics tryout anthology (1971–1977, 33 issues) that debuted Werewolf by Night, Ghost Rider, and Moon Knight's first solo story; also a Marvel Studios TV label (2023) used for Echo and Wonder Man.
Marvel Studios
Marvel Studios: American film and TV production company, Disney subsidiary based in Burbank, creator of the Marvel Cinematic Universe; founded as Marvel Films in 1993, first self-produced film Iron Man (2008), $35.01B box office across 38 films.
Marvel Studios: Assembled
Marvel Studios: Assembled is a series of Disney+ documentary specials, each covering the making of one Marvel Cinematic Universe film or series, running from 2021 to 2024.