When does The Marvels take place on the Marvel timeline?
Nov. 10, 2023Decoding The Marvels' place on the MCU timeline
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When doesThe Marvelstake place on the Marvel timeline? It’s a fair question, as the Marvel timeline is becoming one complicated beast indeed. Luckily, we’re here to figure it all out for you.
The Marvels is the latest project to arrive from the MCU – debuting onLoki season 2finale day, no less – but it’s been teased to have some pretty major connections to the wider universe. That means it’s worth knowing the chronology and how everything fits together.
We’ve done the MCU homework for you and pinned down when The Marvels takes place on the Marvel timeline, as accurately as we possibly can. So, for all the answers, head to the below. A word of warning, though, that the following containsspoilers for The Marvels, so turn back now if you haven’t seen the film yet!
When does The Marvels take place on the Marvel timeline?
The Marvels follows on from multiple MCU projects: the firstCaptain Marvelmovie,WandaVision– which is whereMonica Rambeaugets her powers –Ms. Marvel, andSecret Invasion.
TheMs. Marvel post-credits scenefeatures a cameo from Carol Danvers, who unexpectedly shows up inKamala Khan’s bedroom when the teenage superhero uses her purple powers. As it turns out, Carol, Kamala, and Monica Rambeau are all switching places whenever any of them use their individual abilities at the same time, which could prove tricky for the trio.
The Marvels follows on almost perfectly from this scene, though it rewinds a little to show us how the switching – or entanglement, as it’s officially called – came to be.
As for Secret Invasion, the Skrull-heavy story is the most recent time we’ve seen Nick Fury, who features in The Marvels. But, no references are made to the events of Secret Invasion in this movie.
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As for what that means for the MCU, that puts The Marvels as the most recent MCU project going both by release and chronological order.
Of course, since Monica ends up in a different reality entirely by the end of the film, things are a little more complicated. We’ll have to wait for the return of the MCU’s X-Men to learn more about how things work inthatdimension, however, but it’s an alternate reality where Maria Rambeau is the superheroBinary– so expect things to be very different.
For more onthat,read our guides toThe Marvels post-credits scenes, what you need to know aboutKelsey Grammer’s Beast cameo,and how doesThe Marvels ending set up Deadpool 3?
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