Multiverse timeline
How we got here. Every incursion, every variant, every structural decision on the road from 2019 to Doomsday.
- 2019Earth-616·film
The Snap is undone
Avengers: Endgame closes the Infinity Saga. The Sacred Timeline stabilizes. For a single year, Marvel Studios releases nothing.
- 2021Earth-616·film
The spell is broken
Spider-Man: No Way Home cracks the multiverse open. Three Spider-Mans share a rooftop. Nothing will ever be the same.
- 2022Earth-838·film
The Illuminati die
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness introduces variants of Xavier, Reed, Captain Marvel, and more. Wanda Maximoff murders them all.
- 2023Earth-616·film
Kang is introduced. Then un-introduced.
Quantumania sets up the Council of Kangs. Within 18 months, real-world events force Marvel to pivot entirely away from the character.
- 2024Earth-meta·event
Doom takes the stage
At SDCC 2024, the Russo brothers return. Robert Downey Jr. walks out in a green cloak. The theater loses its mind.
- 2025Earth-meta·event
The roster drops
A livestreamed chair reveal names 27 actors. Fox-era X-Men are back. The Fantastic Four are in. Captain America is Sam Wilson. The X account breaks.
- 2025Earth-828·film
First Steps theatrical release
The Fantastic Four: First Steps introduces Earth-828 as a self-contained universe. The post-credits scene shows the barrier between worlds beginning to thin.
- 2026Earth-616·film
Thunderbolts* sets the table
The Thunderbolts* release seeds the internal politics of the Doomsday roster. Bucky’s arc ends in Congress. Yelena’s ends with a phone call.
- 2026Earth-???·film
Avengers: Doomsday
December 18, 2026. The answer to every question the MCU has asked since 2021. The question Marvel will spend the next five years answering.
- 2027Earth-???·film
Avengers: Secret Wars
The sequel. The capstone. The thing Doomsday exists to make possible. Release date TBA.