When does The Marvels take place on the Marvel timeline?
When does The Marvels take 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 on Loki season 2 finale 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 contains spoilers for The Marvels, so turn back now if you haven't seen the film yet!
The Marvels follows on from multiple MCU projects: the first Captain Marvel movie, WandaVision – which is where Monica Rambeau gets her powers – Ms. Marvel, and Secret Invasion.
The Ms. Marvel post-credits scene features a cameo from Carol Danvers, who unexpectedly shows up in Kamala 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.
Both Ms. Marvel and Secret Invasion are set in 2025 (though
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