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Avengers: Endgame’s time travel suits, and MCU canon, challenged the design team

Marvel’s head of visual development and Avengers’ production designer talk time travel

by Palmer Haasch

Additional reporting by Matt Patches

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Pinning down the nature of time travel in Avengers: Endgame was a design challenge even after working out the narrative kinks . Endgame ’s time travel was confusing at times and left us wondering about the fates of characters like Captain America , Loki , and Gamora . It required not only some clever writing but also thoughtful design choices that reflected both the themes of the film and existing technology within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The time travel equipment in Avengers: Endgame was primarily rooted in Ant-Man tech, from the design of the suits to the crucial mechanic of passing through the Quantum Realm in order to travel backward in time. However, complicating both the design and implementation of the suits — which were never produced, but computer-generated in post-production — was the fact that both Infinity War and Endgame were filmed back to back with overlapping production schedules.

black widow, nebula, and tony stark walk in their time travel suits in avengers: endgame

“There was a gap in sort of shooting the two films where were working in pre-production on everything sort of at once,” Ryan Meinerding, head of visual development at Marvel Studios, told Polygon. “We didn’t get to the team suits until near the end of pre-production. But those visuals were important for [Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige], so we were trying to cram them in even knowing that they were going to be essentially visual effects.”

The decision to CG the suits in later was essentially a function of time management more than anything else. The visual team worked to get the designs to a point where directors Joe Russo and Anthony Russo, along with Feige, were ready to sign off, which took place nearly a year in advance of actually shooting Endgame . The suits were added in during post-production. “It’s just a matter of the fact that there’s so much to do and we’re just trying to get through as much as we can as early as possible,” Meinerding said. “Some things just end up getting done a little bit later in the process as well.”

The suits themselves needed to be both visually cohesive but also in line with the technological constraints of the MCU. In designing the suits, the visual design team drew inspiration from Ant-Man’s costume, Stark nanotechnology, and the holographic space suits from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 . This recombination and invocation of previous MCU tech was part of the thematic message of the suit.

“The idea is that time travel is so challenging that unless these different sets of really unique technologies hadn’t come together, this would be impossible,” Meinerding said.

This technological line of thought also carried over to the production design side of work on the film, particularly concerning the nature of the time travel device itself.

“We did a lot of work with the studio about trying to see what this thing was,” Endgame production designer Charles Wood told Polygon. “Was it a little black box in a room or was it a mechanical thing? [Should we] add some shape and scale to it because [time is] such an unending thing?”

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Pinning down the exact nature of time travel itself within the film was the primary design challenge, along with ensuring that there was a kind of cohesion between the costumes’ behavior on the actors’ bodies and their interaction with the set itself.

“It was a difficult task given the whole time travel thing — sort of did my head in a little,” Wood said. “There are a lot of theories on what it should and shouldn’t be ... we explored what [the technology] could be, what it should be.”

Past the technological logic, the suits also had to feel right, given that they were essentially the first Avengers “uniform” across the MCU thus far. Not only were they tied to their in-universe function, but they were also a unifying visual signifier. “Kevin really said that so much of the value of what we do is in the characters and the costumes,” Meinerding said. “I think the idea of putting them in the same suit is part of the process.”

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Avengers: Endgame's Time Travel Suits Look Completely Different In Marvel Concept Art

W hen you're saving the universe, no matter what era, you've got to look the part. The duty of ensuring that the Avengers were dressed accordingly for the occasion in "Avengers: Endgame" went to concept artist Aleksi Briclot, who revealed on Instagram how many wardrobe changes Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and company went through prior to their mission across the Avengers timeline . Varying from what appears to be the required protection worn by the CDA in "Monsters, Inc." and a more advanced version of an Iron Man suit, Earth's Mightiest and only remaining heroes had plenty of options to choose from before they settled on those awesome red and white numbers.

Initially, Briclot was keen to highlight the severity of the trip our heroes were taking, leading to the bright yellow number inspired by a real outfit that links to some heroes yet to appear in the MCU. "As it is about dangerous travel, this one is inspired by elite pilots like those from [SR-71], you know, the Lockheed Blackbird also used by the X-Men," he explained. "The color scheme and the small pipes here and there for refreshing the air are inspired by those pilot suits." Following this effort, however, were other alternatives -- one of which brought to mind one of cinema's most beloved time travel franchises.

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Following the bright yellow suit design, Aleksi Briclot shifted to a more polished prototype reminiscent of the final product. Appearing somewhere between "Ghost in the Shell" and Superior Iron Man , he laid out a sleek silver number for Natasha (Scarlett Johansson) and Captain America while integrating an interesting element into the chest plate, melding two brilliant minds in the MCU. "On Cap / Steve Rogers. It's based on the last Iron Man mark, as Stark Tech is obviously involved in [these] suits," the artist explained. "Still with the backward/pause/play symbols composed of two arc reactors and two vertical red lines referring to Pym Tech." The same elements were added to Nat's outfit "with a more pronounced nanotech vibe from Stark industry."

Finally, one entry may have gone a little overboard but provided an even greater comic book feel because it was a wild orange and black outfit brandishing the iconic Avengers emblem with a nod to a classic time travel movie. "The idea here is about the big A logo for the Avengers and the arrow and reversing it so the arrow would point toward [the] left," revealed Briclot . "Our occidental habit of reading is from left to right, so like the 'Back to the Future' logo, it would have been an interesting graphic solution to suggest the travel back in time. Plus a reference to a movie trilogy that you can't avoid now while dealing with the topic." Well, there you have it. No matter what, even Earth's Mightiest Heroes couldn't avoid Doc Brown in the end.

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Avengers: Endgame Concept Art Gives The Time Travel Suits An Awesome New Look

Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow and Karen Gillan as Nebula in Avengers: Endgame (

Avengers: Endgame introduced a number of new elements to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but arguably the biggest contribution to the continuity was the introduction of time travel . Of course, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes needed some special Quantum Realm suits to make the journey to different time periods, and the outfits were definitely cool to see. However, newly revealed concept art has revealed an alternative version of the suits, and it may be even better than what we saw on screen.

Aleksi Briclot, a visual artist who has worked on a number of Marvel Studios films, is known for posting early concept art from various projects. Most recently, via Instagram , he unveiled a new look at Nebula sporting one of the early designs for the Quantum Realm suits. And not only is this version sleeker, but it also comes equipped with a force field. Check out the awesome piece of art down below:

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The Quantum Realm suits that were featured in Avengers: Endgame caught fans’ eyes when they were first revealed in the trailer. And they became even more impressive when we later learned that the suits were purely computer-generated and not practical.

Despite all of that, this new look for the suits is simply incredible. Here, the costume actually has a much more futuristic look. The addition of the force field technology is also a nice touch, which makes one wonder why it didn’t make the final cut. With the dangers the team faced of traveling through the Quantum Realm, that definitely would’ve come in handy.

Believe it or not, this isn’t the first alternative look at the time-travel suits that Aleksi Briclot has shared over social media, as he initially unveiled another piece of art that was vastly different from the suits in the film. In that rendering, Captain America sported a suit that was very armor-like and heavily reminiscent of scuba diving gear. Although it was cool to look at, it was a little more unconventional and may have required the use of practical effects.

This new design, on the other hand, certainly could have been created using only visual effects. Because this suit still bears a resemblance to the final version it may not have been difficult for the creative team to bring it to life. The force field feature would have required them to add on a new visual element, but it still could’ve translated well.

Fans will no doubt continue to be satisfied with the Quantum Realm suits they saw on the big screen but, once they see this art, it may be hard for them not to think about what this suit could’ve looked like. The Avengers have definitely had some cool looks throughout the course of the MCU, and this would’ve have been a more than worthy addition to that line of outfits.

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Avengers: Endgame's original time travel helmet designs were taken from another MCU movie

Those breathable Guardians of the Galaxy 2 suits were the first choice

While the trip through the Quantum Realm in Avengers: Endgame may have been cool enough on its own (time travel will do that to a movie), it was the white suits that elevated it to another level. However, one of Endgame’s special effects team has revealed that the sleek helmet seen in the final movie was not their first choice, with inspiration originally coming from Guardians of the Galaxy’s take on space chic instead.

Speaking to Wired for its in-depth look at the effects of Avengers: Endgame (H/T Screen Rant ), Marvel’s visual effects producer, Jen Uppendahl, revealed: “We tried very early on… the notion of the helmet being made [from] the Guardians of the Galaxy breather mesh. We have some early development with that kind of being a bubble around their head.”

The blue-hued mesh, which featured in outer space scenes in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 , didn’t quite, what’s the word, gel with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Uppendahl stated: “The directors [Joe and Anthony Russo] were like, ‘I don’t think that’s as heroic as it could possibly look.’”

That’s… probably for the best. The bubbles make them look less like superheroes and more like SpongeBob taking a quick detour to Sandy’s house. Not the look you should be going for when you’re soon to be facing down Thanos.

Still, it’s nice to A) find out more behind the creative process of the often-overlooked side of crafting the MCU, and B) everyone makes mistakes, even Marvel.

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Rescue of janet van dyne [ ].

In 2018 , Hank Pym donned this suit to rendezvous with Janet van Dyne within the Quantum Realm . While wearing the suit, he promised Bill Foster that he would help him find a cure for Ava Starr . Pym then climbed into his Quantum Vehicle and arrived in the lowest level of the Quantum Realm. He put on his helmet and began his exploration, but the protecting effects of the suit were eventually not enough for him to withstand long exposure to the realm. In his confusion, Pym even removed his helmet, but he was eventually helped by van Dyne, who he brought back to Earth through the Quantum Tunnel . [1]

Testing Time Travel [ ]

In 2023 , Scott Lang donned this suit at the Avengers Compound to perform time travel tests through the Quantum Tunnel . The tests ended up turning Lang successively into an old man, a baby, and a teenager. Once back to his adult self, Lang admitted to Bruce Banner , Steve Rogers , and Natasha Romanoff that one version of himself had urinated in the suit. [2]

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These suits are an extremely advanced piece of gear, it allows the user to explore the Quantum Realm freely without suffering any major ill effects for a limited period of time.

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There's Some Real Science Behind The MCU's Time Travel Shenanigans

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As a narrative device, time travel can potentially introduce interesting ethical conundrums to a story, especially when it plays around with established mechanics to suit its world-building. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has always been chock-full of intriguing stories about worlds overrun with superpowered entities, but as soon as time travel was added to the mix, the trajectory of the MCU changed forever. The Time Stone was first mentioned in "Guardians of the Galaxy" and was expanded upon in "Doctor Strange," where time reversal was an integral aspect of the central battle between Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Dormammu (voiced by Jonathan Adams). Subsequently, the franchise's most ambitious foray into the concept took place in "Avengers: Endgame," which follows a time-heist plotline using the Quantum Realm as a foundation for the events that unfurled.

The MCU's time travel shenanigans definitely have some loopholes when inspected through the lens of quantum physics, which is perfectly fine — after all, scientific accuracy is secondary to amping up stakes that contribute to future storylines, at least when it comes to a franchise with innumerable stories to offer. However, there was a reason why "Endgame" made it a point to clarify that the film's time travel did not follow the rules of "Back to the Future" — a landmark film in the genre — but instead leaned more towards timeline branching, allowing original timelines to exist without alteration.

For one thing, following "Back to the Future" time travel rules would make it impossible for us to keep track of a million micro-events, creating temporal anomalies within the storyline that would have been a nightmare to resolve. Secondly, there is some amount of scientific basis behind the MCU's time travel logic, according to MCU screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. Here's what they had to say.

Leaning on quantum theory

Markus and McFeely have tirelessly worked on various MCU projects over the years, from all three "Captain America" movies to "Infinity War" and "Endgame." Speaking to Gothamist about the use of time travel in "Endgame," the duo explained that this mechanic in the film was necessary to introduce surprise stakes for audiences and followed rules that were in keeping with quantum theories about time travel after they consulted quantum physicists during the filming process. McFeely said:

"We actually brought in two quantum physicists, to ask their opinion about time travel and how if it could be real — how would it work? And both of them said, well, given what we know about particles at the quantum level where new research indicates that the same particle can be in two different places at the same time on the quantum level, that maybe the Quantum Realm established in Ant-Man might allow for some time travel."

Quantum theory about time travel also leans towards the multi-timeline theory, where the act of traveling forward or backward in time would create a branched reality instead of reversing the canon established in the original timeline. This directly feeds into the multiverse in some sense, especially with how "Loki" treats branched timelines to establish the rules of the Time Variance Authority (TVA). While multiverse jumping is an integral part of the MCU multiverse , branched realities allow fresh stories to gain momentum, as evidenced by Wanda Maximoff's arc in "Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness." The duo also clarified that this approach gave rise to "a system that allowed for things to stay the same in [one's] present reality," which helped make these major temporal events more digestible for audiences.

Establishing new rules

Most established time travel tropes in fiction edge towards the Grandfather Paradox , which posits time-space causality as a serious consequence of time travel, leading to rules about never crossing paths with one's past or future self. This assumption can obviously be subverted to introduce intriguing dilemmas: One has to look no further than Netflix's "Dark," which uses time travel to create an intricate puzzle box about personal legacies and the cost of difficult choices. While the MCU has not dived into quite that level of intricacy (yet), the franchise timeline-branching stance potentially allows future stories to play around with established rules and even break them while still being true to the theoretical aspect of the concept.

This means no one can actually erase the past or alter it in the original timeline, but instead, they create an alternate timeline where the intended alteration occurs. Markus explained this stance in detail:

"We did test screen the movie ['Endgame'] and found that there were people not grasping our version of time travel, and it was causing questions at the end because they were basically relying on 'Back To The Future' for their time travel knowledge. So we had to put in some clarification scenes of exactly what we were talking about to differentiate it, so that people wouldn't wonder why Nebula didn't disappear when she shot herself and things like that."

Whether the MCU's time travel rules will undergo changes in the near future is something only time can tell, but for now, the franchise seems to be sticking to at least some amount of scientific basis when it comes to this trope. As for what the future(s) hold, who knows?

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Avengers Endgame Time Travel Rules and Logic Explained

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This article consists of nothing but massive Avengers: Endgame spoilers. You’ve been warned. We have a completely spoiler free review right here.

As a wise man once said, “No one should know too much about their own destiny.”

So if your destiny involves going to see Avengers: Endgame you should walk away right now. Seriously, turn around, you want no part of this. Really you probably shouldn’t have read the headline. We’re not 100% sure what you’re doing on the internet as a whole.

One of the most surprising things about Avengers: Endgame was the thing it didn’t do. We came out of Infinity War emotionally gutted, flabbergasted that they would end the film the way they did, but in the full knowledge that Spider-Man: Far From Home , Black Panther 2 , and Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 were definitely going to happen.

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We saw Ant-Man & The Wasp and picked up all those great big whopping hints about time travel throughout the film. One of the Infinity Stones is a Time Stone for crying out loud. In short, we’d seen enough episodes of Star Trek: Voyager to know a gigantic reset button when we saw one. The remaining Avengers were going to go back in time, stop Thanos in the nick of time and the Snapture would never have happened.

Why else would a global genocide not be mentioned on a single one of Marvel’s TV shows? Because it never happened.

Back to the Future is bullshit

Only it did. They set everything up, then just turned right to the camera and said “ Back to the Future is bullshit.” Nobody was going to prevent The Snap. They couldn’t even go back, find baby Thanos and (extremely graphic mime of garrotting a baby).

The reason why comes down to the time travel “rules” Endgame decided to run with. There are a number of different systems fictional time machines can run on. There’s the “ Back to the Future ” model, where changes in the past are instantly transferred into the present of the time travellers, resulting in photographs fading away and some really awkward questions about causality and why nobody’s memory changes. Then there’s the “What happens stays happened” rules, where any attempt to change the past will fail, or worse, bring about the events you wanted to prevent. That one tends to give you more plot consistency but makes the story as dull as dishwater by stripping any sense of agency for your characters.

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To understand the model of time travel Endgame ’s using, it’s worth taking a quick look at the real-world science concepts they employ.

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It’s not rocket science

When Tony Stark is discussing the problems of time travel with Scott Lang he cites three major issues – that they’re operating at the Planck Length , and that they have to deal with the EPR Parodox and the Deutsch Proposition.

The Planck Length is an easy one – that’s 0.0000000000000000000000000000000016 centimetres. Now that’s a pretty meaningless number to a human brain, so to put in perspective – If Ant-Man shrank down and began measuring an atom in Planck lengths, counting at a rate of one Planck length a second, it would still take him over 10 million times the current age of the universe to finish the job.

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That’s still pretty meaningless to a human brain, but trust us when we say it fits into your brain so much better than the next problem Stark raises, the EPR Paradox.

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Now this explanation of the EPR Paradox, or the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox to give it its full name, is going to be wrong. Some of that may be our error despite having researched it as thoroughly as we can and then got smarter people to explain it to us simply, but it’s also going to be wrong because “the Quantum realm” is a place best described with higher mathematics, and not with a system of language designed to communicate which fruit is safe to eat.

Update: So it turns out the day we published this piece, it was announced scientists had observed the EPR Paradox for the first time .

But here we go: The EPR Paradox is to do with superposition , which you’ll know as the reason why a cat can be alive and dead at the same time if it’s in a box with a radioactive particle. The short, and again, probably wrong explanation is that some qualities of a subatomic particle don’t exist until they’re measured. Measuring the particle physically changes it.

That plays into the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle , which states it’s possible to the measure the momentum of a particle, or its position, but you can’t measure both. If you measure the position, you change its momentum. If you measure its momentum, you change its position. Easy, right?

Now the EPR Paradox is the result of one of Einstein’s many attempts to gotcha the weirder parts of quantum physics, only to reveal how much weirder the universe really is.

The Paradox supposed that if a particle decayed into two other particles, and those particles travelled in opposite directions, you could measure one of those particles and use that information to deduce information about the other. In this way it would be technically possible to measure particles in a way that would breach the Uncertainty Principle.

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The only way the Uncertainty Principle remains in place is if these particles remain connected, “entangled” is the technical term, so that when a superposition collapses for one particle, it simultaneously collapses for the other, no matter how far away the particles are.

In short, information (the measurements of the particle) travels from one particle instantaneously, breaking one of the big no-no laws of the universe: faster-than-light travel.

The upshot of this, is Stark is saying that time travel and moving at the quantum scale is really confusing and hard to navigate, which I think is something we can all agree with at this point.

Finally there’s the Deutsch Proposition which while not being an actual thing, is a reference to the quantum physicist David Deutsch . Deutsch has had various achievements, but one of the things he’s best known for is his advocacy for the “Many Worlds” interpretation of quantum physics. Again the short, and probably wrong explanation for Many Worlds is that collapsing superpositions actually cause the world to break off into different timelines. The cat in the box is alive and dead at the same time, but when you open the box you create a world where the cat is dead, and a world where the cat is alive, which brings us rather neatly to the Many Worlds Interpretation’s sci-fi cousin, the branching timelines model of time travel.

Many worlds

If you want a semblance of internal plot consistency and characters that don’t end up making bizarre decisions or suffer from freak coincidences to prevent paradoxes, your only real choice is the branching timelines school of time travel.

In this model if you want to go back in time and kill baby Hitler, nothing will stop you, but when you kill him the copy of Mein Kampf you inexplicably brought with you won’t fade into non-existence. Instead, the act of Hitler-murder will create a whole new timeline that branches off from yours.

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The Terminator films arguably use this model, the JJ Abrams Star Trek movies launch their entire continuity this way, and for a truly brain-melting version of this model check out Primer .

But what none of these films do is ask what happens to the people left behind in the pre-existing timeline that still has to live with the fact there was a Hitler after the time travellers disappear. Endgame takes this problem by the horns, points out that if you go back and kill baby Thanos, all the people killed by The Snap in this timeline will still be dead.

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Hence the need for a Time Heist, taking us through a delightful clip show of the MCU’s high points to collect each of the Infinity Stones.

Only over the course of the Time Heist several events in Marvel history are interfered with, and even after Captain America returns the Infinity Stones at the end of the film, we’re going to see a number of different realities branching out.

A brief tour of the Multiverse

We’ve counted, and over the course of Endgame the Avengers spawn four new timelines branching out of “our” MCU, Earth-199999 to give it its official designation, but to keep things simple we’ll call it Universe B (more on that in a bit).

The offshoot universes are:

1. Alt-New York

This timeline separates from ours during the events of the first Avengers movie in 2012. The big details stay the same – Loki’s invasion is defeated, and we assume Captain America returns the Time Stone and the Mind Stone to their rightful places.

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The Space Stone however, has disappeared with Loki, after Tony Stark has a mysterious heart attack. Steve Rogers in this timeline will also find himself in an awkward position. On the one hand he’s discovered way ahead of time that Bucky might still be alive, while on the other hand the secret Hydra cell within SHIELD now has reason to believe he is one of their own. Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a very different movie here.

2. Alt-Morag

This timeline is probably one of the more pleasant ones, all things considered. We’ve no way of knowing if the Peter Quill of this reality ever gets the Power Stone, or whether he, Groot, Rocket and Drax (no Gamora ) somehow team up to defeat Ronan.

But what we do know is that this universe is one where one day Thanos and all of his armies one day completely disappeared, never to be seen again.

3. Alt-Asgard

This timeline is in almost every respect identical to Universe B, except that before she died Frigga had a touching conversation with her son from the future, and that Jane Foster was mysteriously attacked by a raccoon with a syringe.

4. Alt-Military Base

Another reality virtually indistinguishable from our own except that Howard Stark got some desperately needed parenting advice from a mysterious stranger.

But aside from these four timelines, there’s also the implication that our own MCU, Universe B itself, is itself an offshoot from a hypothetical Universe A. After all if, as we’ve already seen, it’s impossible to change the past of your own timeline, how does Old Man Rogers manage to be sitting on that bench at the end of the film?

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The only solution that makes sense is that in the original timeline Steve Rogers A steps into the time machine, vanishes and is never seen again. That Steve Rogers eventually settles down in Universe B, our MCU, and lives a life of bliss as Peggy Carter’s secret husband , staying out of the way of all the significant events until his Universe B counterpart goes back in time, allowing Steve A to reveal himself.

The other time travel problem

However, if you really want to get your continuity in a twist, potential paradoxes are the least of the problems facing the MCU. Exactly half of the lifeforms in the entire universe have just travelled forward in time five years. As incredibly disorientating and potentially catastrophic as this is (unless you’re lucky enough for your best friend, the girl you have a crush on, your school bully and everyone else you know to be transported forward in time as well), those problems shrink compared to those of a multimedia megafranchise that’s supposedly based in the present day but which is now nominally set half a decade into the future. Anyone working at the MCU offices right now might do well to start reading about the UNIT Dating Controversy to discover just how messed up a time-continuum can really get…

Chris Farnell has done his own messing about with time travel (among other things) in his short story collection, Dirty Work and can be found arguing about this and more at @thebrainofchris .

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Avengers: Endgame concept art reveals an early design for the time travel suits. Five years following their devastating loss to Thanos (Josh Brolin) in Avengers: Infinity War , the surviving heroes banded together in the hopes of bringing back those who disintegrated into dust via the snap. This required them to travel back in time to collect all six Infinity Stones and create their very own Infinity Gauntlet. The trip called for new mechanics to make time travel possible, like the Quantum Suits worn by the Avengers.

Between Hank Pym's (Michael Douglas) Quantum Realm research and Tony Stark's ( Robert Downey Jr. ) wrist device that allowed them to visit certain points in the MCU's history, the team found themselves traveling back in time. This new mission called for time travel suits that helped them survive their deep dive into the Quantum Realm. Like Iron Man's armor, the suits are made of nano-tech, making it easier to get in and out of them. This was the first time that the Avengers got something as close to a uniform and they will forever be associated with Endgame . However, before directors Joe and Anthony Russo decided on the sleek looking, red and white costume, there was an early version of it the suits that looked very different.

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Digital artist Aleksi Briclot shares a concept art he created for Endgame 's Quantum Realm suits which is very different from what ended up on the big screen. For starters, it's colored yellow, not red and white. It's also much bulkier and it's headpiece is reminiscent of an astronaut's helmet. According to the creator, this was inspired "by elite pilot like those from Sr71, you know the Lockheed Blackbird also used by the Xmen." Check out the images below:

At this point, it's difficult to imagine the Avengers donning this or any kind of time travel suit other than the ones they wear in Endgame . The red and white version was a mix of Pym and Stark aesthetics, which makes sense considering they are the two major brains behind making time travel possible. When the suit design was initially revealed to the public with almost no context, fans were quick to point out that it resembled the suit Hank wore to save Janet van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) from the Quantum Realm in Ant-Man & the Wasp , giving them the idea that it might be for an exploration of the alternate dimension. Marvel Studios Head of Visual Development Ryan Meinerding revealed a dark version of the suit which admittedly looked sleeker, implying that once the Russos decided on the look of the armor, they pretty much stuck to it.

Avengers: Endgame not using the aforementioned design was ultimately for the best because of a couple of reasons. Mining style inspiration from Pym's previous suit visually established his contribution in making the time heist possible. Yellow matching superhero uniforms are also associated with the X-Men - as pointed out by the artist himself. Chances are that when the illustration was made, news of the mutants coming to the MCU was still unknown. Regardless, it's safe to assume that Marvel Studios wanted something distinct to the Earth's Mightiest Heroes, especially considering that they rarely get uniforms.

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Source: Aleksi Briclot

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From <i>Captain America</i> to <i>Thor: Love and Thunder</i>, Here’s the Complete Marvel Cinematic Universe Timeline

From Captain America to Thor: Love and Thunder , Here’s the Complete Marvel Cinematic Universe Timeline

Warning: This post contains spoilers for all of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films.

The timeline that runs through the Marvel Cinematic Universe has gotten a bit muddled. After all, our heroes have done more than simply age: they’ve traveled through time in Avengers: Endgame and across the multiverse in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness . It can be tricky to keep track of the order of various events when the Avengers are constantly jumping across decades or parallel universes.

If you’re a little fuzzy on how the Infinity Saga , the introduction of the multiverse , and the ground-level battles between heroes and villains on the streets of New York all fit together, we’ve got you covered. We’ve recapped every movie and dated every important event, even though Marvel hasn’t always been super specific about the Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline. (We did our best to estimate when everything took place.)

For the sake of brevity, we’ve left some minor characters. We’ve also skipped over movie plot points that haven’t had any impact on other Marvel films—yet. But perhaps this recap will inspire you to dedicate an entire week of your life ( literally ) to re-watching the films.

MCU Timeline: 1940s

Captain america: the first avenger (released in 2011).

Captain America - The First Avenger - 2011

The Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline officially beings in the 1940s when scrawny Steve Rogers (Chris Evans if he were 5’4″ and didn’t have a gym membership) gets rejected by the army. So he volunteers for a dangerous military experiment that turns him into a tall, ridiculously muscular soldier (actual Chris Evans). Scientist Howard Stark (Iron Man’s dad) gives Cap a shield made of a powerful metal called Vibranium—which Stark probably stole from Wakanda. Pretty messed up.

Cap and his childhood friend Bucky Barnes fight HYDRA, a science-focused wing of the Nazi Party. Bucky dies—or does he?—and Cap crash-lands a plane into the snow with the powerful blue orb that HYDRA uses to power its weapons onboard. (Spoiler alert: This is the Tesseract with the Space Stone inside. The Space Stone can transport people across space.)

In 2012, scientists discover Captain America frozen but still alive because…science.

Important Post-Credits Scene: Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), the head of a covert American military operation called S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) recruits Steve to join a team of superheroes called the Avengers Initiative.

MCU Timeline: 1995

Captain marvel ( released in 2019).

Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) a former fighter pilot with Tesseract-related superpowers and a bad case of amnesia, crash lands on earth. There, with the help of Nick Fury and her old friend Maria Rambeau (Lashana Lynch), she discovers the aliens she’s been hanging out with for the lat few years, the Kree, are genocidal maniacs trying to destroy a shape-shifting alien race called the Skrulls. She retrieves the Tesseract for S.H.I.E.L.D. and rotects earth from a Kree attack using her ill-defined but very intense superpowers. Fly? She can do it. Shoot lasers? She can do that too. Destroy an entire spaceship by flying and shooting lasers? Yep.

Carol then gives Fury a tricked-out pager to call her if there’s an emergency on earth. Bizarrely, he doesn’t contact her when alien tries to enslave Earth or an A.I. tries to destroy all human life.

Important Post-Credits Scenes: Though Captain Marvel takes place in the 1990s , the post-credits scene is set in 2018 when Avengers: Infinity War and Ant-Man and the Wasp take place. As you will see later, Thanos makes half of all life disappear in the year 2018. Fury finally activated the pager that Carol gave him before he died during Thanos’ attack. The Avengers find it, and Captain Marvel arrives in the Avengers headquarters.

MCU Timeline: 2005-2011

The incredible hulk ( released in 2008).

The U.S. military tries to revive the Super Soldier program that produced Captain America in the 1940s. Scientist Bruce Banner (Edward Norton, for now) agrees to the series of experiments, probably assuming he’d end up looking like Chris Evans. Instead, he turns into a big, green monster every time he gets angry. Tough break. The folks over at Marvel recast Hulk and like to pretend this movie never happened, so we’ll do the same.

MCU Timeline: 2010

Iron man (released in 2008).

Howard Stark’s cocky son Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) has made billions building high-tech weapons. He has no moral qualms about this until terrorists kidnap him using said weapons. Tony builds a gigantic metal suit to escape captivity.

Tony returns home a sort-of changed man. He realizes he’s in love with his personal assistant who he treats sort of terribly, Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow). And he swears he won’t build weapons anymore, except for the Iron Man suit, which only he can control. A billionaire playboy with abandonment issues is definitely more qualified than the U.S. government to decide who to kill. His business partner betrays him. They fight. Tony announces to the world that he’s Iron Man because he just can’t help himself.

Post-Credits Scene: Nick Fury tells Tony about the Avengers.

MCU Timeline: 2011

Iron man 2 (released in 2010).

This movie is mostly just Mickey Rourke mumbling in an inscrutable accent while a white bird perches on his shoulder. (Seriously.) But the sequel does introduce Don Cheadle as Iron Man’s sidekick War Machine and Scarlett Johansson as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Black Widow.

Important Post-Credits Scene: S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) drives up to a crater in New Mexico and sees Thor’s hammer in the center.

Thor (released in 2011)

Odin (Anthony Hopkins), the king of Asgard, banishes his son Thor (Chris Hemsworth) to Earth because he thinks Thor is arrogant. Iron Man already occupies the haughty hero slot on the Avengers team so Thor is going to have to undergo a personality transplant before he can join the team.

Thor meets Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who only uses arrows because everyone has to have a gimmick. Thor’s adopted brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) tries to have Thor killed but fails. Loki dies—or does he?

Important Post-Credits Scene: Nick Fury explains to a scientist that S.H.I.E.L.D. has recovered the Tesseract from Captain America’s plane.

MCU Timeline: 2012

The avengers (released in 2012).

Loki survived falling through a wormhole for unexplained reasons. An evil, faceless alien named Thanos lends Loki a staff that contains the Mind Stone. The stone allows Loki to control others’ minds. It’s strange that Thanos would lend Loki this extremely valuable stone considering Loki’s short resume includes “failed to murder brother,” but oh well.

Loki steals the Tesseract (with the Space Stone inside) and kills Agent Coulson—or does he? Agent Coulson will later be resurrected in the spin-off TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., but for now he’s dead so the superheroes have someone to avenge .

Loki uses the Tesseract to open a portal between Earth and space and conjures an alien army and a giant space snake to attack New York City. Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye, and the Hulk (now played by Mark Ruffalo) join forces to fight Loki. But the government doesn’t have a ton of confidence in the Avengers and decide to nuke New York because you cannot trust the government in these movies.

The Avengers win by redirecting the nuke at the alien ship. Once the alien ship blows up all the aliens on earth die because…space science. Thor takes Loki and the Tesseract back to Asgard.

Important Post-Credits Scene: We see Thanos for the first time. Dun dun dun.

Loki (released in 2021)

Here’s where the concept of “time” and “timelines” starts to get a little wonky. During Avengers: Endgame , the Avengers travel back in time to the Battle of New York in 2012 to try to steal the Space Stone so they can stop Thanos in the future. However, the plan goes awry and Loki winds up stealing the Space Stone, creating a split in the timeline.

Loki begins with a group called the Time Variance Authority apprehending Loki for diverging from the master timeline. Loki finds out that there are multiple possible timelines with multiple “variants” of himself across them, including a female Loki who goes by Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino). Loki falls in love with her (himself?) because he’s an egomaniac.

Loki and Sylvie uncover the man behind the “master timeline,” He Who Remains (Jonathan Majors). He Who Remains defeated an unsubtly named bad guy variant of himself called Kang the Conquerer , and created one true timeline to prevent Kang from trying to rule the whole multiverse. Sylvie kills He Who Remains, and it’s a huge mistake: Loki finds himself stranded in a universe where Kang the Conquerer has taken over. It’s unclear what “year” this all happens, or whether you can really assign a year to that event at all given that the Time Variance Authority is described as being set in the “void at the end of time.” Let’s just say, “Time is mysterious,” and move on.

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Iron Man 3 (released in 2013)

Villain Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce) kidnaps the president. Iron Man stops him. Killian then kidnaps Pepper and injects her with a serum that may kill her—or may give her super powers. This plan turns out to be as dumb as it sounds: Pepper gets superpowers and then kills Killian. Iron Man is there, too.

MCU Timeline: 2013

Thor: the dark world (released in 2013).

Some aliens try to use Aether, a floaty red substance, to turn all matter into dark matter because they’re evil and therefore must to evil things. We learn Aether is actually a manifestation of the Reality Stone. Loki decides he’s a good guy now and helps Thor defeat the bad guys. Loki dies, again—or does he?

Important Post-Credit Scene: Thor can’t keep the Reality Stone in Asgard because The Space Stone (Tesseract) is already there. You might as well be asking Thanos to come destroy your planet. Thor’s friends bring the Reality Stone to the Collector (Benicio del Toro). Thor’s friends seem really hesitant to leave such a powerful object with the Collector, which is reasonable because the guy has Howard the Duck trapped in a cage in his office.

MCU Timeline: 2014

Captain america: the winter soldier (released in 2014).

This one has a lot of twists, so prepare yourself. Nick Fury tells Captain America that S.H.I.E.L.D. is building a worldwide surveillance system that can kill anybody. Cap rightly points out that this sounds kind of fascist. Their political argument is rudely interrupted by HYDRA agents who have infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. (Gasp! Seriously, you cannot trust the government.) A HYDRA assassin called the Winter Soldier kills Nick Fury—or does he?

Cap and Black Widow go on the run, but they can’t stay hidden for long because Captain America is very handsome and very recognizable. They track down the Winter Soldier only to discover that he is Cap’s best friend Bucky Barnes, but brainwashed. (Gasp!)

Cap and Black Widow team up with a war vet named Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie), who conveniently knows how to fly an army-grade winged jetpack. They find out Nick Fury faked his own death. (Gasp!) Together they publish all of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s secrets on the internet. Bucky saves Cap during the ensuing fight proving himself to be good again. The bromance lives, but S.H.I.E.L.D. disbands.

Important Post-Credits Scenes: A HYDRA scientist reveals that he has created two new mutants using the Mind Stone. We meet Scarlett Witch and Quicksilver—the only X-Men Disney could get the rights to at the time.

Guardians of the Galaxy (released in 2014)

Marvel elevates Chris Pratt—the schlubby dude from Parks and Recreation— to sex symbol status. He plays Peter Quill, a.k.a. Star Lord, an orphaned thief obsessed with 70s music. Peter steals a not-very-well-guarded Infinity Stone called the Power Stone. Bad guy Thanos sends one of his adopted daughters Gamora (Zoe Saldana in green body paint) to take the stone from Peter. Thanos is extremely lazy and never gets up from his throne for the entire movie.

Peter and Gamora eventually join forces with other lovable misfits—trisyllabic tree Groot (Vin Diesel), machine-gun wielding raccoon Rocket (Bradley Cooper) and muscular blue alien Drax (Dave Bautista)—to prove that Marvel can make money on even the weirdest and most obscure comic book characters. They protect the stone from Thanos and his minions, including Gamora’s half sister Nebula. Groot sacrifices himself to save the others and dies—or does he?

Important Post-Credits Scene : Groot doesn’t die. He’s reborn as a cute baby tree. The Guardians hand over the stone to Nova Corps, the Space Police.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (released in 2017)

Peter finds out that his father is a planet named Ego (Kurt Russell), which seems cool for awhile until Ego reveals he killed Peter’s mom. The Guardians and an empath named Mantis (Pom Klementieff) defeat Ego. At one point, Peter turns into a giant Pac-Man because he’s kooky like that. Disney sells a lot of Baby Groot toys.

MCU Timeline: 2015

Avengers: age of ultron (released in 2015).

This photo provided by Disney/Marvel shows, Chris Evans, left, as Captain America/Steve Rogers, and Chris Hemsworth as Thor, in the new film, "Avengers: Age Of Ultron."

The Avengers did not assemble when a terrorist kidnapped the president. They did not assemble when a sleeper Nazi organization infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. But they do assemble to go on a road trip to the ludicrously named country of Sokovia, where Loki’s scepter might be. Sure.

Tony Stark and Bruce Banner use the Mind Stone to create an artificially intelligent being called Ultron and task him with keeping peace on earth. Ultron predictably turns homicidal. Ultron recruits Pietro Maximoff (Aaron Taylor-Johnson)—who is super fast—and Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen)—who has vague, ever-changing mind control and levitating powers. But the mutants later abandon Ultron and join the Avengers.

The Avengers, undeterred by how badly the Ultron experiment went, create a new superhero using the Mind Stone and Tony’s A.I. assistant Jarvis. They name him Vision (Paul Bettany), and he has even vaguer powers than Scarlett Witch. He’s maybe invincible? And also a ghost who can move through walls?

Ultron develops an extremely convoluted plan to turn Sokovia into a meteor that will crash into earth. Together the Avengers destroy Ultron but also kill almost everyone in Sokovia. Quicksilver actually dies. Oh, also Hulk and Black Widow are in love now, which is outrageous and dropped immediately in the next Avengers movie.

Important Post-Credits Scene: Thanos is finally fed up with his minions failing to attain the Infinity Stones. He puts on a golden glove called the Infinity Gauntlet that can hold each powerful gem and says “Fine, I’ll do it.” This line doesn’t totally make sense since Ultron was neither a minion of Thanos nor trying to get an Infinity Stone, but don’t overthink it.

Ant-Man (released in 2015)

Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and his daughter Hope (Evangeline Lilly) are scared that their old colleague Darren Cross is going to sell shrinking technology to bad guys. For sentimental but somewhat sexist reasons, Hank won’t let Hope fight this bad guy. So they recruit a random thief they don’t know named Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) to wear the Ant-Man suit and fight Cross.

Important Post-Credits Scene: Hank offers Hope her own superhero suit (finally!). She will don the suit for Ant-Man 2 .

MCU Timeline: 2016

Captain america: civil war (released in 2016).

This image released by Disney shows, from left, Chadwick Boseman as Panther, Paul Bettany as Vision, Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff, and Don Cheadle as War Machine in a scene from "Marvel's Captain America: Civil War." (Disney Marvel via AP)

Iron Man tries to get the rest of the Avengers to agree to U.N. oversight because they’ve accidentally killed hundreds (thousands?) of civilians in the last two Avengers movies. Captain America says no because he’s watched the other Avengers films and knows you can’t trust the government. Everyone takes sides except Thor and Hulk who are off on a space road trip (more on that later).

A terrorist murders the King of Wakanda, T’Chaka, and frames Bucky. T’Chaka’s son T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther) goes after Bucky, but Cap tries to protect his old friend. Iron Man recruits Spider-Man (Tom Holland) to his side and hits on Peter’s Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), who is young and hot now. All the superheroes fight in an evacuated airport and nobody dies because that would make these heroes anti-heroes.

Iron Man realizes Bucky was set up. He and Cap are about to reconcile when Iron Man finds out brainwashed Bucky killed his parents. Cap, Bucky and Iron Man fight each other and let the bad guy get away. Black Panther, the only competent superhero left, arrests the terrorist. The Avengers disband.

Important Post-Credits Scene: Black Panther brings Bucky to Wakanda. Wakandan scientists freeze Bucky until they can figure out how to fix his brain.

Black Panther (released in 2018)

Just days after the death of his father, T’Challa becomes the King of Wakanda , a secretive and technologically advanced African nation. T’Challa’s long-lost cousin Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan) challenges T’Challa for the throne and throws him off the side of a waterfall. T’Challa dies—or does he?

Killmonger becomes the Black Panther after he drinks a special plant that also allows him to visit his ancestors in another realm. He plans to share Wakanda’s technology and weapons with oppressed people, which is actually a legitimate and surprisingly nuanced political stance for a Marvel villain.

T’Challa survives the fall. His genius sister Shuri (Letita Wright), stealth ex-girlfriend Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o), and badass head of his armed forces Okoye (Danai Gurira) help him defeat Killmonger. T’Challa, the only person in the modern era to be swayed by another’s political opinions, decides to open up Wakanda to the rest of the world.

Important post-credits scene: Shuri greets a seemingly recovered Bucky Barnes in Wakanda.

Black Widow (released in 2021)

Black Widow, on the run after the events of Civil War, reunites with her sister, Yelena (Florence Pugh). Pugh’s Russian accent is both totally outlandish but also utterly delightful because Florence Pugh can do no wrong. Both women grew up with fake adoptive parents in the U.S. before being forced to train as Black Widow assassins back in Russia. They team up with their fake “parents”—who totally trafficked them, but they feel bad about it so it’s fine! Let bygones be bygones!— to free the remaining women in the Black Widow program.

Important post-credits scene: Years later, after the events of Avengers: Endgame , Yelena visits her sister’s grave. There, she’s met by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), who Yelena has apparently worked for before as an assassin. Val tells Yelena that Hawkeye (a.k.a. Clint Barton) is responsible for Natasha’s death. (And she’s not wrong! But more on that later.)

Spider-Man: Homecoming (released in 2017)

After the events of Civil War, Peter Parker really wants to become an official member of the Avengers. In hopes of winning a spot on the super squad, he fights a villain called the Vulture (Michael Keaton) who is selling weapons made out of alien debris to bad guys.

Iron Man scolds Peter for recklessly fighting the Vulture, but then later rewards him for fighting Vulture by offering him a spot on the Avengers. (Iron Man need to work on his disciplinary skills before he becomes a dad.) Peter turns him down to concentrate on high school because he’s 15 years old and probably shouldn’t be fighting supervillains. (Except obviously he’s going to fight Thanos, a supervillain.)

Doctor Strange (released in 2016)

Surgeon Steven Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) hurts his hands in a car accident and ventures to the mystical city of Kamar-Taj to find a cure. He trains under the Ancient One (Tilda Swinton), Wong (Benedict Wong), and Mordo (a criminally underused Chiwetel Ejiofor) to jump through holes in space. Doctor Strange saves the world using the Eye of Agomoto, which contains the Time Stone and can turn time backward or forward. The Ancient One dies, but she was an extremely problematic character so nobody is that sad about it.

Important post-credits scene:

MCU Timeline: 2017

Thor: ragnarok (released in 2017).

Thor, the bleak god who shouts his lines in faux-Shakespearean dialect, is funny now.

Odin tells Thor and Loki that their evil sister Hela (Cate Blanchett) is en route to Asgard to unleash the apocalypse and then immediately dies. Hela destroys Thor’s hammer, which is the space-god equivalent of setting fire to your little brother’s security blanket.

Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), a former Asgardian, captures Thor and sells him into slavery as a space gladiator. Luckily, Thor’s first opponent is his old coworker Hulk. Valkyrie, Hulk, Loki and Thor team up to evacuate and destroy Asgard before Hela can unleash the apocalypse. Thor loses an eye, and Loki steals the Tesseract (containing the Space Stone) from the Asgardian treasure room because that guy can never decide whether he’s good or bad.

Important post-credits scene: A big ship overtakes Thor’s getaway ship. It’s Thanos coming for the Tesseract. Dun dun dun.

MCU Timeline: 2018

Ant-man and the wasp (released in 2018).

Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly in “Ant-Man and the Wasp”.

Scott Lang (a.k.a. Ant-Man) is under house arrest after the events of Civil War but escapes in order to help Hope Pym (now operating as superhero The Wasp) rescue her mother Janet from the Quantum Realm, a scary subatomic place where she’s been stuck for literal decades. Hope’s father Hank travels to the Quantum Realm where he finds Janet, who inexplicably has conjured up clothes, food, makeup, possibly a toilet while living in a void for literal years. Luckily she hasn’t gone insane.

Important post-credits scene: Scott enters the Quantum Realm for research purposes, but while he is there, Hope, Hank and Janet all disintegrate in Thanos’ culling (more on that below). Hopefully one of the Avengers remembers that Ant-Man exists in the next film and saves him.

Avengers: Infinity War (released in 2018)

Thanos wants to murder half of all people in the universe because of overpopulation. What an environmentally conscious baddie! To do so, he needs to acquire all six Infinity Stones , which, when wielded together, will allow him to control all life in the universe. Though nobody stops to ask Thanos why he doesn’t just use the Infinity Stones to double all the resources in the universe instead.

Anyway, considering that he’s been eyeing these stones for almost a decade and acquired none, he is able to snag all six surprisingly quickly, though at a runtime of 2 hours and 40 minutes, it may not feel that way for the audience.

Thanos’ basic strategy is threaten to kill one superhero so another superhero will give in and hand him an Infinity Stone with mostly positive results. He successfully gains the Space Stone from Loki by threatening his brother, Thor. He messes with Star-Lord by forcing him to shoot Gamora to save the Soul Stone—though he uses the Reality Stone to show Star-Lord that was all an illusion. And he forces Wanda to destroy the Mind Stone powering Vision, but then turns back time and takes it anyway.

The Avengers are too noble to kill each other in order to save the universe—which is too bad because Thanos destroys half of all life in the universe once he has all six stones. So ends the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Just kidding: They have another decade of movies planned.

MCU Timeline: 2018-2023

Avengers: endgame (released in 2019).

Avengers: Endgame opens at the same moment Infinity War ends, as Hawkeye, living with his wife and children and blissfully retired from the Avengers squad, realizes that his family has disappeared (because of Thanos). The Avengers hunt Thanos down and, after the bad guy reveals he destroyed the stones, Thor cuts off his head. It’s gnarly.

The movie picks up five years later in 2023 (gasp!) and the surviving heroes are spread across the world and galaxies. Captain Marvel has a new haircut, Captain America is running group therapy in New York, Black Widow is eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. But then Scott Lang wakes up and sets a new plan in motion, and the heroes finally come back together to travel through time in the hopes of saving the 50 percent of life that disappeared.

Members of the squad travel to different moments in time to retrieve the Infinity Stones, bring them back to the present (2023) and use them to snap everyone back into existence. A Thanos from the past finds out what they’re up to and travels forward in time to stop them. There’s a big battle. Captain America gets to wield Thor’s hammer. Iron Man sacrifices himself to save humanity. There’s a seriously cringe moment when all the ladies team up to fight Thanos and the guys just…take a water break, I guess? Anyway, the Avengers win. Thor goes off with the Guardians, and Steve—finally released from his Marvel contract—travels back in time to live out his days with Peggy. (Aww!)

MCU Timeline: 2023

Wandavision (released in 2021).

Wanda, grieving Vision’s particularly brutal death, enslaves an entire town to perform a sit-com-esque life for her and an imagined Vision. (That sounds bad, but actually—okay yeah, this is a pretty dark turn.) She even gives birth to super-powered twin boys, Billy and Tommy, using magic.

A nosy neighbor reveals herself to be a witch named Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) and pegs Wanda as the prophesied Scarlet Witch. Wanda gives up the mirage and decamps to a cabin in the woods, and the government is just kind of fine with that—or too terrified to Wanda to do anything. But before she goes she takes the Darkhold or Book of the Damned from Agatha.

Important post-credits scene: Wanda decamps to a remote cabin, studies the Darkhold, and looks for a way to reunite with her children.

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The Eternals

For centuries a bunch of god-like beings have been living on earth tasked by a being called a Celestial a with protecting the planet from evil beings called deviants. If you’re wondering where the heck they were when, say, Thanos showed up, we’re told they were not allowed to interfere with any other events on earth, be it genocide or nuclear war for…cosmic declaration reasons. Despite their immense powers, the Eternals are rather boring and take way too long to figure the Celestial has been using earth as a big battery and will destroy it. They stop him, but only after the world’s longest, most contemplative road trip.

MCU Timeline: 2024

Spider-man: far from home (released in 2019).

Tom Holland Jake Gyllenhaal Spider-Man: Far From Home

Spider-Man and his friends go on a euro trip. Peter works up the courage to confess his feelings to M.J. ( Zendaya ). Distracted, yearning for a father figure since Tony Stark died, and sick of the responsibilities of being a superhero, Peter hands over valuable Stark technology to Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal), a random guy he met just hours before. Mysterio claims he’s from another timeline but turns out to just be a grifter.

Mysterio stages a bunch of attacks to make himself look like a superhero. Spider-Man does eventually stop him, but not before Mysterio frames Spider-Man for the attacks.

Important post-credits scene: J. Jonah Jameson (J.K. Simmons) reveals Spider-Man’s secret identity!

Falcon and the Winter Soldier (released in 2021)

At the end of Avengers: Endgame , Steve Rogers bestowed the title of Captain America on Sam Wilson. Sam initially rejects the title but then the government gives it to a guy named John Walker (Wyatt Russell) who has a very punchable face and quickly proves himself to be unworthy of the shield by killing people with it. (In fairness, Steve Rogers no doubt killed a Nazi or two with that shield. I mean, that thing is heavy . How could he have not? But intent counts, I guess?)

Val picks up John Walker for whatever evil group she’s building, and Sam Wilson finally takes up the shield. Bucky is there too just kind of doing sidekick things and grimacing about his guilt from his days as a brainwashed HYDRA soldier. Oh, and Sharon Carter is maybe a villain now? In fairness, she’s probably traumatized from that time she kissed Steve Rogers who turned out to be her uncle.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (released in 2021)

Remember that terrorist group the Ten Rings that kidnapped Tony Stark? Well it turns out the head of that organization, a man named Wenwu (Tony Leung) held 10 actual, magical rings (well, bracelets, really) that gave him superpowers. Wenwu was not an amazing dad though. After his wife was murdered, he was pretty cold toward his son and daughter. The son, Shang-Chi ran way to America and adopted the name Shaun, which, as his friend Katy (Awkwafina) points out made him very easy to track. Wenwu becomes convinced that his wife is alive and being held somewhere, and Shang-Chi eventually has to fight the monster his father unleashes. And Katy becomes a master arrow-shooter after practicing for, like, 20 minutes.

Spider-Man: No Way Home (released in 2021)

MJ (Zendaya) prepares to freefall with Spider-man in Columbia Pictures' SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME.

Spider-Man and his friends want to go to M.I.T., but after Mysterio frames Peter Parker for the attack in London, none of them get in. Peter is so convinced that they deserved a spot at one of the most elite and selective universities on earth that he asks Doctor Strange to cast a spell to make everyone forget that Peter Parker is Spider-Man. The spell goes predictably awry, unleashing a bunch of Spidey villains from the old Sony movies into the MCU.

Peter has to catch them like Pokemon and then create an antidote for their evil-ness. Luckily, every single Spider-Man villain is a naturally kind, usually brilliant man who just turned evil after an accident, like falling into a big tub of eels. So all their psychological ailments are totally fixable. But before Peter can cure the Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe), Goblin kills Aunt May.

Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Men show up to help Tom Holland fight Green Goblin. A very emotionally vulnerable Andrw Garfield catches Zendaya falling off the Statue of Liberty, and it’s lovely. maybe we actually want Andrew Garfield back as Spidey after all? Holland’s Spider-Man asks Strange to make everyone forget who Peter Parker is, including his friends. Truly an orphan, he moves alone into a sad apartment with a GED book and his old, pre-Stark tech Spidey costume. Happy holidays!

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Hawkeye (released in 2021)

Back when Hawkeye’s family was blipped, Clint worked through his emotions by just ruthlessly murdering bad guys. It was not the best look (and I’m not just talking about that mohawk). Now, he’s repenting for his sins by helping his biggest fan, Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) take down a New York crime syndicate lead by Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio). They shoot a bunch of trick arrows, get bruised up, and adopt an adorable golden retriever, who at one point wears a Santa hat. Yelena shows up to avenge Natasha and kill Clint, but Kate and Clint explain it’s all a big misunderstanding. Everyone makes it home in time for Christmas.

MCU Timeline: 2025

Doctor strange in the multiverse of madness (released in 2022).

Doctor Strange finds himself babysitting yet another super-powered teen. This time he has to protect America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez), a superhero who can hop across the multiverse at will, from Wanda Maximoff, who covets America’s power. Wanda has had a pretty tough beat so far in this universe, losing her parents, her twin brother, her boyfriend, and her two children in a rather short span of time. So she is understandably struggling with some stuff. The Darkhold has corrupted her and convinced her that killing America will allow her to reunite with her sons in another universe.

She pursues America and Strange in a universe-hopping chase, killing many a superhero and turning Fantastic Four leader Reed Richards (John Krasinski) into ribbons in the process. (Take that, fan casters!) Eventually, Wanda does reach her sons, and the boys are so disturbed by what their mother has become that Wanda realizes the error of her ways. She seemingly kills herself by collapsing a mountain.

Moon Knight (released in 2022)

A museum gift shop worker with an absolutely comical British accent named Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac) discovers he has a second personality named Marc. (The impulse to end every sentence with “init?” might have been a tip-off that he wasn’t really British.) Both Steven and Marc can wield superpowers granted to them by the Egyptian god of the moon Khonshu. They learn to work together with the help of Marc’s wife, the superhero Scarlet Scarab (Layla El-Faouly). They all fight bad guy (Ethan Hawke), who walks around in glass with his shoes for reasons that are never explained. He wants to free the Egyptian goddess Ammit and exact judgment on humans for crimes they have not yet committed.

Read More: Everything to Know About Moon Knight

Ms. Marvel (released in 2022)

New Jersey teen and Avengers superfan Kamala Khan discovers that she has superpowers herself, like the ability to stretch and grow. It was really only a matter of time before Marvel started venturing into the tween market.

Thor: Love and Thunder (released in 2022)

Thor’s old hammer calls to his girlfriend Jane Foster (Natalie Portman). She picks it up and becomes the Goddess of Thunder. Old Thor (Hemsworth) and New Thor (Portman) team up with Valkyrie to battle Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale), who is on a mission to, well, butcher the gods.

There are not a ton of signposts to tell us when Thor: Love and Thunder takes place. Thor himself does offer us a hint. When he runs into his old flame, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), Jane asks when they last saw each other. “What’s it been, like three, four years?” she asks him. Thor quickly responds, “Eight years, seven months and six days, give or take.” Clearly he’s been missing her.

We don’t know exactly when Thor and Jane broke up. They were likely together in 2015 when Thor bragged about his genius girlfriend to Iron Man in Avengers: Age of Ultron . But Thor was definitely single and hurting by the events of Thor: Ragnarok in 2017. So if we assume that Thor’s pain in that movie was fresh from a breakup, we can guess that Love and Thunder is set in 2025.

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The Top 10 Time-Travelers in the Marvel Universe

The past, present, and future have nothing on these characters who have rewritten the rules of time.

You may think of time as a one-way boulevard or a two-way express lane, but the Marvel Universe’s definition is quite different. Our concept of time is like a highway jam-packed with commuters, all shifting back and forth throughout the continuum of spacetime and the Multiverse itself.

While it seems like just about every major character has made a journey to the past (or future), several visitors from various Marvel timelines have traveled to Earth-616 and made a major impact. Here’s our roundup on the Marvel time-travelers who have left a mark on the prime Marvel Universe!

TWO-GUN KID

Since the beginning, the House of Ideas has made space for a variety of genres, including the fan-favorite Western. Series TWO-GUN KID originally saddled up in 1948 and came out sporadically for the next decade-plus showcasing Clay Harder's masked adventures. And, in 1962’s TWO-GUN KID #60 , the title's status quo got upended by introducing Matt Hawk who trained in the ways of the gunfighter and took the name Two-Gun Kid from dime store novels he read (presumably starring Clay Harder). He then went on to have his own adventures, becoming one of the Wild West's most prominent do-gooders.

He and other Western heroes were stunned to find their era visited by Kang the Conqueror , Immortus , Thor , and Moondragon in AVENGERS (1963) #141-144 . After helping the future heroes, Two-Gun asked them to bring him to the future, which they did. Becoming an Avengers reservist, he and Hawkeye: Clint Barton palled around together, but he returned to his home time in AVENGERS #175 after being kidnapped by the Collector .

Back in the Wild West, he assisted an offshoot of his old squad in WEST COAST AVENGERS (1985) #18-23 , dealt with Kang's forces again in AVENGERS FOREVER (1998) , and fought Loki with King T'Challa in BLACK PANTHER (1998) #46-48 . Then, in SHE-HULK (2005) #4 , he returned to the present when She-Hulk requested the Time Variance Authority free him from Limbo. He kicked around for quite a while after that, even getting involved in the first Super Hero Civil War .

THE (ORIGINAL) GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

Today the Guardians of the Galaxy might be well-known for members like Star-Lord , Gamora , Groot , and Rocket , but when the original squad debuted in MARVEL SUPER-HEROES (1967) #18 , the team looked totally different. That issue introduced the world to Charlie-27 , Martinex , Yondu and “ Major Victory ” Vance Astrovik. The quartet came together in the year 3007 on Earth-691 to combat the Brotherhood of the Badoon invasion of the United Lands of Earth.

While they would eventually go on to star in their own self-titled series that spanned 62 issues , the Guardians made a variety of guest appearances. Having met Captain America , the Thing , and Agent 13: Sharon Carter in MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE (1974) #5 , they appeared in the present in GIANT-SIZE DEFENDERS (1974) #5 . In addition to helping the title team deal with Eelar, a young Vance Astrovik met the team he would eventually join, including his future self!

The Guardians continued to appear in DEFENDERS (1972) #26-29 , though Doctor Strange noted that the coexistence of Vance's younger and older selves was causing problems in the timestream. To fix the issue and help their new companions, the Defenders transported the Guardians to their home time and helped them free the humans to defeat the Badoon on Earth.

Later, the Guardians met with a new group of Earth's Mightiest Heroes to combat Korvac , a villain from their own time period who had attained godlike powers. Throughout the “Korvac Saga” in AVENGERS #167-181 , the Guardians fought valiantly to save the past. Before heading home, they fought alongside Carol Danvers , Spider-Man , and the Thing in MS. MARVEL (1977) #23 , MARVEL TEAM-UP (1972) #86 and MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE (1974) #69 respectively.

Speaking of Korvac: This time-traveler has threatened reality on a variety of occasions! In the aforementioned “Korvac Saga,” he traveled from the future of Earth-691 to Earth-616, but before that, Michael Korvac betrayed humanity to the Badoon who later cut off his legs and fused him to a hovering computer module. Seeking revenge, he decided to take over the Badoon empire, but was first brought to the present by Elder of the Universe Grandmaster in GIANT-SIZE DEFENDERS (1974) #3 . Using his machinery’s ability to absorb energy, he syphoned off some of the Grandmaster’s power, which allowed him to travel through time on his own.

Returning to the present, Korvac visited Galactus ’ ship and managed to absorb some of the Power Cosmic, which allowed him to restore his body and take control of all things. He eventually fought the Avengers and the Guardians but took his own life when he felt that his partner Carina lost faith in him.

Korvac came back in his own time-hopping mini-crossover called “The Korvac Quest” (playing out across FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #24 , THOR ANNUAL #6 , SILVER SURFER ANNUAL #4 and GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY ANNUAL #1 ), but was ultimately turned into a baby in the future. He has returned as an adult to the present several times, including in AVENGERS ACADEMY (2010) #11-12 . Members of the team accidentally transported Carina to their base which drew Korvac's attention. When she rebuked him, it led to a huge battle with all the Avengers involved!

Planning another attack, Korvac went back to Earth-616 and began slowly dismantling time. In GUARDIANS 3000 (2014) , the original Guardians felt it in their own time and went back to discover the cause: Korvac. His plans wound up falling apart because of the Incursions leading into SECRET WARS (2015) . After reality was put back together, he appeared regularly in IRON MAN (2020) and attempted to bring peace to Earth by ending all life. Thankfully, the Armored Avenger and his allies stopped Korvac once more.

OLD MAN LOGAN

More than most super-powered groups, the X-Men are no strangers to time-travelers joining their ranks. One of the more recent additions came from Earth-21923 , a world in which the villains worked together and manipulated Wolverine into killing the X-Men before dividing up the whole nation amongst themselves. Afterwards, Logan attempted to live a normal, non-violent life, but returned to action when an older Hawkeye needed help with a mission. Wolverine ultimately killed the Red Skull of his time but returned home to discover that his wife and children had been murdered by the Hulk Gang.

This “Old Man Logan” version of Wolverine wound up in the Earth-616 present after the entire Multiverse was rewritten during 2015’s SECRET WARS. Though he began a mission of preemptive vengeance almost immediately in the pages of OLD MAN LOGAN (2015) , he slowly allowed himself to be integrated into the larger X-Men family, taking the place of his past self who had died before his arrival. This more experienced, (more tragic) James Howlett regularly appeared in his own book as well as EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN (2015) , X-MEN: GOLD (2017) , and WEAPON X (2017) .

During his time in the present, he met many of Earth’s heroes, and even participated in the Second Superhuman Civil War . In DEAD MAN LOGAN (2018) , the hero said his goodbyes in the present and returned to his future to live out the rest of his life.

KATE PRYDE (EARTH-811)

While many of the characters on this list have made several trips to the present, others managed to change the course of human history in just one journey. In the classic “Days of Future Past” story (1981’s UNCANNY X-MEN #141-142 ), readers were introduced to Earth-811, a possible future in which Senator Robert Kelly, Charles Xavier , and Moira MacTaggert were killed by mutant terrorists on Halloween 1980.

That attack prompted the government to unleash the Sentinels and create three designations for living beings: H (baseline humans), A (anomalous humans), and M (mutants). The mutants that were not killed were placed in concentration camps, but that did not destroy their hope to change the past.

Working with her fellow alternate future X-Men, Kate managed to send her consciousness back to 1980 to inhabit the body of her younger self, Kitty Pryde . She got the attention of the X-Men and explained the future to them, noting that they could fix the whole thing by going to Washington, D.C. to prevent the assassination. They did exactly that by stopping Mystique and the Brotherhood of Mutants . Not bad for a one-time time-traveler!

With origins in yet another future where mutants were rounded up and imprisoned ( Earth-1191 ), Lucas Bishop became a member of the X.S.E. (Xavier Security Enforcers) AKA the mutant police. During one mission he was chasing Trevor Fitzroy , a rebel-turned-criminal mutant whose powers allowed him to travel through time. Bishop wound up in the present as seen in UNCANNY X-MEN #282-283 , and although both of his X.S.E. partners were killed, he succeeded in sending his quarry Fitzroy back to the future. Though initially uneasy of the X-Men, Bishop decided to stick around with the team in hopes of stopping the event that triggers his future.

During his time in the present, Bishop went on scores of missions with the X-Men, but he became incredibly important during the AGE OF APOCALYPSE event as the catalyst for returning everything to the way it had been before Charles Xavier was killed by a time-traveling Legion .

Further down the line, Bishop found himself at the heart of the “Messiah Complex” crossover which featured a variety of factions trying to track down the first mutant born since HOUSE OF M , Hope Summers . Bishop revealed that, in his timeline, this “mutant messiah” would kill one million humans. To that end, he fought against many of his old teammates—including fellow time-traveler Cable —to kill the child Hope. Bishop eventually saw the error of his ways and has since made amends with his fellow X-Men.

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On the island of Krakoa , Bishop became an inaugural member of Kate Pryde’s Marauders, and added Red Bishop of the Hellfire Trading Company to his resume. He was also one of Krakoa’s Great Captains , established by the Quiet Council of Krakoa . Then, in INFERNO (2021) #1 , Cyclops stepped down from the position of Captain Commander, the leader of all Great Captains, and promoted Bishop to the role.

SPIDER-MAN 2099

Back in 1992 , Marvel launched a forward-looking lineup of series that took place in the year 2099, a not-so distant alternate future of Earth-616. Miguel O’Hara was 2099’s Wall-Crawler, carrying on Peter Parker's legacy of arachnid heroics in SPIDER-MAN 2099 (1992) . Though there were a few meetings between the 2099 and Earth-616 Spidey, Miguel did not travel back to the prime reality for a long period of time until SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN (2013) #17 . During that time, Miguel was not only stranded in the past , but encountered Otto Octavius in the body of Spider-Man!

Taking on the identity of Michael “Mike” O’Mara, Miguel began working for Alchemax, the company that were a critical part in his life circa 2099. Down the line, Spider-Man 2099 has played major roles in the multiversal SPIDER-VERSE and SPIDER-GEDDON events, helping to save not just the present reality, but countless others too.

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THE GOD(S) OF THUNDER

To battle the threat of Gorr the God Butcher , God of Thunder Thor needed all the help he could acquire in fan-favorite series THOR: GOD OF THUNDER (2012) . So, who better to recruit than versions of himself?

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To cut off the source of Gorr’s universal god-killer “the Godbomb,” the past’s “Young Thor” and the future’s “King Thor” collaborated with the present Odinson. These three cross-time Thors were also assisted by King Thor’s granddaughters Frigg , Ellisiv and Atli all of whom worked together to save godhood.

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The three goddesses would later travel back via Time Diamonds to meet the legendary Jane Foster after her initial stint as Thor . Though they took her flying, they did not tell her about the epic story ahead in the WAR OF THE REALMS event, at the end of which the Fantastic Four used Doctor Doom’s Time Platform to recruit King Thor and Young Thor to end the conflict. WAR OF THE REALMS also resurrected Jane as Thor once more.

THE ENTIRE SUMMERS FAMILY

Warning: The Summers-Grey kids know how to alter a timeline.

Thor and his selves get around the time stream regularly, but not nearly as much as the Summers’ mutant family. Dad Cyclops alone has traipsed through time on a variety of occasions, so let’s start with that. As a kid, he and his fellow original X-Men traveled to the present as versions of their younger selves in ALL-NEW X-MEN (2012) . And don't forget about the time that he and his wife Jean Grey took a trip several thousand years into the future in ADVENTURES OF CYCLOPS & PHOENIX (1994) to save Scott’s son Nathan Summers, AKA Cable.

Oh, and remember Kate Pryde from the “Days of Future Past” timeline? Well, she's not the only one from that future who came to the present. Kate was followed by Rachel Grey/Summers —the daughter of that era's Scott Summers and Jean Grey—who had telepathic powers like her mother, but had been turned into a mutant-hunting Hound following the destruction of Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. After Kate’s mission to the past, Rachel eventually made contact with the Phoenix Force which allowed her to physically, not just mentally, travel to the present of Earth-616 in UNCANNY X-MEN #184 . Since then, Rachel has allied herself with Xavier's other students and teams, defending the denizens of the present for years, now under the codename Prestige.

But it’s son of Cyclops, Cable—whose mother is Madelyne Pryor , a Mister Sinister -created clone of Jean Grey—that has made his way through time more often than even his half-brother X-Man . Following Nathan’s birth in UNCANNY X-MEN #201 , Apocalypse infected the infant with a techno-organic virus that threatened his life ( X-FACTOR #65-68 ). To save his son, Cyclops agreed to let Sister Askani, a member of a religious anti-Apocalypse cult, take the child to the far future where they could better manage baby Cable’s affliction.

The Clan Askani saved Nathan's life but could not fully cure him of the virus. When he was still a child, the mysterious “Slym and Redd” stepped in to raise him. Though Cable didn’t know it at the time, this couple was a temporally displaced Scott and Jean. While Scott and Jean returned to their present in ADVENTURES OF CYCLOPS & PHOENIX #4 , the boy grew to become an incredibly resourceful soldier of the future. Though a younger version of him did come to the present in X-FORCE (2018) , the most well-known version of the man known as Cable debuted in NEW MUTANTS (1983) #87 , though he would not reveal his history, or connection to the Summers family, for some time.

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Since then, Cable has been involved in just about every major X-event. He was at the forefront of defeating his own time-traveling clone Stryfe in the “X-Cutioner's Song” storyline , and also ensured Hope Summers’ survival during “Messiah Complex” and throughout CABLE (2008) . Hope Summers not only represents the reinvigoration of the mutant race, but as a member of The Five , she's an integral part of the mutant resurrection process, making her one of the most important beings in the continuation of Krakoa.

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KANG…ALL OF THEM

If you had to take notes to keep track of some of these temporally adventurous individuals, now's the time to break out the cork board, red string, and pushpins because Kang’s got them all beat! Born to Earth-6311, a reality in which humanity evolved to the point where peace reigned supreme, a man named Nathaniel Richards—related to either present-day Reed Richards or Doctor Doom —grew bored and desired conquest.

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To that end the conquering Nathaniel built his own time ship which was stocked with future tech and traveled to Ancient Egypt where he took on the identity of Pharoah Rama-Tut in FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #19 . While in that era, he encountered many heroes traveling from Earth-616’s present. However, after surviving a time storm, “Rama-Tut” decided to switch things up by becoming the Scarlet Centurion ! Those attempts to destroy Earth's Mightiest Heroes early in their tenure—as seen in AVENGERS ANNUAL (1967) #2 —proved a failure.

Leaving that identity behind, Richards became Rama-Tut once more, but overshot his home in the 30th century and wound up in the far more dangerous 40th century where he took on the name Kang the Conqueror , the character who debuted in AVENGERS (1963) #8 . Thus began Kang’s recurring attempts to defeat the heroes of the present. Though he has come close several times—like during the “Kang War” story in AVENGERS (1998) #38-55 —the Conqueror has never truly lived up to his name, though it appears that he never stops trying just like the interminable march of time.

But not all Kangs are bad. (And thanks to parallel and offshoot timelines there are plenty.) In one unusual blip of the timestream, a teen version of Kang, Iron Lad , traveled back to the present and became a founding member of the Young Avengers . He even succeeded in killing his older self, but that led to a time storm of epic proportions, so much so that Iron Lad undid the murder and returned to his proper period, knowing he’d eventually become the corrupted Kang.

But as readers have learned over the years, “Kang” isn't even this character's endpoint. The Lord Immortus —who first appeared in AVENGERS #10 —pops up from time to time to mix it up not only with the heroes of the present, but also with Kang himself. (As seen in tales like “ Celestial Madonna ” and “ Destiny War .”) You'd be surprised how many times Kang has tussled with himself and the wild results—but that doesn't stop the Kangs from interfering with each other’s intricate plots for power!

Regardless of which variant of Kang we’re talking about, no character has traversed time as often and as freely. And while these stories take place across the expansive Marvel Multiverse including all of time and space, they can all be read in one place: the Marvel Unlimited app !

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