The Entire Marvel Cinematic Universe - Canon And Non-Canon
We as fans have gone through quite the rocky road so far with phase 4 and phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With that being said, I truly believe we are on our way to a “fresh start,” as Kevin Fiege is back as the leader of Marvel Studios. Fiege is implementing a reshuffle of projects, to limit the number of productions each year has. That way, each film, series, or special released will be up to the high standard we all wish to see come from the Studios again. With the writer and actor strikes also now settled, we are getting new information every day, and it may feel a little overwhelming to follow all of it, so I thought I should create this sort of a map of past and future titles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to help everyone. This list will contain both canonical titles, as well as non-canon titles that may in the future become canon depending on how the over-arching story progresses. Y'all better be ready, because we are jumping into a world of heroes and villains, monsters and magic, and galactic deities across different dimensions.
Section One – The Infinity Saga:
We are starting with the Canon portion, and that places us with The Infinity Saga, which contains 23 films across 3 phases.
Phase 1 began it all, with Iron Man ushering in a new kind of interconnected cinematic universe, bringing to life decades of comic book stories.
Phase 1 –
Iron Man
The Incredible Hulk
Iron Man 2
Thor
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Avengers
Phase 2 –
Iron Man 3
Thor: The Dark World
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Ant-Man
Phase 3 –
Captain America: Civil War
Doctor Strange
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Thor: Ragnarok
Black Panther
Avengers: Infinity War
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Captain Marvel
Avengers: Endgame
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Section Two – The Multiverse Saga:
Moving on to The Multiverse Saga, which so far contains 12 films, 14 shows, and 2 specials across an additional 3 phases.
We are currently in Phase 5, with 2 films, and 5 shows remaining based on the updated roster.
Phase 4 –
Films –
Black Widow
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Eternals
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Thor: Love and Thunder
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Shows –
WandaVision
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Loki Season 1
What If...? Season 1
Hawkeye
Moon Knight
Ms. Marvel
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Specials –
Werewolf by Night
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Phase 5 –
Films –
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The Marvels
Deadpool 3
Captain America: Brave New World
Shows –
Secret Invasion
Loki Season 2
What If...? Season 2
Echo
Agatha: Darkhold Diaries
Ironheart
Daredevil: Born Again
X-Men '97
With Phase 6, it is uncertain both in release dates as well as what it will include. So far, we know of 7 films and 6 shows in pre-production, or early stages of development.
Phase 6 –
Films –
Fantastic Four
Thunderbolts
Blade
Avengers: The Kang Dynasty
Avengers: Secret Wars
Armor Wars film
Spider-Man sequel
Shang-Chi sequel
X-Men film
Shows –
Untitled Wakanda Series
Spider-Man: Freshman Year
Spider-Man: Sophomore Year
Marvel Zombies
Wonder Man
Nova
Vision Quest
What If...? Season 3
Section Three – Side Connections To Canon:
There are also several titles that are neither a full series or film, like Marvel One Shot and I Am Groot shorts, but most of these titles are canon as they do happen in the MCU.
Marvel One-Shots –
The Consultant
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer
Item 47
Agent Carter
All Hail the King
Digital Series –
WHIH Newsfront
The Daily Bugle
Docuseries –
Marvel's 616
Marvel Studios: Legends
Marvel Studios: Assembled
Short Series –
I Am Groot
Short Film –
Peter's To-Do List
Deadpool and Korg React
And finally, the Tie-In Comic Books, all of which are canon to the MCU, with 34 titles released, consisting of a total of 75 issues.
These limited series comics tie into the films as well as series across both Sagas.
34 Comic Titles, 75 Issues –
Iron Man: I Am Iron Man!, with 2 issues.
Iron Man 2: Public Identity, with 3 issues.
Iron Man 2: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., with 1 issue.
Captain America: First Vengeance, with 4 issues.
Marvel's The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week, with 4 issues.
Marvel's The Avengers: Black Widow Strikes, with 3 issues.
Marvel's Iron Man 2, with 2 issues.
Marvel's Thor, with 2 issues.
Marvel's Captain America: The First Avenger, with 2 issues.
Marvel's The Avengers, with 2 issues.
Marvel's Iron Man 3 Prelude, with 2 issues.
Marvel's Thor: The Dark World Prelude, with 2 issues.
Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic, with 1 issue.
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite Comic – Dangerous Prey, with 1 issue.
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude, with 2 issues.
Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron Prelude – This Scepter'd Isle, with 1 issue.
Marvel's Ant-Man Prelude, with 2 issues.
Marvel's Ant-Man – Scott Lang: Small Time, with 1 issue.
Marvel's Jessica Jones, with 1 issue.
Marvel's Captain America: Civil War Prelude, with 4 issues.
Marvel's Captain America: Civil War Prelude Infinite Comic, with 1 issue.
Marvel's Doctor Strange Prelude, with 2 issues.
Marvel's Doctor Strange Prelude Infinite Comic – The Zealot, with 1 issue.
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Prelude, with 2 issues.
Spider-Man: Homecoming Prelude, with 2 issues.
Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok Prelude, with 4 issues.
Marvel's Black Panther Prelude, with 2 issues.
Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War Prelude, with 2 issues.
Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp Prelude, with 2 issues.
Marvel's Captain Marvel Prelude, with 1 issue.
Marvel's Avengers: Endgame Prelude, with 3 issues.
Spider-Man: Far From Home Prelude, with 2 issues.
Marvel's Black Widow Prelude, with 2 issues.
Eternals: The 500 Year War, with 7 issues.
Section Four – Outside The Marvel Cinematic Universe Canon:
Moving on to Marvel titles that are Outside the MCU and are not canon, although some can become canonical in the future depending on how the overall story progresses –
Movies –
1986 Howard the Duck
1998 Blade
2000 X-Men
2002 Blade II
2002 Spider-Man
2003 Daredevil
2003 X2
2003 Hulk
2004 The Punisher
2004 Spider-Man 2
2004 Blade: Trinity
2005 Elektra
2005 Fantastic Four
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand
2007 Ghost Rider
2007 Spider-Man 3
2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2008 Punisher: War Zone
2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2011 X-Men First Class
2011 Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man
2013 The Wolverine
2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014 X-Men Days of Future Past
2015 Fantastic Four
2016 Deadpool
2016 X-Men: Apocalypse
2017 Logan
2018 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018 Deadpool 2
2018 Venom
2019 Dark Phoenix
2020 The New Mutants
2021 Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2022 Morbius
2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2024 Madame Web
2024 Kraven the Hunter
2024 Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2024 Venom 3
Shows –
X-Men: The Animated Series
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Agent Carter
Inhumans
Daredevil
Jessica Jones
Luke Cage
Iron Fist
The Defenders
The Punisher
Legion
The Gifted
Runaways
Cloak & Dagger
Helstrom
Short Films –
Team Thor
Team Thor: Part 2
Team Darryl
No Good Deed
Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham
The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story
Digital Series –
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot
There you have it Ladies and Gentlemen
the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, both Canon and Non-Canon material. I really love this world, because for me personally, I get to go on a different adventure every time a new film or series comes out. Sure, some were incredible hits while others were substantial misses, but nonetheless it is an awesome universe to explore.