The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a shared fictional universe which crosses over superhero films independently produced by Marvel Studios. The timeline below chronicles the major events that led to each disparate Marvel Universe character to the Avengers film produced by Marvel Studios. Avenger team members include Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Iron Man, Hawkeye, and Black Widow. The Guardians of the Galaxy team consists of Star-Lord, Rocket, Gamora, Groot, and Drax the Destroyer.
Timeline
Unknown Date
- The Cosmic Entities create the Infinity Stones and the Celestials use the Power Stone to impose judgement upon enemy civilizations. Over time, the Celestials are overwhelmed by the stone's power. (Guardians of the Galaxy)
2987 B.C.
- Malekith, the leader of the Dark Elves of Svartalfheim, planned to use the Convergence to release the Aether, a relic from before the universe, and plunge the Nine Realms back into darkness. The Asgardians intervened and took the Aether from the Dark Elves by force, watching as that race was apparently decimated in the destruction of their warships. Bor, the father of Odin then had the Aether hidden away where no one could find it. (Thor: The Dark World)
- Malekith and the remaining Elves escape in the Harrow into space. (Thor: The Dark World)
965 A.D.
- The monstrous race known as the Frost Giants attacks a Norwegian village with the Casket of Ancient Winters in the first step of their plan to conquer the Nine Realms. The Asgardians, led by their king, Odin, step in and defeat the Jotuns and banish them back to Jotunheim, and confiscate the Casket of Ancient Winters to leave them powerless. Odin presumably leaves the Cosmic Cube on Earth. (Thor)
- After defeating Laufey, Odin takes his child Loki and raises him alongside Thor as his own son. (Thor)
12th Century
- The Asgardian that would come to be known as Elliot Randolph was a stone mason for thousands of years before being recruited for a military mission to Midgard. Tired of his mundane existence in Asgard and desiring to travel the Realms, Randolph signed on. while on Earth, the Asgardian served with an Asgardian army called "The Berserkers" who gained superior strength, even by Asgardian standards, by touching a device known as the Berserker Staff, which brought all of the rage and hatred that the wielder keeps suppressed and transforms it into strength. During his time on Earth, Randolph fell in love with the planet and its people, and when the rest of the Asgardian host returned home, Randolph stayed behind. The Berserker Staff was left behind as well. Randolph did not care for the thing or the power it possessed, and so he broke the staff into three pieces and spread them across Europe. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "The Well")
Unknown Date
- Thor fights Imir and defeats him. (The Avengers: The Avengers Initiative)
1546
- The Asgardian who would become known as Elliot Randolph lived on Earth for several centuries until the year 1546, when he met and fell in love with a French girl. He told her his story and her brother, who happened to be a priest, wrote the story down and created the legend of "The Warrior Who Stayed". (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "The Well")
1918
- Steve Rogers is born in Brooklyn, New York. (Captain America: The First Avenger)
- Between September 1917 and November 1918.
- Joe Rogers dies from a Mustard Gas attack with the 107th during the First World War. (Captain America: The First Avenger)
1924
- June 1st
- In Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, a young Steve Rogers talks to his mother about his father. (Captain America: First Vengeance, tie-in comic #1)
1930
- January 1st
- Dr. Abraham Erskine works in a German university doing research into the Super Soldier Serum. (Captain America: The First Avenger)
1930
- September 1st
- In Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, Steve meets James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes during a back ally scuffle with some bullies. The two become friends. (Captain America: First Vengeance, Digital Comic #1)
1933
- Johann Schmidt begins searching for the Tesseract/Cosmic Cube. (Captain America: The First Avenger)
1934
- June 30th
- Johann Schmidt meets Adolf Hitler, Himler and Erst Kaufmann head of the Special Weapon Division meet after a Wagner opera, where Schmidt reveals his theory that Norse gods and their magic could be more than myth.
- Dr. Abraham Erskine and Howard Stark meet at an Engineering Conference.
- Johann Schmidt assassinates Erst Kaufmann and seizes control of his weapons program. (Captain America: First Vengeance, Digital Comic #3)
- July 5th
- Schmidt and SS troops attack a SA Weapons Testing Ground at Kummersdorf where he finds and recruits advanced exo-skeleton battle armour researcher Arnim Zola. (Captain America: First Vengeance, Digital Comic #4)
- Howard Stark founds Stark Industries with Obadiah Stane. (Iron Man)
1939
- September 1st
- World War II begins.
1940
- The funeral of Steve Rogers' mother is held. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- February
- Howard Stark begins a demonstration which would showcase vibranium, a metal discovered by Stark Industries researchers in Africa, and then meets with Colonel Philips. After being attacked by HYDRA assassins Stark agrees to join Col Philip's newly created Strategic Science Reserve (SSR).
- Johann Schmidt takes part in an test involving Erskine and his Super Soldier Serum which turns Schmidt into what he would become known as the Red Skull. Erskine is rescued by Agent Thirteen (Peggy Carter) and brought into the (SSR) (Captain America: The First Avenger)
1942
- March
- Johann Schmidt recovers the Cosmic Cube. (Captain America: The First Avenger)
- Erskine rejects all the candidates selected by Col Philips for the Super Soldier Serum. (Captain America: The First Avenger)
1943
- Howard Stark hosts the New York World's Fair, where a "Technology of the Future" exhibit is being presented by Howard himself. Notable demonstrations were the Original Human Torch and a flying car based of repulsor technology. The success of the presentation would lead Howard to later expand the event into his own Stark Expo. (Captain America: The First Avenger, Iron Man 2)
- Erskine spots Steve Rogers at a recruitment office. (Captain America: The First Avenger)
- Steve Rogers is recruited by Abraham Erskine into the trials to determine the first test subject. (Captain America: The First Avenger)
- December
- Johann Schmidt and Arnim Zola successfully transfer energy from the Cosmic Cube into their HYDRA weapons. (Captain America: The First Avenger)
- Steve Rogers is injected with the Super Soldier Serum. Heinz Kruger assassinates Abraham Erskine on Johann Schmidt's orders. (Captain America: The First Avenger
- Steve Rogers tours with the USO as Captain America. (Captain America: The First Avenger)
- Captain America arrives in Italy with the USO. (Captain America: The First Avenger)
- James Barnes is captured with the 107th and is experimenting on by Arnim Zola.
- Captain America rescues American POWs and first encounters the Red Skull. His success earns him official active duty status. (Captain America: The First Avenger)
- Howard Stark creates a unique shield and costume for Captain America. (Captain America: The First Avenger)
1944
- Rogers invades a castle in the Nazi occupied Danish Straits. The castle is controlled by Nazi special weapons unit HYDRA. Here Cap fights a Nazi wearing an arc reactor powered battle suit, as well as an arc powered tank. Schmidt attempts to destroy them by using a mystical Viking runestone, but Rogers slows the relic from exploding to allow time for the Commandos to escape. (Captain America: First Vengeance)
- Rogers boards and captures the HYDRA submarine Leviathan. (Captain America & Thor: Avengers!)
- Rogers invades Castle Zemo in Bavaria. He battles Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, Madame Hydra, and Iron Cross. Arnim Zola recreates the Super Soldier Serum from Rogers' blood but Rogers destroys the sample. (Captain America: Super Soldier)
1945
- After falling off a moving train while attempting to capture Arnim Zola, James Barnes is presumed dead. (Captain America: The First Avenger)
- Barnes is later recovered by HYDRA for the "Winter Soldier" program. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Captain America and US forces raid a HYDRA base. The Red Skull is destroyed when he touches the Cosmic Cube. (Captain America: The First Avenger)
- On board The Valkyrie was the Tesseract, which falls to the ocean. Captain America crashes the plane into the arctic, where he is frozen in suspended animation. He is presumed dead. (Captain America: The First Avenger, Nick Fury’s Big Week Prologue)
- Howard Stark recovers the Cosmic Cube, while searching for Steve. (Captain America: The First Avenger)
- Peggy Carter led a raiding party of Strategic Scientific Reserve troops, with Dum Dum Dugan and Jim Morita, into a HYDRA Storage Facility run by Reinhardt, a HYDRA General and scientist. While there, she confiscated the alien corpse G.H. and labelled the first 0-8-4, an Obelisk devastating to touch. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Shadows")
1946
- Peggy Carter works for Agent John Flynn. (Agent Carter)
- Howard Stark recruits Peggy Carter to work alongside him at S.H.I.E.L.D.. (Agent Carter)
- Sometime after SHIELD was founded, during Operation Paperclip, Arnim Zola is recruited to S.H.I.E.L.D., he used that opportunity to secretly rebuild HYDRA that slowly takes over the organization. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- In the care of the newly recreated HYDRA now working underneath S.H.I.E.L.D.'s nose, Barnes underwent further experimentation at the hands of Arnim Zola and various other doctors. Removing the remnants of his severed arm, the doctors replaced the missing limb with a prosthetic one. Bucky was also subjected to multiple mind control methods to keep him under their command. Over time Bucky would lose all memory of his former life and became nothing more than a weapon. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
1963
- Anton Vanko defects to the US and begins work with Howard Stark in developing Arc Reactor technology. (Iron Man 2: Public Identity, Iron Man 2)
1964
- Phil Coulson is born in Boston, Massachusetts.
1967
- Howard Stark deports Anton Vanko as a spy. Howard Stark took credit for all Arc Reactor research. Vanko returns to the Soviet Union, but because Anton couldn’t develop the technology on his own he was exiled to Siberia. (Iron Man 2: Public Identity, Iron Man 2)
1969
- Ivan Vanko is born in Siberia.
- Bruce Banner is born in Dayton, Ohio.
1970s
- During the Cold War, Fury was sent on a mission to Russia. (Nick Fury: Spies Like Us)
- Emil Blonsky is born in Russia.
- Tony Stark is born in Manhattan, New York.
- Howard Stark hides the secret to perfecting the Arc Reactor in layouts of the Stark Expo for Tony to find. (Iron Man 2)
- Arnim Zola dies in 1972, though his mind continued to live in cyberspace, from which he was able to provide easy passage into the agency for HYDRA sleeper agents that either managed to escape justice during the war or were corrupted from within. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
1980s
- Peter Quill is born in Missouri.
- Thanos took in and raised Gamora and Nebula to be devoted, deadly assassins. (Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude")
- Tony Stark graduates MIT at the top of his class.
- Skye is born in a small Chinese village in the Hunan Province. Skye's parents and her entire village were killed defending her when she was just an infant. Designated as an 0-8-4 by S.H.I.E.L.D., a team was sent in to investigate. After losing contact with the main team, the back-end team, consisting of Richard Lumley, Linda Avery, and three other agents, investigated only to find the infant sleeping in the arms of the dead lead agent. The rest of the main team was dead. Once back in the States, the other members of the team started to be eliminated. To ensure her safety, Skye was dropped off by Avery at the St. Agnes orphanage and arrangements were made for her to be moved to different foster homes to keep her safe. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Seeds")
1984
- Natalia Romanoff is born in Russia.
1988
- Following his mother's death, a young Peter Quill is abducted from Earth by the Ravagers, a group of outlaws, who unknown to him were sent by his father. but Yondu Udonta decides to raise Peter himself. (Guardians of the Galaxy)
1990s - 2005
- Project Deathlock begins development with John Garrett being its first subject. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Ragtag")
- Howard Stark and his wife are killed by HYDRA when his son Tony is 20. though their death's were covered as a car accident. (Iron Man, Iron Man 2: Public Identity, Iron Man 2, Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Bruce Banner meets Betty Ross while an undergrad at Harvard. They begin dating and at one point volunteer for an experiment involving hallucinogenics. (The Incredible Hulk)
- Tony Stark inherits Stark Industries becoming, at age 21, the youngest C.E.O. of a Fortune 500 company. In addition to the company’s numerous military contracts, Stark Industries also does pioneering work in medical technology and in combating world hunger with their Intelli-Crops program. In the process he becomes something of a media celebrity and a self-glorified capitalist. (Iron Man)
- Ivan Vanko is imprisoned for fifteen years for selling Soviet era, weapons grade plutonium to Pakistan. (Iron Man 2)
- John Garrett recruits Grant Ward. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Ragtag")
- New Years Eve 1999, Tony Stark, with his scientist paramour Maya Hansen, met Ho Yinsen who introduced Tony to Dr. Wu. After Tony arrogantly avoided crippled scientist Aldrich Killian, who wanted Stark's backing in his endeavour Advanced Idea Mechanics. (Iron Man 3)
- Melinda May, Phil Coulson and a team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were dispatched on a "Index Asset Evaluation and Intake" (or "Welcome Wagon") mission, investigating a newly discovered powered individual to Manama, Bahrain, that went south. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Repairs")
- When a civilian girl and several S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were being held by the followers (or worshippers) of the "Gifted" individual they had come to investigate, Melinda May took it upon herself to solve the problem. May went in by herself without a weapon and "crossed off" the enemy force, rescuing the agents. The incident earned May the nick-name "The Cavalry" within S.H.I.E.L.D., a designation she despises. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Repairs")
- Melinda May withdrew from combat duty, retreating to a desk-bound administrative position within the S.H.I.E.L.D. bureaucracy. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Repairs")
- General Ross revives the Super Soldier Program to make humans immune to Gamma Radiation. (The Incredible Hulk)
- Dr. Bruce Banner and Betty Ross, joins the group at Culver University in Willowdale, VA in southwestern Virginia working on way to strengthen cellular resistance to radiation. (The Incredible Hulk)
- Phil Coulson did a mission in Peru in 2000. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "0-8-4")
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Akela Amador led a team into one of the Gulag's run by Vanchat, where she was captured and lost an eye and the rest of her team was killed. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Eye-Spy")
- Thanos sent Nebula to find The Orb, but she failed on her mission, losing her arm in the process. (Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude")
2006 - 2008
- Akela Amador spends four years caged in a copper mine in the Shanxi Province. Amador's jailers performed multiple types of surgery on Amador, eventually installing a bionic eye in her head. Through this eye, she received instructions for jobs she was to perform. At first, she ignored the instructions, but found that she experienced great pain if she did. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Eye-Spy")
- A gamma radiation accident transformed scientist Bruce Banner into the Hulk. During his ensuing rampage, Banner hospitalizes his then lover, Betty Ross, General Ross' daughter. Banner goes on the run from General Thaddeus Ross, who wants to use Banner's power as a weapon. (The Incredible Hulk)
- Nick Fury meets with Banner in a bar, to see what he can do and in attempt to find a Super Soldier for themselves. Hulk escapes the bar. After this encounter, Fury declares that everything else including Banner is secondary, and that General Ross is who they must deal with. (The Incredible Hulk: The Fury Files)
- Agent Ward was in Georgia in 2008. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "The Hub")
- HYDRA's personal assassin, the Winter Soldier was sent to kill a nuclear scientist. He found his target being escorted by KGB Agent, Natasha Romanoff. Without hesitation, he attacked his target, sending him and Romanoff over a cliff. Finding Romanoff saved the target from falling to his death, the Winter Soldier fired a single round through Romanoff's stomach and into the scientist, effectively killing him. He then made his getaway without pursuit. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- While Bruce Banner was on the run, he hid on a truck heading to Canada where he was arrested by the police as the truck was passing by the borders, Banner ended up transforming into the Hulk and causing a lot of mess. (The Incredible Hulk: The Big Picture)
- Intergalactic criminal duo Rocket Raccoon and Groot arrive at the Hub in search of work. There, they are hired by Stygian crimelord Zade Scraggot to hunt down the local Scalluscs. (Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude)
- A price for Rocket's head was put by a bounty hunter who had enough of Rocket and Groot taking all the bounties, this caused Groot to turn against Rocket, betrayed Rocket tries to get away, when he meets face to face with the man who started the manhunt for Rocket, he reveals to Rocket why he did this, as Groot who heard this, burst into the room, angry at that bounty hunter. scaring him, he cancels the manhunt for Rocket. (Guardians of the Galaxy: Galaxy's Most Wanted)
2009
May
- Obadiah Stane contacts Raza, leader of a Ten Rings terrorist cell, and offers him Stark weapons in exchange for the capture and execution of Tony Stark.
- Tony Stark demonstrates his Jericho Missile system in Afghanistan, where he is kidnapped by Ten Rings terrorists. They forced him to build version of Jericho for them. He instead builds an miniaturized Arc Reactor that protects his heart, from the shrapnel embedded inside his chest, and powered a suit of armor. (Iron Man)
- Nick Fury and Phil Coulson start to watch over Tony Stark after his capture, afraid that he could end up being a threat. (Iron Man: Security Measures )
- Stark builds the Iron Man Mark I armor with the help of Dr. Yinsen while being held captive. (Iron Man)
June
- On June 25, Aldrich Killian begins work on Extremis, using it on various people with missing limbs and disabilities. (Iron Man 3)
August
- Stark escapes using his Iron Man armor prototype. During the escape, Yinsen is killed and Stark learns the terrorist cell was armed with weapons created by Stark Industries. Dismayed, Stark returns to the US and announces he will no longer make weapons. (Iron Man)
September - October
- Tony Stark continues to refine his Iron Man armor. (Iron Man)
October
- Tony Stark develops Mark II and Mark III Iron Man suits. Stark tests his weapon system on a Ten Rings terrorist cell and learns friend and Stark Industries business partner Obadiah Stane supplied weapons to the terrorists. (Iron Man)
- Stane retrieves the remains of the Mark I armor from a Ten Rings cell. (Iron Man)
- Virgina "Pepper" Potts, Tony's friend and secretary, learns that Stane had arranged Tony's kidnapping. Pepper contacts S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson for help. (Iron Man)
- Obadiah Stane has a group of scientists build the Iron Monger armor, based on the designs of the Iron Man Mark I armor. When his researchers can't build a miniaturized Arc Reactor to power the suit, he visits Tony Stark and takes the arc reactor used to power Tony's heart, almost killing him.
- Stane attacks Pepper and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents with his Iron Monger armor. Tony Stark fights Stane who is later killed by Pepper. (Iron Man)
- Coulson reveals to Stark and Rhodey that there will be press conference about the battle with Stane. (Iron Man: Fast Friends)
- At a press conference the day following his showdown with Obadiah Stane, Tony Stark rejects S.H.I.E.L.D.’s constructed alibi for the events of the previous evening and reveals to the world that he is Iron Man. (Iron Man)
- Anton Vanko dies in poverty in Moscow. His son, Ivan, vows revenge on Tony Stark. He begins building his own portable Arc Reactor to power his Whiplash rig. (Iron Man 2)
- Fury orders Agent Coulson to recruit Mr. Hendricks to S.H.I.E.L.D. (Iron Man 2: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
- Bruce Banner heads into the Rio De Janeiro favela known as Rocinha, to find a way to clandestinely contact Dr. Samuel Sterns, professor in Cellular Biology Department at NYC’s Grayburn College on the Upper East Side, for help in developing a cure. They communicate using codenames of “Mr. Blue” and “Mr. Green.” (The Incredible Hulk)
- Tony Stark is confronted by Nick Fury about the “Avengers Initiative.” Stark declines, and Fury calls in Black Widow. (Iron Man 2)
2010
- As Tony was heading to meeting on Gorani Insurance, an Officer tells Tony that there was a Museum robbery, Tony then finds the robbers, defeats them and returns the paintings. (Iron Man 2: Fist of Iron)
- As some S.H.I.E.L.D. agents discovered the Ten Rings cell control in a vessel, Iron Man arrived on the scene and destroyed the cell control and defeated some members of the Ten Rings. Before leaving, he recorded an conversation that a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent had with Fury. (Iron Man 2: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
- Nick Fury keeps watching over Stark. (Iron Man 2: Public Identity')'
- With Tony Stark getting worse, Senator Stern have General Ross and Justin Hammer work on a new weapon named the Aerodynamic Marvel. (Iron Man 2: Public Identity)
- The Aerodynamic Marvel gets shot down. Stark saves the pilot and meets with General Ross and warned him that if he heard about another innocent being put in harm's way there would be consequences. (Iron Man 2: Public Identity)
- After Stark saved the pilot, Coulson believed that Tony may have finally figured out the role he could play at S.H.I.E.L.D. Fury decides that they will keep watching Stark. (Iron Man 2: Public Identity)
- Fury had the Black Widow get a job on Stark Industries under the alias of Natalie Rushman for get closer to Stark. (Iron Man 2: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
April
- Tony Stark as Iron Man manages to bring about a period of relative peace and is credited by some press as having stabilized East-West relations. Stark realizes that the Palladium core of his Arc Reactor is slowly poisoning him. He begins searching for a cure but keeps his condition a secret. (Iron Man 2)
- The Stark Expo is opened with plans to run for one year. (Iron Man 2)
- Bruce Banner accidentally drops his blood into a soft drink bottle, allowing General Ross to track Banner down, forcing him to flee back to the United States. (The Incredible Hulk)
- Tony Stark appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee’s Weaponized Suit Defense Program Hearings chaired by Pennsylvania Senator Stern. Stern pushes Stark to turn the Iron Man suit and technology over to the military but Stark refuses. Stern calls Justin Hammer, C.E.O. of Hammer Industries and Lt. James Rhodes to testify against Tony. Tony testifies that although other countries, including North Korea and Iran are working to replicate the technology, they are years away from being able to do so. He also reveals that Hammer Industries have also had their share of lack-of-success, leading to the cancellation of Hammer Industries’ contacts with the Department of Defense. (Iron Man 2)
- Tony Stark promotes Pepper Potts to Director of Stark Industries. (Iron Man 2)
- Natasha Romanoff is sent by S.H.I.E.L.D. to monitor Tony Stark under the alias of Natalie Rushman. (Iron Man 2)
- Tony Stark is attacked by Ivan Vanko in Monaco. (Iron Man 2)
- The next day, Ivan Vanko escapes prison and is hired by Justin Hammer to build Drones based on the Iron Man armor. That night, Rhodey sees the extent of Tony’s Palladium intoxication. (Iron Man 2)
May (Fury’s Big Week)
Day 1
- Fifteen days after the bottle factory incident, S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Sitwell reports that Bruce Banner cleared customs and Agent Coulson detects an atmospheric disturbance. Nick Fury hears that Tony Stark has seventy-two hours until his death and asks for scientists to find a cure to the Palladium toxicity. (Fury's Big Week)
- Ivan Vanko begins working on Hammer Drones. That night, after Tony Stark drunkenly wields the Iron Man suit at his birthday party, friend and Colonel James Rhodes takes the Mark II armor, briefly fights Stark, then leaves with the suit. (Iron Man 2)
- Natasha Romanoff phones Nick Fury to tell him Tony Stark is losing control. Fury asks her to stay put and don’t blow her cover. (Fury’s Big Week)
Day 2
- While Rhodes delivers the Mark II to the US military, Nick Fury meets with Stark regarding the incident and assigns Agent Phil Coulson and Natasha Romanoff (aka Black Widow) to watch over and guard Stark. Meanwhile, Justin Hammer turns the Mark II into War Machine by adding guns on it. This evening, Tony watches footage recorded by his father for the inauguration of the ’74 Stark Expo. (Iron Man 2)
Day 3
- At Stark’s Mansion, Phil Coulson watches video surveillance of Jane Foster and Intern Darcy Lewis, stationed at Puente Antiguo, New Mexico. Sharing with Fury this information about electromagnetic storms and the fact Foster just called Erik Selvig, Banner’s old colleague, Fury urges Coulson to get out to the desert. (Fury’s Big Week)
- Bruce Banner arrives at Culver University to see Betty Ross and continue his research in hiding. (The Incredible Hulk)
- Tony Stark solves the problem with the Arc Reactor when Agent Coulson says goodbye and travels to New Mexico. That night, Tony Stark and James Rhodes fight Ivan Vanko and his Drones at the Stark Expo. Pepper has Justin Hammer arrested. Black Widow infiltrates Hammer Industries and disables Vanko's control over War Machine, allowing Rhodes and Stark to defeat and kill Vanko. (Iron Man 2)
- Before the explosion of Hammer Industries, Romanoff hacks the mainframe and downloads what Hammer had been developing. (Fury’s Big Week)
- In Asgard, Frost Giants attack Odin's weapon vault during Thor's coronation. Odin uses the Destroyer to kill the attackers. As retribution, Thor and his friends travel to Jotunheim, nearly getting themselves killed. In response to his behavior, Odin banishes Thor and his hammer Mjølnir to Earth. There, Jane Foster and Dr. Erik Selvig detect the wormhole created by Thor's descent and locate Thor in New Mexico. (Thor)
- On the way to New Mexico, Agent Coulson stops a burglary. (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer)
Day 4
- Coulson gathers S.H.I.E.L.D. forces from Roswell outpost and direct them to Puente Antiguo. Clint Barton is called by Fury and assigned to New Mexico. (Fury’s Big Week)
- A civilian discovers Mjølnir. Agent Coulson finds it shortly after and refers to Fury. Erik Selvig considers Thor a madman for his claims to be Thor but Jane intends to help him. Meanwhile, Loki learns of his Frost Giant heritage. When Odin falls into Odinsleep, Loki is given his spear Gungnir and claims control over Asgard. On Earth, Coulson shuts down Jane Foster's research lab. That night, Thor breaks into the S.H.I.E.L.D. station to retrieve Mjølnir. Hawkeye makes his appearance watching over the break-in. Thor is captured and interrogated by Coulson. During his detention, Loki appears to Thor and tells him Odin has died. Minutes later, Dr. Selvig helps Thor escape, while Loki allies himself with Laufey. (Thor)
- In the meantime, Phil Coulson contacts Elliot Randolph for help in New Mexico. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "The Well")
- Natasha Romanoff brings Hammer data to Fury, who tells her Ross is about to make a move on Banner at Culver University. He needs her to replace Sitwell, sent to New Mexico, on surveilling Banner. (Fury’s Big Week)
- That night, Betty Ross sees Banner and meets him on a bridge, after what she gives him data concerning the Gamma Incident. Meanwhile, Captain Emil Blonsky is given the Super Soldier Serum and tasked to capture Bruce Banner. (The Incredible Hulk)
Day 5
- A task force including Emil Blonsky attacks Bruce Banner at Culver University. Banner transforms into the Hulk, saving Betty and severely injuring Blonsky, then makes his escape. (The Incredible Hulk)
- Meanwhile, Nick Fury brings Tony Stark into the Avengers Initiative as a consultant. (Iron Man 2)
- Heimdall allows Sif and the Warriors Three, friends to Thor, to travel to Earth, but Loki sends the Destroyer, then turns on Laufey and kills him moments before he is able to kill Odin. Thor regains his power, defeats the Destroyer, and returns to Asgard. Thor battles Loki and destroys the Bifrost Bridge. Refusing to atone for his sins, Loki allows himself to fall into the void of space. (Thor)
- Clint Barton finds the Destroyer and phones Coulson to recover the “extraterrestrial object,” which is brought back to the Roswell S.H.I.E.L.D. Airbase. (Fury’s Big Week)
Day 6
- Bruce Banner and Betty Ross travel to Samuel Sterns’ in hiding. Via S.H.I.E.L.D., General Ross intercepts an email and prepare to close on Banner with Blonsky, now fully recovered. (The Incredible Hulk)
- (Approximate date) Rhodes and Stark receive medals from Senator Stern. (Iron Man 2)
- At a Greenland S.H.I.E.L.D. base camp, a HYDRA “Chicago” airbone pilot is found in the ice. (Fury’s Big Week)
Day 7
- In the morning, The World Security Council asks Fury to “stop wasteful programs” like finding Rogers, coddling Stark and maintaining surveillance on Banner: funding, equipment and manpower will be dedicated to analysis of the Tesseract in Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S.. In the afternoon, Nick Fury tries to dissuade General Ross from continuing research on Super-Soldiers and strongly suggests him to pull Captain Blonsky from the field. Ross refuses then leaves, “having a Hulk to catch.” Fury sends Romanoff. (Fury’s Big Week)
- That night, Dr. Samuel Sterns attempts to cure Bruce Banner. General Ross appears and captures Banner. Emil Blonsky then forces Sterns to inject him with Banner's blood, transforming him into Abomination. During the transformation, Sterns also becomes infected with a small amount of Banner's blood. (The Incredible Hulk)
- Natasha Romanoff finds Sterns, brain-enhanced by Banner’s blood. She shoots him in the knee to stop him from leaving the scene then asks S.H.I.E.L.D. for cleanup. (Fury’s Big Week)
- Abomination rampages across Harlem. Banner becomes the Hulk, defeats Abomination, and escapes pursuit. (The Incredible Hulk)
- Fury asks the World Security Council for an increase on budgetary allocations after the recent events: Stark's discovery of a new element perhaps useful for reigniting the Tesseract, an alliance with Thor and Dr. Selvig, the recovering of the Destroyer, the conceiling of Ross’ Super-Soldier experiment, and the future recovering of Rogers, the only human being who saw the Tesseract in action. (Fury’s Big Week)
June
- With the destruction of the Bifrost, the balance on the Nine Realms starts to shift. (Thor: The Dark World Prelude)
- Constructicon on Stark Tower begins. (Iron Man 3 Prelude)
- Bruce Banner remains hidden in remote woods as he tries to control the Hulk powers. (The Incredible Hulk)
- The World Security Council requests the release of Emil Blonsky into the Avengers Initiative, blaming his rampage on Banner. Agent Sitwell and Agent Coulson send Tony Stark to meet with General Ross and sabotage the meeting. (The Consultant)
- Annoyed by Stark, Ross refuses to release Blonsky. (The Consultant, The Incredible Hulk)
- Tony Stark strips the War Machine armor of Hammer Industries weapons and builds a new War Machine suit. (Iron Man 3 Prelude)
July-December
- Tony goes to Dubai and is attacked by a couple of Raiders. (The Avengers: The Avengers Initiative)
- Bruce Banner heads to Afghanistan, then Pakistan and then India and is attacked by some Mercenary Bandits. He becomes the Hulk and attacks them. (The Avengers: The Avengers Initiative)
- Natasha arrives in Moscow, Russia disguised as Tatiana Sokolova. She encounters and later defeats Sofia who was trying to take the name "Black Widow". (Black Widow Strikes)
- James Rhodes attempts to get to the bottom of the Ten Rings terrorist organization. (Iron Man 3 Prelude)
Late 2010
- Nick Fury recruits Dr. Selvig and shows him the Cosmic Cube. Loki is revealed in the reflection to be controlling Selvig. (Thor)
- Jane Foster tries to find a way to open a wormhole from Earth to Asgard in hopes of bringing Thor back to Earth. (Thor: The Dark World Prelude)
2012
January-March
- S.H.I.E.L.D. locates Captain America trapped in ice. (Captain America: The First Avenger, Fury's Big Week)
- Captain America wakes up in a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility and panics, escaping into the streets. Nick Fury explains what happened and recruits Captain America to the Avengers. (Captain America: The First Avenger)
- James Rhodes continues to track down the Ten Rings organization. (Iron Man 3 Prelude)
April
- Loki Laufeyson's self-exile brings him into contact with Thanos who gives him knowledge not only of the Tesseract, a cosmic cube left on earth, but also ancient knowledge of more potent magic as well. Thanos gives him a golden scepter with a blue gem that acted both as a weapon and as a mind control device. Thanos introduced Loki to the leader of the Chitauri and the three formed a pact that would allow him to become ruler of the Earth. (The Avengers, Thor: The Dark World Prelude)
- Frigga sees the meeting between Loki and Thanos, discovering that he was still alive. (Thor: The Dark World Prelude)
- Tony Stark completes the constructicon on Stark Tower and uses an Arc Reactor as a power supply to have it power itself for over a year. (The Avengers)
- The Tesseract begins to emit low levels of Gamma Radiation. Nick Fury arrives at the scene moments before Loki Laufeyson travels through a portal generated by the Tesseract and assaults the base. Loki then posseses Clint Barton, Erik Selvig and several S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents with the Chitauri scepter given to him by Thanos before escaping the facility with the Tesseract. Nick Fury proclaims that Earth is now at war and reactivates The Avengers Initiative. (The Avengers)
- Natasha Romanoff interrogates Georgi Luchkov. Agent Coulson calls and tells her that Clint Barton has been compromised. (The Avengers)
- Heimdall confirms that Loki is on Earth after the Tesseract. (Thor: The Dark World Prelude)
- Nick Fury sends Natasha Romanoff to find Bruce Banner and convince him to help them trace the Gamma Radiation traces given off by the Tesseract, and sends Phil Coulson to meet with Tony Stark to convice him to assist S.H.I.E.L.D. in finding the Tesseract. Meanwhile, Fury visits Steve Rogers and gets him to join the Avengers Initiative. (The Avengers)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. contacts Jane Foster and Darcy Lewis and send them to Tromso, Norway. (Thor: The Dark World Prelude)
- Loki Laufeyson sets up shop in an unknown location and gains enough support to allow Selvig to build the device to open the gateway for the Chitauri forces to come through. He is eventually contacted by the Other, emissary of Thanos and is reminded that if he fails, there will be no place in the universe he will be able to hide. Now fearful of any kind of failure, he consults with Barton on what was the next step which is getting iridium to help stabilize the wormhole and knows where to get it. (The Avengers)
- Arriving on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s main base, the Helicarrier, Rogers, Romanoff and Banner all meet with Fury and see the Helicarrier in action. (The Avengers)
- Loki is spotted in Stuttgart, Germany. Rogers is then sent to go after him, armed with his trusty shield and a new modified uniform, along side Romanoff. (The Avengers)
- Odin uses Dark energy to send back Thor to Midgard, as Thor heads back he ends up landing in a forest. (Thor: The Dark World Prelude)
- Captain America confronts Loki. Iron Man joins him and Loki surrenders to S.H.I.E.L.D. (The Avengers)
- En route back to the Helicarrier, Thor returns to get Loki and the Tesseract back. Thor tries to reason with Loki but is stopped by Stark and after a battle with him that is intervened by Captain America, do they realize they are after the same thing and escort Loki to the Helicarrier. (The Avengers)
- the Avengers begin to argue with one another about Loki, the Tesseract being used to possibly create weapons as deterrence to future threats and to some extent, with one another. At the same time, Barton, along with other brainwashed agents, attack the Helicarrier to free Loki. Stark and Rogers try to fix the damaged engine, while Romanoff had to fend off the threat of Banner, now transformed into the Hulk but survives only with the intervention of Thor. (The Avengers)
- Loki escapes but kills Phil Coulson and jettisons Thor out of the Helicarrier, trapped in an cage meant to be used for the Hulk. The Hulk is also jettisoned out of the Helicarrier. However, the death of Coulson finally brings the team together. Rogers, Stark, Romanoff and Barton, now freed of Loki's control, decide to go to New York after Loki. (The Avengers)
- War Machine arrives in Hong Kong and continues fighting the Ten Rings organization. (Iron Man 3 Prelude)
- Loki commandeers Stark Tower to be used as the location to open the wormhole for the Chitauri to invade as it has a clean supply of energy thanks to the Arc Reactor powering it, But also as a means to satisfy his own ego. Tony Stark arrives and confronts Loki to "threaten" him, assuring Loki that the Avengers will defeat him. Selvig activates the device powered by the Tesseract, opening the gateway for the Chitauri forces to come through and begin their attack on the city. (The Avengers)
- Tony contacts Rhodes, asking him if he can help him on New York. But Rhodes is unable to make it in time. (Iron Man 3 Prelude)
- The Avengers rally in defense of New York and follow the command of Captain America. The Hulk beats Loki into submission. The team hold off the invasion well but are outnumbered by the aliens. A nuclear missile is sent by the World Security Council to destroy the city. Iron Man intercepts the missile and throws it through the portal, destroying the Chitauri fleet. The invaders die immediately. Hulk catches an unconscious Stark, who is revived. The Avengers arrest Loki. (The Avengers)
- After the battle, the Avengers head to a Shawarma restaurant to eat. (The Avengers)
- James Rhodes meets the Avengers. (Iron Man 3 Prelude)
- Thor returns to Asgard with the Tesseract and Loki. (The Avengers)
- the Avengers go their separate ways: Barton and Romanoff return to S.H.I.E.L.D., Banner and Stark leave for new horizons and Rogers rides off to explore the world he is now a part of. However, Fury realizes, reminded by Maria Hill, that should another similar threat come, the Avengers would be needed again. (The Avengers)
- The Other informs Thanos of Loki's defeat and warns him that going against Earth would be to court death. Thanos smiles. (The Avengers)
- Loki and Thor make it back to Asgard, Odin no longer considers Loki his son and sends him to the Dungeons. (Thor: The Dark World Prelude)
- Tony Stark begins building his Iron Legion army. (Iron Man 3 Prelude)
- Pepper Potts goes to live with Stark. (Iron Man 3 Prelude)
- A member of A.I.M reports to The Mandarin that they're hidden agents under the disguise of Ten Rings members managed to scan the War Machine armor, thus obtaining invaluable information data for use against Tony Stark. (Iron Man 3 Prelude)
- Claire Wise and Benjamin Pollack find a Chitauri gun and start using it to get anything they want. (Item 47)
- Jasper Sitwell apprehends Claire Wise and Benjamin Pollack and recruits them into S.H.I.E.L.D. (Item 47)
- Thor and Heimdall use the Tesseract to rebuild the Bifrost. (Thor: The Dark World Prelude)
May-November
- Tony and Rhodey fight The Melter (Iron Man: The Coming of the Melter)
- Days after Coulson's death, Nick Fury ordered extreme measures be taken to save him. S.H.I.E.L.D. medics cut open Coulson's skull and connected his brain to a machine of unknown origin. By stimulating the sensors of the brain (and after at least seven operations), Fury's doctors were actually able to bring Coulson back to life days after he had been killed. The process was extremely, inhumanly agonizing for Coulson, who begged the doctors to let him die. During the process, they altered some of his memories to make him believe that he was revived in Tahiti, in order to cope with the pain he felt and to make him less suicidal, as he wanted to die due to the intense agony he was experiencing. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "The Magical Place")
December
18th
- Tony inserts a micro-repeater implanting device into his arm which allows him to summon the new Mark XLII armor with his thoughts. (Iron Man 3)
19th
- Tony's Iron Legion starts creating friction with his girlfriend Pepper Potts. A string of bombings by terrorist the Mandarin has left intelligence agencies bewildered by lack of forensic evidence. (Iron Man 3)
- Happy Hogan is badly injured in an attack on the Chinese Theatre, which was triggered by an Extremis subject, Jack Taggert. (Iron Man 3)
20th
- Tony Stark visits Happy in a hospital. While walking out a group of reporters try to interview him about the Mandarin. Tony overcomes his stupor and issues a televised threat to the Mandarin . (Iron Man 3)
- The Mandarin responds to Tony's threat by destroying Stark's home with helicopter gunships. Maya Hansen, who had come to warn Tony and Pepper. Tony was pulled into the ocean while his home demolished over him, just barely escaping. Pepper and Maya went into hiding after they survive the attack. (Iron Man 3)
22th
- Tony then finds himself in rural Tennessee after his artificial intelligence J.A.R.V.I.S. followed a flight plan from Stark's investigation into the Mandarin. Stark's experimental armor lacks sufficient power to return to California, and the world believes him dead. (Iron Man 3)
- Teaming with young Harley Keener, Tony investigates the remains of a local explosion bearing the hallmarks of a Mandarin attack. He discovers the "bombings" were triggered by soldiers subjected to Extremis, which at this stage of development can cause certain subjects to explosively reject it. After veterans started exploding, their deaths were used to cover up Extremis' flaws by manufacturing a terrorist plot. Stark witnesses Extremis firsthand when Mandarin agents Ellen Brandt and Eric Savin attack him, Tony improvised and used his innovative skills and knowledge with different equipment and technology to outsmart them and seemingly escape, killing Brandt. (Iron Man 3)
23rd
- With Harley's help, Tony traces the Mandarin to Miami and infiltrates his headquarters using improvised weapons. Inside he discovers the Mandarin is actually a British actor, Trevor Slattery, who says that he is oblivious to the actions carried out in his name. The Mandarin is a creation of Killian, who appropriated Hansen's Extremis research as a cure for his own disability and expanded the program to include injured war veterans. After capturing Stark, Killian reveals he has kidnapped Pepper and subjected her to Extremis to gain Stark's aid in fixing Extremis' flaws and thereby saving Pepper. Killian kills Hansen when she has a change of heart about the plan. (Iron Man 3)
24th
- Killian has also manipulated American intelligence agencies regarding the Mandarin's location, luring Iron Patriot into a trap to steal the armor. Stark escapes and reunites with Rhodes, discovering that Killian intends to attack President Ellis aboard Air Force One. Remotely controlling his Iron Man armor, Stark saves some surviving passengers and crew but cannot stop Killian from abducting Ellis. They trace Killian to an impounded damaged oil tanker where Killian intends to kill Ellis on live television. The vice president will become a puppet leader, following Killian's orders in exchange for Extremis to cure his daughter's disability. (Iron Man 3)
25th
- On the platform, Tony goes to save Potts, and Rhodes saves the president. Stark summons the Iron Legion, controlled remotely by J.A.R.V.I.S. to provide air support. Rhodes secures the president and leads him to safety, while Stark discovers Potts has survived the Extremis procedure. However, before he can save her, a rig collapses around them and she falls to her apparent death. Stark confronts Killian and traps him in an Iron Man suit that self-destructs, but fails to kill him. Potts, whose Extremis powers allowed her to survive her fall, intervenes and kills Killian. (Iron Man 3)
- After the battle, Tony orders J.A.R.V.I.S. to remotely destroy each Iron Man suit as a sign of his intention to devote more time to Potts. The vice president and Slattery are arrested. (Iron Man 3)
27th
- Tony removes Extremis from Pepper body. (Iron Man 3)
- Tony undergoes surgery to remove the shrapnel embedded near his heart. He pitches his obsolete chest arc reactor into the sea, musing he will always be Iron Man. (Iron Man 3)
2013
January
- Tony Stark goes to speak to Bruce Banner about the Mandarin and Killian incident, but Banner falls asleep as Stark begins his story, stating he's not that type of doctor. (Iron Man 3)
February-December
- Coulson returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. where only agents in Level 7 can know he survived Loki's attack. The Centipede Group begin experimenting with Extremis, using an device called the Centipede, injecting Mike Peterson and another person with it. During one of the Extremis explosions, Mike saves Debbie, he appears on the news as result, a girl named Skye records all this. Skye meets up with Mike Peterson and warns him about S.H.I.E.L.D. After broadcasting a threat to S.H.I.E.L.D., Coulson and Agent Ward takes her in, planning to inject her with a truth serum to know more about Peterson. Later Mike Peterson confronts his former boss, Gary, as he looks desperately for work that will allow him to take care of his son. He ends the interaction by killing his boss. Peterson takes Skye hostage in an attempt to save her and himself, also requesting that she delete any and all of his presence so he can effectively disappear and keep himself and his son safe from the powers behind Centipede. Skye skillfully triggers a security breach and gives Coulson the coordinates of her position. A fight breaks out as Peterson tries to escape both Coulson’s team and the assassin that the doctor had instructed to kill him, and results in Ward being forced to shoot Mike in the head. Fortunately, due to his superhuman abilities, Mike Peterson survives and recovers from his wounds. Skye and Coulson are driving Lola, Coulson's hovercraft vintage red car toward what Agent Ward called a “0-8-4”, after Coulson requests that Skye seriously consider joining the team long-term and helping them further their cause. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Pilot")
- The team heads to Peru to find the "0-8-4" item which was left behind by the Germans and was powered by the Tesseract, in there Coulson meets up with Camilla Reyes, who betrays him and ended in the Bus being damaged. She was taken into custody and they got rid of the item. Sometime later Fury meets with Coulson after his mission in Peru and is enraged about the damage made to the plane. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "0-8-4")
- Ian Quinn discovers gravitonium. He kidnaps Dr. Franklin Hall, Hall then "allies" with Quinn to aid him with the gravitonium. In reality, Hall wants to sabotage the project. Coulson's team goes to rescue Hall, Ian Quinn escapes. Coulson apparently kills Hall when he's fused with the gravitonium. The gravitonium is taken by S.H.I.E.L.D. with Hall still inside, Hall moves his arms in an attempt to break out the gravitonium revealing that he's still alive. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "The Asset")
- Akela Amador's handler sent her on a number of jewelry heists, including one in Stockholm Sweden, totaling 30 million dollars. The complexity of these thefts put her back on Coulson's radar. Phil Coulson's team was able to hijack the signal to Akela Amador's eye, which allowed Agent Grant Ward to carry out her mission without alerting her handler to the fact that she had been compromised. While this was happening, Coulson's science team, Agents Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons, performed surgery on Amador, removing her bionic eye. When Melinda May tracked down the location of Akela Amador's handler, Coulson confronted him. As soon as he did, the handler's own eye-piece activated its own failsafe, killing him instantly. In the end, Amador's handler was as much of victim as she was. Finally freed from her unknown masters, Akela Amador was taken into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody. Coulson assured her that she would get a fair trial and that he would testify on her behalf. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Eye-Spy")
- Skye's teammate in Rising Tide, Miles Lydon hacks S.H.I.E.L.D. and sells info on super-powered beings to Raina, a member of The Centipide working with A.I.M. in order to stabilize Extremis. she kidnaps the magician Chan Ho Yin who can manipulate fire. S.H.I.E.L.D. goes after Miles. He and Skye re-encounter each other and they make up, only to be discovered by S.H.I.E.L.D. Skye is arrested for treachery alongside Miles. who reveals what he did. Chan Ho Yin is injected with Extremis, The Centipide tries to remove his powers and S.H.I.E.L.D. arrives to save him, but he turns against them, thinking they will do the same, killing a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and a doctor in the process. Chan is killed when the Extremis becomes unstable and explodes. Coulson is angry with Skye for her treachery, but she explains why she joined the Rising Tide and became interested in S.H.I.E.L.D. in order to find the truth about her parents as S.H.I.E.L.D. censored a file about them, Coulson promises to help her out. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Girl In The Flower Dress")
- Sometime after the battle of New York, some firefighters takes one of the Chitauri helmets and they get infected with a virus that kills them which is contagious, S.H.I.E.L.D. takes custody of the helment, but Jemma is infected in the process. she and Fitz tries to find a cure, but when all hope seems lost Jemma tries to commit suicide by jumping out of Bus, but after a cure is made. Ward goes to save her and injects her with the cure. Coulson's team brings the helmet to Agent Blake, who notices that Coulson acts different, but Coulson tells him to get used to it. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "FZZT")
- Fitz and Ward are sent to a Level 8 mission to Russia. Coulson gets some info on Skye's past, which reveals that she was left behind to an orphanage, but he doesn't tell her why. Coulson tries to get acess to the file about his "death", but he doesn't have the permission to do so. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "The Hub")
- The Asgardians prepare for fight the Marauders and protect the Nine Realms from them. (Thor: The Dark World Prelude)
- Erik Selvig begins to suffer mental issues after Loki took over his mind, he goes to Stonehenge completely naked and is taken by the police. Odin sentences Loki to the dungeons after one final conversation with him. Thor, Sif and the Warriors Three battle the Marauders in Vanaheim. After the battle is won, Thor tells Hogun to stay there with his people as the rest of them go back to Asgard. Jane Foster, Darcy Lewis and Ian Boothby investigate the Convergence in London. Jane Foster finds the Aether. Thor takes Jane Foster to Asgard. Malekith feels the call of the Aether and plants Algrim among the captured Marauders. Algrim becomes the last of the Kursed and breaks out of the holding cell. (Thor: The Dark World)
- During the breakout, Lorelei escapes and leaves Asgard. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Yes Men")
- Frigga is killed by Kurse. Thor burns half of Malekith's face with a lightning strike. Malekith and Kurse escape. A funeral is held for the dead Asgardians including Frigga. Heimdall, Sif, Volstagg and Fandral help Thor, Loki and Jane escape Asgard into Svartalfheim. Loki pretends to betray Thor and Malekith absorbs the Aether. Kurse is stabbed by Loki, stabs Loki in return and then is killed by being sucked through a Black Hole Grenade. Loki apparently dies. Thor and Jane Foster find a portal to Earth. Loki disguises himself as an Einherjar and returns to Asgard where he lies to Odin telling him that Loki is dead. Darcy Lewis and Ian Boothby find Erik Selvig in a mental hospital and have him released. They meet up with Jane Foster and Thor. Malekith and the Dark Elves begin to attack Earth in order to use the Convergence to plunge the universe back into darkness. Thor battles him, travelling through various portals to other realms including Jotunheim where the Frost Beast follows them through the portal back to Earth. Malekith starts to release the Aether. Thor used Erik's devices to teleport Malekith back to Svartalfheim. Erik Selvig transports the Harrow back to Svartalfheim where it crushes and kills Malekith. Thor returns to Asgard and tells Loki, disguised as Odin, that he does not want the throne. Sif and Volstagg take the Aether to The Collector. (Thor: The Dark World)
- The Collector hires Gamora to find The Orb and bring it to him. (Guardians of the Galaxy Prequel Infinite Comic)
- Thor returns to Midgard to be with Jane. The Frost Beast still remains in London. (Thor: The Dark World)
- Coulson's team goes to Greenwich to clean up in the aftermath of Malekith's defeat. Jakob Nystrom and Petra Larsen find one of the pieces of the Berserker Staff. Coulson's team goes to ask Elliot Randolph about the staff. Later, he finds a second piece of his staff, and his Asgardian status is revealed. The team finds the final part of the staff and defeats Jakob, Petra and their team. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "The Well")
- Tobias Ford, a man who is stuck between Earth and Hell, haunts his old friend Hannah Hutchins. He thinks that if Hannah forgives him, he will be out of Hell. When Coulson's team gets on the case, Hannah tells Tobias that only God can forgive him and Melinda May states that he will not forgive him for what he did and tells him to let go of Hannah, he does and is stuck in Hell permanently. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Repairs")
- Mike Peterson joins S.H.I.E.L.D. after Edison Po escapes prison. Po and Raina become interested in Peterson and Coulson. Skye finds out that Coulson won't tell her the truth about her parents. Raina kidnaps Ace Peterson in order to exchange him for Coulson. Coulson is taken away and Mike is apparently killed. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "The Bridge")
- Edison Po is killed. Coulson's team try to find Coulson as he learns that he was captured in order to find out how he was resurrected in order to resurrect fallen Centipide soldiers, using a machine Coulson is able to remember bits of his Resurrection, but he's rescued before he can reveal to Raina how he returned. Coulson meets with Dr. Streiten. Streiten confirmed that the process had been ordered by Director Fury himself and that Fury had brought Streiten in with the seventh procedure to restore Coulson. Streiten informed Coulson that the process to restore him had robbed him of his will to live and that they had implanted the false memory of Tahiti to help restore the man he had been. Mike Peterson was recovered by Centipede agents, badly burned, missing his right leg, and implanted with a monitoring ocular implant similar to Akela Amador's Backscatter X-Ray Eye Implant. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "The Magical Place")
- Coulson's Team goes to Jamaica, tipped off by John Garrett, to find a mysterious weapon that is connected to Ian Quinn. There, Grant Ward and Melinda May fight the weapon's guards but they escape with help from Phil Coulson. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Chase")
- Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons learn that the weapon is Chitauri-inspired but augmented with Overkill technology. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Chase")
- Ian Quinn attempted to buy Donnie Gill's freezing device, and his request for a demonstration led to the formation of an icy 'superstorm' over the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy. May and Coulson went to Mexico to find Richard Lumley in order to find more of Skye's past and about the murder of the woman who left her in the orphanage. Lumley warns them to stay away from Skye. Coulson later tells Skye about this. While testing the freezing device, Donnie's friend Seth is killed, Donnie is taken into custody by S.H.I.E.L.D. after obtaining ice powers. Coulson made a call to Quinn's personal phone to warned him against his malicious dealings. Quinn retaliates with a cryptic mention of "the Clairvoyant", revealing that he has had some form of dealings with the enigmatic figure. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Seeds")
- After the mission at the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy, the team found a lead to the whereabouts of the Clairvoyant through Ian Quinn. Tracking a mysterious package that Quinn acquired from Cybertek Technologies, the team went undercover and boarded the train transferring the package to Quinn's care. The team was jeopardized by Luca Russo, and Cybertek sent operatives to neutralize them. In the ensuing chaos, the group was separated. Leo and Skye arrived at Quinn's compound, where Skye proceeded inside alone and was shocked to find Michael Peterson, still alive but horribly scarred. Skye is shot by Quinn as Coulson's team arrives and arrests Quinn, while Mike escapes. Skye is put inside a Hyperbaric Chamber in order to keep her alive. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "T.R.A.C.K.S.")
- Coulson and his team, joined by Agent John Garrett, head to the facility in where Coulson was treated in order to find a drug that they used on Coulson to try and save Skye. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "T.A.H.I.T.I.")
- In there, Coulson finds a blue skinned humanoid. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "T.A.H.I.T.I.")
- After Skye is injected with the Drug, Quinn is taken to the Fridge. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "T.A.H.I.T.I.")
- Lorelei arrives to Earth. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "T.A.H.I.T.I.")
- Captain America, Black Widow and Brock Rumlow went to a mission to retrieve a stolen Zodiac weapon from S.H.I.E.L.D. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic")
- The Mandarin sends Jackson Norriss to capture Trevor Slattery, posing as a documentary filmmaker. ("All Hail the King")
- Sif arrives on Earth in order to capture Lorelei alive by orders of Odin. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Yes Men")
- Sif meets up with Coulson and his team and with their help she is able to capture Lorelei and bring her back to Asgard. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Yes Men")
- Coulson tells Skye about the origin of the Drug that saved their lives. Melinda overhears their conversation and reports this to Nick Fury. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Yes Men")
- Upon receiving intel that Nobel-prize winning scientist Professor Amanat was in danger of abduction by the mercenary group known as the Cadre, Director Fury dispatched Rogers and Natasha Romanoff to Rogers' old neighborhood in Brooklyn on protection detail. Under the guise of showing Natasha the places that he grew up, they managed to draw out the Cadre mercenaries that had set-up in multiple locations throughout the neighborhood. Tracing the mercenary that had abducted Amanat through a maze of alleyways, Cap succeeded in taking out the last mercenary with a little help from Amanat herself. (Captain America: Homecoming)
- Jasper Sitwell gets summoned to the Lemurian Star. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "End of the Beginning")
- Steve Rogers meets Sam Wilson whilst going for a run in Washington, D.C. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Captain America, Black Widow and Strike are dispatched to the Lemurian Star to regain control and rescue the hostages from Georges Batroc. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- While chasing Deathlok, Coulson team encounters with Thomas Nash, who they think its Clairvoyant, but Ward kills him. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "End of the Beginning")
- Steve Rogers talks with Nick Fury at the Triskelion. Later Fury shows Rogers the new Helicarriers. The three new state-of-the-art Helicarriers being worked on as part of Project Insight, an operation that would connect the Helicarriers to spy satellites used to prevent any possible terrorist attacks. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Steve Rogers goes to Captain America Exhibition at the Smithsonian and later he visits Peggy Carter his old love in the nursing home. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Nick Fury's SUV is under attack by undercover HYDRA soldiers dressed like Washington police and the Winter Soldier. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Nick Fury is shot three times in the chest with a sniper rifle, by the Winter Soldier, in Steve Rogers' house. Then Steve starts to chase Winter Soldier but he escapes. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Nick Fury was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Steve was brought in to speak with Pierce, who asked Steve why Fury was in his apartment, Pierce discovered he had hid something from him. He deployed the Strike team to capture Rogers, but Steve fought them off and escapes the Triskelion. Steve was branded a fugitive by Pierce. He went into hiding along with Natasha. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanoff talks with Arnim Zola computer A.I. They discover that HYDRA has secretly operated within S.H.I.E.L.D. for decades, sowing chaos across the world in the hope that humanity would willingly surrender its freedom in exchange for safety. They plan to use the new helicarriers, created for Project Insight. The pair narrowly escape death when a S.H.I.E.L.D. missile destroys the bunker. Steve and Natasha enlist the help of Sam Wilson, whom Steve befriended. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- The Winter Soldier visits Alexander Pierce at his house. Pierce give the Winter Soldier the assignment to kill both Steve and Natasha. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Victoria Hands redirects the Bus to a different course, ordering to have everyone on board killed, except Coulson. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "End of the Beginning")
- Coulson shoots May with sleeper gun. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Turn, Turn, Turn")
- Coulson destroys two S.H.I.E.L.D. drones that are chasing John Garrett's plane. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Turn, Turn, Turn")
- Skye decrypted the jamming code and finds out that HYDRA is behind the attacks. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Turn, Turn, Turn")
- Jemma Simmons talks with Anne Weaver. Weaver tells her that HYDRA has taken over S.H.I.E.L.D. and she must not trust anyone. After that Antoine Triplett gives her a knife and tells if she attacks him with it then he knows that he can't trust her. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Turn, Turn, Turn")
- At the Sandbox, Donnie Gill was trained in harnessing his powers which then amplified. Eventually he was brainwashed into working for HYDRA, who then took the Sandbox with his help. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Making Friends and Influencing People")
- Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff and Sam Wilson kidnap Jasper Sitwell. They are later attacked on the highway by the Winter Soldier and HYDRA soldiers. During the attack Jasper Sitwell is killed. Later, when Steve and the Winter Soldier are fighting, the Winter Soldier's mask fell off. In that moment Steve recognizes that this is his old friend James Barnes. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanoff finds out that Nick Fury is still alive. He used a anti stress serum, developed by Bruce Banner, that lowered his heartbeat to only one per minute so that he would appear dead. Fury and Hill told them that Project Insight was only hours away and that they had to act quickly. The Helicarriers would hover in a triangle, connected, targeting all its targets before firing. The only way to prevent this was to use three special chips that would take away S.H.I.E.L.D.'s control over the Helicarriers. Fury intended to save S.H.I.E.L.D. but Steve firmly insisted that the organization be dismantled after all the corruption it had fallen under. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Steve, Sam and Maria Hill, break into the Triskelion and take control of the helicarriers with microphones. They tell the staff that there are traitors in S.H.I.E.L.D and that Alexander Pierce is one of them and that they cannot initiate Project Insight. Nick Fury kills Alexander Pierce. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson manage to put the chips in the Helicarriers, but when Sam is going for the last one his jet-pack is damaged by the Bucky and he is forced to skydive down to the Triskelion where he gets caught up in a fist fight with Rumlow. Steve is force to fight Bucky he tries to convince Bucky that they are best friends. As he tries to get the chip in place with only seconds left before Project Insight will initiate he gets shot multiple times by Bucky. Steve managed to put the chip in place and Maria take control of the other Helicarriers which caused the helicarriers to target each other, and the assault soon had all three falling from the sky. Bucky became trapped under debris cause by the barrage, yet Steve still took the risk to rescue him. As soon as he was free however, he attacked again. Steve refused to fight against his best friend, and let himself be brutally beaten instead. But before Bucky could deliver the killing blow, Steve told him that he would be with him until the end, a promise that Bucky had given Steve decades before. Steve falls into the water beneath and is about to drown when Bucky grabs him out and brought him to ashore then disappears. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Melinda May wakes up on the Bus and finds out that she is locked in the room with Grant Ward. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Turn, Turn, Turn")
- After the Bus lands in The Hub, May and Coulson find out that Nick Fury is "dead". (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Turn, Turn, Turn")
- Grant Ward and Skye kiss for the first time. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Turn, Turn, Turn")
- Coulson's team, Victoria Hand and Triplett find out that Jonathan Garrett is The Clairvoyant. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Turn, Turn, Turn")
- Steve Rogers wakes up in the hospital and sees Sam Wilson sitting next to him and listening to music. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Maria Hill has a job interview at Stark Industries. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Senator Stern is arrested for his crimes. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Injured, Brock Rumlow is taken to the hospital. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Coulson and Victoria Hand find out that Captain America destroyed the Insight Helicarriers at the Triskelion. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Turn, Turn, Turn")
- Grant Ward kills Victoria Hand and two of her agents. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Turn, Turn, Turn")
- Natasha Romanoff has a court hearing. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Nick Fury destroys his identity so he can work in secret. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Nick Fury, Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson and Natasha Romanoff talk over Fury's grave. Steve and Sam decide to go looking for Bucky. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker and HYDRA test the Chitauri Scepter, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- The Winter Soldier finds out at the Captain America Exhibition at the Smithsonian that he really is James Barnes. (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Grant Ward frees Raina and sends her to John Garrett and asked her to move the Centipede project into "Phase Three", Coulson and his team go to the Providence where they meet with Eric Koenig. Coulson is informed of Fury's survival. Garrett and Ward go to the Fridge to free some of the prisoners, including Ian Quinn and they recover the Gravitonium with Hall still inside. Skye encrypted the files on the G.H. drugs so that only she could access them. In response, Garrett sent Grant Ward to capture her. ("Providence")
- Marcus Daniels goes to Portland to find Audrey Nathan. Coulson, Triplett, Fitz and Simmons go to save her. Coulson is unable to tell her that he's alive. Skye discovers Ward is with HYDRA after he kills Koenig, he takes her away on The Bus. May left her team and arranged to have her mother pick her up in Canada, 500 miles from her mother's home. Her mother gave May contact information for Maria Hill, with whom she wanted to talk. (""The Only Light in the Darkness")
- After discovering that Ward is with HYDRA, Coulson, with the help of Maria Hill, saves Skye, but not before Deathlok and Ward are able to have her decode the hard drive. May reveals to Coulson that he was the one behind Project T.A.H.I.T.I. (""Nothing Personal")
- Raina discovers some information on Skye's past. Coulson's Team discovers that Garrett was the first Deathlok subject. HYDRA captures Fitz and Simmons. Garrett's life is saved with the serum. Ward ejects Fitz and Simmons outside the plane causing them to fall into the water. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Ragtag")
- Coulson team conduct an attack on the Cybertek facility, with Skye going to save Ace Peterson, May fighting Grant Ward, and Coulson going after Garrett. During the attack, Quinn and Raina steal the Gravitonium and depart, having no real loyalty to HYDRA. Meanwhile at the bottom of the sea, Leo Fitz discovers a way to save Jemma Simmons from the chamber, believing it will cost him his own life. Simmons is able to drag him to the surface, where they are rescued by Nick Fury. Simmons survives, though Fitz is left in a dire state. Coulson engages Garrett but is quickly overwhelmed until Fury arrives for support. Coulson and Fury push Garrett back, with Deathlok delivering a fatal blow once he learns Skye has saved his son. The US Army invades the factory and all the Centipede-enhanced soldiers are defeated and taken into custody. the badly wounded Garrett attempts to transform himself into a new Deathlok, only for Coulson to vaporize him a mere moment later with the 0-8-4 from Peru, In the aftermath, Ward, severely injured from May, and the Centipede soldiers are arrested and Ace is reunited with his aunt Mindy Peterson. Mike Peterson, unable to face his son, goes off on his own to redeem himself. Fury appoints Coulson as the new Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., asking him to rebuild it the right way and gives him the Toolbox. This leads Coulson and his team to a secret base run by Agent Billy Koenig, Eric Koenig's twin brother. Raina delivers a photo of Skye to a mysterious, blood-soaked entity (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Beginning of the End")
2014
- On the planet Morag, Peter Quill also known as Star-Lord is searching for a The Orb. He finds it as Korath the Pursuer and his henchmen find him. Peter escapes Korath and steals the Orb. His mentor Yondu calls and tells him to give him the Orb. Quill decides he's going to sell it on his own. (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- On the Kree Warship, the Dark Aster, Korath reports to Ronan the Accuser that he failed in getting the Orb and that it's in the hands of Quill. Ronan sends assassin Nebula after him, but before she can go, Gamora volunteers instead. (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- On the planet Xandar, Quill takes the Orb to the Broker and asks what it is because Ronan's goons were after it too. The Broker suddenly doesn't want anything to do with it and kicks Peter out of his shop. Outside, Gamora jumps Peter and tries to retrieve the Orb herself. Nearby, Rocket and Groot see there's a bounty on Quills head, so they join in the fight. Its not too long before they're all arrested by Nova Corps and sent to a space prison called The Kyln. (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Inside Kyln all the prisoners wants to kill Gamora because she's the adopted daughter of Thanos. A prisoner called Drax the Destroyer has a personal vendetta against her because Ronan killed his wife and daughter, so he wants to avenge them by taking the life of one of his family members in return. Gamora explains that she's also against Ronan and was planning on double crossing him. Quill steps in and helps argue in Gamora's favor. (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- At Sanctuary, Ronan reports to Thanos that Gamora is a traitor. Thanos tells him to take care of her and get the Orb. He also notes that Gamora is his favorite daughter, which enraged Nebula. (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Gamora has a plan to sell the Orb to someone else. Quill, Rocket and Groot agree to help and split the reward. Rocket has a plan to escape the prison. He needs one of the guards wrist devices, a prisoners prosthetic leg and a battery from a tall column in the prison. As he explains that its very important to take the battery last, Groot grabs it first. The alarms go off and security droids fly in. Gamora goes to get a wrist device as Quill negotiates the prisoners leg. Drax decides to join in the escape too realizing that eventually Ronan will go after Gamora and then he can kill Ronan himself. (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- The group gets the stuff they need and make it to a guard station near the top of the prison. Rocket rigs up the stuff to turn off the gravity in the prison and to use the security droids as jets to fly the guard station out of the prison. They escape, but Quill goes back and gets his walkman from one of the guards. Yondu goes to his broker and finds out Quill still has the Orb. (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- The group on Quill's ship gets to know one another better. They don't like each other at all. Soon they arrive at Knowhere to meet with The Collector. While they wait for their appointment, Drax, Rocket and Groot get drunk and gamble. Gamora and Quill bond over music. He explains that his mom made him the mix tape of her favorite songs. She listens and likes it. He asks her to dance, but she doesn't. He makes a pass at her, but she says she's not one of the doe eyed girls he's used to and she won't fall for his pelvic sorcery. Before they can meet with The Collector, Drax, Rocket and Groot, all drunk, get into a big fight. Drax thinks Groot is dumb and Rocket is tired of people calling him a rodent. The Collector's assistant fetches them and they all go to meet him. Drax goes off on his own and makes a call. The Collector opens up the Orb to reveal an Infinity Stone. He explains that its an all-powerful thing. There are more of them. They can destroy planets. His assistant is fed up with him and grabs the stone to destroy him. She and everything in the area blows up. Everyone manages to escape, with the Infinity Stone. They decide the safest place to take it is Nova HQ. It's too dangerous to be anywhere else. (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Suddenly the group is ambushed by Ronan and his crew. That's the call Drax made. He was tired of waiting to face Ronan. Yondu shows up too. Gamora, Rocket and Quill take off in little mining ships while Nebula and soon goons chase after. Drax tries to fight Ronan, but gets his ass handed to him. Ronan says he doesn't even remember killing his family, nor will he remember killing Drax. Nebula chases Gamora's ship above the atmosphere and blows it up. She gets the Infinity Stone and leaves Gamora floating in space to die. Quill calls Yondu to tell him where he is, then exits his ship, and gives Gamora his mask to keep her alive. Yondu abducts Quill and Gamora right before they die. Onboard the Dark Astor, Ronan tells Thanos that he decided to cut him out of the deal and will destroy Xandar himself and then go after Thanos. (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Yondu is going to kill Quill for double crossing him, but doesn't when Quill says that he has a plan to get the Orb back. On board the Milano, the group asks if he really has a plan or was lying. He says he has the start of a plan. 12% of a plan. Everyone scoffs. Quill points out that they've already lost so much, that at this point they have nothing to lose. Together they form a plan. Quill warns Nova HQ on Xandar that Ronan is coming to destroy them and they should get ready. Rocket is going to blow a hole in Ronan's ship so Quill, Groot, Drax and Gamora can board it. Gamora is going to cut the power for Ronan's security and then they're going to blow him up with a cannon that Rocket made. They start the plan. Rocket blows a hole in the Dark Aster and then helps Yondu and his men defend Xandar against Ronan's fighter ships. Yondu is shot down and uses his arrow weapon to take out an entire platoon of goons. (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- On the Dark Aster, Gamora and Nebula fight each other, while Drax, Quill and Groot go to the bridge of the ship. The Nova ships form a giant net and slow the descent of the Dark Aster. Gamora finally beats Nebula, who falls, landing on a Ravager ship and commandeers it, throwing the Ravager out the window. Ronan orders his ships to kamikaze into Xandar. Rocket and Yondu's men shoot as many of the ships down as they can. (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Almost to the bridge, Drax kills Korath. Groot makes a shish-kebob out of a bunch of goons and whips them around taking out even more. Everyone makes it to the bridge to fight Ronan. Again, he's too strong for them, but Quill manages to shoot him with Rockets super cannon. It does nothing. Rocket crashes the Milano into the bridge and seems to have destroyed Ronan. The entire ship is plummeting towards Xandar, so Groot forms a giant nest around the Guardians for safety. Rocket is upset because he knows that Groot is doing will end up killing Groot. Groot, who up to this point has only said, "I Am Groot" responds with, "We are Groot". The ship crashes. (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Ronan is still alive. He sarcastically called Quill and his crew the Guardians of the Galaxy. Quill stands up to him and starts to sing the song Ooh-ooh Child. Ronan asks what he's doing, he responds, "distracting you" as Drax and Rocket shoot Ronan again. Quill grabs the Infinity Stone from Ronan. It's going to kill him, but Gamora tells him to take her hand. He remembers not having the courage to take his mom's hand, so he grabs Gamora's. Drax and Rocket grab him too and the power from it is spread between the four of them. They kill Ronan. (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Yondu shows up and demands the Stone as per his original deal with Quill. Quill hands him the Orb. As Yondu and his men take off, Kraglin notes that he likes Quill and they're glad they didn't take him back to his father like they were supposed to all those years ago. (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Gamora is upset that Quill gave up the stone, but he reveals that he still has the Orb with the stone. At Nova HQ, Quill learns he's only half human and half something else. (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Yondu opens his Orb and sees the Quill tricked him. Inside is a Troll doll much to his amusement. (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Quill finally opens the last present he received from his mother; a cassette tape filled with her favorite songs. He asks the Guardians where they want to go. Gamora says, "You lead, Star-Lord". He asks if they want to do something good or something bad then decides on both. Rocket holds a tiny Groot planted in a pot. (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Groot dances to the Jackson 5 while Drax cleans his daggers. (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- The Collector sits in his destroyed archive where he is licked by Cosmo the Space Dog, and mocked by one of his collections Howard the Duck. (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Jemma Simmons is sent by Coulson to inflitrate HYDRA. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Making Friends and Influencing People")
- Coulson sends Agent Barbara Morse to keep an eye on Simmons. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "A Hen in the Wolf House")
- Coulson team goes after Carl Creel also known as The Absorming Man who is after the Obelisk, S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Isabelle Hartley and Idaho are killed in the process. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Shadows")
- Later, Sunil Bakshi approaches Daniel Whitehall to tell him that Creel was successful. Whitehall is Reinhardt, seventy years later, without aging. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Shadows")
- S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Lance Hunter is arrested by the Army. The army drops Hunter off alone in a field, but a helicopter carrying Brigadier General Talbot comes to pick him up. Talbot tries to get Hunter to give up Coulson's location, promising he could use his connections to a senator with "deep pockets" to give Hunter anything he wanted. Hunter at first refuses Talbot's offer, but agrees to give up Coulson if he can get Hartley a proper burial. He goes back to the Playground after losing the tail Talbot put on him. Hunter admits to Coulson that he's to give him up to Talbot in 48 hours. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Heavy is the Head")
- Creel gets in contact with his superiors at HYDRA, who give him the new drop location for him to give them the Obelisk. Raina soon after approaches him, attempting to use Creel's frustration at Hydra's inability to help him with the Obelisk's infection to her advantage. Even though she offers him a rare substance in exchange, Creel refuses to hand over the device. The next day, Coulson receives a surprise call from her so she could give him Creel's location and prevent the Obelisk from falling into Hydra's hands. With this information, Coulson has Skye, May, Trip and Hunter go out to intercept Creel and retrieve the Obelisk. Trip is put in a sniper position while the rest are on the ground. Once Trip gets his sights on Creel, Hunter betrays the team and takes them out with his I.C.E.R. Creel's contact helps him get the infection under control, but Hunter fires at them from a close range with Trip's sniper rifle. The contact gets out of the way, while Creel turns his body into iron and the bullet bounces off him. Creel chases Hunter into a store and quickly overpowers him. Just as he is about to kill Hunter, Coulson comes out from behind him and puts the device Fitz and Mack came up on Creel's back, causing Creel to lose control of his powers and turn into stone. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Heavy is the Head")
- During the commotion, Raina made off the Obelisk and brings it back to Skye's father. He orders her to pick up the device, and, despite her reluctance, she does so. The Obelisk does not affect her as it did everyone else who came into contact with hit, and instead starts to glow, making the runes on the device even clearer. Back at the Playground, Skye confides in May that she thinks something is wrong with Coulson. After brushing off Skye's concerns, May heads to Coulson's office. Something is wrong with him, as May says he's overdue for another "episode." Not much later, Coulson starts drawing the runes again, but this time May captures the ordeal on camera. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Heavy is the Head")
- At the end of Hunter's 48 hours, Coulson shows up in the field to be turned over to Talbot. Before Talbot takes him into custody, Coulson gives him the petrified Creel instead. He then shows off his "arsenal," a cloaked Bus that had been flying over their heads the entire time, and calls it only the tip of the iceberg. Talbot then watches a Coulson flies away in a cloaked QuinJet. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Heavy is the Head")
- Daniel Whitehall is in the progress of brainwashing a woman called Agent 33 who is hooked up to a device that is holding her eyes open while she stares at a screen of hypnotic shifting shapes. He speaks to her in a hypnotic tone, inviting her to submit. She refuses and he says they'll start over. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Making Friends and Influencing People")
- HYDRA tries to find Donnie Gill, who escaped from them early, Jemma reports this to Coulson who have his team to try and find him before HYDRA. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Making Friends and Influencing People")
- Skye is trying to get info from Grant Ward. Ward says he was never loyal to HYDRA, only to Garrett. He says his family tore him down and that Garrett built him up as he wanted. He says every family has its secrets, including Skye's, but she cuts him off. He tells them about HYDRA's protocol as it concerns the "gifted", which is recruit or kill. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Making Friends and Influencing People")
- Donnie is standing near a freighter on a dock and freezes the water. HYDRA goes to find him there, with Jemma Simmons with the intention that she could convince him. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Making Friends and Influencing People")
- Fitz He enters Ward's cell. Ward says it's good to see him. Fitz is in shock. Ward tries to explain himself to Fitz, saying that John Garrett expected him to shoot Fitz and Simmons in the head but he gave them a chance to find a way out. He explains what Ward did to him and starts draining the oxygen from Ward's cell. He spills that they're going to find Donnie Gill, and Ward says they don't know what they're walking into. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Making Friends and Influencing People")
- Mack is playing Xbox when Fitz runs in and tells him they have to find the Bus. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Making Friends and Influencing People")
- SHIELD arrives to the ship where Donnie and HYDRA are, Coulson orders the field team to stop HYDRA from talking to Gill. Hunter lines up a shot. Agent May takes out Hunter when she sees Simmons. Alerted, Gill runs. Everyone gives chase. Coulson orders they maintain Simmons' cover. Gill runs into Bakshi, who speaks the brainwashing code and Gill falls under his sway. He covers their trail by freezing the door as they leave. Bakshi orders Gill to freeze the ship, and that no one left inside should leave alive. Hunter and May realize they're trapped. Skye shoots Gill, who falls into the ocean. Skye fakes a shot on Bakshi, allowing Simmons to pretend to save him. They leave, leaving the cargo on the HYDRA ship for S.H.I.E.L.D. to take. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Making Friends and Influencing People")
- Coulson goes to talk to Fitz. Coulson reminds him that he's still an important part of the team, but saw what he did to Ward. Fitz says he's not a killer. Coulson explains that he hates Ward, but needs to know more about HYDRA. Fitz says Coulson should have told him. Coulson says he didn't want to pile onto him. Coulson says there's a lot more he's hiding, but says Simmons is on assignment and that's why she's made no contact. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Making Friends and Influencing People")
- Whitehall tells Bakshi that S.H.I.E.L.D. is becoming a problem and he wants to know who is in charge. Agent 33 walks in with a file for Whitehall, and says she's happy to comply. Bakshi asks for authorization to bring Simmons from the lab. He says he trusts her but if he's wrong they'll make her comply. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Making Friends and Influencing People")
- Skye goes to see Ward. She asks about the brainwashing. He says it's mostly used on high value targets. She asks if it was used on him. He says he wishes he could say it was, but he promised to never lie to Skye, so he tells her it was never used on him. She says she doesn't know what he hopes to achieve with all of this. Ward says he knows something and he wants her to believe him when he says it. He tells her that her father is alive, that he's looking for her, and that someday he'll take her to him, if she lets him. She says they're done and leaves. Outside, Skye's heart beats out of control. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Making Friends and Influencing People")
- Coulson and May go into a mission to retrive a 500 year old painting that have the same symbols that Coulson have been drawing, in the process, Agent 33 impersonates May. Agent 33 entered the Bus, planted a virus in its systems and asked Coulson to accompany her back to "Talbot's" hotel room. Coulson descovers that this is not the real May. Inside the room, Bakshi planned to torture May to obtain S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secrets, but the fight between Coulson and Agent 33 distracted him long enough for May to escape. As Bakshi ran with the painting and Coulson gave chase, May and "May" started their fight. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Face My Enemy")
- Meanwhile, on the Bus, the other agents were bonding over stories about their romances and love interests. Fitz though was hesitant to participate. Skye started to do extra research into the painting and Glenn Talbot when the virus started destroying the electrical systems of the plane. Fitz warned them that if this continued the Bus would explode. Fitz and Hunter eventually stopped the cascade effect of the virus, saving everyone on board. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Face My Enemy")
- Before a HYDRA back up team could arrive, Coulson shot Bakshi with an I.C.E.R. and took the painting and May won her fight with Agent 33, killing her. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Face My Enemy")
- Coulson and May called the real Glenn Talbot to let him know about the veil. Talbot tried to trace the call but Coulson hung up. Coulson revealed that he knows May hates coffee. May reveals her plan to take care of Coulson if insanity comes, but Coulson orders her to kill him if that occurs. May nods her head. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Face My Enemy")
- Sometime later, Raina books a flight to Florida, seeking the painting. She gets captured by Daniel Whitehall. He wants the Obelisk returned to him in forty-eight hours or he will torture her cruelly and personally. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Face My Enemy")
- HYDRA tests a weapon based on their work with the Obelisk at a wedding where the attendants are Navy officers part of a Hydra task force. However, the test was deemed a failure, so Daniel Whitehall calls a meeting of his best scientists to see where the test went wrong. One of those called to the meeting is Jemma Simmons, who is still working their undercover. She then communicates information back to S.H.I.E.L.D. using a plastic sheet that disguises itself as a discarded menu. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "A Hen in the Wolf House")
- Meanwhile, Raina still needs to deliver the Obelisk to HYDRA or the device Daniel Whitehall placed on her hand will kill her. She returns to Skye's father, who is in the middle of operating on some criminals. Angry that Raina would interrupt this procedure, he lashes out at her and places his hand around her throat. Although he won't hand over the Obelisk, he does remind her that he still needs for her to reunite him with his daughter. Raina leaves and finds Simmons while she is sending the message to S.H.I.E.L.D. and takes a picture of her. She then calls S.H.I.E.L.D. and sets up a meeting with Coulson, who has already revealed to Skye that that he is the source of the carvings they have been investigating and that she might be an alien. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "A Hen in the Wolf House")
- HYDRA meanwhile has been tipped off that one of their agents has been communicating with S.H.I.E.L.D., and they have the plastic sheet Simmons used to send her messages as evidence. Bobbi Morse, Hydra's chief of security, leads the investigation, and while she is questioning Simmons another HYDRA agent finds one of the sheets at her boss Kenneth's workstation. Once Kenneth is knocked out and taken away, Simmons goes to the bathroom to calm down, but Morse followed her in there and resumes questioning her. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "A Hen in the Wolf House")
- Meanwhile, Coulson has met Raina at a nearby restaurant, while Hunter, Skye, and May are positioned throughout the location in case it went bad. Raina shows Coulson the picture he took of Simmons, and threatens to send it to every Hydra agent's email unless he hands Skye over to her. This offer gets to Skye, who wants to meet her father, forcing May to restrain her. Despite the threat, Coulson refuses to hand her over to Raina, and the picture is sent to HYDRA. With her cover blown, Simmons tries to escape from the HYDRA facility, but finds herself being approached by Bakshi on one side and Morse on the other. However, Morse takes out two batons and attacks the Hydra agents accompanying her, and reveals herself to be another undercover agent working for Coulson. The two of them head for the roof, where a cloaked Quinjet piloted by Triplett is waiting to pick them up. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "A Hen in the Wolf House")
- At the restaurant, Raina questions why Coulson would risk one of his own agents. As Hunter joins him, he states that he doesn't take risks in this business. With her leverage gone, Raina pleads to be taken into his custody to flee Whitehall's wrath, but is refused. Coulson then deduces that Skye's father possesses the Obelisk and asks for his location. When she gives it up and they send Raina off with a tracker injected into her leg, Skye leaves for his location alone. He is already gone by the time she arrives, but Skye finds a framed picture of him on the ground. Coulson and the others show up soon after, and find the bodies of the criminals he was working on earlier brutally murdered. Skye calls him a monster, causing her father, who was waiting outside, to smash the tablet he was watching them on and drives away. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "A Hen in the Wolf House")
- Both teams regroup back at the Playground, where Morse almost immediately gets into an argument with Hunter, her ex-husband. Simmons goes to see Fitz, while Coulson takes Skye up to his office to show her the runes. He confides in her that it frustrates him that he has no idea what the carvings mean, but Skye thinks it is a map. Back at HYDRA's offices, as the HYDRA agents are preparing to move house, Skye's father barges into Dr. Whitehall's office, effortlessly killing the HYDRA agents he sends to stop him. He then gives the Obelisk, the "Diviner" in its mother language, and offers to teach Whitehall how to unlock its secrets. Together, the two of them will take on their common foe, Phil Coulson. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "A Hen in the Wolf House")
Characters
Movies
In chronological order:
Phase One
- Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
- Iron Man (2008)
- The Incredible Hulk (2008)
- Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant (2011)
- Iron Man 2 (2010)
- Marvel One-Shot: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer (2011)
- Thor (2011)
- The Avengers (2012)
- Marvel One-Shot: Item 47 (2012)
Phase Two
- Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter (2013)
- Iron Man 3 (2013)
- Thor: The Dark World (2013)
- Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- Ant-Man (2015)
Phase Three
- Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- Doctor Strange (2016)
- Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (2017)
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
- Black Panther (2017)
- Avengers: Infinity War, Part I (2018)
- Captain Marvel (2018)
- Inhumans (2018)
- Avengers: Infinity War, Part II (2019)
Comics
In chronological order:
Phase One
- Captain America: First Vengeance (2011)
- Captain America & Thor: Avengers (2011)
- Nick Fury: Spies Like Us (2008)
- The Incredible Hulk: The Fury Files (2008)
- The Incredible Hulk: The Big Picture (2008)
- Iron Man: Fast Friends (2008)
- Iron Man: I Am Iron Man! (2010)
- Iron Man: Security Measures (2008)
- Iron Man 2: Public Identity (2010)
- Iron Man 2: Fist of Iron (2010)
- Iron Man 2: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2010)
- The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week (2012)
- The Avengers: Black Widow Strikes (2012)
- The Avengers: The Avengers Initiative (2012)
Phase Two
- Ant-Man Prelude (2015)
- Thor: The Dark World Prelude (2013)
- Iron Man 3 Prelude (2013)
- Iron Man: The Coming of the Melter (2013)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic (2014)
- Captain America: Homecoming (2014)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude (2014)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Prequel Infinite Comic (2014)
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Galaxy's Most Wanted (2014)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Chase (2014)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron Prelude (2015)
Television series
In chronological order:
Phase Two
- Agent Carter (2015)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013-present)
- "Pilot"
- "0-8-4"
- "The Asset"
- "Eye-Spy"
- "Girl In The Flower Dress"
- "FZZT"
- "The Hub"
- "The Well"
- "Repairs"
- "The Bridge"
- "The Magical Place"
- "Seeds"
- "T.R.A.C.K.S."
- "T.A.H.I.T.I."
- "Yes Men"
- "End of the Beginning"
- "Turn, Turn, Turn"
- "Providence
- "The Only Light in the Darkness"
- "Nothing Personal"
- "Ragtag"
- "Beginning of the End"
- "Shadows"
- "Heavy is the Head"
- "Making Friends and Influencing People"
- "Face My Enemy"
- "A Hen in the Wolf House"
- "A Fractured House"
- "The Writing on the Wall"
- "The Things We Bury"
- "...Ye Who Enter Here"
- Daredevil (2015)
- Jessica Jones (2015)
- Luke Cage (2015)
- Iron Fist (2015)
- The Defenders (2015)
Video Games
In chronological order:
Phase One
- Captain America: Super Soldier (2011)
- Iron Man (2008)
- Thor: God of Thunder (2011)
- The Incredible Hulk (2008)
- Iron Man 2 (2010)
- Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth (2012)
Phase Two
- Iron Man 3 (2013)
- Thor: The Dark World (2013)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
References to the broader Marvel Cinematic Universe
Captain America: The First Avenger
- Tønsberg, Norway is the same place where the war between the Asgardians and the Frost Giants took place in the beginning of Thor.
- Johann Schmidt references Odin's chamber moments after taking the Tesseract is Asgardian in origin.
- Howard Stark is the father of Tony Stark.
- The Stark Expo theme introduced in Iron Man 2 ("Make Way for Tomorrow Today") is heard after Howard Stark's presentation at the 1942 World's Fair.
- Stark presents an early version of the repulsor technology that his son would perfect in Iron Man.
- When Steve Rogers is injected with the Super Soldier Serum, the film cuts to a close up of his eyes opening wide, a shot better known in association with the transformation of the Hulk. The film The Incredible Hulk ties Bruce Banner's gamma ray research into trying to re-create the super soldier serum, (Banner's experiment went wrong, which resulted in Banner's first Hulk transformation) which was destroyed here.
- Consistent with the serum seen in The Incredible Hulk, it is blue in color and is activated by Vita-rays. The canister containing the serum in The Incredible Hulk was labeled with a Vita-ray radiation warning.
- Tony Stark had a Captain America shield prototype in his lab in the two Iron Man movies. Stark's father, Howard, is depicted here designing the shield and Captain America's armor. Obadiah Stane also mentions in Iron Man that Tony's father worked on the Manhattan Project, which ties into his World War II activities depicted here.
- When the Red Skull is seemingly destroyed by the Tesseract, he appears to be transported across space rather than destroyed, shooting into what seems to be Yggdrasil mentioned in Thor.
- The Asgardians, referred to as "gods", are mentioned.
Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter
- The short uses scenes directly from Captain America: The First Avenger.
Iron Man
- Nick Fury makes an appearance after the credits, discussing the Avengers Initiative .
- When Tony was taking off his suit in the background, Captain America's shield can be seen. Howard Stark, Tony's father, designed the shield in Captain America: The First Avenger.
- Obadiah Stane mentions that Tony's father worked on the Manhattan Project, which ties into his World War II activities depicted in Captain America: The First Avenger.
- In the climatic fight scene, you can see the Roxxon Energy Corporation building behind Iron Monger when he shoots Iron Man with his back rocket.
Iron Man 2
- Natasha Romanoff appears as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- As Nick Fury debriefs Tony near the end of the film, the television screen on the right shows a news report of a destructive aftermath on a university campus. This is the same news report of the Culver University battle caused by the Hulk that was featured midway in the film The Incredible Hulk, indicating that the last moments of Iron Man 2 are concurrent with the events of the later film.
- On the other maps you can see points that are related to Hulk, Thor, Captain America and Black Panther, confirmed by Jon Favreau. [1]
- When Phil Coulson was looking around Tony's workshop he finds a familiar, incomplete shield in a crate. It's heavily hinted to be either Captain America's actual shield or a prototype of it. It was previously featured midway in Iron Man. Howard Stark, Tony's father, designed the shield in Captain America: The First Avenger. Since Captain America's actual shield was trapped with him in the ice, Stark's would have to have been an advanced prototype.
- The new element Tony creates is the metal the Cosmic Cube is composed of, which is studied by Howard Stark after finding it in Captain America: The First Avenger.
- In New Mexico, Phil Coulson finds Mjölnir, the weapon used by Thor, in a crater.
- Nick Fury mentions problems in the Southwest region which is where Mjölnir was lying.
- Tony Stark looks at a folder and has "Avengers Initiative" printed on it, again a reference to his upcoming participation with the Avengers.
- Wakanda is shown on a map.
The Incredible Hulk
- Nick Fury and Rick Jones names are seen in the intro.
- Stark Industries logo is also seen in the intro showing they created the Sonic Cannons used later and it is also on the Cyrosync container containing the Super Soldier Serum.
- The S.H.I.E.L.D. logo is seen in the intro, it's again seen when Bruce Banner is being tracked down in New York.
- General Ross talks about a program in World War II to create Super Soldiers with the Super Soldier Serum which is obviously referring to the creation of Captain America depicted in Captain America: The First Avenger.
- When General Ross first takes the Super Soldier Serum out of its Cyrosync container, the label on the container says it was developed by Dr. Reinstein, the alias of Abraham Erskine. The label also says the program was called Weapons Plus. The serum is blue, as it is in Captain America: The First Avenger, and the canister is labeled with a warning about Vita-rays, the radiation type used to activate the serum later in the film.
- When General Ross is sitting in a bar, Tony Stark appears and talks to him about The Avengers. The circumstances leading to Stark's arrival are revealed in Iron Man 2 and the Marvel One-Shot The Consultant from the Thor Blu-ray. During this scene Tony says That Super Soldier program was put on ice for a reason. This is obvious reference to Captain America who was frozen in ice for almost 70 years.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer
- The Roxxon logo is shown.
Thor
- The prologue takes place in Tonsberg, Norway. It is believed that during this time the Asgardians gave or lost the Tesseract to the Earth. Tonsberg is shown early in Captain America: The First Avenger when Johann Schmidt aquires the cube.
- Mjolnir was shown in the post-credits sequence of Iron Man 2, a scene that appeared once again in Thor.
- Clark Gregg returns as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson, who previously appeared in Iron Man and Iron Man 2 .
- Erik Selvig references Bruce Banner's gamma incident.
- Kevin Feige has confirmed that the "friend" Erik Selvig plans to email is Henry Pym.
- Clint Barton appears as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Thor temporarily goes under the alias Donald Blake.
- When The Destroyer arrives on Earth, Jasper Sitwell asks "Is that one of Stark's?" to which Phil Coulson replies "I don't know... the guy never tells me anything".
- Thor makes it clear that S.H.I.E.L.D. can consider him an ally.
- Erik Selvig has a conversation with Nick Fury after the credits.
- Nick Fury shows Selvig a metal case containing the Cosmic Cube, which was recovered by Howard Stark in Captain America: The First Avenger. The Tesseract is one of the Infinity Stones.
- In Odin's Trophy Room there is the Casket of Ancient Winters, Infinity Gauntlet and Warlock's Eye.
Fury’s Big Week
- Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. is created.
- Agent Coulson picks up atmospheric disturbances above Mexico.
- Nick Fury’s team work on a lithium-based solution to Tony Stark’s palladium poisoning.
- Natasha Romanoff is engaged to follow both Tony Stark and Bruce Banner.
- Clint Barton and Phil Coulson retrieve The Destroyer and send it to Roswell where it is secured.
- Nick Fury meets with General Ross before the General catches Hulk, to dissuade him from continuing experiments with the Super-Soldier serum.
- Romanoff finds Samuel Sterns after his transformation into The Leader, shoots him in the knee then asks for S.H.I.E.L.D. to clean the scene.
- Phil Coulson asks S.H.I.E.L.D. scientists to dismantle the Destroyer and make it a human-size weapon.
- After Steve Rogers is found in Antarctica, Fury leads Barton to Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. so he can keep an eye on Dr. Erik Selvig.
The Consultant
- The short uses scenes directly from The Incredible Hulk.
The Avengers
- Howard Stark found the Tesseract at the end of Captain America: The First Avenger, studied it as seen in his notebook in Iron Man 2 and it was in S.H.I.E.L.D's custody ever since as seen at the end of Thor.
- Erik Selvig is shown to be working on the cosmic cube, trying to find out how to harness its power. This shows that it is a continuation from Thor.
- In the beginning of the film, Selvig made mention to Fury that the Tesseract was giving off low levels of gamma radiation, nothing harmful to hurt humans. However, Fury reminds him that even low levels of gamma radiation can be harmful, clearly reminding him of what happened to Bruce Banner and how he became the Hulk.
- Audrey Nathan, the Cellist is mentioned twice.
- When Tony and Pepper are looking at the files on his teammates from the device that Coulson gave them, the footage is taken directly from The Incredible Hulk, Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger.
- Steve Rogers has a number of flashbacks to his time in the war as he punches a boxing bag, many of these are events that occurred in Captain America: The First Avenger. His montage also includes a glimpse of his half-frozen body and a S.H.I.E.L.D. scientist exclaiming that he's alive, a moment that was not seen in the earlier film. Other scenes are taken directly from Captain America: The First Avenger.
- Steve Rogers discovered that S.H.I.E.L.D. phase 2's contingency plan is to use the Cosmic Cube's energy to make weapons using Arnim Zola's Hydra energy weapons as seen in Captain America: The First Avenger as a reference point to create their own arsenal of weaponry.
- When Phil Coulson tries to contact Tony Stark in Stark Tower, Stark claims that "This is the Life Model Decoy of Tony Stark." This is a reference to Life Model Decoys (LMDs) that appear in the comics as duplicates for characters.
- Tony Stark reminds Phil Coulson that he was "unsuitable" for the Avengers Initiative, as stated in Nick Fury's evaluation file on Tony at the end of Iron Man 2. Instead, he remains a consultant.
- When Thor returns to Earth, Loki asks him how much dark energy Odin had to use to send him there, confirming that the Bifrost is still destroyed.
- Phil Coulson refers to The Destroyer 's attack on New Mexico depicted in Thor and reveals that S.H.I.E.L.D. is developing weapons made from parts of it.
- Bruce Banner refers to his fight with Abomination in The Incredible Hulk when Stark offers a visit to Stark Tower, saying "Thanks, but last time I was in New York, I kind of broke... Harlem."
- Bruce Banner is said to have avoided a Hulk incident for over a year, meaning that the events of The Avengers take place over a year after The Incredible Hulk. During this time, he has spent his time travelling Asia to help the sickly.
- A mid credits scene reveals that Loki's ally and the Other's master was Thanos, setting him up as the villain in later films.
- Agent Coulson tells Thor that his love interest Jane Foster has been hidden from Loki by S.H.I.E.L.D. Her photo is also shown.
- Nick Fury tells Bruce Banner he has been protecting him from other forces searching for him, meaning General Ross.
- Pepper Potts' friendship with Phil Coulson echoes (much to Stark's dismay) the extended opening sequence of Iron Man 2 as seen on the Blu-ray.
- Bruce Banner refers to the alternate opening sequence of The Incredible Hulk where Bruce tried to commit suicide. In the Wishbone lab, Banner tells the rest of the team "I got low. I didn't see an end to it, so I put a bullet in my mouth and the "Other Guy" spat it out."
- Captain America references either Adolf Hitler or Johann Schmidt when he comes face to face with Loki in Stuttgart, Germany.
- The song Tony Stark plays from the Quinjet when he makes his grand entrance in Captain America and Loki's fight, Shoot to Thrill by Australian rock band AC/DC,was also played during Tony's arrival at the Stark Expo at the beginning of Iron Man 2.
- When Rogers talks to Stark about Coulson and why he did what he did, Rogers mentions "sometimes there's no way out." Stark replies he has heard that before, refering back to Yinsen, who saved his life in Iron Man. This makes it the first time in any way that Yinsen is somewhat mentioned since Iron Man.
Item 47
- Jasper Sitwell of S.H.I.E.L.D. appears.
- A weapon left by the Chitauri from The Avengers is the titular Item 47.
- A new S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent is introduced Agent Blake. Benny and Claire are also recruited into S.H.I.E.L.D.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
"Pilot"
- Phil Coulson appears and despite allegedly dying in The Avengers is alive. His apparent death at the hands of Loki is also acknowledged.
- It is revealed that Coulson believes Nick Fury faked his death to bring the Avengers together, however, the exact method of his resurrection may have more sinister origins due to an exchange between Maria Hill and Dr. Streiten.
- Maria Hill appears and oversees Coulson's creation of a team.
- Agent Ward has the best espionage scores since Agent Romanoff aka Black Widow.
- Nick Fury is mentioned.
- The Battle of New York is mentioned.
- Project T.A.H.I.T.I. is indirectly mentioned.
- The Avengers are mentioned.
- Tony Stark, Iron Man and the Stark Tower are mentioned. Iron Man is also seen flying in recycled footage.
- Iron Man is mentioned and seen in recycled footage.
- Thor Odinson is mentioned and seen in recycled footage.
- Mjolnir is seen in recycled footage.
- The Hulk is mentioned and seen in recycled footage.
- Captain America is mentioned.
- Captain America's shield is seen in recycled footage.
- There are toys of Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Captain America, Black Widow and Hawkeye.
- The Chitauri are mentioned and seen in recycled footage.
- Centipede, which uses Extremis, appears.
- Project Puente Antiguo (New Mexico) and Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. are mentioned.
- Gamma Radiation and the Super Soldier Serum are mentioned.
- The S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier is mentioned.
- Abraham Erskine is mentioned.
- Abomination is seen in recycled footage.
- It seems that Lola is a perfected version of the flying car Howard Stark effortlessly tried to present at the World Exposition of Tomorrow in Captain America: The First Avenger.
"0-8-4"
- Nick Fury makes an appearance.
- Mjölnir is mentioned and was the last 0-8-4 before this object.
- Captain America is mentioned.
- HYDRA, WWII and the Tesseract are mentioned.
- Battle of New York is mentioned.
- Loki is mentioned as the Asgardian.
- The Chitauri Scepter is mentioned.
- Tony Stark is mentioned.
- The Chitauri are mentioned as aliens.
"The Asset"
- The Avengers are mentioned.
- Coulson's "death" is mentioned.
- Nick Fury is mentioned.
- The Battle of New York is mentioned.
- Maynard Ward is mentioned as Grant Ward's brother.
- Franklin Hall is introduced in this episode.
- Agent Tyler, the "Maintenance Guy" from The Avengers, appears.
"Eye-Spy"
- The Chitauri are mentioned as aliens.
- The Battle of New York is mentioned.
"Girl In The Flower Dress"
- Captain America is mentioned.
- Coulson "death" is mentioned.
- Extremis is mentioned.
"FZZT"
- Coulson's "death" is mentioned.
- A Chitauri helmet appears.
- The Battle of New York is mentioned.
- Captain America is mentioned.
- Agent Blake makes an appearance.
- Iron Man is mentioned.
"The Hub"
- Jasper Sitwell appears.
- Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton are mentioned.
- Triskelion is mentioned.
- Nick Fury is mentioned.
- Victoria Hand is introduced.
- The Hub appears.
"The Well"
- Asgard is mentioned and seen in recycled footage.
- Destroyer is seen in recycled footage.
- The Battle of New Mexico is seen in recycled footage.
- Thor is mentioned and seen in recycled footage.
- Mjolnir is seen in recycled footage.
- Harrow is seen in recycled footage.
- The Battle of Greenwich is seen in recycled footage.
- While examining the wreckage found in the Greenwich University, Agent Ward notes, We don't want anything alien getting into the wrong hands. The comment is an ominous reminder of when just such a thing happened in Marvel One-Shot: Item 47.
- The Berserker Staff appears.
- Maynard Ward is introduced in flashbacks.
- The Hulk is mentioned.
- The Chitauri are mentioned.
- An Asgardian appears.
- Coulson's "death" is mentioned.
- The Bus interrogation room is revealed to be made from Vibranium amongst other materials.
- Coulson recomends that Randolph relocate to Portland, saying the city has a great symphony. In The Avengers, it's implied that Coulson is involved with an unnamed cellist from Portland.
"Repairs"
- The gas station is owned by the Roxxon Corporation.
- The Battle of Greenwich is mentioned.
- Agent Simmons thinks Tobias Ford is trapped in an alien world. Fitz says they were reports of multiple portals in London after the spaceship landed. He's referencing the events of Thor: The Dark World.
"The Bridge"
- Captain America is mentioned.
- Thor Odinson is mentioned.
- Avengers are mentioned.
- Toys of Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America and Hawkeye are seen.
- Coulson's death is mentioned.
- Michael Peterson returns.
- Raina returns.
- Edison Po returns.
- Akela Amador and the technology she had implanted in her eye are mentioned.
- Centipede Serum, which uses Extremis and Super Soldier Serum, appears.
- Audrey Nathan the cellist is mentioned.
- Michael Peterson indirectly mentions Battle of New York.
"The Magical Place"
- T. Vanchat is introduced.
- Victoria Hand returns.
- J. Streiten returns.
- Raina returns.
- Michael Peterson returns.
- Coulson's "death" is mentioned.
- A Chitauri metal scrap appears.
- Centipede Serum, which uses Extremis and Super Soldier Serum, appears.
- The device The Clairvoyant used to kill Edison Po is similar to the one Obadiah Stane used on Raza in Iron Man.
- Agent Hand refers to Skye as "The Consultant". That's the same title assigned to Tony Stark by Agents Coulson and Sitwell in Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant.
- Nick Fury appears in recycled footage, while Maria Hill and Jasper Sitwell are mentioned.
- Audrey Nathan the cellist is mentioned.
- The Battle of New York is indirectly mentioned.
"Seeds"
- The Science and Technology Division of the S.H.I.E.L.D. evolved out of the Strategic Scientific Reserve.
- Bucky Barnes name is listed on the Wall of Valor and noticed by Skye.
- Nick Fury is mentioned.
- Jemma Simmons mentions HYDRA, Centipede and A.I.M.
- Ian Quinn returns.
- Donnie Gill appears and is involved with an accident that gives him superpowers.
"T.R.A.C.K.S."
- Emil Blonsky is referenced and said to be in a cryo-cell in Alaska.
- Raina and Edison Po are shown in photographs.
- The Clairvoyant is mentioned.
- Ian Quinn returns and has ties to Cybertek.
- Mike Peterson returns.
- Asgard is mentioned.
- The agents are stunned with an evolved form of dendrotoxin, the same substance found in the Night-Night Gun invented by Fitz and Simmons.
- Peterson's bionic leg is revealed to be part of Project Deathlok.
"T.A.H.I.T.I."
- Nick Fury is mentioned.
- Ian Quinn returns.
- Coulson's "death" is mentioned.
- Project Deathlok and Cybertek are mentioned.
- The Battle of New York is mentioned.
- The Clairvoyant is mentioned.
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Jump Jet appears.
- Triskelion is mentioned.
- Dr. Streiten is mentioned.
- Jonathan Garrett is introduced.
- Antoine Triplett is introduced.
- A blue-skinned alien is seen.
- Project T.A.H.I.T.I. and the GH.325 appear.
- Lorelei is introduced.
"Yes Man"
- Lady Sif makes an appearance.
- Lorelei makes an appearance.
- Jasper Sitwell makes an appearance.
- Asgardians are mentioned.
- Thor is mentioned.
- Loki is mentioned.
- Dark Elves and their attack on Asgard are mentioned.
- Lorelei escaped from the prison during the events of Thor: The Dark World.
- GH.325 appears.
- Coulson asks Sif about alien species she's encountered who have blue skin. She lists Interdites, Levians, Pheragots, Kree, Sarks, Centaurians and Frost Giants. Coulson was asking about it because he wanted to know which alien species is G.H.
- Nick Fury is mentioned.
- Ian Quinn is mentioned.
- Michael Peterson and Project Deathlok are mentioned.
- John Garrett is mentioned.
- Dr. Streiten was shown in flashback.
- Erik Selvig is mentioned.
- Jane Foster is mentioned.
- The Battle of New Mexico is mentioned.
- The Battle of Greenwich is indirectly mentioned.
- The Warriors Three are mentioned as "Thor's mates".
- Asgard is mentioned.
- Destroyer is mentioned as "giant metal killing machine".
- Coulson's "death" is mentioned.
- Nine Realms are mentioned.
- Before the two Asgardians engage in their final battle, Lorelei references Balder a love interest of Sif's that she clearly stole away. It's the reference to the Thor's brother Balder the Brave
- Bifrost is mentioned.
- The Centipede Group is mentioned.
- Berserker Staff is mentioned.
- Odin is mentioned.
"End of the Beginning"
- Jasper Sitwell returns and is told that he has orders from the Triskelion to go to S.H.I.E.L.D. vessel, the Lemurian Star which is where Sitwell is taken hostage in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
- Felix Blake returns.
- Mike Peterson/Deathlok returns.
- John Garrett returns.
- Antoine Triplett returns.
- Victoria Hand returns.
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Jump Jet appears.
- Lorelei is mentioned as the Asgardian.
- Thomas Nash is introduced as the Clairvoyant's decoy.
- Project Deathlok appears.
- Edison Po is mentioned.
- Raina is mentioned.
- Agent Blake mentions Mike Peterson's son.
- The Fridge, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secret prison, is mentioned.
- Nick Fury is mentioned and seen trying to escape from HYDRA and the Winter Soldier.
- The Centipede Group is mentioned.
- Ian Quinn is mentioned.
"Turn, Turn, Turn"
- John Garrett returns.
- Antoine Triplett returns.
- Victoria Hand returns.
- Anne Weaver returns.
- It is revealed that Melinda May's secure line was to Nick Fury.
- Nick Fury's "death" is mentioned several times.
- Captain America is mentioned.
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Jump Jet appears.
- John Garrett and Agent Ward are revealed to be working with HYDRA.
- HYDRA's presence is revealed with sleeper agents.
- Agent Blake is mentioned.
- The main action of this episode takes place at The Hub.
- GH.325 is mentioned.
- Project T.A.H.I.T.I. is mentioned.
- Garrett tells Coulson, "I wouldn't say I'm a true believer" in a nod to Stan Lee's famous phrase.
- Fitz is revealed to have created the Mouse Hole which Nick Fury and Maria Hill both use to escape in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
- Asgardian weaponry is mentioned.
- Donnie's weather machine is mentioned.
- Gravitonium is mentioned.
- Akela Amador is mentioned.
- Mike Peterson/Deathlok is mentioned.
- Project Deathlok is referenced.
- Raina is mentioned as "that bitch in the flower dress".
- Ian Quinn is mentioned.
- Agent Sitwell is mentioned.
- Helicarriers are mentioned.
- Triskelion is mentioned and seen on a S.H.I.E.L.D. screen.
- The Helicarrier crashing from Captain America: The Winter Soldier is seen on S.H.I.E.L.D. screen.
- The Treehouse and an East African Headquarters are mentioned.
"Providence"
- John Garrett returns.
- Antoine Triplett returns.
- Raina returns.
- Ian Quinn returns.
- Colonel Glenn Talbot is introduced.
- Marcus Daniels/Blackout makes cameo appearance.
- Agent Eric Koenig is introduced.
- The Helicarrier crashing from Captain America: The Winter Soldier is seen on S.H.I.E.L.D. screen.
- President Matthew Ellis is mentioned as The President.
- The Hub appears.
- Triskelion is mentioned and seen on S.H.I.E.L.D. screen.
- HYDRA soldiers appears.
- Coulson's death is mentioned.
- Centipede project is mentioned.
- Nick Fury and his death are mentioned.
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Jump Jet appears.
- The Cube is mentioned.
- Victoria Hand is mentioned.
- The Fridge appears.
- Captain America is mentioned.
- Maria Hill is mentioned.
- GH.325 is mentioned.
- Barbershop Headquaters appear.
- Ward mentioned rescuing Simmons from a previous mission.
- Black Widow is mentioned.
- Project T.A.H.I.T.I. is mentioned.
- Johnny Horton is mentioned.
- Tesseract is mentioned.
- The Battle of New York is mentioned.
- The Plasma Particle Beam HYDRA weapon and the Berserker Staff appears.
- The Providence appears.
- Chitauri are mentioned.
- Metal scrap is seen under Garrett's clothes. In the comics Garrett was a cyborg hero named Aquarius.
- Gravitonium with Franklin Hall inside it returns.
"The Only Light in the Darkness"
- Antoine Triplett returns.
- Agent Eric Koenig returns.
- The Cellist, Audrey Nathan is introduced. She was mentioned twice in The Avengers and several times in various Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episodes.
- Marcus Daniels/Blackout is introduced.
- The Fridge is mentioned and appears in recycled footage from previous episode.
- John Garrett appears in recycled footage from previous episode.
- HYDRA is mentioned and appears in recycled footage from previous episode.
- The Plasma Particle Beam is mentioned and appears in recycled footage from previous episode.
- The Berserker Staff appears in recycled footage from previous episode.
- President Ellis is mentioned on the radio as "The President".
- The Providence appears.
- Ian Quinn and his shooting Skye in a stomach from "T.R.A.C.K.S. episode" are mentioned.
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Jump Jet appears.
- Nick Fury is mentioned.
- Natasha Romanoff is mentioned.
- Project Insight is mentioned.
- Alexander Pierce is mentioned.
- It is revealed that Antoine Triplett is grandson of one of Howling Commandos, presumably Gabe Jones, notable for being the sole African-American member of the squad during a time prior to the desegregation of the United States Military.
- Maynard Ward is mentioned as Grant Ward's brother.
- Darkforce appears.
- Project T.A.H.I.T.I. is mentioned.
- Steve Rogers and his shield are mentioned.
- Coulson's "death" is mentioned.
- Bruce Banner is mentioned.
- Melinda May's Mother is introduced.
- Maria Hill is mentioned as "Maria".
"Nothing Personal"
- Maria Hill returns.
- Antoine Triplett returns.
- Mike Peterson/Deathlok returns.
- Colonel Glenn Talbot returns.
- The Fridge is mentioned.
- Man-Thing is mentioned.
- At the beginning of the episode Maria Hill was talking on the phone with Pepper Potts.
- Tony Stark is mentioned.
- The Providence appears.
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Jump Jet appears.
- Project T.A.H.I.T.I. is mentioned.
- G.H. is mentioned as an "alien".
- Nick Fury and his "death" are mentioned.
- Alexander Pierce is mentioned.
- HYDRA is mentioned.
- The dead body of Eric Koenig appears.
- Project Deathlok appears.
- Jonathan Garrett is mentioned.
- Audrey Nathan is mentioned.
- Victoria Hand is mentioned.
- Red Skull is mentioned.
- Thomas Nash is mentioned.
- Ian Quinn is mentioned.
- Mindy and Ace Peterson are mentioned as Mike Peterson's kid and Ace's aunt.
- The Triskelion is mentioned.
- Natasha Romanoff is mentioned.
- The Avengers are indirectly mentioned.
- GH.325 is indirectly mentioned.
"Ragtag"
- John Garrett returns.
- Antoine Triplett returns.
- Mike Peterson/Deathlok returns.
- Ian Quinn returns.
- Raina returns.
- Christian Ward is mentioned as Grant Ward's brother.
- Cybertek facility and employees appear.
- Files about Project Deathlok appear.
- HYDRA soldiers appear.
- Barbershop Headquaters appear.
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Jump Jet appears.
- The Night-Night Gun is mentioned as "Sleepy-Sleep Gun".
- The Dendrotoxin Grenade is mentioned.
- Garrett is revealed to be the first Deathlok.
- Recreated GH.325 appears.
- Centipede Serum appears.
- Centipede Soldiers are mentioned.
- Ace Peterson is mentioned as Michael Peterson's son.
- Coulson and Skye's resurrections are mentioned.
- Howling Commandos and Antoine Triplett's grandfather are mentioned.
- Antoine Triplett's grandfather's gadgets appear.
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy is mentioned.
- After injecting recreated GH.325, Garrett was glowing like the Extremis soldiers did.
- The Berserker Staff appears.
"Beginning of the End"
- Nick Fury makes an appearance.
- John Garrett returns and is upgraded with the latest Deathlok technology.
- Mike Peterson/Deathlok returns.
- Ian Quinn returns.
- Antoine Triplett returns.
- Raina returns.
- Ace Peterson returns.
- Mindy returns.
- Barbershop Headquaters appear.
- Many Deathlok soldiers appear.
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Jump Jet appears.
- GH.325 is mentioned as the "miracle drug".
- The Berserker Staff appears.
- Antoine Triplett's grandfather's gadgets appear.
- Gravitonium appears.
- HYDRA soldiers appear.
- Cybertek employees and facility appear.
- Centipede Group is mentioned.
- Coulson's Revenge appears.
- A Hulk toy appears.
- Plasma Particle Beam appears.
- The Avengers are indirectly mentioned.
- The Playground appears.
- Billy Koenig, twin brother of Eric Koenig, is introduced.
- Skye's father is introduced.
- Phillip Coulson becomes the new director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- The drawings Coulson and Garrett make are extremely similar to the drawings on the chalkboard in the facility in Belarus which Centipede tasked Akela Amador to steal, and are likely in the same alien language.
Iron Man 3
- Tony Stark built 35 new armors since the Chitauri Invasion of New York in The Avengers.
- Scenes of the invasion from The Avengers are seen in Tony's nightmares.
- Ho Yinsen appears in a flashback to 1999.
- A.I.M. is established.
- Extremis is similar to the Super Soldier Serum, giving its patients superhuman strength.
- The Chitauri are referred to multiple times as "aliens".
- S.H.I.E.L.D. is mentioned.
- Thor Odinson is mentioned by Killian when speaking to Tony, stating "Ever since that big dude with the hammer fell out of the sky, subtlety's kinda had it's day."
- The Avengers are referenced. Happy Hogan mentions them as the "Super Friends".
- Thomas Richards was an accountant for the Roxxon Corporation.
- The Mandarin has a tattoo of Captain America's shield on his neck.
- The government paint the War Machine Mark II with the color-scheme based on Captain America's uniform dubbing it the Iron Patriot.
- The post-credits scene reveals the entire movie was Stark recounting the events to Bruce Banner, who had fallen asleep at the beginning of the story.
Thor: The Dark World
- Jane slaps Loki stating, "That was for New York!", referring to the Chitauri that attacked New York in The Avengers.
- War that Loki unleashed in first Thor ends during the fight scene in Vanaheim.
- S.H.I.E.L.D. logo and name appears on Jane Foster's device.
- Thor's appearing in New Mexico is indirectly mentioned.
- Jane indirectly mentions the Battle of New York during her first talk with Thor.
- Loki mentions The Avengers as Thor's new companions.
- Destroying of the Bifrost from the first Thor is mentioned twice.
- Erik is mentally suffering from the events of The Avengers. News reports claim that Selvig was responsible for the Chitauri invasion. He is also relieved when Thor tells him Loki is dead.
- The Tesseract is mentioned.
- Darcy attempts to contact S.H.I.E.L.D. while awaiting Jane's return. She also states how S.H.I.E.L.D. is likely to appear and conceal the strange occurrences. Jane also mentions S.H.I.E.L.D. earlier in the movie.
- Chitauri are mentioned by the reporter on the tv as aliens. Same reporter also mentions Battle of New York.
- Loki has been imprisoned in Asgard for his crimes depicted in Thor and The Avengers.
- Loki briefly masquerades as Steve Rogers while talking to Thor.
- Jotunheim briefly appears during Thor and Malekith fight scene.
- Darcy again names Mjolnir as Meow Meow. She previously mispronounced the name in Thor.
- Taneleer Tivan/The Collector is approached by Sif and Volstagg with the Aether, one of the six Infinity Stones, entrusting him with its care.
All Hail the King
- Trevor Slattery was taken away by the authorities at the end of Iron Man 3. This One-Shot reveals where he was taken.
- The short uses scenes directly from Iron Man 3.
- Seagate Prison is introduced.
- Jackson Norriss is introduced, and is a member of the Ten Rings.
- An image of Raza is included in Jackson Norriss file on the Ten Rings.
- The Mandarin is confirmed to be real, and wants to get even with Trevor for appropriating his name.
- Aldrich Killian and his schemes from Iron Man 3 are referenced.
- Justin Hammer is shown to be incarcerated in Seagate Prison after being arrested at the end of Iron Man 2.
- Fletcher Heggs is introduced as an inmate of Seagate Prisoner.
- Tony Stark is mentioned.
- Pepper Potts is mentioned and seen on Forbes cover.
- Hammer Drones are mentioned.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Bucky Barnes returns after seemingly falling to his death in Captain America: The First Avenger.
- Georges Batroc is introduced.
- The Battle of New York is mentioned.
- The Triskelion appears.
- Several Helicarriers and Quinjets appears.
- The World Security Council appears.
- Peggy Carter returns as an old woman. She also appears in several photographs and a movie in Captain America Exhibition in the Smithsonian.
- Howling Commandos are mentioned. The Captain America Exhibition in the Smithsonian has photos and mannequins dressed in the Commandos clothes.
- Jasper Sitwell and Senator Stern return and are both revealed to be members of HYDRA.
- Jasper Sitwell mentions Bruce Banner and Stephen Strange.
- Natasha Romanoff wears an arrow trinket on a necklace. This is a link to Clint Barton.
- Sgt. Duffy makes an appearance when Steve is at Camp Lehigh and has a flashback of training in the camp before taking the Super Soldier Serum.
- Arnim Zola appears as robot A.I. interface. This mirrors Zola's comic book appearance, where his body is a robot with a similar camera for a head and a screen in the chest with his face on it.
- There is mention that HYDRA killed Howard Stark. Photos of Howard also appears in several scenes in the movie.
- Red Skull is mentioned and appears in the video that Zola shows to Steve and Natasha.
- Alexander Pierce agrees to do Nick Fury a favor if he gets Iron Man to go to his niece's birthday party.
- Chester Phillips, Peggy Carter and Howard Stark are recognised as the founders of S.H.I.E.L.D. in photos on the wall of the S.H.I.E.L.D. bunker that houses Arnim Zola.
- Tony Stark is said to have suggested that S.H.I.E.L.D. update their technology for the Helicarriers and designed repulsor engines for them.
- President Ellis is referenced in the Captain America exhibit and targeted by the Insight Helicarriers.
- The repaired Stark Tower, now called The Avengers Tower, appears briefly during the targeting sequence. A photo of Tony Stark briefly appears alongside it along with other unknown and unnamed occupants.
- Several scenes are taken directly from Captain America: The First Avenger and shown in a movie in Captain America Exhibition in the Smithsonian and in the video that Arnim Zola shows to Steve and Natasha.
- Maria Hill goes to work for Stark Industries at the end of the film.
- The Chitauri Scepter that was wielded by Loki is seen in the mid-credits scene.
- Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are seen as prisoners of Wolfgang von Strucker and HYDRA in the mid-credits scene.
Guardians of the Galaxy
- Thanos appears. He first appeared in mid-credits scene in The Avengers.
- The Other returns. He first appeared in The Avengers.
- Taneleer Tivan/The Collector and Carina return. They first appeared in mid-credits scene in Thor: The Dark World.
- The Orb is another Infinity Stone.
- Cosmo and Howard the Duck are introduced.
- Eson the Searcher and a Celestial are introduced.
- When Peter Quill dances in the temple at the beginning of the movie he touches skeleton that looks like Kymellian skeleton.
- One Chitauri and one Dark Elf appear in Taneleer Tivan's chambers.
- The Tesseract and Aether are seen in The Orb's vision.
- Large part of score from the movie named "The Final Battle Begins" is just modified "The Avengers Theme" from The Avengers.
Avengers: Age of Ultron
- The repaired Stark Tower, now called Avengers Tower, appears.
- The Chitauri Scepter appears. It first appeared in The Avengers and was seen briefly in the mid-credits scene of Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
- Baron von Strucker appears. He first appeared in the mid-credits scene in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
- Peggy Carter appears. She first appeared in Captain America: The First Avenger, has a cameo in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and appeared in her own One-Shot and spin-off series.
- Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch appear. They first appeared in the mid-credits scene in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
- The Vision is introduced.
- James Rhodes appears. He previously appeared in Iron Man, Iron Man 2 and Iron Man 3.
- Erik Selvig appears. He previously appeared in Thor, The Avengers and Thor: The Dark World.
- Asgard is mentioned.