Phase 1 · Film
The Avengers
- In-universe
- 2012
- Released
- Apr 2012
- Thread
- Avengers · main spine
Loki steals the Tesseract and opens a Chitauri portal over New York. Fury assembles Stark, Rogers, Thor, Banner, Natasha and Clint; the Battle of New York becomes the founding event of the hero era. Thanos is revealed as the backer.
Leads to
- Direct continuationOne-Shot: Item 47Material fallout from the Battle of New York
- Direct continuationIron Man 3The trauma of the Battle of New York drives the film
- Direct continuationAvengers: Age of UltronLoki’s scepter is what creates Ultron
- Shared characterCaptain America: The Winter SoldierThe post-New York S.H.I.E.L.D. is taken apart from inside
- Shared characterDaredevil (S1)Hell’s Kitchen is being rebuilt out of the wreckage of the Battle of New York
Comes from
- Setup / post-creditsCaptain America: The First AvengerSteve is found in the ice and revived in the present
- Setup / post-creditsIron ManPost-credits scene: Fury pitches the Avengers Initiative
- Setup / post-creditsIron Man 2Natasha and S.H.I.E.L.D. set up the team; Mjolnir in the post-credits
- Setup / post-creditsThe Incredible HulkStark approaches Ross about "a team"
- Setup / post-creditsThorLoki and the Tesseract are left in play in the post-credits
Placement and dates follow the sources listed in the method page.