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The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Two Guardians go to Earth to find Peter a Christmas present and pick a very specific one.
The Multiverse Saga 3 titles
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The Punisher: One Last Kill
A man who thought he was finished is pulled back in. Under an hour, and it does not let up.
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Avengers: DoomsdayEssential
The one everything has been pointing at. Out in December; nothing here spoils it, because nobody has seen it.
Not out yet. Marvel has announced a cast; until the film exists, printing one here would be repeating rumour as fact — and the reveals are exactly what this site is for.
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VisionQuest — Season 1
Announced for October. Nothing here spoils it, because nobody has seen it.
Not out yet. A cast has been announced; until the show exists, printing one here would be repeating rumour as fact.
Other Universes 20 titles
Told outside the main story. Nothing here is needed to follow it.
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine
How Logan got the metal, told at length.
Reaches back to the 1840s.
A separate universe from the main line. Deadpool & Wolverine made that connection explicit rather than tidy, so this order is a reading of it, not a ruling.
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X-Men: First Class
Before any of it, two young men find each other and try to stop a war nobody else can see.
A separate universe from the main line. Deadpool & Wolverine made that connection explicit rather than tidy, so this order is a reading of it, not a ruling.
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X-Men: Days of Future Past
The future has gone as badly as possible, so someone is sent back far enough to stop it starting.
A separate universe from the main line. Deadpool & Wolverine made that connection explicit rather than tidy, so this order is a reading of it, not a ruling.
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X-Men: Apocalypse
Something very old wakes up under Cairo and starts recruiting.
A separate universe from the main line. Deadpool & Wolverine made that connection explicit rather than tidy, so this order is a reading of it, not a ruling.
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Dark Phoenix
A rescue in orbit goes wrong and one of the team comes back holding far more than she can carry.
A separate universe from the main line. Deadpool & Wolverine made that connection explicit rather than tidy, so this order is a reading of it, not a ruling.
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X-Men
Two men who agree about what is coming and about nothing else run rival schools for people born different.
A separate universe from the main line. Deadpool & Wolverine made that connection explicit rather than tidy, so this order is a reading of it, not a ruling.
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X2: X-Men United
A military scientist convinces a president that the problem needs solving, and old enemies have to work together.
A separate universe from the main line. Deadpool & Wolverine made that connection explicit rather than tidy, so this order is a reading of it, not a ruling.
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X-Men: The Last Stand
A company announces a cure, which is one word for it, and the question splits everyone.
A separate universe from the main line. Deadpool & Wolverine made that connection explicit rather than tidy, so this order is a reading of it, not a ruling.
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The New Mutants
Five young people are held in a facility for their own safety, which is not what is happening.
A separate universe from the main line. Deadpool & Wolverine made that connection explicit rather than tidy, so this order is a reading of it, not a ruling.
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Legion — Season 1
A man in a psychiatric hospital is told he is not ill. The show refuses to confirm anything.
Fox's mutant television, in its own corner of that continuity.
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Legion — Season 2
Still refusing to confirm anything, now with a full year of dance sequences.
Fox's mutant television, in its own corner of that continuity.
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Legion — Season 3
The last one, and the one that finally says what it has been about.
Fox's mutant television, in its own corner of that continuity.
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The Gifted — Season 1
A suburban family goes on the run when the children turn out to be mutants.
Fox's mutant television, in its own corner of that continuity.
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The Gifted — Season 2
The underground splits over how hard to fight back.
Fox's mutant television, in its own corner of that continuity.
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The Wolverine
Logan is summoned to Japan by a man he saved a long time ago who wants to return the favor.
A separate universe from the main line. Deadpool & Wolverine made that connection explicit rather than tidy, so this order is a reading of it, not a ruling.
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Deadpool
A mercenary takes an experimental cure, comes out unkillable and disfigured, and goes looking for the man responsible.
A separate universe from the main line. Deadpool & Wolverine made that connection explicit rather than tidy, so this order is a reading of it, not a ruling.
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Deadpool 2
Wade assembles a team, badly, to protect a boy from a soldier who has come a long way to kill him.
A separate universe from the main line. Deadpool & Wolverine made that connection explicit rather than tidy, so this order is a reading of it, not a ruling.
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Logan
An old man, a dying mentor, and a girl who needs driving across a country that has no use for any of them.
A separate universe from the main line. Deadpool & Wolverine made that connection explicit rather than tidy, so this order is a reading of it, not a ruling.
Sony's Spider-Man Films 14 titles
Its own continuity. Two of these are the reason No Way Home lands the way it does.
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Spider-ManEssential
The one that started all of this. A teenager gets bitten and learns what it costs.
A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.
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Spider-Man 2Essential
Still the high-water mark. A man who cannot afford to be a hero and does it anyway.
A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.
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Spider-Man 3
Three villains, a black suit and a dance number. Beloved now for reasons it did not intend.
A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.
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The Amazing Spider-ManEssential
A reboot five years later, with a lighter lead and a much better romance.
A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2Essential
Overstuffed and building to a sequel that never came, but the ending is the reason to watch it.
A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseEssential
Animated, and the best thing anyone has done with this character on screen.
A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.
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Venom
A journalist and the thing living in him argue their way through San Francisco.
A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Ninety-seven minutes, one red monster, and a mid-credits scene that mattered more than the film.
A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.
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Morbius
A doctor cures himself into something worse. Famous mostly for how it was received.
A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseEssential
The middle chapter, and it ends mid-sentence on purpose.
A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.
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Madame Web
A paramedic starts seeing a few seconds ahead. It does not go anywhere.
A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.
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Venom: The Last Dance
The last of the three, and it says so in the title.
A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.
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Kraven the Hunter
The last film Sony made in this vein before stopping.
A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.
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Spider-Noir — Season 1
A private detective in a black coat, in black and white, in the Depression.
A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.
Other Universes 1 title
Told outside the main story. Nothing here is needed to follow it.
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Spidey and the Avengers: Halloween Team-Up!
A Disney Junior Halloween special. Made for small children and not part of the main story at all.
A preschool special in its own continuity. The characters share names with the films and nothing else.