With the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron coming to theatres May 1st, it seems like a good time to sit down and look at the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a whole.  And since “It’s All Connected”, I thought I’d throw together a quick little guide for you of what to watch, and in what order (approximately…the comics were written to take place between certain events of films, so I stuck them in where they belong).

Legend:

• Movies
• TV
• One-Shots
• Comics

The Marvel Cinematic Universe

Phase One

• Iron Man (May 2, 2008)
• Iron Man 2: Public Identity (3 issues, April 2010 – May 2010)
• The Incredible Hulk (June 13, 2008)
• The Consultant (Thor – September 13, 2011)
• Iron Man 2 (May 7, 2010)
• Iron Man 2: Agents of SHIELD (1 issue, September 2010)
• A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Thor’s Hammer (Captain America: The First Avenger – October 25, 2011)
• Thor (May 6, 2011)
• Captain America: The First Avenger (July 22, 2011)
• Captain America: First Vengeance (4 issues, May 2011 – June 2011)
• The Avengers Prelude: Fury’s Big Week (8 issues, February 2012 – April 2012)
• The Avengers Prelude: Black Widow Strikes (3 issues, May 2012 – June 2012)
• The Avengers (May 4, 2012)
• Item 47 (The Avengers – September 25, 2011)

Phase Two

• Iron Man 3 Prelude (2 issues, January 2013 – February 2013)
• Iron Man 3 (May 3, 2013)
• All Hail The King (Thor: The Dark World – February 4, 2014)
• Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD: Season 1, Episodes 1-7 (September 24, 2013 – November 12, 2013)
• Thor: The Dark World Prelude (2 issues, June 2013 – July 2013)
• Thor: The Dark World (November 8, 2013)
• Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD: Season 1, Episodes 8-12 (November 19, 2013 – January 14, 2014)
• Agents of SHIELD: The Chase (1 issue, July 2014)
• Marve’s Agents of SHIELD: Season 1, Episodes 13-16 (February 4, 2013 – April 1, 2014)
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic (1 issue, January 2014)
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier (April 4, 2014)
• Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD: Season 1, Episodes 17-22 (April 8, 2014 – May 13, 2014)
• Guardians of the Galaxy Prequel Infinite Comic (1 issue, April 2014)
• Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude (2 issues, April 2014 – May 2014)
• Guardians of the Galaxy (August 1, 2014)
• Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD: Season 2, Episodes 1-10 (September 23, 2014 – December 9, 2014)
• Agent Carter (Iron Man 3 – September 2013)
• Marvel’s Agent Carter: Season 1, Episodes 1-8 (January 6, 2015 – February 24, 2015)
• Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD: Season 2, Episodes 11-16… (March 3, 2015 – April 7, 2015)
• Avengers: Age of Ultron Prelude – The Sceptre’d Isle (1 issue, February 2015)
• Avengers: Age of Ultron (May 1, 2015)
• Ant-Man Prelude (2 issues, February 2015 – March 2015)