Marvel Cinematic Universe

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> You think you're the only superhero in the world? Mr. Stark, you've become part of a bigger universe. You just don't know it yet.
>
> Nick Fury

## Summary

The **Marvel Cinematic Universe**, or **MCU**, is a media franchise, and shared universe that is centered on a series of superhero films and television series independently produced by Marvel Studios, and based on characters that appear in publications by Marvel Comics. The franchise has expanded to include comic books, short films, and a television series. The shared universe was established by crossing over common plot elements, settings, cast, and characters. As of *Spider-Man: No Way Home*, the Sam Raimi Spider-Man Trilogy, The Amazing Spider-Man Film series, and Sony's Marvel Universe have been connected to the MCU's multiverse, further expanding the already large scope of this franchise.

## Canon

* Phase 1
* Phase 2
* Phase 3
* Phase 4
* Marvel Television
* Web Series
* Upcoming/Confirmed

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* Films
* Disney+ Series

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#### Movies

* Thor: Love and Thunder (July 8, 2022)
* Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (November 11, 2022)
* The Marvels (February 17, 2023)
* Ant Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (July 28, 2023)
* Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (May 23, 2023)
* Fantastic Four (TBA)
* Captain America 4 (TBA)

#### Disney+ TV Series

* Ms. Marvel: (June 8, 2022)
* She-Hulk: (August 17, 2022)
* The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (Holidays, 2022)
* Ironheart: TBA
* I Am Groot: TBA
* Armor Wars: TBA
* Secret Invasion: TBA

## Power of the Verse

The Marvel Cinematic Universe currently ranges anywhere from Human to Multiverse level+ in power. Despite that, most characters don't nearly compare to their comicbook counterparts.

S.H.I.E.L.D. has access to nuclear weapons capable of entirely destroying New York City, the Asgardians can use the Bifrost to raze an entire planet over time, and there are space-travelling races and portal technology.

After awakening his full power Thor increased his tier to **Island level**, due to being able to move massive storm clouds, on top of which, he downscales to Thanos, who was able to endure the power surge of the complete Infinity Gauntlet 2 times. Other characters like Bleeding Edge Iron Man, and Captain America with Mjölnir among others, are also **6-C**.

Characters like Surtur, Odin and Thanos, scale even higher into **Island level** due to being much stronger than the cast, as well as Thanos himself surviving the Infinity Gauntlet. Characters like Scarlet Witch and Captain Marvel are also up here due to being able to overpower and overwhelm Thanos.

The Celestials are **Star level** as they are capable of manipulating Cosmic Energy to create stars. Khonshu and his empowered Avatar are **Multi-Solar System level** through spatial manipulation, as they were capable of reshaping the night sky at once. Arishem is **Universe level** due to creating the Universe by causing the Big Bang.

Characters from alternate timelines especially in the series What If...?, are **Universe level+** via scaling to The Watcher who is stated to be able to stop the collapse of a timeline, and Infinity Ultron who can alter the space-time continuum just by punching as well as being stronger than The Watcher himself.

Sorcerers such as the Ancient One or Kaecilius while their full power is yet to be decided, they are able to boost their power in the Mirror Dimension and their shields are **City level** while Kaecilius' boss Dormammu is a being from another "dimension"/universe known as the Dark Dimension, which he rules. Dormammu can individually fuse other universes into his Dark Dimension, making him **Low Multiverse level** and positioning him to be the most powerful character shown in the series so far.

Speed is surprisingly impressive, with the cast being **Massively Hypersonic+** scaling to various feats such as Hela reacting to Thor's lighting and Spider-Man dodging lightning from Electro. Various attacks such as Mjolnir and Stormbreaker as well as Iron Man's nanotechnology clock at even higher speeds. Characters in Alternate timelines are **Sub-Relativistic** via scaling above Infinity Ultron's drones which can fly through space and into Ego's planet to destroy it. Infinity Ultron has **Massively FTL+** Attack speed for being able to grow larger than a Galaxy in an instant and even being able to blow one up with a thought.

The Infinity Stones have shown powerful hax like the Power Stone contained in the Orb being able to enhance its user's power to destroy all organic life on a planet. The other Infinity Stones are used as the core of relics of great power that harness their energy: The Tesseract, which is built around the Space Stone is capable of city-busting with a teleportation effect that gives the appearance of disintegrating whatever it hits. The Aether, with the Reality Stone as its core, can enhance the power of its wielder to Thor's level and is capable of rewriting a universe during the Convergence. The Mind Stone grants its wielder power over the minds of other beings and can grant sentience to artificial intelligence. The Time Stone can reverse and accelerate time, as well as create time loops that not even Dormammu can break. When all the stones were put in the Infinity Gauntlet it gave Thanos the ability to deconstruct half of all life in the Universe. The Sorcerers have also shown some decent abilities like Transmutation and Reality Warping.

**Note:** Please take caution when scaling characters from the movies to the ones from the Netflix TV shows and vice-versa as the movies barely acknowledge the TV shows themselves.

### Magic in the Verse

There is magic in the MCU, it deals with extra-dimensional energy and quantum mechanics. All of Asgard is powered by the magical Odinforce. The Sorcerer Supreme's job is to train students in learning magic and defending Earth from mystical threats such as Dormammu. There are are also several other kinds of sorcery practiced by smaller and independent magic clans. There are also mentions of several mythical beings, such as the Scarlet Witch.

## Characters

### Heroes

#### Avengers

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#### Guardians of the Galaxy

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#### S.H.I.E.L.D.

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#### Masters of the Mystic Arts

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#### Asgardians

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#### Defenders

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#### Inhumans

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#### Runaways

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#### Eternals

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#### Other Heroes

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### Villains

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#### Dark Elves

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#### HYDRA

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#### The Hand

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#### Thanos' Black Order

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#### Other Villains

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#### Cosmic

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#### Criminals

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#### Dark Force users

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### Neutral

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## Teams

* Avengers
* Guardians of the Galaxy

## Civilizations

* Celestials
* Chitauri
* Frost Giants
* Kree

## Weapons

* Infinity Gauntlet
	+ Space Stone
	+ Mind Stone
	+ Reality Stone
	+ Power Stone
	+ Time Stone
	+ Soul Stone
* Mjölnir
* Stormbreaker

## Alternate Timeline Characters

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### Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Trilogy

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### The Amazing Spider-Man

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