2010s

## Timeline

### After

2020

*"We haven't anything this good since that thing in San Francisco."*
―Alberto Rodriguez[src]
This is a timeline of events that occurred during the **2010s** in Earth-688.

## 2011

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## 2018

### April

#### 18th

* The Life Foundation sets its rocket to launch, exploring space for new habitable worlds.

### October

* Sarah Chambers, Phillip Barclay, and Robert MacDonald die from an experiment involving pancreatic cancer patients.
* This results in a lawsuit filed by the bio-engineering corporation the Life Foundation.
* While exploring space for new habitable worlds, a probe belonging to the Life Foundation discovers a comet covered in symbiotic lifeforms.

#### 18th

* **LF1 Crash**:
	+ The probe returns to Earth with four samples, but one escapes and causes the ship to crash in Malaysia.
	+ The Life Foundation recovers the other three samples and transports them to their research facility in San Francisco, where they discover that the symbiotes cannot survive without oxygen-breathing hosts, which often fatally reject the symbiosis.
	+ A symbiote hosts a Maylasian EMT after killing John Jameson.

#### 19th

* Anne Weying wakes up her fiancée, journalist Eddie Brock, for his meeting with Life Foundation CEO Carlton Drake the next day.
* Brock speaks with his friend Richard, learning his daughter got accepted to MIT. He speaks with his boss, Jack.
* Weying and Brock spend most of the day kissing each other, going on a date. Weying mentions Brock's *Daily Globe* incident and that he left New York City to pursue *The Eddie Brock Report*.
* Brock reads about Drake's human trials with the symbiotes in a classified document on Weying's computer, learning about Sarah Chambers, Phillip Barclay, and Robert MacDonald, all deceased due to the trials. Brock aims to expose the Life Foundation the next day.

#### 20th

* Eddie Brock gets ready for his meeting with Carlton Drake, a way to expose his human trials to symbiotes on homeless people.
* Drake talks to kids at the Life Foundation, saying to not silence others for asking, but leaves for his interview with Brock. The children are left by scientist Dora Skirth.
* Brock has his interview with Drake, about his earliest entrepreneurs in the industry, but then asks a rather serious question: his human trials on homeless people.
* The interview derails, causing Brock to be fired from his job by his boss Jack. He then discovers that Anne Weying had been fired because his actions.
* Consequently, Weying ends their relationship.
* Weying packs her things from Brock's apartment, taking their pet cat, Mr. Belvedere, with her.

#### 23rd

* Eddie Brock moves to a new apartment, meeting the homeless Maria and getting an obnoxious neighbor, Ziggy.

## 2019

* Eddie Brock starts seeding a plant near the window of his apartment.
* Anne Weying starts dating Dan Lewis.

### April

#### 15th

* Maria, an acquaintance of Eddie Brock, is bonded to the black symbiote by the Life Foundation.

#### 18th

* Jacob, a homeless person, is bonded to a blue symbiote by the Life Foundation.

#### 22nd

* Six months after the LF1 Crash, Life Foundation scientist Dora Skirth manages to bond a rabbit with a symbiote. Seeing this, CEO Carlton Drake's symbiosis trials are closer to success despite Skirth's plea.
* Former investigative journalist Eddie Brock goes over his daily routine. While at Mrs. Chen's convenience store, he encounters Dora Skirth. She wants Brock to help her expose Drake. Brock returns home to think about it.

#### 23rd

* **Infiltration into the Life Foundation Headquarters**:
	+ Dora Skirth helps Eddie Brock break into the research facility for evidence. He learns several homeless people have been bonded to the symbiotes and are starting to die. He notices Maria bonded to a symbiote and tries to help her.
	+ While Brock fends off Maria, the symbiote transfers from her to him, killing Maria instantly. Unaware of being bonded to the symbiote, Brock escapes from guards and flees to the woods.
* Riot, the symbiote behind the LF1 Crash, makes its way from Malaysia to San Francisco by hopping from body to body.
* Brock begins to display strange symptoms as a result of the symbiote possessing him. He attempts to reach his ex-fiancée Anne Weying for help, but has "a bizarre outburst" at a lobster restaurant.
* Meanwhile, Carlton Drake learns of the break-in and orders Skirth dead. Despite her plea, she and the Old Yeller symbiote are killed, leaving the symbiote inside Brock as the only known living specimen. Drake also orders a hunt on Brock, her accomplice.
* Weying's new boyfriend, Dr. Dan Lewis, discovers Brock's symbiote upon examining him in the hospital.
* Drake sends mercenaries, including Roland Treece, to retrieve the symbiote from Brock.
* The mercenaries ambush Brock at his home to retrieve the symbiote. It manifests around Brock as a monstrous attacker that fends off the mercenaries.
* The symbiote introduces itself to Brock as Venom, using masculine pronouns. He explains the comet the Life Foundation astronauts found is searching for planets, such as Earth, where the symbiotes can possess and devour its inhabitants. Venom offers to spare Brock if he helps the symbiote achieve its goal.
* **Chase of Eddie Brock**:
	+ Venom guides Brock as the latter is chased by Drake's mercenaries through the streets of San Francisco.
	+ Brock comes to enjoy the superhuman attributes Venom gives him.
* Brock and Venom break into the former's old workplace to turn in evidence of Drake's crimes.
* **Attack on Eddie Brock**:
	+ Drake sends SWAT officers to surround Brock.
	+ With Brock surrounded by the SWAT officers, Venom engulfs him to attack the officers.
	+ Weying sees Brock transform amidst the attack.
* She takes Brock to Lewis' office. They explain Venom is rotting Brock's internal organs. Brock notes the symbiote has two weaknesses: fire and high-pitched sounds, such as screams. Although Venom claims the damage can be reversed, Weying separates him and his host using a MRI machine.
* Riot bonds with Drake, who agrees to take Riot in a Life Foundation probe to collect more symbiotes and take over Earth.
* **Kidnapping of Eddie Brock**:
	+ With him no longer bonded to the symbiote Venom, former investigative journalist Eddie Brock goes back to his apartment. He is then captured by the CEO of the bio-engineering corporation the Life Foundation, Carlton Drake's, men.
	+ Drake and Riot interrogate Brock, who refuses to say anything to tell anything to them.
	+ Realizing Brock has been captured by Drake, Anne Weying reluctantly has to bond with Venom to help free Brock. Her pairing with Venom is known as "She-Venom".
	+ She-Venom frees Brock and the two reconcile. Weying kisses Brock to transfer Venom from her to him.
* When Brock and Venom bond again, the latter states he has been convinced to protect Earth from Riot through his interactions with the former. The pair set out to stop Drake and Riot with Weying's help.
* **Battle at the Life Foundation Headquarters**:
	+ Brock/Venom and Drake/Riot battle near the Life Foundation rocket.
	+ Drake and Riot manage to separate their enemies from each other. Riot then stabs Brock and kills him. Venom heals his host's wounds and resurrects him to continue fighting for Earth.
	+ Venom and Riot collide as the probe sets off to space, leaving Drake without a symbiote.
	+ Venom damages the probe as it takes off, causing an explosion that kills Riot and Drake.
	+ Brock and Venom flee to the lake below, as Earth is saved. The FBI note that Brock was the only person there when the rocket exploded.
* Reports on the battle between Venom and Riot/Drake spread, as does Drake's misdeeds exposed to the public. Brock's reputation returns and he returns to journalism.

#### 24th

* Eddie Brock and Anne Weying re-establish a mutual friendship. The latter believes the former is no longer bonded with Venom and that he died in the explosion.
* Unbeknownst to her, Brock and Venom remain secretly bonded. The former sets up that Venom can eat criminals to protect San Francisco lethally, but no other criminals. Venom understands and follows this rule for a year and a half.
* The duo passes by an old man. He tells them not to give up on Weying. Venom then asks Brock who that was.
* **Robbery of Mrs. Chen's Store**:
	+ A hungry Brock enters Mrs. Chen's store to look for food. He and Venom notice the Shakedown Thug entering the store for money.
	+ As Chen takes money from the cash register, Venom engulfs Brock and intimidates the thug. The thug asks, "who are you".
	+ Venom and Brock introduce themselves as a vigilante jointly known by the former's name. Venom eats the thug, resulting in an afraid Chen to ask Brock what happened.
	+ Brock tells her he has a parasite and walks away.

### May

#### 8th

* Serial killer Cletus Kasady invites journalist Eddie Brock to interview him, the only person he would talk to for a year. The San Francisco Police Department and FBI see this as a way to learn the locations of Kasady's victims' bodies.

#### 9th

* Eddie Brock drives to San Quentin State Prison to interview incarcerated serial killer Cletus Kasady.
* On his way to the prison, Brock explicitly tells his symbiote Venom that the interview is for him, not for the both of them. Brock enters the prison, greeted by Kasady.
* Kasady tells him that, when he gets out of prison, he will unleash "carnage".

### June

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#### 11th

* Nicque Marina, a new social correspondent, reports on Dr. Michael Morbius publicly rejecting the Nobel Prize on *The Daily Bugle* TikTok account. She then elaborates on who Morbius is.
* **Massacare of LCV Murnau**.

#### 12th

* Nicque Marina reports that the *LCV* crewmembers have been massacred, and Morbius is declared missing.
* **Murder of Kristen Sutton**.

#### 13th

* Nicque Marina reports that Morbius is no longer missing.
* **Attack on Michael Morbius**.
* Nicque Marina scaringly uploads a video onto *The Daily Bugle* TikTok account fearing for her life after news reports say of a Living Vampire, who is Morbius.

#### 14th

* **Escape from Manhattan Detention Complex**.

#### 15th

* **Assassination of Emil Nicholas**.
* **Assassination of Martine Bancroft**.
* **Duel of New York City**.

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.50 1.51 1.52 1.53 1.54 1.55 1.56 1.57 1.58 1.59 1.60 1.61 1.62 *Venom*
2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 In *Venom*, after the Riot symbiote is transferred from Corinne Wan into the old woman, the film jumps forward "SIX MONTHS LATER" to the pre-established date of April 22, 2019 (see other references). This could refer to an exact six months, meaning the scene jumped from October 22, 2018, or more generally the scene was "during October 2018" (approximating with mid-October, October 16, 2018). A weighted calculation, putting more weight on the more specific, places the prologue of *Venom* as occurring from October 18, 2018 to October 20, 2018. This fits with an email shown early in the film titled "Northern California Law Association 2018 eNews", indicating a 2018 setting for the prologue.
3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 Andy Serkis said that roughly a year and a half passes between the events of *Venom* and *Venom: Let There Be Carnage*. The main events of the latter film firmly begin on October 28, 2020 (see 2020 references). Taking Serkis' quote to mean 1 year and 6 months, he could have been referring to a near-exact 6 months (around April 28, 2019), or more generally "October - April = 6 months" (approximating with mid-April, April 15/16, 2019). Putting more weight on the more specific, a weighted calculation places the end of *Venom* on approximately April 24, 2019.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 *Venom: Let There Be Carnage*
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 In the mid-credits scene of *Venom*, Cletus Kasady invites Eddie Brock to interview him. This would have occurred within a month of Eddie Brock's reputation returning, approximately between April 24, 2019 (as per Jack's orders) and May 24, 2019, so roughly May 9th, with Kasady's invitation the day prior.
6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 *The Daily Bugle* covers state it is "New York's Favorite Newspaper since 1932." They also feature broken numerals, but the first video features "LXXXXVII", which is incorrect since you can't write more than three numbers next to each other, however in the film, it appears as "LXXXVII". LXXXVII = 87, so 1932 + 87 = 2019. Lastly, the issue numbers (162–164) give the first, second, and third videos as releasing on: June 11, 2019, June 12, 2019, and June 13, 2019, respectively. 2019 is also confirmed by a behind-the-scenes image featrung a *USA Today* newspaper.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 *The Daily Bugle*
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 *Morbius*

## External Links

* 2011 on Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
* 2018 on Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
* 2019 on Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki