Phase One · Infinity Saga
The Avengers
EssentialMovie20122h 23m
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes team up for the first time to stop Loki and an alien invasion.
Two scenes during the credits
Availability changes by country and by week, so this searches JustWatch rather than guessing.
Can you skip The Avengers?
No. It carries part of the main MCU throughline, and what comes after it assumes you have seen it. See the full MCU order.
MCU guides
- MCU watch orderEvery Marvel Cinematic Universe film, series and special in the order Marvel released them: plus the shorter path through it if you only want the main throughline.
- MCU in timeline orderThe full Marvel timeline, from ancient history to the multiverse. Every film and series arranged by when it happens rather than when it came out.
- MCU essentialsSeventy-five titles is a lot. Here is the throughline, and honest permission to skip the rest.
- Before DoomsdayDoomsday pulls from three separate continuities. Here is the shortest honest catch-up.
- Before Brand New DayA short list, and one surprising addition from a corner of the MCU that has nothing to do with Spider-Man.
- Punisher orderOne special, one series it follows on from, and a Netflix run that came first.
- Before VisionQuestFour entries carry Vision from the day he is built to the blank copy this series picks up.
Where it sits in the MCU order
- Release order
- #6 of 77
- Chronological order
- #8 of 77
- Released
- 4 May 2012
- In-universe era
- Heroes Emerge
What to watch next
In release order
In chronological order