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This is a timeline of events that occurred during the 2000s.
Bern 2000: New Year's Day comes, and the distraught Aldrich Killian is still waiting for Tony Stark on the roof of a building in Bern, Switzerland. Meanwhile, Stark chooses to party and sleep with Maya Hansen. Seeing the New Year's celebrations below, Killian is inspired to continue his work without Stark.[7]
Maya Hansen hears Stark leaving
That morning, Maya Hansen wakes up to find Stark has discreetly left her.[7]
Jones Family Car Crash: 14-year-old Jessica Jones, her parents, Brian Jones and Alisa Jones, and her 10-year-old brother, Phillip Jones leave for an Easter vacation to Florida. Her father gets distracted, due to a fight between Jessica and Phillip over a video game, causing their car to crash with a truck that is carrying a container of chemicals. The Jones family die in the crash. Eventually, the corpse of Jessica is retrieved by IGH, they do experiments on her resurrecting her, but giving her powers as a side effect. The horrific experience would affect Jessica's deeply as she decided to investigate the situation 17 years later.[20][21]
Talent agent Dorothy Walker pays IGH for Jones' medical bills while she is comatose, hoping to adopt her as a publicity stunt to promote her daughter Patsy's television show.[20][21]
23rd[]
Alisa Jones wakes in the Industrial Garments & Handling Facility, bewildered. She is greeted by a nurse named Luanne McClure, who tries to calm her down. However, when Jones sees her reflection and sees her face mangled and burned, she panics and becomes angry, breaking out of the room and attacking nurses in the corridor to escape. She finds a girl walking down the corridor and grabs hold of her, but a doctor at the facility, Karl Malus, gets to her and sedates her, informing her that the girl is her daughter, Jessica, so she should not want to hurt her.[22][23]
After awakening from her coma, Jessica Jones overhears Trish "Patsy" Walker talking about the fact Jones' parents and brother are all dead. Right after, Jessica Jones is adopted by the Walker family.[20][24]
Jessica Jones finds out that Dorothy Walker hits her daughter, Trish Walker. She reveals her powers to Trish and promises her that she will protect her from her mother.[24]
Marduk Kurios tells Ana Helstrom that she is special and stronger than other children. In order to prove this, Kurios attempts to set Helstrom on fire. Daimon and Victoria Helstrom hear this and run downstairs, yelling at Kurios and trying to stop him.[36] Struggling against Kurios, Daimon is pushed to the floor. Kurios tries to stab him with the Shard, but Daimon pushes back against him and screams.[37] The knife cuts Daimon enough to leave a scar on his chest. Daimon pushes the knife out of Kurios' hand, breaking it in two as it lands on the floor.[38][3]
Daimon lays bleeding on the ground and watches helplessly as Kurios walks over to Ana, who is still sitting with her ears over her head. Victoria rushes over to stop Kurios, but he pushes her to the ground, marking her for possession by Kthara.[3] He takes Ana and one half of the Shard, leaving the other half behind so that Daimon and Ana can each have a piece.[38][39]
Daimon and Victoria chase after Ana as Kurios drives away with her. Ana bangs on the back window and screams, and Daimon shouts back. Daimon eventually stops running as Victoria catches up with him and grabs him. The two watch in horror as Ana is driven away.[38][3]
Marduk Kurios kills a person and puts him in the trunk of his car. He reaches Willamette River and pulls the body towards it while Ana Helstrom watches through the rearview mirror. Kurios gets back into the car and gives Helstrom a bracelet with a butterfly charm. Helstrom hesitantly accepts the bracelet,[41] and Kurios drives west down Smith Street as people see him.[38][42]
Kidnapping of Zoe Richards: At Marduk Kurios' instructions, Ana Helstrom walks up to Richards and claims to be lost, asking for her father. Kurios approaches Helstrom and Richards and takes Richards, bringing her to an abandoned construction site. He ties Richards to a chair and blindfolds her.[38][47][46]
A construction worker visits the construction site for the first time in two years, wanting to see if the structure was sound and not a liability to the surrounding land. He hears Richards whimpering and finds her, calling for the police and fire department. Both departments arrive on the scene and Richards is rushed to the hospital for her third-degree burns.[47][46]
Richards' family refuses to allow the spreading of more information about the incident.[47][46]
The construction company's lawyer makes a statement, assuring the public that the company would assist the police in investigating what happened to Richards, offering condolences to Richards' family. The lawyer also says that there were no gas lines connected to the construction site and that their employee saved Richards' life.[47][46]
The lead investigator on Richards' case says that they have no leads as to who could be responsible, but assures the public that they would not rest until they found the person responsible for what happened. The police cancel a press conference that was scheduled for the day.[47][46]
Richards goes into surgery for her burns, but remains significantly disfigured.[47][46]
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Victoria Helstrom writes in her diary, saying that she knows Marduk Kurios put Kthara in her. She writes about Kurios trying to contact her, but Kthara starts yelling in her head, leading Helstrom to write in the diary for Kthara to stop yelling.[48][3]
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Victoria Helstrom writes in her diary, expressing her belief that Ana Helstrom will return. She paces the room as she writes that everything will be ready despite her house's messy state while a cockroach crawls across a plate of food. Crossing out another day, she makes an "X" on the wall. She continues writing, but rips the page out of her diary as she becomes overwhelmed.[53][54]
21st[]
Victoria Helstrom stands in her house and stares at a picture of her family, where she has scratched out Marduk Kurios's face. She scratches her mark and paces the floor.[53][54]
Victoria Helstrom writes in her journal that Ana Helstrom will be safe upon her return and writes for Kthara to leave her body as she scratches her mark. Daimon Helstrom enters the room, pleading with his mother to eat something.[53][54]
Daimon nervously bounces his leg, not eating as he sits across the table from her mother. Victoria sees that the food Daimon prepared was Ana's favorite and realizes that Daimon did not set a place for Ana. Daimon says that Ana is not coming back, angering Victoria. She slams the table and insists that Daimon is wrong, scaring Daimon. Calming down, Victoria places her food in a napkin with the intention of saving hers for Ana. Daimon tries to tell Victoria something that he says she will not like, but he is interrupted by a knock at the door.[53][54]
Believing the knock to have been Ana, Victoria gets excited at her return and rushes to the door. Daimon, knowing who it is, rushes after Victoria and asks her to stop. Daimon apologizes as Victoria opens the door and is disappointed to find several adults outside the door. Doctor Meyer introduces herself and the Behavioral Health Department, asking to talk to her. Meyer pulls Victoria away as she starts to say she cannot leave her son, but then realizes that Daimon is the one who called the Behavioral Health Department on her. Victoria is taken away as one member of the Behavioral Health Department stays with Daimon, closing the door to prevent him from watching her.[53][54]
Daimon Helstrom rides his bike onto the St. Johns Bridge and looks over the edge, remembering his failure to prevent his father from kidnapping his sister. He climbs over the railing and jumps off. However, he is stopped several feet above the water by his father, who telepathically tells Helstrom that he will always be his son before releasing him safely into the water.[55][36]
Helstrom is committed to the care facility.[55][3]
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In junior year, David Lieberman spends an evening with his classmate Sarah after a party, and they end up kissing. They would become a couple, eventually ending in their marriage.[68][27]
The Rands and Meachums film a commercial for Rand Enterprises. Joy Meachum complains about the dress she has to wear. The two families go to the circus in Madison Square Garden, since the young Danny Rand did not want to film the commercial and his parents had to bribe him. Rand sits between Meachum and his mother, eating popcorn. Rand, inspired, starts wanting to become an acrobat.[74][75]
28th[]
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Gregory Sallinger is on a school field trip when Deputy Ronnie Velasco picks him up in order to tell him about his brother, Donny's passing.[19] Although Gregory hopes this will make his father be less abusive toward him, the death only increases his father's resentment. His father tells him that he wishes he had been the brother to die instead.[77][78]
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Marduk Kurios encourages Ana Helstrom to take part in torturing the latest young girl Kurios has kidnapped. Helstrom looks at the girl, nervous as she holds the Shard. Kurios takes Helstrom's hand. She prepares herself as Kurios holds her hands, but decides to act and escape. Helstrom stabs Kurios' leg, giving her the opportunity to run away. Helstrom runs through the woods and hides behind a tree, pocketing the Shard. However, Kurios finds her and places his hand over her mouth. Kurios buries Helstrom alive.[38][37]
The Blood find Kurios' dead body and cremate it, believing it to destroy Kurios.[38][37]
Caretaker finds where Helstrom is buried and digs her out. Helstrom pushes her arm through the dirt, allowing Caretaker to pull her out. Caretaker hugs Helstrom, who cries into his shoulder.[38][37]
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6th[]
During the luncheon at Donny Sallinger's funeral, Donny and Gregory's father stabs Gregory in the chest in anger.[77][78]
After weeks of psychological evaluations, Ana Helstrom finally begins communicating, though not about the nature of her kidnapping.[81] She is cleared to enter the foster system.[38][37]
Caretaker and Louise Hastings observe Helstrom in their separate observation rooms. Hastings explains that Helstrom's behavior is often unnerving and indicative of limited empathy while Helstrom plays with a butterfly necklace given to her by her father. Hastings expresses further confirm for Daimon Helstrom, who had been having night terrors, expressing fear that Daimon would regress if reunited with Ana. Hastings explains that Ana made a nurse faint, making Caretaker realize that she has demonic abilities. Caretaker expresses worry about the Blood hunting her, horrifying Hastings. Caretaker explains that Blood's concern of Ana and Daimon continuing their father's killings.[38][37]
Hastings refuses to allow the children to be hunted, so Caretaker proposes that they keep the children apart and out of sight. Hastings asks Caretaker to take Ana, but Caretaker notes that his activities make him a danger to her. Hastings is concerned for her, but Caretaker says that she will go through the foster system and that he will check in on her occasionally. Hastings hesitantly accepts this and assures Caretaker that she can handle Daimon. Caretaker notes that the siblings' lives depend on them as Ana uses her abilities to crack the window separating her from them, startling Hastings.[38][37]
Attempting to attend school, Daimon Helstrom is surrounded by bullies. One notes that his mother is in a psychological ward, leading another to mockingly ask if he shared his mother's condition and led his sister to run away. Helstrom starts crying, which the students further mock him for. They start chanting his name as Helstrom gets overwhelmed and sets one of the bullies' backpack on fire, pushing the entire room back. Helstrom worries as the students in the room recover. Louise Hastings walks up behind Helstrom, who turns away from her.[102][39]
The room is emptied, but Helstrom stays and cries. Hastings puts a comforting hand on Helstrom's shoulder as he calls himself a monster. However, Hastings shakes her head and refuses the claim, saying that there is no such thing.[102][39]
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Bobby McBurty steals a snowblower. Ronnie Velasco, aware that he did it due to his statement not adding up, decides to let it slide and leaves the case unsolved.[125][19]
Jonah takes Catherine and Geoffrey Wilder to his old home, now the underground basement of a mansion. He tells them he is giving them the mansion, so that PRIDE may use the basement for private activity.[132][133]
Rite of Blood: The nine PRIDE parents meet in the Wilder Mansion basement, wearing red gowns and performing the Rite of Blood for the first time. Leslie Dean leads 17-year-old[18] runaway Brooks Watten into a Dematerialization Box, and he is sacrificed, his energy transferred to Jonah to revitalize him. Most of the PRIDE members are shocked at the death, but Dean tells them they all signed up to do this when they agreed to accept Jonah's gifts over the years. Geoffrey Wilder notices a camera that has filmed the event, and Tina Minoru explains that the recording has uploaded to the Wizard server, saying she knew about and willingly went along with the event to protect their children. The group realize what they are now trapped into doing.[132][133]
Tina Minoru returns home to her baby daughter, Nico. She goes to her toddler daughter Amy, only to find Jonah sitting with Amy, having got rid of the babysitter. Jonah thanks her for keeping the recording of the Rite of Blood on her server and standing up to the rest of PRIDE, but Tina says she only did it because of Jonah's threats, not out of loyalty. Tina picks up Amy, scared of her being around Jonah, and Jonah goes to leave, commenting that daughters can become rebellious when they hit their teenage years.[132][134]
May[]
Erik Gelden, who has recently received his ability to sense through headaches if people are morally evil, comes home from college, and the first person he sees is his father, whom he had always idolized. He is shocked when he is hit by massive pain in his father's presence, realizing he has done terrible things. As he thinks about why his sister, Brianna Gelden, had stopped coming home, he realizes that in times where his father had locked himself in with Brianna for the night, he had been raping his daughter for years.[135][136]
Erik Gelden confronts his father about raping Brianna, forcing him to admit his actions. His father is arrested, but on that day, Erik and Brianna's mother commits suicide by overdose, and Brianna blames Erik, saying it was not his truth to expose. He is dissuaded from trying to do "good" from there on.[135][136]
After 3 months as a couple, Frank Castle and his girlfriend Maria find out that Maria is pregnant. Maria tells Frank she would understand if he wants to leave, but instead, Frank proposes to her, and she accepts.[137][27]
21st[]
Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development edited by Usha Goswami is published.[1][33]
Dorothy Walker attempts to make plans to see the Thanksgiving Day Parade with Trish Walker and Jessica Jones. However, Dorothy confuses the train schedule and they miss the parade by an hour. Instead, they go to a run-down movie theater and eat stale hot dogs. Jones accidentally takes a picture of their feet.[153][154]
Nathan Silva is killed by Gregory Sallinger. Sallinger puts Silva's remains in a wrestling bag and buries the body in Silva's backyard. That day, Sallinger and Silva's high school wrestling team come and build a gazebo in the backyard, and Sallinger helps, ensuring the gazebo is atop Silva's burial place. Silva's father assumes his son did not want to do the work when he does not show up to help. Later, Silva is declared missing by the Wappinger Falls Police Department.[171][19]
1st[]
"Drowning Man" by Dummy is released as part of the album, Hang 'Em High.[1][172]
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Ying Li, now pregnant with her daughter, lays down as her son, Xu Shang-Chi, rests his head on her stomach. Ying tells Xu to say hello to his little sister.[49][187]
The Stokes family attend The Lydian Singers' performance at Whitman Hall in Brooklyn.[188]
Dr. Eileen Mercer, dying from a terminal illness, holds her final meeting with teenager Benjamin Poindexter. He desperately wants her not to leave, wishing to keep working with her, but she assures him they have prepared for this - that he will get a job and stay on his medication, and offers him a box of cassette recordings of their appointments to help him if he needs them. She suggests another therapist, but he angrily gets up and says he does not want another therapist, and that he wants to kill her for dying, which feels like abandonment. She calms him down, and says that he should find someone with a good heart to look up to, to guide his internal compass.[198][199]
Coulson and May's orders are to retrieve the 0-8-4 in Russia. They are discovered by Ivanov's SVR soldiers while cracking a safe. Coulson tries to negotiate with the Russian soldiers, claiming that he has been sent to investigate a biohazard leak, although Ivanov's commander remains highly skeptical of him.[201][202]
May escapes with the 0–8–4, abandoning Coulson, causing him to be captured by the SVR Soldiers. May soon returns, attacking Ivanov and his unit and freeing Coulson. They escape with the 0–8–4.[201][202]
As a result of this, Ivanov's unit are tortured and executed for their failure, although Ivanov manages to escape the same punishment. Ivanov goes on to directly blame Coulson and all of S.H.I.E.L.D. for the incident which killed his unit.[201][202]
Hoping to get a chance to leave her home of Fagan Corners, Penelope Page purchases a losing Vermont Mega-Grab lottery ticket. However, she dies of cancer before scratching it. Her husband frames the ticket and places it on the wall of their Penny's Place restaurant in her memory.[172][203]
After a period of rivalry, Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons are paired together in a chemistry lab and strike up a friendship.[196][204]
1st[]
Business Law by Robert W. Emerson is published.[1][205]
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Gabriella Rosetti experiences epileptic seizures, which her parents identify as demonic possession. They call in an exorcist who examines her and recognizes epilepsy, allowing her parents to get her proper treatment. Rosetti resents her parents initially, but over time comes to understand them.[208][37]
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Leo Fitz invites Jemma Simmons to his dorm room, but Simmons shows up 24 minutes late after getting involved in a conversation with Professor Anne Weaver. Simmons mentions her own bedroom, and Fitz becomes excited at the idea of visiting. Fitz asks Simmons to be a sounding board and if he can bounce ideas off of her, but Simmons is offended. She realizes how cluttered Fitz's thoughts are, so he asks for help uncluttering them. The two work on the project together, and Fitz becomes less awkward around Simmons, though Simmons decides to put him in the "friend zone".[196][210]
Harold Meachum is approached by The Hand organization, days before he is expected to die. They offer him the opportunity to be resurrected after his passing, and he accepts.[211][71]
Karen Page, on a gap year, parties with college students. An emo student calls her over to a side room, where he buys drugs off of her.[220][172]
Another student enters the room and tries to get drugs off of Page without paying full price. When she refuses, he steals it from her and shoves her away. She punches him, and he goes to punch her back, but her boyfriend, Todd Neiman enters and pins him to the door, forcing him to give back the drugs and hurting him until he apologizes to Page. Page and Neiman leave.[220][172]
In a trailer together, Page counts up the drug money they have made, and is delighted to see they made a good amount due to students wanting to get high because of midterms.[220][172]
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Karen Page is woken at 5:35AM by a call from home, asking where she is. She apologizes for oversleeping and leaves to drive to Penny's Place, the family diner.[220][172]
Page drives through a snowy Vermont to get to the diner. Before getting out of the car, she cleans herself up in the hope that her drug-taking will not be noticeable.[220][172]
Karen talks with Kevin
Getting to work, Karen's brother Kevin Page gives her an excuse for her lateness that he has come up with for her: that she was picking up pastries. She relays the excuse to her father, Paxton, and promises everything is under control.[220][172]
Karen Page lets regular customer Chief Bernie Cohen in, who gives his regular order of eggs and sausage. Kevin tells her Paxton is outside.[220][172]
Heading out, Karen Page finds out that Paxton is buying a new $5000 grill. She tries to stop him, worried about how they can afford it, but Paxton insists on buying, saying they will figure something out.[220][172]
Karen Page serves Cohen his breakfast, but he points out blood in the eggs, as she realizes her nose is dripping. Kevin lets Karen know he has worked out she is not sober, but she avoids talking about it.[220][172]
As Karen Page takes out the bins, Kevin goes to speak to her. She admits to her drug use, but he says that is not what he wants to talk about. Kevin hands her a letter from Georgetown College telling her they have accepted her place, and Kevin explains that while she had deferred before, he reapplied for her in the hope she can get away from home for her own sake.[220][172]
Page and Neiman talk about the college placement
Todd Neiman and Karen Page discuss the college placement, and agree that she will not go. Neiman suggests letting the diner just go under, but she says that it is important to her father to keep it, as it is all they have left of their mother. Neiman tells Page she could come and work for him full-time if necessary, and that they could visit places together if they wanted. She sees this, however, as an unrealistic dream. Karen gets a call from her father, telling her to come back immediately.[220][172]
On returning to Penny's Place, Paxton Page reveals he wanted her to be present for dinner. Paxton says that she seems bored at work and that he knows she spends time with Neiman, expressing his disapproval. Karen becomes angry and says that she should not leave for college, that the diner will go under without her, and when Paxton disagrees, she angrily tells him that her mother did not even like the diner, or the area, and only stuck around for him. Page grabs the scratch card they have been keeping since she died from cancer, never scratched and kept as a sign of hope, and decides to scratch it off and end the false hope she feels Paxton clings to. Finding that the card was another losing one, she sadly says that they all lose.[220][172]
Karen gets between her brother and her boyfriend
Todd Neiman arrives to pick up Karen Page in his car. Kevin comes out of the diner and says Karen cannot just leave with him. Neiman tells Kevin he should have asked before sending the college letter, but Kevin retaliates by threatening to tell Chief Bernie Cohen about his drug-dealing. Karen explains that if he did, she too would be imprisoned, and gets in the car, with Neiman driving them away.[220][172]
Todd Neiman and Karen Page snort cocaine and drink together in Neiman's car. Neiman becomes concerned at how much she is consuming at once.[220][172]
Attack on Kevin Page: Driving to their trailer, they find the place on fire, and Kevin Page standing beside it, having been the one to set it ablaze, hoping it will help keep Karen away from the drugs. Neiman grabs a crowbar and starts beating Kevin, hitting Karen when she tries to stop him. Karen grabs a gun from Neiman's car and threatens Neiman with it, telling him to get away from Kevin. When he goes to hit Kevin again, she shoots him in the arm to stop him and grabs Kevin, getting him into Neiman's car and driving off.[220][172]
Karen drives the injured Kevin
As Karen Page drives her injured and bloodied brother, she asks why he would do what he did, insisting she would have fixed their situation. He says that he already lost their mother, doing it because he could not lose her too. Not paying attention to the road due to being high, Page crashes into a roadside rail, overturning the car.[220][172]
Karen Page wakes, having been knocked unconscious, still strapped to her car seat. Looking over, however, she sees to her horror that Kevin has been killed by her recklessness.[220][172]
20th[]
Paxton Page lets his daughter, Karen know that Chief Bernie Cohen is going to omit her involvement in Kevin's death to save her from prison. Karen tries to talk to him about the accident but sobs, and Paxton, heartbroken, says he is glad her mother was not around to see it happen. He tells her that she needs to leave the area, unable to have her around.[220][172]
With no clear official story, nor a comment from the Pages, the locals in Fagan Corners start to speculate that Karen Page killed her brother.[220][221]
While Frank Castle and Curtis Hoyle are serving in Afghanistan, an IED goes off in a market. Hoyle runs in and gives medical help to a seriously injured child, while Castle works on securing the perimeter. Castle sees a woman, about 7-8 months pregnant, walking towards them, and while his job is to keep her away, he is distracted as he thinks about how his wife is pregnant back home. She goes to set off a detonation, but he freezes before he can bring himself to put her down, and she blows herself up in a suicide bombing. The child Hoyle is helping is killed, and Hoyle loses a leg. Castle drags Hoyle out, and Hoyle thanks him, but Castle feels guilty.[223][224]
Betty's father, General Thaddeus Ross lies to the scientists on the project, claiming their work will help protect soldiers from depleted uranium.[226]
Surveillance begins on Banner as he begins a year of work towards the Project Gamma Pulse, and Ross saves a CCTV photo of him.[106]
21st[]
RJ Nakajima and his friends return to Hotel Inessa after a long day. Nakajima goes to bed while his friends go out, and heads toward his room.[227][228]
The Winter Soldier attacks Hotel Inessa, killing multiple guards. He gets shot at, but kills his attacker and his targets. He reaches his final target and pushes him into a hallway, saying "Hail HYDRA" as he chokes the man to death.[227][228]
Nakajima witnesses the Winter Soldier kill his target, and becomes too scarred to use his key to get in the house. The Winter Soldier approaches Nakajima, who begs for his life, saying that he did not see anything. The Winter Soldier then shoots Nakajima.[227][228]
Natasha Romanoff watches younger recruits for the Red Room practice ballet. Romanoff says that the girls will break, but Madame B. responds that only the breakable ones will.[170][52]
In K'un-Lun, 13-year-old Danny Rand finishes showing Davos the game tic-tac-toe, from the outside world. Davos talks about how they have been told the Iron Fist must kill their enemies as part of their duty in guarding K'un-Lun. Rand asks what Davos would do if he were part of the Hand, and Davos says he would not kill him, being like a brother to him. Davos' mother, Priya, enters and says that he is wrong, an Iron Fist must kill any member of the Hand, and that he will not face Shou-Lao with such weakness. She strikes his hands with a cane, having him recite that he must practice to master his skills for knowledge and strength, and that he strives to become the Immortal Iron Fist.[233][234]
Marc Spector leaves home with a packed bag as Elias Spector follows, promising that Wendy Spector will get better and they can fix their situation. Marc says that Elias was supposed to fix it, asking why he has not. Elias begs, not wanting to lose another son, but Marc refuses.[243][244]
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Psychologist E. Adams evaluates Ana Helstrom, noting signs of post-traumatic stress disorder and anti-social personality disorder. She notes a distrust of authority and tendency to treat peers as objects. He further notes Helstrom's preference of the label "survivor" over "victim" of her kidnapping and realizes that Helstrom's father is still important to her. However, Helstrom refuses to talk about her kidnapping. He writes a file about Helstrom, saying that it is challenging to diagnose her due to her unwillingness to discuss her past.[245][81]
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Some time after their reunion, Garrett tells Ward he has been accepted into S.H.I.E.L.D. and will operate within as a sleeper agent for HYDRA.[246]
Garrett explains to Ward that being an agent of HYDRA will be very difficult, and that having attachments to anything or anyone is a weakness. Garrett then instructs Ward to kill Buddy, the dog who had helped him survive the wilderness for years. Ward looks Buddy in the eyes, unable to shoot him while looking him in the eyes, he instead has Buddy go fetch, using his sniper rifle to shoot him.[246]
17th[]
Natasha Romanoff purposely loses a sparring match, much to Madame B.'s disappointment. Romanoff expresses fear of the Red Room's graduation ceremony. However, B insists that the ceremony is necessary.[51][52]
Stephen Strange goes on a date with Christine Palmer at an expensive restaurant. Palmer jokes that even Strange could not afford the place. Palmer gives Strange a gift, upon opening it, Strange finds it to be a Jaeger LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Perpetual stainless steel watch. Strange thanks her for the watch.[251][253]
Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse is published.[1][205]
20th[]
Natasha Romanoff fires at a target, switching between hands and firing with deadly accuracy. The target is switched for a hostage, who Romanoff kills.[170][52]
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Ana Helstrom kills her abusive foster father, who had been abusing multiple foster children. Chris Yen finds the man dying at Helstrom's feet and realizes that he will cover for Helstrom.[257][37]
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Alisa Jones wakes in a clinic ward and is greeted by Dr. Karl Malus and Dr. Leslie Hansen. She asks how long she has been at the facility, and Malus informs her calmly that it has been 5 years, which causes Jones to panic, wanting to know what happened to her children after the crash. Malus begins to explain what has happened, telling her that they have saved her through cutting edge genetic editing, including having to reconstruct her face in a different manner to how it looked before. He then reluctantly informs her of Brian and Phillip's deaths, which she begins to panic about. Malus assures her that Jessica survived, but she angrily demands to see her. He tells her she is doing fine, and Alisa's anger turns simply to mourning.[262][23]
Jessica Jones, now a college student, reluctantly attends a club for the premiere of the music video for her adoptive sister Trish Walker's song I Want Your Cray Cray. Walker parties with friends and asks Jones whether she likes the video, but Jones bluntly says that she finds the song annoying. Walker heads with friends to the bathroom and Jones attempts to stop her, telling her that she knows she is off to take drugs and that she needs to stop. Walker ignores her.[262][23]
Jones confronts Dorothy Walker
Jones goes to the bar and finds Dorothy Walker, Trish's mother. She asks what she is doing at the venue since Trish does not like her mother due to the uncaring way she brought her up, and tells Dorothy that Trish is taking drugs. Dorothy dismisses this, claiming that Trish is doing just fine, and explains that she is Trish's backing dancer's agent. The bartender, Stirling Adams, is friendly to Jones, but his boss reprimands him, saying he is overpouring drinks. Adams quits his job in frustration, saying that he will start a club of his own and act better than his boss does.[262][23]
Walker tries to convince Jones to party with her, but Jones insists that she needs to study. They begin to argue, with Walker saying Jones is ungrateful to her considering she is the source of her tuition funding, but Jones says she only uses Walker's money because she had insisted, and states that she would be fine on her own, opening a cash machine up with her strength to demonstrate her point. Walker tells her not to come to her for help when she gets herself arrested, and Jones retorts the same for when Walker inevitably overdoses. Walker is driven away, and Adams finds Jones again, cheering her up as he jokes that he will buy her a drink.[262][23]
15th[]
Culver University releases a memo stating their research on creating a cure for neurodegenerative diseases. They are so far unsuccessful, but close. Bruce Banner and Betty Ross are the lead doctors.[263][264]
16th[]
Banner is suddenly transformed into Hulk
Under the threat of funding cuts, Bruce Banner tests the Project Gamma Pulse on himself, but the combination of gamma radiation and the serum Betty Ross developed based on Abraham Erskine's Super Soldier Serum results in the accident that turns him into Hulk. Gamma pulses stored in Banner's amygdala which are released during high stress moments, will trigger a transformation. Betty is injured and hospitalized.[226][106]
Bruce Banner visits Betty Ross at the hospital and Thaddeus Ross admits to Banner that the project is being developed as a weapon, not just defense. Banner goes on the run. The military closes the lab building for a year and shuts down the Project Gamma Pulse. General Ross keeps some project data, while Betty also secretly holds onto data and remains at Culver University. After Banner's leak, Ross puts the military on his track. Angered by her father's treatment of Banner, Betty stops talking to him. This is the start of the Bruce Banner Manhunt, which spans for five years.[226][106]
Banner tries to flee from the United States and into Canada by sneaking into a truck that was heading through the border with Idaho. Banner is caught but when the Border Patrol officers try to arrest him, Banner is forced to transform into Hulk.[226]
Hulk flees after the incident. In his run, Hulk is sighted by locals along the U.S./Canada border.[226]
After the incident, a watch is found with the words "To Bruce, all my love, Betty" inscribed on the back of it.[226]
For her graduation ceremony from the Red Room, Natasha Romanoff is placed on a gurney, nervous, and wheeled into an operating room, where her uterus and ovaries are removed, sterilizing her.[170][51][69][52]
June[]
The Cat in Ancient Egypt by Jaromir Malek is published.[1][124]
In the morning, Alisa Jones tries on a wig to cover her scarred scalp. She is taken to talk to Dr. Karl Malus. Malus wants to talk in hopes of getting to the root of her dissociative anger disorder, but she insists first on being told where Jessica is. He explains that Jessica has been adopted, which Alisa accepts, but when he lets her know that Jessica thinks she is dead she becomes angry. Malus tells her of how she nearly killed Jessica the first day she woke up, and Alisa angrily denies she could ever have done that. She breaks free of the cuffs restraining her in case of anger and moves to attack, losing control again, but Malus manages to sedate her.[278][23]
Jessica Jones and Stirling Adams kiss on the street, having become close and moved in together after Jones dropped out of college, and Adams tries to guess her middle name. She refuses to tell him, but he pickpockets her to check her ID, finding out her middle name is "Campbell", which Jones explains was her mother's maiden name. Adams says he would like to get her something special, eyeing up a leather jacket in a shop window. Jones smiles and breaks into the shop to take it. She would go on to wear it frequently for over a decade.[278][23]
28th[]
Jones overhear Adams' conversation
Jessica Jones wakes and hears Stirling Adams talking angrily to someone on the phone. When he hangs up, he explains that it was his mother on the phone, angry because she wanted him to become a plumber, not run a night club. They discuss each other's families, and Adams suggests that Jones get back in touch with Trish Walker, having not seen her for a month, and bring him with her - and that after that he will take her to see his family.[278][23]
Jones and Adams go to the club Adams used to work at to see Trish Walker, who has recently been rehearsing for her tour. She tells her she can tell she is succumbing to addiction, but Walker ignores her. Jones tells her about Adams and brings him over to meet her, and they begin to get along, though Adams begins to talk about business. Jones takes him aside and asks if that was the only reason he was interested in seeing Walker, but he says he was only taking an opportunity. She says that they do not need to, since they can get whatever they want, whenever.[278][23]
Alisa attacks Luanne
Escape from the Industrial Garments & Handling Facility: Inez Green and Luanne McClure tend to Alisa Jones, believing she is sedated. Green begins to unlocks Jones' cuffs. McClure realizes, however, that Jones has not taken the necessary dosage of pills, and tries to warn Green but is too late - Jones jumps from her bed and throws Green across the room. Green crashes into a glass cabinet and gets shards of glass embedded in her back. Jones threatens McClure, demanding to know where Jessica is, and she tells her she is with Patsy Walker's family. Jones lets her go, but when McClure then rushes to trigger an alarm, Jones grabs her again and snaps her neck, before leaving.[278][23]
29th[]
Attack on Wyatt's Crew: Soon after midnight, Jessica Jones and Stirling Adams return to their apartment. Their chatting is interrupted by a group of young men breaking into the apartment, led by a man named Wyatt. Wyatt demands money from Adams, having invested in his "Alias" club startup and got nothing in return yet. Adams and Jones attempt to tell Wyatt that the business is simply taking time, but Wyatt starts a fight. Jones defends Adams, attacking Wyatt and easily overpowering him with her super strength, forcing him and his group to leave.[278][23]
Alisa Jones finds Dorothy Walker and asks for information on Jessica's whereabouts, claiming to be an old teacher of Jessica's. Dorothy explains that all she knows is Jessica is living with her boyfriend, but Alisa manages to convince her to call Jessica and find out her address.[278][23]
Alisa Jones finds Jessica leaving her apartment, kicking open a fire hydrant to help some children who are struggling with the heat. She follows her to a bar, where Jessica is met by the boyfriend Alisa heard about, Stirling Adams.[278][23]
When Jessica Jones goes to the bathroom, Alisa follows. Jessica calls out to whomever is in the bathroom that she could use a tampon, and Alisa finds her one from a cabinet, happy to be able to help her daughter, even if she is not aware. She heads back up to the bar and sees Adams being taken outside by Wyatt and his gang, who have returned for him.[278][23]
Alisa Jones follows Adams outside and watches as Wyatt confronts Adams, demanding to know what other special talents Jessica has considering she managed to beat them all up so easily. Adams reluctantly agrees to let his girlfriend work for them, saying that he can convince her since she loves him and will do whatever he says. While Adams is only trying to talk his way out of the conversation, Alisa Jones misinterprets the conversation and believes that Adams is using Jessica.
Jessica cries over Adams' corpse
Inside the bar, Jessica Jones asks the bartender where Adams is, but he does not know. She heads outside to find him. Alisa Jones confronts Adams, furious at him for seemingly exploiting her daughter. He tries to explain that he was trying to just get them off his back, but she loses her temper and her dissociative anger disorder kicks in. He asks who she is, and she snarls that she is Jessica's mother before grabbing his head and angrily beating it against the wall repeatedly, killing him. Jessica Jones turns the corner and is horrified to see Adams' body. She breaks down and cries as Alisa watches from a fire escape above, regretting her actions and realizing that she cannot now reintroduce herself to her daughter.[278][23]
July[]
A boy is born in New York City to a single mother, out of wedlock. A man becomes the mother's boyfriend, and as the couple go on to get closer, he ends up loving the child, and they choose to lie to the boy and claim the man is his father.[279][123]
Jessica Jones visits the club Trish Walker frequents, desperately sad and wanting to find her adoptive sister. She finds her in the bathroom, preparing to perform a sexual favor on a man who provided her and her friends with drugs. The man is rude to Jones and she grabs hold of him, scaring him until he gives up and leaves.[278][23]
The adoptive sisters head outside to a nearby rooftop. Jones explains that Wyatt and his gang have been arrested and assumes that they were indeed the killers. She cries and tells Walker that she feels responsible, believing she aggravated the men when she attacked them. Walker reassures her that Adams' death only happened because the men were killers, not because of anything she did, but Jones tells her she is also upset that Walker did not return her calls despite trying for 24 hours. She gets Walker to admit that she did not reply because she was high, and that she has become addicted and needs help, and Walker swears she will get help soon. The sisters lean on each other for comfort as a movie plays on a wall the rooftop overlooks, run by a man who plays movies on the first Friday of every month.[278][23]
On a beach trip, Karl Malus tells Alisa Jones about his past life when visiting the ocean. Jones comments on the ocean's nature of being powerful and carefree of what it does, explaining that watching the ocean makes her feel free. People start coming to visit the beach and Jones wants to leave, but Malus tells her that he is closing IGH, as Leslie Hansen and Miklos Kozlov have put the project in jeopardy. He promises to stay with Jones to find a way to correct her dissociative episodes, understanding that staying with her will be dangerous, but states he does not care, and the two share a kiss.[282][283]
Having been accepted into Columbia University, Matt Murdock enters his room and introduces himself to his new roommate Foggy Nelson, who is signing on to a Punjabi course at the last minute. Nelson admits that he heard about what had happened to Murdock as a child and is excited for their upcoming four years together.[286][287]
Spencer, Jr. is born to Cheryll and "Spencer." Not wanting to raise a child, Hollis kills himself and resurrects. He leaves Cheryll to raise Spencer, Jr. alone.[147][148]
Matt Murdock and Foggy Nelson gatecrash an expensive party together, and there Murdock meets fellow student Elektra Natchios. As the two of them talk, Natchios deduces things about him, however, Murdock uses his wit to keep the conversation going, and the two leave the party together, getting into another person's sports car and driving off. From then on, the two continue to commit reckless acts together and get closer.[286][292][293]
Emil Blonsky and his team later arrives at the village discovering a path of destruction left by Hulk. This is reported to Thaddeus Ross, his first lead on Banner in months, since the incident on the U.S./Canada border.[226]
24th[]
Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King by Antonia Fraser is published.[1][124]
Late at night, Matt Murdock and Elektra Natchios break into Fogwell's Gym. The two of them discuss their pasts and learn more about each other, with both also mentioning that they have enjoyed the last few weeks together. They begin to playfully fight in the boxing ring, but the intimacy leads the two of them passionately making love in that gym for the first time.[286][292][293]
Khonshu expresses his sentiment that the rest of the Ennead Council have abandoned humanity. He tries to expose their existence to the world, so the Council decides that they do not want to meddle in human affairs and banishes Khonshu.[294][295]
8th[]
The following section contains information from media marked as Dubious Canon.
In the night, Elektra Natchios takes Matt Murdock to an expensive penthouse. They break in and go to the kitchen, taking food from the fridge and discussing the passionate and luxurious future that the two of them want to have together.[286][292][293]
When they hear noises, Natchios goes ahead of Murdock, and when he walks into the room, she gleefully tells him that she has Roscoe Sweeney, the killer of Murdock's father, bound to a chair for him to enact revenge on. She reveals that this was his house all along, and she expects him to appreciate the gesture.[286][292][293]
Murdock is at first reluctant, but Natchios manipulates him to start punching Sweeney. Because of her, he begins to savor the feeling of revenge. However, when she then tries to get him to kill Sweeney, Murdock realizes what a dangerous relationship he has got himself into. He steps away, breaking off his relationship with Natchios, and calls the police; however, when he looks around, Natchios is gone.[286][292][293]
A fourteen-year-old girl is taken hostage by human traffickers in Sofia. Natasha Romanoff arrives on a mission from the Red Room and slaughters the members of the trafficking ring, which the young girl sees. S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Gennady Markov witness Romanoff's actions, having been sent by S.H.I.E.L.D.. Romanoff sets the traffickers' building on fire, unaware that there are hostages inside. The fourteen-year-old girl survives and decides to model her life after Romanoff.[301][52]
Brothers Tyrone and Billy Johnson play with their father's tape recorder. Billy has his younger brother beatbox while he attempts to freestyle rap.[307][308]
Lincoln Campbell, an alcoholic trying to fill the emotional void created by being an Inhuman unaware of his genealogy, argues with his girlfriend, who has been trying to help him be a better person. Angry, he gets in the car in order to leave the situation, but his girlfriend follows him into the car. Campbell, drunk, drives while they argue, and crashes into a telephone pole.[310][311]
Gordon arrives at the scene of the crash and takes Campbell and his girlfriend to Afterlife where the Inhumans heal the couple, and Campbell becomes a trusted member of the society of Inhumans, feeling that his emotional void can be filled.[310][311]
A man named Robert, working for the Aryan Brotherhood, leaves to make a buy with $1 million. The alternator on his truck breaks, and Robert goes to a bar, where he finds a man who objects to his white supremacist tattoos and political ideology. Robert gets in a fight with the man and ends up killing him, then getting arrested.[313][314]
31st[]
In jail, Robert thinks his life is finished. However, Anderson Schultz comes to visit him and convinces Robert that his situation was all determined by God, managing to get him free. Robert changes his name to John Pilgrim and goes to work for the Schultzes, doing what he believes to be God's work through them.[313][314]
The military loses Bruce Banner, who eventually arrives in Eastern Nunavut near Greenland, in the Arctic Circle to commit suicide in a place where his body would not be found.[315] In the Arctic, Banner tries to shoot himself in the mouth. However, the attempt fails and he turns into Hulk, who spits out the bullet, and Banner wakes up afterwards.[309]
Tandy Bowen listens to music with her headphones and colors while her parents start to argue. She considers taking her headphones off to listen, but decides against it.[317][163]
Akela Amador and two other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents conduct a raid to one of T. Vanchat's gulags. The agents are murdered and Amador is captured, spending four years in a cage.[319][320]
Ying Li tells Xu Shang-Chi and Xu Xialing that she will tell them a bedtime story about Ta Lo. Shang-Chi gets excited, as Ying had not talked about Ta Lo in a long time. Xialing asks to be brought to Ying's home, but Ying says they can only visit in their imaginations. She says that only Ta Lo's guardians are able to watch her treasures, using the Shishi as an example. She explains that the shishi protect each other and their loved ones, which Shang-Chi likens to him protecting his younger sister.[305][266]
Ying says that Xialing is cute and clever, and comparing her daughter to the Jiu Wei Hu of Ta Lo, who find treats from around the world and protect their loved ones using their strength and intelligence. Shang-Chi asks if the Jiu Wei Hu are as wise as the Qilin, witch Ying says are unique. Ying says that while they could fly or swim, they choose to walk and protect the grass. She says that Qilin are kind and powerful, like Shang-Chi and Xialing. Xialing says that the flying guardians are her favorites.[305][266]
Ying shows Xialing and Shang-Chi the Fenghuang as a response to Xialing's comment about flying guardians. She says that the creatures are known for their compassion and loyalty, and are therefore a good choice for Xialing. Ying says that Xialing might one day find herself sharing her knowledge with others, like the Fenghuang do with their scrolls. She says that the phoenix is bathed in fire to provide people with warmth and light through the night.[305][266]
Shang-Chi points to a picture of Morris, asking what it is. Ying says that Morris is harder to describe than the other guardians of Ta Lo, and that while his actions are surprising, Morris will remain loyal. Shang-Chi points to an image of a dragon, suggesting it is the guardian most like himself. Ying agrees, saying that dragons will not protect everyone, but will do anything for those they care about. Shang-Chi says that he wants to grow up to be a dragon, and Ying says that he will have a different path. Shang-Chi expresses enthusiasm for Ta Lo, saying that their village has everything, but Ying says that it does not have everything, since it is missing them. Ying puts her children to sleep.[305][266]
Ying Li tells Xu Shang-Chi about the long-lived legend of the Ten Rings, an object which gave a man great power and eternal life which he used for power. Ying tells Xu that the man ran out of places on Earth to conquer, and therefore went after her home. Ying explains that the two fell in love that day, and tells him that there is more to know about the Ten Rings which he will learn when he is older.[305][49]
Xu asks his mother how she managed to beat his father, and she replies by telling him that she was empowered by the Great Protector. Xu asks if Ying can still do the things she could do when she had the Great Protector's power, but Ying says that she left her abilities behind when she left Ta Lo, but got something much better in return, referring to her family. Ying gives her son a green pendant, telling him it will help him find his way home. The two smile at each other.[305][49]
December[]
14th[]
The following section contains information from media marked as Dubious Canon.
The Iron Gang, led by a man whose life Xu Wenwu had spared ten years prior, arrives, looking for Wenwu and wanting revenge for the near destruction of their gang. Ying tells the men that Wenwu is not the man he used to be and that his business has nothing to do with her children.[324][49]
The Iron Gang leader allows the children to leave unharmed but says that someone has to pay. Ying tells Shang-Chi and Xialing and tells them to go inside so that she can talk to their guests. Xialing turns to leave, but Shang-Chi stops, reminding Ying that she no longer has her powers. Ying assures him that there is nothing to fear.[324][49]
Ying tells Shang-Chi that she and his father will always be a part of him, and that he needs to take what he has been given and make it his own. Ying hugs Shang-Chi and says that she is proud of him and that their family needs him. Ying tells Shang-Chi to go inside, and Shang-Chi listens.[324][49]
Ying approaches the gang while Shang-Chi finds a place to watch from. Ying prepares for battle as more men arrive. Shang-Chi watches as Ying fights the gang and Ying is killed by the Iron Gang.[324][49]
Wenwu returns home with groceries to find Shang-Chi crying over Ying's body and calling for his mother.[324][49]
Shang-Chi checks on Wenwu and finds him stricken with grief. Wenwu says that while Ying told him that he could change, she was wrong. He looks at the Ten Rings and says that if he had not taken them off, Ying would have been alive. Wenwu looks at his son and says that the men will pay for his decision.[324][49]
Wenwu brings Shang-Chi to the casino where the Iron Gang are. After confirming with Shang-Chi that they are the men who killed Ying, Wenwu wordlessly begins to attack the gang members, using his rings to kill the people and decimate the remaining men. Shang-Chi watches in horror, getting out of the way as a man is thrown in his direction.[324][49]
Wenwu steps on the man, demanding to know where his boss is. The man insists that he does not know, and Wenwu kills him. Shang-Chi watches, terrified. Wenwu kneels in front of Shang-Chi and tells him that a blood debt must be paid in blood, asking him to help him pay the debt. Shang-Chi agrees, and the two return home.[324][49]
A picture that came to the United States Army of a wrecked car in Samara, Russia is assigned as a possible incident caused by Hulk. However, there is no sighting.[106]
Xu Wenwu, reeling from the death of his wife, begins to train Xu Shang-Chi. Wenwu motions for Shang-Chi to approach him and grabs his son's hand, walking him through the training grounds of the Ten Rings Headquarters, leaving Xu Xialing behind. The pair meet with Death Dealer, who hits a man with a pole and stares Shang-Chi down, frightening the boy.[49][325]
Wenwu begins acting dismissive toward Xialing, saying that he cannot look at her without being reminded of his wife. Xialing is prevented from training alongside Shang-Chi.[324][49]
On Shang-Chi's first day of training, Xu Wenwu and Death Dealer watch as he begins punching and kicking a large wooden pole. After briefly stopping due to the pain, Shang-Chi is hit by Death Dealer as punishment.[324][49]
February[]
John Pilgrim, now living a devout Christian life and having fallen in love with a woman named Rebecca, discloses to Rebecca that his real name is Robert and how used to be a sinful man, describing his past violence and killings. She forgives and accepts him.[326][327]
Wenwu tends to Shang-Chi's wounds and asks if he has been practicing his English. Shang-Chi says that he has, and Wenwu says that he must strengthen his mind along with his body. After noticing Shang-Chi looking at the Ten Rings, Wenwu tells him that if he wants them to be like him one day, he has to be strong enough to carry them.[324][49]
Taking Wenwu's words to heart, Shang-Chi resumes punching the pole.[324][49]
N'Taki of Wakanda watches on near the Wakandan border, and orders his warriors to hold back the soldiers. Despite this, war continues to encroach on the border of their country, and the fighting goes on for over a year, to the point where some even begin to lose sight of their goals.[190][329]
Molly Hernandez's parents give her a hair clip with a kitten design as a gift. Later that day, they go to the Church of Gibborim in order to help choose who their latest sacrifice victim will be for Jonah.[330][331]
A woodpecker taps on the bark of a tree while Maya Lopez watches. Lopez takes a slingshot and shoots the bird down. Realizing what she has done, Lopez wraps the woodpecker in a cloth and runs over to Taloa Lopez. Lopez says that she found it fallen from a tree. Taloa asks if it really fell, so Maya tells her that she did not mean to hurt it but simply, she just wanted to see if she could hit it. She apologizes.[300][332]
Taloa tells Maya that she cannot hurt living things and in the old days, the Choctaw called referred to woodpeckers as "Biskinik." Taloa explains that they would give the Biskinik a message and the bird would tap it into trees, communicating when enemies were approaching. Maya asks if they can heal the woodpecker, so Taloa uses her healing ability to do just that.[300][332]
16th[]
Taloa Lopez holds a box with the now-healed Biskinik in it, and Maya Lopez asks if they will see the bird again. Taloa says that they will, so Maya takes the bird out of the box and releases it. The two watch as the Biskinik flies away.[300][332]
23rd[]
The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos by Michael Freeman is published.[1][13]
Gene and Alice Hernandez worry in their lab. They get on a video call with Dale and Stacey Yorkes and show them that they have dug up samples of strange, pulsating, glowing rocks. The Hernandez's daughter, Molly, meanwhile plays with one of the samples in the lab. The Hernandezes hear the lab door close behind them, which confuses them, and when Gene goes to check, he finds the door locked. The couple are unable to get out, as Molly meanwhile continues to play with the rock. Gene and Alice realize an explosive has been placed in the room as it lights up to detonate, and they rush to protect Molly as it goes off.[333][134]
Leslie Dean, who had locked the door and planted the bomb, leaves the site and calls Tina Minoru, telling her the Hernandezes have been dealt with. Distracted while cooking, Minoru burns her hand on her frying pan.[333][134]
Molly Hernandez sits in the burning wreckage of her parents' lab, the only survivor. Her eyes glow, the rock having imbued her with powers.[333][134]
Working at Goodman University, Topher Vasquez is present during the explosion. He finds a sample of the rocks from the Hernandezes' lab, which gives him strength abilities. He keeps the rocks, which would lead to an addiction.[333][334]
Gene and Alice Hernandez's funeral is held. All the members of PRIDE attend, along with their children. Molly Hernandez is also present, in a wheelchair from her injuries in the explosion. Stacey Yorkes comforts her.[336][333]
At the wake, Janet Stein and Catherine Wilder toast to Gene and Alice Hernandez. Wilder worries that any of them could have also been killed, but Stein insists the fire must have been an accident.[336][333]
Geoffrey Wilder confronts Robert Minoru, saying he has noticed Tina's bandaged, burned hand, and that he believes she started the fire. Robert states that Tina simply burned her hand on a frying pan, but Wilder says he does not believe him.[336][333]
Dale Yorkes tells Stacey that he is worried PRIDE could come after them if they find out they spoke to the Hernandezes moments before their deaths, and think the Yorkeses might also know something they should not. Stacey, however, says they can protect themselves if necessary, and owe it to the Hernandezes to now help Molly.[336][333]
Hernandez is adopted by the Yorkeses
The Yorkeses approach Molly Hernandez and are kind to her. They say that they want to offer her a new home with them, and Hernandez accepts.[336][333]
5th[]
Gert Yorkes eats apple slices and peanut butter as a snack. Her parents, Dale and Stacey Yorkes, sit her down tell her that Molly Hernandez is going to be her sister. Yorkes reacts with enthusiasm, having always wanted a sister.[333][337]
Bonnie talks to Maya Lopez about the story of Chafa, the first Choctaw. Lopez calls Bonnie her sister, leading a confused Bonnie to corrects her, saying they are cousins. Lopez reassures her they are sisters. Suddenly, they hear thunder. Meanwhile, William Lopez, Taloa Lopez, Chula Battiest and Skully all sit by a campfire talking. Skully tells a story about Biscuits' father's love of peaches, ending it with saying that everybody should love something a lot. He then gives Battiest his hand. William does the same to Taloa.[339][332]
While pulling out of the driveway, Battiest mentions to Skully how Biscuits would be sad he was not there. Skully assures her that he will feel better. Battiest then looks out and sees a woodpecker.[339][332]
Back inside the Battiest Residence, William asks Taloa if she thinks Maya and Bonnie were going to stay in their tent all night despite it raining outside. Taloa jokingly signs to him that they will be back in five minutes. The girls run inside, and Maya asks for hot chocolate. Taloa apologizes, saying they are out of it, but she will go to the store and Maya could join her to choose which kind.[339][332]
Skully and Battiest drive through the rain. Skully sings, but notices Battiest's worry. She does not tell him about her fear from seeing the biskinik, instead brushing it off.[339][332]
In their own car, Taloa Lopez looks at Maya Lopez as thunder roars. She then goes to brake at a stop sign, only to find the brake lines had been cut. She frantically tries to press down on the break as Lopez signs to her, asking what is wrong. Suddenly, they cross the intersection and are met by another car, which crashes into the driver's side door.[339][332]
Lopez wakes up with a long piece of glass embedded into her shin. She then looks at her mother, only to see that she died on impact. Lopez inches over to her mother and puts her hand on her corpse before breaking down in tears.[339][332]
Maya is rushed into surgery, where doctors amputate her leg from the knee down.[339][332]
Maya Lopez rests in the hospital as a doctor checks on her. Outside the room, William Lopez is met by Skully and a grieving Chula Battiest. Skully asks how Maya is, but William reveals that she does not yet know about Taloa Lopez's death. He adds that the people who cut the brakes were taken care of. Battiest speaks up, asking if he thinks she feels better about more death. William gets tense, saying that it makes him feel better.[339][332]
Battiest then lets her emotions get the best of her, saying that she begged Taloa Lopez not to marry him and that she saw William and his brother as thugs and criminals. Battiest blames William for her daughter's death, prompting Skully to try to get her to leave. However, Battiest refuses, saying William should leave and that she will never forgive him.[339][332]
William tells the couple that his brother got him a job in New York. Battiest brutally tells him that it is not far enough away and storms out. Before following her, Skully reassures William that Battiest is just grieving. William says that they all are.[339][332]
William then walks into Maya's room and watches as she finishes a drawing. William reads it, seeing how it is a smiley face to give to Bonnie. William says that Bonnie will love it and misses Maya. Maya says she misses Bonnie and her mother. Maya then asks her father to tell Taloa that it is her fault as she made them go to the store together. William is then forced to not only tell Maya it is not her fault. Maya asks if Taloa is okay, saddening William.[339][332]
High Evolutionary conducts a horrific and gruesome cybernetics procedure on a baby raccoon, dubbed, Subject 89P13, with the numbers tattooed onto him. The procedure turns the infant raccoon into a Halfworlder, with a large number of cybernetics, greatly increased intelligence and a prolonged lifespan. Once the operation is complete, High Evolutionary orders him to be stitched up and put with Batch 89.[142][335]
Theel throws 89P13 into a cage containing the rest of Batch 89. Subjects 89Q12, 89A95, and 89L06 each introduce themselves and try to comfort the terrified infant 89P13. 89P13 speaks for the first time, expressing his immense pain to the others, so 89Q12 uses a cloth to tend to 89P13's injuries and comforts him.[142][335]
Moving out of Tamaha, William Lopez gets Maya Lopez ready and carries her into the car. William takes one last look at Chula Battiest before getting in the car to leave for New York. Not understanding the situation, Maya sticks her head out of the window, asking if Bonnie can come, and Bonnie says that she wants to. Maya continues to try to get Bonnie to join, only for William to drive off, leaving Bonnie to run after her. However, Battiest stops Bonnie.[339][332]
William goes on to tell Maya how Battiest ripped apart the family, causing Maya to resent Battiest, who resented Maya back because she reminded her too much of Taloa Lopez.[343][332]
Heartbroken, Battiest chooses to keep the Lopez's house in tact.[343][332]
Maya Lopez attends her first day of second grade at a regular school, despite her father's assurances that she could attend a deaf school. Lopez looks around at the her laughing classmates as the teacher tells the students to open their workbooks. As the teacher teaches, Lopez begins filling out the worksheet instead of trying to read her lips.[31][332]
The teacher notices Lopez writing and approaches her. She gets Lopez's attention and says something which Lopez does not understand, aside from the word "interpreter." The teacher starts to tell her to pay attention, only to find that Lopez had completed the page with little difficulty. The teacher resumes teaching.[31][332]
That night, William Lopez sits in bed with his daughter and makes shadow puppets. Maya asks William says what sound the sky makes, so William says that it is quiet, like her. Maya asks what sound dragons make, so William growls and signs "growling," making Maya laugh. Maya asks if dragons are real, so William says that they live in a different world. Maya asks what would happen if they came to the human world, and William says it would make them stronger.[31][332]
Maya asks her father why she is not attending a deaf school, and William apologizes to her, insisting it will be better for her. Maya asks if she will have to stop signing, so William explains that she will have to learn to jump between both the hearing and deaf worlds by watching.[31][332]
During a water break, William Lopez tells Maya to be good in class and reminds Maya that speed is more valuable than size. He tells her that Wilson Fisk will take her home and leaves. Fisk approaches Maya and chuckles, squeezing her cheek.[31][332]
Kazimierczak sits next to Maya Lopez, and begins speaking to her in Polish, saying that their fathers work together. Lopez signs to him that she is deaf, so Kazimierczak points toward their parents working together. Lopez shows him the proper signs, which Kazimierczak imitates. Maya communicates to Kazimierczak that he signed it correctly and they fist bump.[345][332]
As class resumes, Lopez approaches her opponent. The pair bow and begin the fight. Lopez easily dodges a strike from her opponent and swiftly pushes him to the ground, winning the duel.[31][332]
As Lopez packs her bag, Fisk tells Lopez that although her father could not get her, the good news is that they can get ice cream. He signs "ice cream" to Lopez, who thanks Fisk.[345][332]
7th[]
Inside his cage within Arête Laboratories, a now older and bipedal 89P13 cheerfully laughs and plays with his cellmates. They all fall over laughing, and 89Q12 says that she enjoys having friends.[142][335]
12th[]
At the Brooklyn Karate Academy, Maya Lopez tells William Lopez that she wants to be like him. William acknowledges this, but tells her to focus on school so that she can grow up to have a better life than his. Maya nods in understanding and watches as William walks over and hands an envelope to a member of the Tracksuit Mafia. Wilson Fisk approaches Maya and pinches her cheek.[339][332]
In class, Lopez prepares to fight a student who underestimates her due to her amputation.[339][332]
An article is posted, describing a "strange story" with a picture of Dolly Parton slapping Agatha Harkness, speculating that the song Jolene is based on Harkness.[218]
At Arête Laboratories, Theel and Vim study 89P13 as he sits in High Evolutionary's lap and perfectly solves mathematical equations. High Evolutionary, impressed, teaches him about Counter-Earth, where the experiments will go once they are ready. 89P13 notes that he sees rockets flying in the color blue, and High Evolutionary teaches him about the sky, amazing 89P13. 89P13 asks about the music that is playing, and High Evolutionary explains to him that it details his mission to perfect an imperfect universe.[142][335]
High Evolutionary shows 89P13 his machine that can force animals to undergo millions of years of programmed evolution in moments. He tests it on a turtle, and once the evolution is complete, the turtle is incredibly violent due to the machine overproducing certain proteins. 89P13 points out the problem and figures out what is causing the malfunction. High Evolutionary expresses shock and being impressed by 89P13's ability to think independently.[142][335]
Inside Arête Laboratories, Batch 89 lays side by side. 89A95 tells his friends that he has been thinking. 89Q12 agrees, saying she has been thinking about how when they live on Counter-Earth, they will need names, and so she chooses to name herself Lylla, which the others compliment. 89A95 chooses the name Teefs, due to his teeth being his most prominent feature. 89L06 decides to name herself Floor, since she is lying on the floor. The whole group then looks to 89P13, wondering what his name will be. 89P13 tells them that one day, he will create rockets so they can all fly away together, inspiring him to call himself Rocket.[142][335]
12-year-old Donny Chavez's parents drive home from a movie night while Chavez is asleep. They get hit by a young driver who had only recently gotten their license, killing them both.[351][151]
As part of her defection to S.H.I.E.L.D., Natasha Romanoff is assigned to kill the head of the Red Room, Dreykov. She and Clint Barton go to Budapest, rig a five-story building with explosives, and lure Dreykov into the place bringing in his daughter Antonia. Barton says that they need confirmation that Dreykov is in the building, and Romanoff watches Antonia enter and greet her father. Once both are inside, Romanoff gives Barton the signal to detonate the bombs.[69][354]
An hour and twelve minutes later, Rhodes and Stark walk into a club, agreeing that Potts can easily outmaneuver them. Stark sees two women and asks which one is hotter, with Rhodes responding that the brunette is. He reminds Stark of his promise to talk about Stark's upcoming trip to Afghanistan.[359][358]
Stark tells him they will, but that he wants to talk to the women first. As Rhodes worries, Stark jokingly assures him that the women are not spies. The brunette introduces herself as Eloise and the blonde as Celeste.[359][358]
Stark asks the women what they know about Afghanistan, before telling them about his new weapon, the Jericho, which he plans to showcase in two weeks despite Rhodes' insistence that he should not. Stark then stands up to dance as Rhodes tells him he does not need to go and that Afghanistan is not his place. Stark responds that he hates when people tell him his place. He then walks away with Eloise to go back to his house. Celeste asks if Rhodes is going, finding him cute, so Rhodes agrees to go.[359][358]
As they walk out, Stark accidentally walks into a man who recognizes him as the man who left with his partner the week prior. The man punches Stark, but Rhodes punches the guy in retaliation. The two men begin fighting.[359][358]
Celeste asks about the woman, but Stark says he does not remember and bets five hundred dollars that Rhodes will win. Celeste says she does not have five hundred dollars, so Stark gives her the money so he could win it back. Celeste tells him no bet and that she is keeping the money, prompting Stark to say he hates flirting with smart girls. Rhodes then wins the fight.[359][358]
Stark remarks that the United States Air Force trained Rhodes well, prompting Rhodes to remind Stark that he trains the Air Force. Rhodes points out that fights happen around him even at nightclubs, and that he would be in danger in a hot zone such as Afghanistan. Stark dodges his warnings and they go back to his house with Celeste and Eloise.[359][358]
Tony Stark wins the Apogee award, as a video biography is played at the ceremony hosted at Caesars Palace. James Rhodes presents the award to Stark, but Obadiah Stane accepts it on Stark's behalf, joking that Stark is always working. However, Stark instead gambles at the casino.[360][361][193]
On the casino floor, Stark plays Craps as he hits on various women. Rhodes goes to the casino and scolds Stark for missing the event and gives Stark the award, but Stark is too preoccupied with his game. He gestures for Rhodes to blow on the dice for luck, but Rhodes hits his hand away, causing a losing roll.
Happy Hogan escorts Rhodes and Stark outside, where Stark is approached by Vanity Fair reporter Christine Everhart, who questions him on the morals of war profiteering. Stark gives witty responses to her questions, insisting that he will stop making weapons once they are no longer necessary for peace. Stark mentions that his company has saved lives with military funding and flirts with her, taking her back to his mansion.[360][361][193]
Stark and Everhart sleep together, during which they fall off the bed, leading to Stark laughing.[360][361][193]
Stark works on one of his hot rods' engines as Potts heads to the garage and informs him that he is late for his flight to Afghanistan. Potts asks Stark about a painting he is buying a painting and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology commencement speech before mentioning that it is her birthday. Stark realizes that he forgot and tells her to buy something nice, to which Potts responds that she already did.[193] Stark packs his equipment to leave.[360][361][362]
On the flight, Rhodes complains about Stark's irresponsible tendencies as Stark orders him a drink, leading to Rhodes and Stark drinking together.[360][361][193]
Stark and Rhodes drunkenly conversate
Rhodes and Stark, now drunk, talk about Rhodes' sense of community from being in the military.[193] As Rhodes tells Stark that he could be more than what he is, Stark comments on the attractiveness the flight attendants. Trixie sits on Stark's lap and invites him to bed while Rhodes attempts to advise Stark to get rest, as they have a briefing. The other flight attendants sit with Rhodes and flirt with him.[360][361][363]
11th[]
Tony Stark eats breakfast as James Rhodes, hungover, tries to get some rest. Rhodes is interrupted by the flight attendants announcing that the plane is preparing to land.[360][361][363]
The plane lands at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, Stark greets the generals and prepares for his presentation of the Jericho.[193] A general asks how Stark's flight was, so Stark turns as Rhodes leaves the plane and says that it was choppy.[360][361][363]
The soldiers present do a presentation for Stark.[360][361][363]
As Stark presents the Jericho, he explains the specifics of the weapon, remarking that America and his father are both feared and respected. He then demonstrates the weapon's capabilities, decimating the side of a nearby mountain.[360][361][193]
After the successful presentation, Stark drinks as he sells Jericho missiles to the United States Air Force and readies for the trip back to base. Stane calls Stark, who tells him that the sale was successful. Rhodes attempts to join Stark, who cuts him off and asks him to use a different Humvee.[360][361][193]
Stark is driven back to base by a military convoy and jokes with the soldiers. Jimmy Ryan asks to take a picture, which Stark accepts. Adam Pratt readies the camera when the Humvee in front of them explodes due to an attack by the Ten Rings.[360][361][193]
Stark is nearly killed by shrapnel
Pratt, Jimmy and Ramirez rush to engage in the firefight, ordering Stark to stay inside. Stark watches as the three soldiers are killed. before running for cover behind a rock and tries to call for help, but is horrified to see that Stark Industries Fragmentation Shells were being used when one lands next to him. The missile explodes, sending shrapnel into Stark's chest as he passes out from shock.[360][361][193]
The Ten Rings take Stark captive, keeping him in a cave. While Stark is unconscious, fellow inmate, Ho Yinsen works to save Stark's life by implanting a small electromagnet into his chest, keeping the shrapnel from his heart. Yinsen attaches the magnet to a car battery to power it. Stark screams in pain as Yinsen finishes the surgery.[360][361][193]
Sometime later, Stark wakes up to the Ten Rings holding him captive and recording a video, telling someone that they do not intend to kill the great Tony Stark. The speaker threatens Stane for his deception.[360][361][193]
Stark wakes up in the cave, and attempts to move, but Yinsen advises against it. Stark realizes that he is connected to an car battery powering a magnet in his chest.[360][361][193]
Yinsen makes dinner as he explains the magnet to Stark, telling him that the shrapnel would kill Stark in a matter of days were it not for the magnet. Stark realizes that they are on camera, and Yinsen mentions when he and Stark had met, but Stark does not remember. The conversation is interrupted by Abu Bakaar welcoming Stark and instructing him to build a Jericho missile in exchange for his life. Stark refuses, but is dunked underwater until he complies.[360][361][193]
Bakaar escorts the men
Bakaar and his men carry Stark outside the cave, to show Stark their supply of Stark Industries weapons, explaining that once the Jericho is finished, Stark will be set free. Bakaar shakes Stark's hand as Stark and Yinsen agree that Bakaar is lying about releasing him.[360][361][193]
12th[]
Back in the cave, Ho Yinsen and Tony Stark sit by the fire. Yinsen laments to Stark, asking him if creating weapons used by murderers is what Stark wants his legacy to be. The hopeless Stark says that this will not be his legacy.[360][361][193]
Stark instructs the Ten Rings members on what materials he will need to build the missile as Yinsen interprets for him. The men gather materials into Stark and Yinsen's cell.[360][361][193]
Stark works to carefully dismantle a missile as Yinsen reveals more information on the Ten Rings. Stark removes the main mechanisms from the missile as Abu Bakaar watches on the security camera.[360][361][193]
14th[]
A group of Red Room scientists working under Melina Vostokoff prepare to perform a surgery, attempting to achieve chemical mind control. The experiment fails and the girls involved are killed as a blanket is placed over them.[69][52]
Tony Stark drills parts of a missile, removing the palladium core. Ho Yinsen asks to be included in the planning, wanting to help. However, Stark ignores him.[364][361][193]
Stark removes the palladium from the core, throwing the rest of it away. Stark asks Yinsen to get him 11 more cores of palladium, and Yinsen obliges. Ten Rings members continue to watch the pair's movement.[364][193]
Stark puts sand into a cup, placing a metal ring inside it.[364][193]
Yinsen heats the palladium over the fire. He walks it over to the table as Stark asks him to be careful. Yinsen replies that he has steady hands. Yinsen pours the molten palladium into the cup as he properly introduces himself to Stark.[364][193]
Stark lifts the palladium cover ring, placing it into a glass circle.[364][193]
Stark carefully works as he welds wires onto the palladium ring.[364][193]
Stark finishes work on the miniaturized Arc Reactor as it glows with energy, causing the lights to flicker. Yinsen comments on the amount of energy coming from it, adding that it could power his heart for fifty lifetimes. Stark replies that it could also power something big for fifteen minutes.[364][193]
Ho Yinsen and Tony Stark play Backgammon together. Yinsen tells Stark about his family in Gulmira, hoping to see them. Yinsen realizes that Stark does not have a family, commenting that Stark has everything and nothing.[364][193]
Search for Bruce Banner: Nick Fury, in disguise, finds Bruce Banner in a bar and tries to find out what Thaddeus Ross' "Super-Soldier Program" did to him. He tells Agents Johnson and Peterson to gain Banner's trust and see how he reacts to certain things, so the agents pretend they were dating and Johnson cheated on Peterson with him. Banner gets confused when Johnson pulls him toward her, and Peterson threatens him. The stress of the situation causes Banner to turn into Hulk and go on a rampage.[365]
Maya Lopez walks out of her school and sees an ice cream vendor. Lopez points to a flavor and signs that she wants it, but the vendor tells her verbally that they are out of them. The man gets irritated at her for not being able to talk and starts mocking Lopez. Wilson Fisk watches from his car and gets angry. Lopez goes into the car and Fisk helps her unpack. He then tells her to wait there as he does something.[343][332]
Fisk walks over to the vendor and grabs him from behind, throwing him into an alley wall. Fisk grabs the vendor, throwing him head first into a dumpster. As the man puts his hands up in defense, Fisk repeatedly punches him, staining his suit and hands with blood.[343][332]
Fisk calms down and calls an employee, telling them to bring him a fresh set of clothes as he does not want Lopez seeing the blood. However, he hangs up when he sees that Lopez is looking at him from the street, having seen the beating. Fisk holds up his hand, telling her not to be afraid. To his surprise, Lopez runs over to the ice cream vendor and kicks him. Fisk then takes her hand and they walk away together.[343][332]
Eva Belyakov, a member of the Inhuman community in Afterlife, goes rogue after Jiaying refuses to allow Belyakov's unstable daughter, Katya, to go through Terrigenesis. She takes with her an assortment of stolen Terrigen Crystals, which she uses to transform Katya without the proper mental conditioning. Katya develops sensory manipulating powers and a hunger for pain. The mother-daughter duo travel to Bahrain, where they create chaos by using Katya's powers to sap the emotional energies from local civilians.[367][368]
Eva and Katya Belyakov assume control of a group of gangsters and hold the entire S.H.I.E.L.D., minus Coulson and May, hostage within a warehouse. May ventures into the warehouse alone and crosses off the controlled gangsters and Eva. Katya reveals herself to May and nearly uses her powers to kill the subjugated S.H.I.E.L.D. team, forcing May to shoot her dead. For her role in saving them, the S.H.I.E.L.D. team gives May the nickname "The Cavalry", a moniker she grows to despise.[367][368]
Jiaying and Gordon travel to Manama with the intention of dealing with Eva and Katya themselves, but find that S.H.I.E.L.D. has already killed them.[367][368]
30th[]
Melinda May returns to the United States, traumatized by the ordeal in Manama. She shuts herself off from everyone, including her husband Andrew Garner. Over time, their marriage falls apart. With approval from Maria Hill, May switches from field duty to a simple desk job.[367][368]
Abu Bakaar interrupts Stark as he welds. Al-Wazar enters and recounts Gengis Khan's rule over Asia, comparing it to his own potential empire. Al-Wazar asks Stark and Yinsen why they failed to build the missile, and Yinsen replies that they are working. Al-Wazar does not believe him and orders his men to bring Yinsen to his knees.[369][361][193]
The Ten Rings force Yinsen onto the ground as al-Wazar readies a hot rock to put in his mouth. Al-Wazar demands the truth, but Yinsen insists they are building the Jericho. Stark attempts to intervene, telling al-Wazar that he needs Yinsen to be his assistant. Al-Wazar gives them until the next day to finish the missile.[369][361][193]
Stark repeatedly hammers a piece of heated metal, forming it into a helmet. Stark places it into water to cool it before showing it to Yinsen.[369][361][193]
The men arrive at Stark and Yinsen's cell, yelling for Yinsen to stop in Hungarian. Yinsen tries to answer them despite not speaking Hungarian. Getting tired of waiting, the men open the door, which was rigged to explode by Stark. Al-Wazar sees the video feed cut out and orders his men to attack. Yinsen works to program the suit as Stark gives him specific instructions.[369][361][193]
Yinsen screws the suit shut as the men approach. He realizes that the suit will not be done in time and decides to buy Stark time by shooting at the Ten Rings' soldiers. Stark yells for him to come back but he has already left.[369][361][193]
Yinsen shoots at the men, only to be cornered and fatally wounded.[369][361][193]
The suit reaches full power, causing the lights to flicker. Ten Rings members rush into the cell, finding it empty. Stark attacks one of the men, taking them out. The remaining men open fire, but Stark attacks them in the suit. Stark heads down the hallway, killing Ten Rings members as he passes.[369][361][193]
Some of the men hide behind a door. Stark destroys the door and punches a wall, causing his arm to get stuck. The fleeing men attempt to shoot him, but are taken out by the ricocheting bullets. Stark frees his arm and continues forward.[369][361][193]
al-Wazar goes to see the commotion with a grenade launcher with him as Stark finds Yinsen in critical condition. Yinsen tries to warn Stark but al-Wazar fires at Stark, who fires his own missile at al-Wazar, burying him in rubble. Stark rushes over to Yinsen, planning to rescue him, but Yinsen tells him that dying was always his plan, and that he will be reunited with his family in death. In his final breaths, Yinsen warns Stark to not waste his life.[369][361][193]
Ten Rings members aim for the cave exit as Stark's footsteps echo. Stark reaches the cave exit as the men open fire. Stark activates his flamethrower, wiping them all out. Stark makes his way through the Ten Rings Base, destroying all of his weapons. As the base goes up in flames, Stark attempts to fly away, but instead crashes into the desert sands.[193][361][369]
Stark continues his trek through the desert until he is found by the United States Air Force. Stark yells in excitement and waves his hand as the helicopter lands. James Rhodes runs out of it, relieved to find Stark alive, and hugs his friend.[369][361][193]
Inside, Potts is greeted by Phil Coulson from the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division. Potts remarks at the length of the agency's name, and Coulson asks to debrief Stark about his escape. Stark begins the conference by asking everyone to sit down, wishing for the event to be less formal. Stark talks about how he wonders if his father had doubts about his company making weapons, revealing that he witnessed young American soldiers get killed by his weapons.[369][361][193]
A reporter asks what had happened in Afghanistan, and Stark reveals that he had realized that he can do more for the world than simply making weapons, adding that he will be shutting down weapon production at Stark Industries, causing the crowd to erupt into questions as Stane pulls Stark away. Stane tells the reporters to glad that Stark has returned healthily.[369][361][193]
Stark meets with Stane, who voices his concerns with Stark's decision. Stark tells him that he wants his legacy to be more than weapons, and Stane replies that it is their job. Stark suggests looking further into Arc Reactor technology, which Stane dismisses before Stark reveals the miniaturized Arc Reactor embedded in his chest. Stane reminds Stark that they are a team and that Stark should not make big decisions by himself.[369][361][193]
Stark returns home and is greeted by J.A.R.V.I.S., who says that he had calculated a 0.25% that Stark would make it home safe. Stark finds a new watch on the table, with a note from Obadiah Stane saying "Thank god it wasn't you time." Stark admires the watch before putting it on. J.A.R.V.I.S. reveals that Stark has 1,713 missed voicemails. Stark scrolls through a few of them before deleting them all. J.A.R.V.I.S. detects electromagnetic energy, and Stark tells him to start their scanner.[369][361][363]
Potts goes downstairs, where Stark asks her help in replacing his electromagnet with a newer Arc Reactor. Potts squeamishly helps him with the operation, nearly causing him a cardiac arrest from a mistake she makes, but ultimately succeeding in the procedure. Stark then tells her to simply destroy of the old reactor, but she decides against it.[369][361][193]
Tony Stark starts a new log, dating this test as "Day One". He notes how his Iron Man Armor: Mark I originally was meant to escape as well as to stop the shrapnel from reaching his heart. However, now he wants to make a Mark II which he can use take down others who have his weapons.[373][361][374]
5th[]
Only a few days after his return, and with his injuries healed, Tony Stark visits James Rhodes at Edwards Air Force Base as he talks to air force recruits in a hangar. He explains to Rhodes that he is considering starting a new project, asking Rhodes to be a part of it. Stark explains that the project is not for the military, prompting Rhodes to say Stark needs more time to get his mind right before walking away.[375][361][193]
In his garage, Stark instructs J.A.R.V.I.S. to open a file for his secret new design project, dubbing it "Mark II." Stark renders a projection of the Mark I's blueprints, and strips away unnecessary parts, attempting to perfect the design.[375][361][193]
In his garage, Tony Stark works on his new armor, putting together the boots of the suit, with help from Dum-E. Stark and Dum-E struggle with each other, and Stark makes fun of the robot.[193][375]
Stark begins his log of tests for the new Mark II armor, beginning testing. Stark has Dum-E stand by for fire safety, while U records Stark's test. Stark first begins by testing the flight capabilities. However, he underestimates the power of the thrusters, and flies up and backwards into the wall behind him, before falling to the ground. Dum-E sprays Stark with a fire extinguisher despite the lack of anything on fire.[193][375]
Stark manipulates a holographic render of the handheld thrusters, before sliding his arm into it.[375][361][193]
12th[]
Stark tests his flight stabilizers
In his garage, Tony Stark tries on the newly fabricated arm thruster, as Pepper Potts comes downstairs with a gift-wrapped box that she gives to Stark before informing that Obadiah Stane is visiting. Potts then questions Stark's making of weapons, but Stark clarifies that they are merely flight stabilizers, before activating it, blasting him backwards.[375][361][193]
Stark goes upstairs and finds Stane, who had just returned from a trip to New York. Stane laments that the trip would have gone smoother had Stark been there, but Stark replies that he is lying low as Stane had asked him to. Stane explains that the Board wishes to lock Stark out, believing Stark's new direction to not be in the company's best interest. Stark admits that he is now being responsible, and Stane tries to ask for the specs for the Arc Reactor, but Stark refuses.[375][361][193]
15th[]
Stark uses thrusters to take flight
On Day 11 of tests, Tony Stark tries again with the flight capabilities. Stark warns Dum-E not to spray him this time as U records. Stark begins the test, activating 1% thrust capacity. Stark is lifted into the air, managing to control the thrusters. He activates 2.5% thruster capacity and manages to fly around his garage, controlling the flight. Stark lands on the ground, excited that he can now fly.[375][361][193]
Stark dons the suit, before uploading J.A.R.V.I.S. into the suit's HUD. J.A.R.V.I.S. readies a flight simulation and data calculations, but Stark instead begins flying, ignoring J.A.R.V.I.S.'s warnings. Stark engages the thrusters and speeds through his mansion before reaching the sky. Amazed, Stark speeds higher and higher, cheering that he had truly achieved flight.[373][361][193]
Stark flies over Malibu, further testing his HUD on people he passes.[373][361][193]
Stark, now at mach 0.30, decides to test the suit's altitude capabilities and flies straight up, attempting to reach the world record of 85,000 feet. As Stark ascends, ice begins to build up on the suit, causing him to plummet from the sky. Stark free falls, but manages to break the ice, re-enabling his suit's flight before hitting the ground. As Stark speeds away from Malibu, he cheers at his success.[373][361][193]
Stark crashes through the roof
Stark returns to his mansion, and tries to land on the roof. However, he falls through the roof, landing inside his garage onto one of his cars, where Dum-E sprays the fire extinguisher once again.[373][361][193]
Following the Mark II's crash landing, Stark holds an ice pack to his head and notices the box left behind by Pepper Potts. Upon opening it, he discovers his old Arc Reactor on the inside. Stark decides to put the Arc Reactor in a case and marks it with the text, "Proof that Tony Stark has a heart."[193][361][373]
Tony Stark analyzes data from his first flight with the Mark II. Wanting to resolve the icing problem, he instructs J.A.R.V.I.S. to rebuild his suit using a gold titanium alloy. J.A.R.V.I.S. renders the model as Stark overhears the TV showing a news report on the third annual benefit at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Stark holds a prototype faceplate mask over his face as he watches the reporter says that no one expects him to appear.[373][361][193]
J.A.R.V.I.S. finishes the render, and Stark, inspired by the color scheme of his Ford Flathead Roadster, tells J.A.R.V.I.S. to add red paint to the next suit, code-named the "Mark III". J.A.R.V.I.S. begins automated fabrication, giving an estimated completion time of five hours.[373][361][193]
Stark arrives at the Concert Hall. Obadiah Stane answers news reporter's questions, stating that weapons manufacturing is just a small part Stark Industries, but is drowned out as people cheer for Stark's arrival. A woman asks if Stark remembers her, which he does not. On his way inside, Stark compliments a man who he believes to be Hugh Hefner. The man turns around, confused.[373][361][193]
Stark approaches Stane, who expresses surprise at Stark's arrival before asking him to take this slow, as the board is right where he wants them.[373][361][193]
Inside, Stark goes to the bar and orders a scotch, but is met by Phil Coulson. Coulson introduces himself, using his agency;s full name, causing Stark to advise him on finding a shorter name. Coulson requests a meeting with Stark, suggesting 7:00 PM on the 24th at Stark Industries Headquarters, Stark, who is focused on Pepper Potts wearing a purple backless dress, agrees, not fully listening to what Coulson had said.[373][361][193]
Stark approaches and compliments Potts, asking where she got the dress from, and she reminds him that it was a birthday present from him. Stark offers her a dance before pulling her into it. As the pair dance, Stark asks if he is making her uncomfortable, to which she comments that she is dancing with her boss in a revealing dress. Stark jokes that he could fire her, and Potts responds that he would not last a week without her. Stark asks if she would like to get some air, which Potts agrees to as Coulson watches.[373][361][193]
Outside, Potts and Stark disagree on whether their dancing was weird. Potts explains that Stark cannot understand why she would worry it is weird, but Stark claims she is exaggerating. Potts and Stark both lean in to kiss each other, but Potts asks for a drink. Stark leaves to get it.[373][361][193]
Stark returns to the bar and orders Potts' drink. Christine Everhart walks over and asks about Stark Industries' involvement in the attacks on Gulmira. Stark points out that he had not approved any weapons shipments. Everhart responds that his company did, so Stark points her, saying that he is not his company.[373][361][193]
Stark confronts Stane, showing him the pictures of Gulmira. Stane tells Stark he is being naive, but Stark says that he now has a line that they cannot cross. Stane insists on posing for a picture, before revealing to Stark that he was the one who filed the injunction against Stark, claiming to be protecting him. Stark watches angrily as Stane leaves.[373][361][193]
Tony Stark works on the Mark III's gauntlet as he watches the news, witnessing the horrors being committed by the Ten Rings, disgusted by the fact that his weapons are responsible for the attack on his friend's hometown.[373][361][193]
Stark stands up as the report continues by interviewing several refugees. Stark uses his repulser to blast at the wall, testing the capabilities. The news reporter says that all the refugees are simply wondering if anyone out there would help them as Stark blasts the glass panels off of his staircase.[373][361][193]
Vowing to help the people of Gulmira, Stark dons the Mark III. Stark stands emotionless as the suit is assembled around him.[373][361][193]
Abu Bakaar instructs his men to search every house, taking any women or weapons they find. A man tries to fight against the Ten Rings members, but Bakaar instructs his men to grab him and kill him. His son runs to the man and hugs him, but Bakaar rips the boy away, kicking the man to the ground. The family begs for the men to stop, when suddenly, Stark arrives, wearing the Mark III.[373][361][193]
Men fire at Stark, who punches them into the sky. Stark turns and blasts several men, killing them. Stark turns, only to be faced with men holding guns to the heads of women and children. Stark activates his targeted micro missiles and takes out each Ten Rings member. The boy runs over to his father and hugs him as he looks to Stark, thankful for his help.[373][361][193]
Bakaar hides behind a wall and attempts to call for backup, when Stark punches through the wall, pulling Bakaar through it and throwing him to the ground. Stark activates his thrusters, leaving Bakaar's fate at the mercy of the refugees before flying away.[373][361][193]
Stark searches the area before spotting a Jericho nearby. A tank missile is fired at Stark, knocking him out of the sky.[373][361][193]
Stark destroys the tank
Stark emerges from the crater, unaffected. The tank fires at Stark once again, but Stark dodges it before firing his own missile, destroying the tank. Stark turns around and walks away, only to be faced with a barge of bullets. Stark hovers into the air and fires a laser at the men, destroying them and their weapons. Stark flies away, entering the lower atmosphere.[373][361][193]
Rhodes arrives and is briefed on the situation. Rhodes calls Stark and asks if Stark knows anything about the weapons depot that was destroyed. Stark lies as Rhodes continues his questions. Allen gets a visual on the aircraft, revealing it to be a man-sized aircraft. Rhodes asks if it belongs to Stark, informing him that it will be blown out of the sky. Stark simply tells him that he has to go.[373][361][193]
The F-22 Raptors converge on Stark, who evades to the side. The Raptors begin chasing Stark, reaching supersonic speeds. A Raptor fires a missile, and Stark destroys it with his flares. The raptors fire at Stark until he deploys flaps, slowing his speed as the planes pass him. Stark hangs onto the bottom of one of the Raptors as he calls Rhodes and the pilots claim the bogey is gone.[373][361][193]
Agent Jasper Sitwell spots Stark on the radar and tells Nick Fury that the unidentified bogey is significantly stronger and faster than the one from Kabul. He tells Fury that two F-22 Raptors were preparing to fire. Fury tells him to call Edwards Air Force Base and tell them to call off the attack. Sitwell says it is too late, they have already fired.[372][361][373]
Rhodes answers the phone, revealing to Rhodes that the aircraft is actually a suit that Stark is wearing. The Raptors begin using evasive maneuvers to disengage Stark, who falls into one of the Raptors wings, sending it crashing down. The pilot ejects, but his parachute does not deploy, so Stark flies over. The second pilot starts to attack, but and activates the parachute and leaves, saving the pilot.[373][361][193]
Rhodes picks up the phone, making sure that Stark is okay before calling him crazy. Rhodes asks what he should tell the press, and Stark replies that he could call it a training exercise.[373][361][193]
18th[]
Rhodes dismisses the incident as a training exercise
Tony Stark returns to his mansion and has his mechanical arms begin dismantling the suit. Pepper Potts heads downstairs, finding Stark struggling against the arms. Stark remarks that it is not the worst thing she has caught him doing. Worried, Potts asks if she is seeing bullet holes in his suit.[373][361][193]
Stane arrives at the Ten Rings Base and meets with Raza Hamidmi al-Wazar. Stane comments that al-Wazar would not have the scar on his face had he killed Stark back when they kidnapped him. Stane asks to see the weapon before following Raza inside.[373][361][193]
Inside, al-Wazar shows Stane the reassembled Mark I. Stane looks at it in awe, until Raza mentions that Stark had perfected the design. Al-Wazar tells Stane that they have a common enemy in Stark. Al-Wazar offers Stane the suit as a gift in exchange his own iron soldiers. Instead, Stane activates his Sonic Taser, incapacitating al-Wazar.[373][361][193]
Stane's men manage to capture al-Wazar's guards and hold them hostage. Stane exits the tent, ordering his men to collect the suit and kill everyone there, including al-Wazar.[373][361][193]
Pepper Potts enters Tony Stark's garage and finds him working on the Mark III. Stark asks her to go to Stark Industries Headquarters and hack into the main computer system and access the shipping manifests. Potts asks what Stark intends to do with the information, so Stark answers that he intends to find and destroy his weapons. Potts refuses to help him put himself in danger. Stark retorts that there is nothing but his mission, prompting Potts to quit.[373][361][193]
As she walks away, Stark questions Potts, asking her why she stayed with him after years of helping him to reap the benefits of destruction and is choosing to walk away now that he is trying to protect people. Potts tells him that Stark will end up killing himself. Stark sits down, saying that he should have died, believing that this is the reason. Potts walks over and comforts him.[373][361][193]
Potts goes to Stark Industries Headquarters and enters Obadiah Stane's office. Using Stark's USB, she hacks into the computer, uncovering proof of Stane's collaboration with the Ten Rings. Potts begins downloading the files when Stane enters the office. Potts hides the download progress while Stane comments that he believes Stark lost part of himself in that cave. Potts agrees that Stark is complicated before discretely grabbing the USB and leaving. Stane opens his computer to find that his files have been stolen.[373][361][193]
As Potts leaves, she is greeted by Phil Coulson, asking about their appointment. Potts tells him to follow her, asking to meet in Coulson's office.[373][361][193]
Stane rushes into his lab as William Ginter Riva tries to tell him that the technology for miniaturizing the Arc Reactor does not exist. Stane yells at him, saying that Stark was able to build it in a cave with a box of scraps. Riva apologizes for not being Tony Stark.[373][361][193]
Stark answers a call from Potts, but is unable to talk to her as Stane uses his Sonic Taser to immobilize him. Stane reveals that he was the one who ordered the attack on him as he removes Stark's Arc Reactor. Stane asks if Stark truly thinks that an idea he has is his before unplugging the magnet from the reactor. Stane admires the reactor and threatens Potts before leaving.[373][361][193]
Potts calls James Rhodes, filling him in on Stane's betrayal. Rhodes asks where Stark is, so Potts asks him to check his mansion. Potts leads Coulson to Stane's lab.[373][361][193]
Stark, now suffering from cardiac arrest, struggles to reach his garage, trying to reach the present Potts had given him: his original Arc Reactor. Stark crawls along the ground until he reaches the table, Stark falls, unable to reach it. Dum-E grabs it and gives it to Stark, who praises Dum-E.[373][361][193]
Rhodes reaches Stark's mansion and finds him on the ground in his garage. Rhodes checks on Stark, who asks where Potts is, warning that five agents will not be enough.[373][361][193]
Potts, Coulson and several agents arrive to arrest Stane. Potts leads the men to Section 16, where Coulson uses a Pick-Lock Device to open the door. Stane hears this and dons the armor.[373][361][193]
Stark dons his Mark III Armor as Rhodes watches, amazed. Rhodes asks how he can help, and Stark tells him to keep the skies clear. Rhodes looks at the Mark II, planning to wear it sometime in the future.[373][361][193]
Coulson leads his men, as well as Potts, into Stane's lab. They encounter the Mark I, confused by its small size. Potts investigates the chains hanging from the ceiling as Stane emerges from the darkness as the Iron Monger, scaring Potts. Potts runs for her life as Stane attacks the agents, killing them.[373][361][193]
Stark arrives in Los Angeles and asks J.A.R.V.I.S. how much power the Mark I's Arc Reactor has. J.A.R.V.I.S. reveals to Stark that it was never even designed for sustained flight.[373][361][193]
Stark calls Potts, telling her to get out of there, but his warnings are interrupted when Stane emerges from beneath the ground. Stane loads his minigun, preparing to kill Potts, when Stark arrives, flying into him and knocking him onto the nearby highway. Cars swerve to avoid Stane's hulking suit. One family's car stops in front of Stane, who picks up the car to attack Stark with, Stark demands he put the car down, before diverting his power to his unibeam, blasting Stane and catching the car. J.A.R.V.I.S. informs Stark that only 19% power remains, as Stark struggles to set the car down. The family drives forward, running Stark over.[373][361][193]
Stane jumps over to Stark and hits him with a motorcycle, knocking Stark into a car. Stane stomps on Stark, yelling that he built Stark Industries from nothing and that Stark will not stand in his way as he throws Stark into a bus. Stane fires a missile at the bus, causing it to explode. Stark catches himself in the air using his hovering ability. Stane compliments the flight capabilities, showing his own. Stark instructs J.A.R.V.I.S. to take him to maximum altitude.[373][361][193]
At Edwards Air Force Base, soldiers notice the fight and prepare to send jets. Rhodes dismisses them, telling them it is just a training exercise.[373][361][193]
Stane confronts Stark at a high altitude
Stark reaches maximum altitude as he loses power. Stane claims his suit is more advanced, but Stark asks how Stane solved the problem, confusing him, before his suit freezes over and falls to the ground. J.A.R.V.I.S. reveals that the suit is on 2% power as he brings Stark back to the ground.[373][361][193]
Stark lands on the ground, and begins removing his suit as he talks to Potts, but Stane suddenly attacks him. Stark tries to retaliate, but realizes he had taken his gauntlets off. Stane picks Stark up and begins crushing him. Out of desperation, Stark ejects his flares, and the smoke causes Stane to drop him. Stane admits that this was clever as Stark calls Potts, telling her she needs to overload the industrial Arc Reactor.[373][361][193]
Potts reaches the industrial Arc Reactor control panel as Stark gives her instructions. Stark is cut off by Stane lunging at him. Stark dodges and jumps onto Stane's back, where he begins tearing out wires, severing Stane's targeting systems. Stane throws Stark onto the window above the Arc Reactor.[373][361][193]
Potts flips various switches as she prepares to overload the reactor while Stark fights Stane in order to buy her time. Potts yells for Stark to get off the roof as she hovers her hand over the button. Stane opens his suit as he comments on his enjoyment of it. Stane fires at Stark, breaking the glass ceiling and scaring Potts while Stark hangs on to the roof above.[373][361][193]
Stane comments on the irony of Stark trying to rid the world of weapons by creating the most powerful one yet. Stark yells for Potts to push the button. Potts tells Stark that he will die, and Stark yells for her to push it anyway, so Potts overloads the reactor, which expels a tremendous amount of energy upward. Stane is killed by the detonation of Howard Stark's industrial Arc Reactor as Stark is knocked to the side before passing out from fatigue. Stane falls to the ground, causing the industrial Arc Reactor to explode.[373][361][193]
Stark lies on the ground as his Arc Reactor struggles to reactivate. Potts calls out for Stark.[373][361][193]
Stark is helped into an ambulance by Rhodes, who worries about internal injuries. On the way to the hospital, Stark realizes that they are going the wrong direction, asking for their true destination. He is told that it is a surprise as the ambulance drives into the bed of a trailer. They are greeted by Phil Coulson, who assures Rhodes that they are simply on a house call.[373][361][358]
Thirty minutes later, Coulson shows highlights from the fight, saying that Stark is not a good fighter. Rhodes figures out that Stark is getting recruited while Coulson advises Stark to attack his enemies' weakness. Stark says he knows how to fight, but Coulson disagrees. He says that the armor was only the first step, and that real fighting comes next. Stark agrees to work with Coulson.[373][361][358]
Coulson proceeds to show Stark the S.H.I.E.L.D. base and how their team, Damage Control, is cleaning up Stark Industries Headquarters. Coulson provides a team to help Stark fight along with Rhodes' help before showing Stark his alibi to tell the media. Stark asks what they want in return, so Coulson explains that he will be expected to help the agency when they need it. He tells Stark that he has a press conference the next day to present his alibi, and Rhodes tells him to stay with the script. Stark assures Coulson that he knows when to be quiet; Coulson thanks Stark, telling him that S.H.I.E.L.D. will be seeing him the following day.[373][361][358]
25th[]
A press conference is held, during which James Rhodes reports that the incident the night before was simply a training exercise in which a large robotic suit malfunctioned and caused damage to the Arc Reactor, adding that a member of Tony Stark's security team stopped the robotic suit.[373][361][193]
Stark reads the newspaper, and, believing "Iron Man" to have a nice ring to it, adopts the name. Phil Coulson hands Stark note cards, telling them that it is his alibi, asking that he sticks to it. Stark asks about Stane, and Coulson confirms that the cover story is that Stane was on vacation and that his plane had crashed. Stark expresses his confusion over the alibi, and Coulson assures him to stick to it. Potts thanks Coulson for the help and begins to say the agency's name, but Coulson cuts her off, revealing that they are now simply called S.H.I.E.L.D..[373][361][193]
Potts helps Stark put on his jacket as they joke about the alibi story. Stark asks if Potts thinks about the night that they danced, but Potts points out that after they danced he left her there. Potts smiles as Stark goes to give his statement.[373][361][193]
Rhodes introduces Stark. Stark tries to explain what the alibi story says, but is interrupted by Christine Everhart asking if Stark really expects everyone to believe the story. Stark says that it would be outlandish to believe that he was a superhero, adding that it would not be possible due to his list of flaws. Rhodes tells Stark to stick to the cards, but Stark decides to reveal the truth: he is Iron Man. The crowd erupts into questions as Everhart sits, stunned.[373][361][193]
Potts and Coulson are shocked over Stark's announcement. Coulson voices his displeasure as Stark had failed to stick to the script given to him.[373][361][358]
Anton Vanko dies in poverty in Moscow, as his son Ivan vows revenge on Tony Stark and builds his own portable Arc Reactor to power a body harness armed with energized electric whips.[373][377]
Coulson steps out of the room and goes to an airport hangar where he gets a call from Nick Fury, who talks about how live television could be so exciting in response to the press conference. Coulson does not want to take the blame, but Fury tells him not to worry and says there is a rookie agent who needs monitoring. Someone behind him attacks an agent and runs away, but Coulson renders him unconscious and agrees to help the new agent.[373][361][268]
Meanwhile, a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent behind Coulson is punched by a man who is trying to take a plane.[373][361][358]
Coulson takes the mission, but not before punching and knocking out the man who was sneaking up on him from behind.[373][361][358]
Over 2 years after N'Taki began leading warriors to hold back the Congolese rebels' war, Prince T'Challa, in one of his early mission with the Panther Habit, helps the Border Tribe and the United Nations repel the rebels from the North Kivu region, near the border with Wakanda.[373][361][190]
That night, after breaking into his home, Nick Fury approaches Stark and asks him about joining the "Avengers Initiative" in defense of a bigger universe.[193] Stark wittingly responds that Fury needs to schedule an appointment to talk to him. Stark then threatens Fury, saying Iron Man will fight back if he does not leave. Fury tries to argue that he is offering an opportunity, but Stark says opportunities are not offered, they are taken. Fury continues saying he is keeping an eye on Stark, but is told to not trip on anything with his one eye.[373][361][372]
Driving away from the mansion, Fury informs Phil Coulson of Stark's arrogance. Coulson asks if he is not a fit for the initiative, but Fury has a back up plan: to call for Natasha Romanoff's services.[373][361][372]
Agent Hendricks is blindfolded before being put in a van. As the van makes its way to a discrete location, he is pushed out. He takes off his blindfold and looks up to find Phil Coulson, who tells him he will not be getting a ceremony for moving up the ranks of S.H.I.E.L.D..[378]
Coulson tells Hendricks he will be supervising his first mission. Suddenly, Coulson receives word that Ten Rings operatives are in the city and springs into action, bringing Hendricks with him. They get on their motorcycles and drive off. As Coulson approaches the Ten Rings van, he is shot. Hendricks jumps off his motorcycle into the truck, kicking the operatives down. He then defeats the rest before jumping out to find Coulson.[378][268]
Hendricks grows confused as he sees no body. Coulson then appears and tells him he did a good job despite letting the driver get away. Hendricks grows confused as Coulson reveals his bulletproof vest, showing that it was a staged attack to test Hendricks' ability. Coulson tells Hendricks to keep his emotions in check, but Nick Fury is going to love him. He then welcomes Hendricks to S.H.I.E.L.D..[378][268]
26th[]
Tony Stark opens "Day Twenty-Three" of his log. He remarks on how he was able to figure out the icing problem while making his Mark III armor. He also fixed his boots with repulsor propellant. He also boasts to himself about his targeting system as he recounts his time fighting the Ten Rings in Gulmira.[379][373][361][374]
Happy Hogan acquires an engagement ring for Tony Stark to propose with in the future, to whomever he should marry, and holds onto it for the next eight years.[380][100]
Dovich considers joining the Australian military. However, he learns that mob security in Madripoor pays better, so he decides to accept that job.[90][384]
Knowing that she is dating Stark, the Ten Rings kidnaps Lina's son so as to blackmail her to obtain the blueprints from the Iron Man Armor.[378][386]
Lina tries to obtain the blueprints but J.A.R.V.I.S. stops her, as she manages to escape Stark locates and asks for an explanation. She explains the situation to him and Stark goes to rescue her son successfully.[378][386]
Pepper Potts approaches Tony Stark as he tinkers with his Mark IV Iron Man armor to ask him how he is dealing with the fact that he has five simultaneous dates scheduled for the evening. He states that he wants to finish a piece for his armor first, and then will come up with a plan.[378][391]
Stark drives to the The Rearview garage to speak with a mechanic, and is greeted by a worker named Mike Charles. However, as they talk, an explosion goes off by Stark's car, followed by gunshots.[378][391]
Stark leads Charles to a truck he owns, explaining that mercenaries must have followed him to the garage. Charles drives and Stark calls Potts, telling her he needs the Iron Man armor, giving her an access code to type into J.A.R.V.I.S. so it will be ready. He then tells Charles that they will take the fastest route back to his mansion and starts giving directions. Charles is confused, saying he knows where the mansion is and that this is not the way, but Stark asks to trust him.[378][391]
Following Stark's instructions, Charles finds himself driving past a police parade. Stark explains that he used Charles' cell phone to look up events going on in the city and found out about it, choosing to pass so as to attract the authorities' attention. As they drive, he briefly leans out of the window to take a photo of the mercenaries' license plate.[378][391]
Stark continues to give instructions and chooses to pass by the apartment of two actresses, hoping they will see the commotion and that he will therefore have a good excuse for missing his date. Charles is bemused by Stark's motivation in the life-or-death situation.[378][391]
The pair finally drive to a bridge Stark has looked up on the phone to be opening soon. As it lifts, they drive the truck over it and jump the gap, landing on the other side and getting away from the mercenaries, who are unable to follow as the bridge is then too far open.[378][391]
Stark picks up his Iron Man armor from his mansion and flies to find the mercenaries. He pulls the man inside, Jenkins, out of the vehicle.[378][391]
Iron Man flies back to Mike Charles and Pepper Potts with Jenkins in tow, to be arrested. Potts asks him if he has made a decision about his dates, and he says that he had to cancel them all. When Charles states that the women will be furious, Stark says that he is sure they will be - and tells him that that is why he gave them Charles' number, not his own, to Charles' horror.[378][391]
As Tony Stark continues to operate as Iron Man, he brings about a period of relative peace and is credited with stabilizing east–west relations, while maintaining a partying lifestyle. Stark's main target in his operations as Iron Man are the Ten Rings, who are based in Pavlodar, Kabul, and the Gulf of Aden. [378][392]
Three hours later, Stark and Ross have an argument in Cairo that ends with veiled threats to one another. After that, Stark realizes the Palladium core of his Arc Reactor is slowly poisoning him, and while he searches for a cure he keeps his condition a secret.[378][392][394]
Craig Hollis and Taylor receive a bill for their seventy five thousand dollars of credit card debt. Hollis decides to leave Taylor, killing himself and resurrecting in order to do so.[147][318]
Andre Deschaine plans to record himself playing on vinyl, and one of his bandmates teases him for his choice. Deschaine tells him that he plans on joining the jazz legends after playing the "blue note" in their concert that night. His bandmate advises him not to, but Deschaine talks about doing it anyway.[397][398]
Deschaine goes onstage, and they start the performance. Deschaine plays the blue note, but this gives him a migraine so strong he drops his trumpet and collapses on the floor.[397][398]
KB Toys files for bankruptcy, with all stores closing in the following months.[1][155]
15th[]
After 18 months, Tony Stark returns to his armor logs, resuming from Day 30. He tests a new vertical delivery system, but it fails. His work on improvement resumes.[379][374]
19th[]
Stark meets Rose in Dresden
At an event in Dresden, Germany, Tony Stark finds the world's number one-rated cross-country rally drive, Abby Rose. Stark pays for the band present to stop playing so he can talk to her. He declares his intent to recruit her for his racing team, and she agrees so long as he pays well.[378][402]
Melissa Bowen prepares to take her daughter, Tandy, to ballet practice, but realizes she forgot her keys and goes back for them. Tandy stares at the door as she hears the situation turn into an argument in which her father hits Melissa. Hearing this happen multiple times, Tandy decides to leave.[404][163]
24th[]
Melissa Bowen accidentally knocks over a mug and spills liquid on her husband, Nathan's work. He becomes angry and hits his wife.[405][406]
25th[]
Tyrone and Billy Johnson play a thumb war.[405][406]
Tandy Bowen receives advice from her father about ballet and not getting distracted.[405][406]
Both Billy Johnson and Nathan Bowen encourage their respective family members to be better in the future.[405][406]
Mina Hess makes cookies for her father, but refuses to reveal her secret ingredient.[405][308]
Tyrone Johnson puts on his older brother Billy's hoodie and goes in search of him. He finds him with his friends, but Billy tells Tyrone to go home.[405][407]
Once her ballet class comes to an end, Tandy Bowen calls her father Nathan to pick her up.[405][407]
Ivan Hess arrives at the Roxxon platform and is concerned when he is informed that the protective plates that were ordered are yet to arrive.[405][308]
Hess asks another worker about the shielding tiles, and she confirms that they do not have them.[405][308]
Hess tells the workers that he needs to speak to Nathan Bowen and enters his office in anger. He does not realize that Bowen has left to pick up his daughter.[405][407]
Andre Deschaine walks around the streets of New Orleans, overwhelmed by pain.[397][398]
Tyrone Johnson hides and watches Billy and his friends, and sees that they plan to steal a car radio. Billy decides not to carry out the theft, scared.[405][407]
In his office, Ivan Hess starts to eat the cookies that his daughter made for him.[405][407]
Nathan Bowen arrives and picks up Tandy, and they leave in the car.[405][407]
Wanting to help his brother, Tyrone Johnson steals the radio from the car so Billy will not have to.[405][407]
Hess asks why it is taking so long for Nathan Bowen to come to him, but at that moment, a red alarm is set off.[405][308]
As they drive over Paris Road Bridge, Tandy Bowen asks Nathan about why her mother is taking many pills for back pain, but they are interrupted when Nathan has to take on his cell phone from Ivan Hess.[405][407][308]
Tyrone Johnson finds Billy who reprimands him for his theft, saying they need to return the radio together. However, the police find them and start chasing them.[405][407]
Nathan Bowen and Ivan Hess discuss the Roxxon Gulf Platform. Bowen warns Hess about the danger of the instability of the oil rig.[405][407]
The Johnson brothers are chased to a shipyard.[405][407]
Deschaine goes to a bridge and prepares to jump off of it, crying.[397][398]
Nathan becomes too focused on the conversation and his driving became reckless. At that moment, the oil rig, across Lake Borgne, begins to crumble from the storm. Nathan is horrified and loses control, causing to fall off the bridge and plunge into the water.[405][407]
The explosion causes Deschaine to slip and fall off of the bridge. He absorbs Lightforce and Darkforce energy, giving him the potential to become a Loa.[397][398]
Tyrone Johnson watches his brother be killed
Murder of Billy Johnson: Tyrone Johnson hides while Billy attempts to talk to the police. Tyrone makes a noise and officer James Connors turns to look for the source, but the collapse of the rig nearby causes a loud bang. He reflexively shoots, scared of being attacked by Billy, and kills the teenager, who falls into the water behind him. Tyrone runs to his brother's aid and dives into the water.[405][407]
Tandy Bowen struggles as her father's car sinks.[405][407]
While Tyrone Johnson is underwater, the oil rig releases a wave of energy that imbues him with superhuman abilities related to shadows.[405][407]
Amidst falling debris, the same wave of energy imbues Tandy Bowen with superhuman powers relating to light. When everything seemed lost, a mysterious darkness appears and saves her from a cruel fate.[405][407]
Tyrone Johnson is instinctively drawn to a bright light coming from Tandy Bowen, a young girl trapped in a car sinking to the bottom of Lake Borgne. Johnson and Bowen's powers work together to free Bowen from the car, and the two children wash up safely on a beach.[405][407]
Realizing what he has done, Connors calls his uncle, Asa Henderson, asking for help avoiding jail time.[405][408]
26th[]
Tandy Bowen and Tyrone Johnson on the beach
Tandy Bowen wakes up next to Tyrone Johnson on the beach and sees they are holding hands. Traumatized, she steals his hoodie and flees.[405][407]
Johnson wakes up on the beach, trying to figure out what happened. He finds one of Bowen's ballet shoes.[405][407]
Andre Deschaine wakes up in a hospital, where a nurse named Lia Dewan tells him that he is going to be okay. The light gives Deschaine a headache, and he tells Dewan about his migraines. Deschaine talks about losing his music, and Dewan offers to help with his migraines. She touches him and freezes, as Deschaine is sent into the Dark Dimension for the first time, where he sees records labeled with Dewan's name. He puts a record on the record player, as a frozen Dewan reanimates and finds herself reliving a past moment of despair, which in turn causes Deschaine's migraines to be taken away.[397][398]
Tandy Bowen steals a mobile phone to call home.[405][406]
Tyrone Johnson leaves the beach and stumbles upon a voodoo tour, guided by Chantelle Fusilier. She explains to the tourists that ghosts will only haunt those who owe them a debt.[405][406]
Bowen arrives at her house
Tandy Bowen arrives at her house and finds her mother unconscious on the sofa. She immediately calls emergency services.[405][406]
Melissa Bowen puts her daughter to bed and sadly advises her not to depend on anyone.[405][406]
Tyrone Johnson watches from the door as his mother, Adina, cries to his father, Otis, that she does not feel safe in the neighborhood anymore.[405][406]
Upon hearing the news that her son is missing, Adina Johnson finds an old crab cake recipe and cooks it in order to sort out her thoughts. She reads on the recipe that it serves four people, but does not think about how her family is missing a fourth member.[405][341]
Tandy Bowen and Tyrone Johnson both struggle to sleep.[405][406]
27th[]
Tandy Bowen watches as a group of Roxxon Corporation men trash their living room while they search for anything of Nathan's belonging to the company. Roxxon blames Tandy's father for the explosion of the oil rig, saying he also participated through his research project. Tandy's mother takes another of her pills, overwhelmed.[405][407]
Andre Deschaine offers Lia Dewan a job with him.[397][398]
Johnson trying to tell his parents that Billy was killed by a policeman
A policeman informs Adina and Otis Johnson that their late son's body was found with drugs in his body. Tyrone calls him a liar and claims that he saw Billy get shot, but the policeman denies that it happened, and says that the body is not in a state to look for bullet holes. Tyrone insists on the existence of the policeman who killed Billy, but the man assures him that there is no officer who fits his description.[405][407]
In the Western Ghats, India, Abby Rose prepares to drive for the Stark Industries racing team in a cross country rally. She is interviewed about the race and says she is confident that Royal Purple's gasoline will help her, as well as Tony Stark's shock absorbers. The interviewer asks her thoughts on whether the event should even be happening due to possible sabotage problems in earlier stages, but Rose says there is no proof of that. She admits, however, that her competition, Aiden Julius is a strong competitor, before getting in the car to start.[378][402]
Fifty miles from the start of the race, Iron Man discovers an illegal diamond mine. He spots a pickup truck arriving and believes they are carrying normal rifles. However, when he zooms in his vision, he realizes they are specifically trellor propellant rifles and spots a Ten Rings tattoo. They start to shoot, using diamond-tipped bullets to penetrate his armor. The Ten Rings then deploy an electromagnetic pulse, leaving him unable to fly away. Suddenly, Rose pulls up mid-race and opens the door to let him in. She drives to continue the rally and get away from the pursuing truck, while also contending with Aiden Julius.[378][402]
Iron Man asks Rose to slow briefly so he can warn Julius about what is happening. However, when he does so, they are shocked when Julius starts shooting at them. Rose realizes that the accidents in past races were an inside job, with Julius taking out the other cars to hide the illegal diamond mine.[378][402]
Rose continues to drive the race, confident she can win and that if they get to the end of the race, they will be safe as Julius cannot attack with witnesses. They lose the pickup truck, but Julius remains close behind. Meanwhile, Stark plugs his suit into the car to charge it as she drives.[378][402]
The cross country race continues and Rose drives fearlessly over and through obstacles. With 1 mile to go, the Iron Man armor is ready, and Stark leaves the car and blasts Julius' vehicle. He takes the unconscious Julius from the car and tells her to finish the race as he flies back to deal with the terrorists. As he leaves, he tells her that they should meet for an evening meal.[378][402]
26th[]
After years of trying, Muneeba and Yusuf Khan finally have a second child. Finding her to be perfect, they name her Kamala, for the Arabic word meaning "perfect."[412][413]
JT James gets caught stealing various things from Jiaying, the leader of Afterlife, including a Kree Beacon and information about an ancient Inhuman. Angry, Jiaying kicks James out of Afterlife. However, he leaves with the stolen Orb and its companion piece and develops a hatred toward Jiaying and the rest of the Inhumans of Afterlife. He sets up a residence in South Dakota, setting up land mines and burying the companion piece.[310][311]
With their finals fast approaching after four years of college, having now developed a strong friendship, Foggy Nelson often jokes about Matt Murdock's blindness, while Murdock would tease Nelson about many of his poor life choices, such as his decision to join a course studying Punjabi simply to get close to a girl. On a night out together when they really should be studying, Nelson asks Murdock what happened to "the Greek girl" who Murdock was dating, to which Murdock simply replies that things did not work out. The two joke about their future as partners at law, with three years of law school ahead of them.[286][287]
Aldrich Killian starts the Phase 0 of Extremis Injections. The candidates are given Extremis. Some of them do not survive, and their bodies explode. The successful subjects heal from their injuries and regrow lost limbs.[7][422]
In the Quantum Realm, Janet van Dyne sees a ship crash and rushes toward it. She finds the crash site and gets attacked by a creature, which divides itself in two as it approaches van Dyne. Van Dyne is nearly killed, but the ship's passenger, Victor Timely, kills the creature. Out of breath, Timely asks where they are.[60][423]
Timely explains that he is a traveler who was sent off course, and van Dyne gives him water. She brings Timely to his ship, which can travel the Multiverse. She is hesitant to believe the reality of it and asks if it could take them home. Timely says that it could take them anywhere.[60][423]
Using a slug-like creature, Timely and van Dyne excavate the ship.[60][423]
Kang removes the Multiversal Engine Core from his ship and studies it. They extract a liquid from the Quantum Realm and turn it into a fuel, putting it in the engine. However, the engine still fails to turn on.[60][423]
Van Dyne and Timely sit in the Quantum Realm. Van Dyne expresses regret about lying to her daughter before leaving her. Timely offers to give her more time, explaining that time is a cage that one can break free from by realizing how small it is. Timely promises van Dyne that she will be able to return to her daughter. The two get back to work.[60][423]
Van Dyne and Timely successfully repair the Multiversal Engine Core. They insert it the engine into Timely's Time Sphere, but van Dyne touches the core, allowing her to see his mind. She feels the destruction he has called, discovering that as a conqueror of worlds, he called himself Kang the Conqueror.[60][423]
Van Dyne refuses to help, and Kang reminds her of his promise that he would return her to her daughter. Van Dyne resolves that she cannot allow him to leave as he finishes putting on his armor. Van Dyne steals the core, prompting Kang to attack her. Van Dyne uses some of her remaining Pym Particle Discs to enlarge the core, causing it to explode as she flies away.[60][423]
A group of robbers steal one hundred million dollars worth of paintings from the Maltese Museum in Germany, escaping in a red SUV.[378][431]
Tony Stark is on a business trip to make a partnership between Stark Industries and Gorani Insurance. He is stopped on the road by a policeman, who explain the robbery and describes the car the thieves used; he then lets Stark pass.[378][431]
Later, Stark fixes the flat tire of a young woman.[378][431]
Further along the road he discovers a car matching the description of the car the policemen described earlier. Stark opens the trunk and finds all the paintings inside.[378][431]
Recovering the paintings
The criminals return and open fire on Stark, but he fends them off with the glove of the Mark IV Iron Man armor. He manages to return the paintings to the museum and get to the meeting, where he meets the same woman whose tire he repaired.
The woman is Evetta Gorani, the heir to Gorani Insurance. Her father and Gorani Insurance's current president Michael Gorani explains to him that the paintings he recovered were insured by Gorani, meaning Stark saved the company over one hundred million dollars. He successfully starts a business partnership with Gorani.[378][431]
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After eventually heading to South America, Bruce Banner starts to look for vascular plants that could inhibit radiation and therefore, find the key to cure his condition. He has another incident turning into the Hulk, his final incident for 6 months.[106]
Bruce Banner contacts Samuel Sterns for help in developing a cure. They communicate using code-names of "Mr. Blue" and "Mr. Green". Acting on a suggestion from Mr. Blue, Banner researches Amazonia Tracheophytes for a lead on the cure.[106]
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Ivan Vanko finishes work on his own Arc Reactor and powers up electric whips, as part of a revenge plan against Tony Stark for his father's betrayal.[432][377]
Avatar is released, featuring blue alien characters.[1][124]
Nick Fury puts Phil Coulson in charge of Project T.A.H.I.T.I., an experiment in which the preserved corpse of the Kree that was recovered in 1945 is harvested of its bodily fluids for medicinal purposes. The goal of the project is to create a medicine that could potentially save a mortally wounded Avenger.[433][434]
↑In promotional material for Runaways, such as the "wanted" poster for the lead characters (which is also shown onscreen in Double Zeros and Old School), Chase Stein and the rest of the older Runaways are listed as "16." However, other promotional material, such as the Hulu website and the "missing" poster for the Runaways, lists Stein as "17," which is supported in Rewind when Geoffrey Wilder says that "17" is "now the same age as our children," implying that at least some of the Runaways are 17. On top of this, there is substantial evidence that Stein is a high school senior, which would make him 17 or 18, as opposed to a high school junior, which would make him 16 or 17. In Reunion, an AP Calculus textbook can be seen in Stein's room. Although said class can sometimes be taken by juniors through special means, the class is typically exclusively taken by seniors. In Rewind, which is set toward the beginning of the school year (see 2017 references), Stein tells his mother, "In another year I'll be off to college," suggesting he is toward the beginning of his senior year, not his junior year. Additionally, in Refraction, Stein says to the Runaways, "Guess we'll have a hell of a personal essay for our college applications," which are typically submitted during senior year. In Tsunami, while talking with Karolina Dean, Gert Yorkes states that she and Stein were in astronomy class together in eighth grade, placing both of them in the same grade. With Yorkes being established as a senior later in the show (see other references), this suggests Stein is a senior as well. In Merry Meet Again, while talking with Stein, Yorkes, and Molly Hernandez, Dean states, "We did miss a lot the last six months. Graduation, prom, summer jobs, making any plans for the future." Following this line, Yorkes says, "I know what I'm gonna do next, you know, normal stuff. I'm gonna get a part‐time job and my GED and college applications and dating..." Yorkes seeking out a GED suggests that they have missed the opportunity to graduate entirely, implying that they were in the Dark Dimension during what would have been their graduation. With Dean, Stein, and Yorkes all present in this conversation (disregarding Hernandez, who was a freshmen), this suggests the three of them were all seniors prior to entering the Dark Dimension. Following this, in The Broken Circle, Yorkes, who establishes that she is finished with high school and discusses her wish to go to college, asks Stein what he plans to do with his future, to which he answers, "I'm still figuring that out. Maybe somewhere close that's got a good engineering program. I can't play lacrosse forever." This implies Stein is also finished with high school, as if he were a junior, he would still have another year of school ahead of him before college. With all of this in mind, despite some of the promotional posters for the series suggesting he is 16, most of the evidence presented in the show suggests he is a 17-year-old high school senior. Stein is traditionally depicted as the eldest member of the Runaways, which is reflected in the fact that Gregg Sulkin was also the eldest of the lead cast. With this in mind, Stein should ideally have been born before the rest of the Runaways, the next oldest of which being Dean, who was born in February 2000 (see other references). Since there is some evidence that Stein is 16, suggesting he was born more recently, it can be taken that his birth was only shortly before Dean's, being approximated to around a month beforehand, so January 2000.
↑ 10.010.1In Cheat The Gallows, while talking with 2028 Alex Wilder, Julie says that Karolina Dean's birthday was in February. In promotional material for Runaways, such as the "wanted" poster for the lead characters (which is also shown onscreen in Double Zeros and Old School) and the Hulu website, Dean's age is listed as "16," implying she was born in February 2001. However, other promotional material, such as the "missing" poster for the Runaways, lists Dean as "17," which is supported in Rewind when Geoffrey Wilder says that "17" is "now the same age as our children," implying that at least some of the Runaways are 17. Additionally, in Refraction, Molly Hernandez says to Dean, "You're, like, three years older!" With Hernandez being 14 in this moment, having been born on November 12, 2002 (see other references), this would suggest Dean is 17. Finally, in Bury Another, Karolina says that Leslie had "17 years" to tell her about Jonah, suggesting she was 17 when she ran away. All of this would instead suggest Karolina was born in February 2000, rather than February 2001. In Reunion, Leslie refers to Karolina as being "the millennial face" of the Church of Gibborim. Although it's most frequently cited that millennials were born between 1981 and 1996, some sources list the range as 1980 to 2000, which would slightly favor Karolina being born in February 2000 over February 2001 if Leslie were using this range. Throughout the show, there is evidence that Dean is a high school senior, which would make her 17 or 18, rather than a high school junior, which would make her 16 or 17. In Refraction, Chase Stein says to the Runaways, "Guess we'll have a hell of a personal essay for our college applications," which are typically submitted during senior year, implying at least some of the Runaways are seniors. Additionally, in Merry Meet Again, while talking with Stein, Gert Yorkes, and Molly Hernandez, Dean states, "We did miss a lot the last six months. Graduation, prom, summer jobs, making any plans for the future." Following this line, Yorkes says, "I know what I'm gonna do next, you know, normal stuff. I'm gonna get a part‐time job and my GED and college applications and dating..." Yorkes seeking out a GED suggests that they have missed the opportunity to graduate entirely, implying that they were in the Dark Dimension during what would have been their graduation. With Dean, Stein, and Yorkes all present in this conversation (disregarding Hernandez, who was a freshmen), this suggests the three of them were all seniors prior to entering the Dark Dimension. Thus, if Dean were a senior, this would place were date of birth between September 1999 and August 2000, suggesting she was born in February 2000. Ultimately, despite some of the promotional material for the series suggesting she is 16, so born in February 2001, most of the evidence presented in the show suggests she is a 17-year-old high school senior, so born in February 2000.
↑In Fifteen, Brian Geparhart is shown to have been "16" when he died. With his death dated to October 2016 (see 2016 references), Geparhart would have been born between October 1999 and October 2000, so approximately April 2000.
↑ 20.020.120.220.3In AKA Take a Bloody Number, it is shown that the medical bills for Jessica following her family's car crash are from "04/13/00". This would suggest that the accident was soon before/on this date. It is taken as being the exact date, as that is about the earliest it could be for the family to be going on vacation - Easter vacation, 10 days before Easter Sunday. This fits with the fact that when Jessica looks at her diary from old home in AKA Top Shelf Perverts, it is shown that her entries were infrequent, and her last was in September 1999.
↑In AKA Start at the Beginning, it is said that Jessica Jones was at IGH for 20 days. With her family's car crash being April 13, 2000, she was therefore at the facility from April 13, 2000 to May 3, 2000. Since Alisa's first waking is during this span, it can be assumed that it was approximately the middle of this period, April 23, 2000.
↑In Cold Steel, Frank Castle says he drank Boone's Farm intensely until he "was 20". With Castle being born on November 15, 1979 (see 1970s references), this would place him deciding to stop intensely drinking Boone's Farm between November 16, 1999 and November 15, 2000, the midpoint of which is May 17, 2000.
↑In AKA God Help the Hobo, Trish Walker says on May 6, 2017 (see 2017 references) that Sally's wig shop "hasn't changed in 17 years". This could be referring to 17 years before May 6, 2017, approximately May 6, 2000, or more generally "2017 - 17 = 2000", the approximation for which would be the middle of 2000, July 1-2, 2000. Putting more weight on the specific date, a calculation would place Walker's last time visiting the shop around May 25, 2000.
↑In Echoes, Maya Lopez is shown to be entering second grade in "2007," meaning she entered kindergarten 2005. In New York, students must turn five before December 1st to enter kindergarten, meaning she was born between December 2, 1999 and December 1, 2000. Lopez's birth can therefore be approximated to June 1, 2000.
↑In promotional material for Runaways, such as the "wanted" poster for the lead characters (which is also shown onscreen in Double Zeros and Old School) and the Hulu website, Gert Yorkes' age is listed as "16." However, other promotional material, such as the "missing" poster for the Runaways, lists Yorkes as "17," which is supported in Rewind when Geoffrey Wilder says that "17" is "now the same age as our children," implying that at least some of the Runaways are 17. On top of this, there is substantial evidence that Yorkes is a high school senior, which would make her 17 or 18, as opposed to a high school junior, which would make her 16 or 17. In Refraction, Chase Stein says to the Runaways, "Guess we'll have a hell of a personal essay for our college applications," which are typically submitted during senior year. In Tsunami, while talking with Karolina Dean, Yorkes states that she and Stein were in astronomy class together in eighth grade, placing both of them in the same grade. With Stein being established as a senior elsewhere in the show (see other references), this suggests Yorkes is a senior as well. In Past Life, it is revealed that Yorkes has submitted an application to Smith College, saying that she will finish high school online and tells Molly Hernandez, "You can come with me, and then when I'm 18, I can legally adopt you." With this scene happening in early November (see 2017 references), this suggests Yorkes is a 17-year-old senior (her 18th birthday not terribly far away) who has submitted college applications around application season (something which is done in senior year), and due to her only having a few months left of high school, can finish the rest of the school year online without much problem. In Merry Meet Again, while talking with Stein, Yorkes, and Molly Hernandez, Dean states, "We did miss a lot the last six months. Graduation, prom, summer jobs, making any plans for the future." Following this line, Yorkes says, "I know what I'm gonna do next, you know, normal stuff. I'm gonna get a part‐time job and my GED and college applications and dating..." Yorkes seeking out a GED suggests that they have missed the opportunity to graduate entirely, implying that they were in the Dark Dimension during what would have been their graduation. With Dean, Stein, and Yorkes all present in this conversation (disregarding Hernandez, who was a freshmen), this suggests the three of them were all seniors prior to entering the Dark Dimension. Finally, in The Broken Circle, after telling Stein that she is no longer "that high school girl" who picked on him, implying high school is behind her, Yorkes is informed by Stein that she hasn't missed the "late registration deadline" for entering into Smith College. With her initial application to Smith having occurred six months prior in November 2017 (see 2017 references) and this now being May 2018 (see 2018 references), this late registration deadline suggests that the upcoming Fall 2018 semester is her first semester of college, supporting the fact that she would have graduated high school in May 2018. Therefore, with it being strongly suggested that Yorkes is a high school senior prior to entering the Dark Dimension, this would mean that she realistically cannot be 16 years old, despite some of the promotional props suggesting such. Yorkes being a senior would place her date of birth anywhere between September 1999 to August 2000, which can be narrowed to November 1999 to August 2000 due to her 18th birthday having not yet occurred by the time of Past Life. Since there is some evidence indicating she is 16, suggesting she was born more recently, she can be taken to have been born as late as possible, in August 2000. Although a "2001" calendar, with days of the week matching May 2001, is shown in Smoke and Mirrors in the cabin that Gert was conceived in, potentially suggesting she was born closer to early 2002, it can be taken that Dale and Stacey Yorkes simply visited the cabin at a later date, following Gert's birth.
↑ 38.0038.0138.0238.0338.0438.0538.0638.0738.0838.0938.1038.1138.1238.1338.1438.15Throughout HelstromSeason 1, it is said in dialogue and shown in title cards that there were “TWENTY YEARS” between the events surrounding Ana Helstrom's kidnapping and the present day events of the season. The latest event referred to as twenty years prior on a title card is Caretaker and Louise Hastings deciding to separate Daimon and Ana Helstrom. A car is shown to have a registration that expires at some time in 2022, making the only possible years for the main events to be set 2020-2022. However, the precise timing of these events has several pieces of contradictory evidence. In Mother's Little Helpers, a newspaper about Zoe Richards' kidnapping, which occurred during Ana's, is shown with a slightly obscured date. This newspaper was released on Hulu's website with the date clear, reading “SUNDAY OCT 15, 2000,” with weekdays that align with what Aubree Richards describes on behalf of Zoe in The One Who Got Away. Furthermore, another newspaper prop features an article which mentions a United States President's “re-election bid,” suggesting that it is before the 2020 election. Another prop shows that the medicine Hastings is taking to treat her cancer expires in March 2021, suggesting the series is set before then. However, a calendar labeled “October” in flashbacks shown in Committed aligns with October 2001, not October 2000. Despite the calendar being the most clearly shown in the series itself, it can be taken that the series is set in 2020, and that Ana was kidnapped in 2000. The newspaper prop suggests that it is October by mentioning a Pumpkin Extravaganza and advertising an event for the beginning of November. The prop uses articles similar to a newspaper that released October 19, 2019, so it can be taken that the Saturday closest to October 19, 2020 as the day for that newspaper's release, October 17, 2020. Working from there, it can be taken that the events of Helstrom Season 1 span from October 13-30, 2020. Ana is implied to have spent a significant amount of time with Marduk Kurios following her kidnapping, and Zoe Richards is referred to as the last possible attack before Kurios apparently died in Ana's escape. However, Ana saw the end of Richards' kidnapping and subsequent burning, and flashbacks to her escape show her fleeing before the victim that Ana was with was released. Furthermore, in Mother's Little Helpers, Daimon Helstrom's file says that he was in a care facility prior to Saint Teresa Center for Mental Health for four months, which would push the flashback where Caretaker and Hastings decide to separate the siblings into March 2001 at the earliest given that Daimon is in Saint Teresa's during that flashback and the calendar in the Committed flashback which shows Daimon has committed is completely crossed out, including the week beyond the end of October as well as twelve extra X's on the wall, making the date November 22, 2000. Ana is kidnapped during the day and appears to be wearing pijamas, suggesting that it is the weekend as Ana does not have school. To create as much time as possible between Ana's kidnapping and the Richards incident, it can be taken that Ana was kidnapped on September 17, 2000. With the Richards incident dated to October 15, 2000 by the newspaper, the incident at the Willamette River as shown by one of Hastings' files released on Hulu's website and in flashbacks in Viaticum and the architect's murder shown in another of Hastings' files can be distributed between those dates, placing the Willamette River incident on September 26 and the architect's murder on October 5th. To be accurately described as four months of treatment at another care facility, Daimon's transfer must have occurred after March 23, 2001, since Helstrom's commitment to care occurred on November 23, 2000 (see 2000s references). To keep this within the fourth month since his care started, his transfer can be approximated to the midpoint between then and the end of March, placing it on March 28. Daimon has apparently been at Saint Teresa's for some time by the time he and Ana were separated, which appears to be soon after her rescue. While discusing separating them, Caretaker says that Ana has been cleared to enter the system, wihch a psychological evaluation form released on Hulu's website said occurred after “several weeks” of psychological analysis at Saint Teresa's. To balance these implications, Ana can be approximated to have escaped Kurios and been found by Caretaker one week following Daimon's transfer, placing it on April 4, 2001, then Daimon and Ana being separated can be taken to have occured around two weeks after that, April 18, 2001. This places Daimon at Saint Teresa's for three weeks by the time of the flashbacks, fitting with the implication that he had been there for some time.
↑In Mother's Little Helpers, Daimon Helstrom is wearing a new shirt when Victoria Helstrom comforts him compared to the day Ana Helstrom was kidnapped. This can be taken to mean that Helstrom cleaning was the following day, rather than the same day, placing it on September 18, 2000.
↑ 43.043.143.243.3In Generation Why and No Normal, Coles Academic High School is shown to have won several volleyball championships in various years. Volleyball championships in New Jersey tend to happen in October, so they can be approximated to October of each year.
↑In Mother's Little Helpers, Gabriella Rosetti reads a diary entry by Victoria Helstrom labeled "Friday." This entry can be approximated to the Friday closest to the midpoint between Helstrom becoming possessed on September 17, 2000 (see other references) and the flashbacks to her writing in her diary and being taken by the Behavioral Health Department on November 19, 2000 (see other references), placing the entry on October 19, 2000.
↑ 52.0052.0152.0252.0352.0452.0552.0652.0752.0852.0952.1052.1152.1252.1352.1452.1552.1652.1752.1852.1952.2052.2152.2252.2352.2452.2552.26In Black Widow, an opening montage shows several scenes of the Red Room training girls, including Natasha Romanoff, and operating through history, which is implied to be occurring after Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova were separated on September 6, 1995 (see other references) and before the beginning of the 2016 events of the movie on June 25, 2016 (see 2016 references).
The first collection of scenes is of a braid receiving a bow, a group of girls being brainwashed by cartoons, and a group of girls ice skating. In the ice skating scene, the girls appear to be roughly middle school age, and can be taken to be approximately 12.5 years old. This scene can therefore be approximated to when Romanoff was 12.5 years old, so approximately June 3, 1997. The scenes with the braid and the cartoons can therefore be distributed between Romanoff and Belova being separated and the ice skating scene, so on April 7, 1996 and November 8, 1996, respectively.
The montage also features two shots of girls marching, one of which is when they are roughly middle school age and can be taken to be approximately 13 years old, so on December 3, 1997.
The second shot of girls marching, two shots of girls preparing weapons, a group of soldiers in a drum line, and Dreykov watching a group of girls fire at targets occur in the movie when the girls are roughly high school age. Similarly, Black Widow Prelude features a scene of a group of high school age girls doing ballet and one of Romanoff firing at a target. These can be distributed throughout the years in which Romanoff was 14 through 18 years old, placing the comic firing scene on September 19, 1998, the second marching shot on April 1, 1999, the first shot of girls preparing weapons on November 16, 1999, the ballet scene on February 13, 2001, the drum line on September 30, 2001, and the second shot of girls preparing weapons on May 16, 2002.
Two scenes, one from Black Widow Prelude, and several flashback scenes from Avengers: Age of Ultron, both featuring Romanoff being nervous for her graduation ceremony, can be placed near the ceremony. The ceremony itself can be taken to be when Romanoff was 21, analogous to a college graduation, so May 27, 2005. Similarly, Black Widow has two scenes in which the girls are in their early twenties: one of a group of girls doing ballet, and one of a girl doing gymnastics. These scenes can be distributed between January 1, 2003, the year Romanoff turned 20, and May 27, 2005, approximately when she would graduate. This would place the Black Widow ballet scene on May 6, 2003, the gymnastics scene on September 8, 2003, the Avengers: Age of Ultron ballet flashback on May 15, 2004, the scene of Romanoff pretending to lose on September 17, 2004, Romanoff shooting on January 20, 2005.
The montage in Black Widow then features several members of the Black Widows being spotted throughout the world, starting with Romanoff, as well as shots of a Widow putting on a Widow's Bite and a belt, and a group of Widows lining up. These scenes can be placed between the graduation and the 2016 events in Morocco on June 18, 2016 (see 2016 references), while ensuring that Romanoff's scene is before January 1, 2008, when she defected from the Red Room and joined S.H.I.E.L.D. (see other references). This would place Romanoff's scene on December 25, 2006, and the rest on July 24, 2008, February 21, 2010, September 21, 2011, and April 20, 2013. A scene in this montage which is attached to this last scene can then be placed to the last day, April 20, 2013. The scene with the Widow putting on her belt and accessory, as well as the Widows marching, can then be placed on November 18, 2014.
Three scenes from the montage feature Dreykov influencing two political events, as well as a shot of him watching his monitors. The two scenes of him influencing political events must be before Dreykov is thought dead in January 2008, and can therefore be distributed between then and Romanoff and Belova being separated. This places the first scene on October 14, 1999 and the second on November 22, 2003.
Two events are mentioned to have happened during this period of time in The Avengers: Romanoff killing people in São Paulo and another instance of her setting a hospital on fire. These can be distributed between Romanoff's graduation and her defection, and can therefore be placed on April 8, 2006 and February 18, 2007, respectively. The Avengers Prelude: Black Widow Strikes describes an incident involving Romanoff which is described as having occurred "long before [Romanoff] defected to S.H.I.E.L.D.." This can therefore be taken to have happened within the first half of the time between graduation and defection, so on approximately January 19, 2006.
Black Widow Prelude features a scene of Romanoff looking over New York City after joining S.H.I.E.L.D.. This would likely occur within a month of Romanoff joining S.H.I.E.L.D., so in approximately February 2008.
The montage goes on to feature several clips of Melina Vostokoff's experiments being conducted, beginning with someone reading the information which Alexei Shostakov had stolen, a scene of pigs being studied, and a failed surgery. Later in the movie, Belova mentions that Romanoff was not subject to Vostokoff's chemical mind control, meaning that the experiment was completed after Romanoff defected and before the events in Morocco, so on approximately April 9, 2012. The person reading the stolen information can be approximated to the day after it was received, so September 6, 1995. The remaining scenes can be distributed between then and the completion of the experiment, placing the pigs on December 22, 2003 and the failed surgery on February 14, 2008.
Finally, a group of scenes of war and a scene of a person sewing a Black Widow logo onto a piece of cloth are shown. These can be distributed throughout Romanoff and Belova being separated and the first scene and the events in Morocco, resulting in each conflict happening on July 26, 1997, June 16, 1999, May 6, 2001, March 27, 2003, February 14, 2005, January 5, 2007, November 25, 2008, October 16, 2010, and September 5, 2012, and the sewing scene on July 27, 2014.
↑ 53.053.153.253.353.4In Committed, Victoria Helstrom is shown to have marked one week past the end of October on her calendar, as well as nine further X's on the wall beside the calendar. This would place the events of the flashbacks on November 19, 2000. However, when Daimon Helstrom comes into her room, there are twelve X's on the wall, which would place the scene on November 23, 2000. It can therefore be taken that these scenes are spread across several days, starting on November 19 and ending on November 22.
↑ 55.055.1In Vessels, Basar says that Daimon Helstrom's suicide attempt was after Helstrom had his mother committed to Saint Teresa's Center for Mental Health, which occurred on November 22, 2000 (see other references). However, Helstrom would have also been taken in and is shown in meeting with someone from the Behavioral Health Department the night his mother is taken away in Committed. Marduk Kurios is still alive in the flashback to the suicide attempt in Hell Storm, meaning it cannot have occurred after he was released in care, which occurred after Helstrom's sister was rescued the same day Kurios died. Therefore, it must be taken that Helstrom's suicide attempt occurred the day after he had his mother committed, before Helstrom himself could be brought in.
↑In AKA Freak Accident, Trish Walker says she was "15" when Max Tatum harassed her. Her date of birth is approximated at June 1985 (see 1980s references), so this is between June 2000 and June 2001, approximately December 2000.
↑In Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Hank Pym reveals that he briefly dated a woman named Linda after Janet van Dyne disappeared into the Quantum Realm in July 1987 (see 1980s references). Ant-Man shows that once Pym learned about Darren Cross selling the Yellowjacket suit, he became focused on stopping him, so the dates should occur prior to January 2015, when the project was announced (see 2014 references). The dates can therefore be approximated to the midpoint of these times, 2001.
↑In Double Zeros, on November 1, 2017 (see 2017 references), Darius Davis states that Alex Wilder is "16," which is supported by the "wanted" poster for the Runaways (which is also shown onscreen in Double Zeros and Old School) listing his age as such. This means that Wilder cannot be a senior like some of the other Runaways, and thus must be a junior, which is supported in Metamorphosis when Geoffrey Wilder tells Alex, "You're still signed up for a few more years under my roof," meaning college is at least two years away. However, despite his age being cemented by Davis, other promotional material for the show, such as the Hulu website and the "missing" poster for the Runaways, lists his age as "17," and additionally, in Rewind, Geoffrey says that "17" is "now the same age as our children," suggesting that most of the Runaways are around age 17. This implies that, although he is 16, Alex should be ideally be 16-going-on-17, meaning he would've been born around late 2000 or potentially early 2001, his 17th birthday occurring shortly after the Runaways enter the Dark Dimension. In Double Zeros, a fake passport created by the Wilder parents for Alex lists his fake date of birth as "21 AUG 2002," suggesting his date of birth is closer to 2002. If Alex were born in early 2001, as opposed to late 2000, his parents would have only had to change one digit for his fake year of birth as opposed to two, so it can be taken he was born during this time frame. Alex should ideally be as close to 17 before entering the Dark Dimension as possible, so his date of birth can be placed as early in the year as possible, in January 2001.
↑In Cold Steel, Sarah Lieberman says on November 28, 2016 that she has kissed no one other than David for "15 years", implying that her first kiss with David was 15 years ago, in 2001. David later says that their first kiss was in "junior year", implying they would have been born around 1985. However, Ebon Moss-Bachrach was 39 and Jaime Ray Newman was 38 at the time of filming The Punisher: Season 1, set in late 2016, suggesting they were born closer to 1977-1978. Overall, it can be calculated that they were born around February 1984, juniors 2000-2001, and first kissed around February 7, 2001. The details of the calculations can be found here.
↑In Eight Diagram Dragon Palm, Harold says, "I fought the good fight for 3 years." In Dragon Plays with Fire, Gao says, "Harold was diagnosed with cancer. At most he had 2, 3 years to live." It can be surmised that he fought it for a little longer than expected the expected 2½ years, nearly 3 - around 2 years, 10 months. Working back from his reasoned date of death on January 4, 2004, he would have been diagnosed around March 2001.
↑ 74.074.1In Shadow Hawk Takes Flight, Dr. Edmonds says the commercial was "from about 15 years ago." This is said on February 11, 2016, so 15 years prior would mean the commercial was released around March 30, 2001. The commercial is reasonably simple, so it would have been filmed only 1 or 2 weeks prior. This also fits with what Joy says in the same episode, that she was "about 10 years old" when they filmed the commercial. She would have been 10 from approximately October 2000 to October 2001, and March 2001 falls comfortably in that margin.
↑In Radio On, on October 31, 2017 (see 2017 references), Robert Minoru states that Nico Minoru is "16," which is supported by the "wanted" poster for the Runaways (which is also shown onscreen in Double Zeros and Old School) and the Hulu website, listing her age as such. In Doomsday, in flashbacks to "FIFTEEN YEARS AGO," in April 2002 (see other references), Nico is shown as an infant child, appearing to be no older than around a year old. Since the older Runaways are all implied to be close in age, as well as Geoffrey Wilder implying that the older Runaways are all around 17 in Runaways, she can be taken to have born as late as possible, in April 2001.
↑ 77.077.177.2In AKA The Double Half-Wappinger, it is shown that Donny Sallinger's death was reported on "April 7, 2001". Within the article, the accident is described as having happened "Sunday morning", making Donny's death April 1, 2001. On average, U.S. funerals are 5 days after death, so the funeral may be approximated to April 6, 2001.
↑In Destined, Yusuf Khan says that Aamir Khan is still in "grad school." Approximating Aamir to be in the middle of graduate school, so approximately two years after graduating college, in 2025 when Yusuf says this (see 2025 references), Aamir can be approximated to have been in the kindergarten class of 2007-2008. In New Jersey, a student has to be five years old on October 1 to enter kindergarten, placing Aamir's birth in approximately April 2002.
↑In Scars, Louise Hastings says that "one day," Ana Helstrom caused a nurse to faint. This can be approximated to the midpoint of Helstrom's time at Saint Teresa Center for Mental Health, April 8, 2001.
↑With Luke Cage's date of birth approximated to April 1980 (see 1980s references), his graduation (pictures shown in For Pete's Sake) would likely be May 2001.
↑In Nakazat, Nikolai Poloznev says on May 8, 2018 (see 2018 references) that his daughter, Natalia, is "almost 17". This would imply she will turn 17 likely later in May 2018, making her month of birth May 2001.
↑In Smoke and Mirrors and The Great Escape, there is a calendar left up in the Yorkes cabin from "2001". The calendar ends on a Thursday, suggesting it May 2001. This cannot be the time they reference spending there when Gert Yorkes was conceived, since she was born in January 2001, meaning they came another time in May 2001.
↑In Shadow Hawk Takes Flight, Simon tells Danny Rand on February 10, 2016 that Jimmy has "been here almost 15 years". "Almost" can usually be taken to mean around 98.5%, putting it around May 3, 2001.
↑In Power Broker, Wilfred Nagel says that he was brought into HYDRA to continue the Winter Soldier Program "after the five failed test subjects in Siberia." While this could be referring to Helmut Zemo's assassination of the test subjects in 2016 (see 2016 references), he later goes on to discuss getting recruited by the CIA after HYDRA fell, so this must be referring to when the Winter Soldiers were put into cryogenic sleep. However, Olli Haaskivi's age during filming for The Falcon and The Winter Soldier suggests that Nagel was born in 1985 (see 1980s references), which would make him too young when the Winter Soldiers were frozen in the 1990s. The earliest age to be employable by the United States government (which HYDRA was hiding within, so Nagel should be employable by the government) is 18 years old, or 16 with either permission, having graduated early, or as a part-time employee. To minimize the amount of time between the Winter Soldiers being frozen and Nagel getting recruited, Nagel can be taken to have been 16 when he was hired, so approximately May 2001.
↑In Spider-Man: Homecoming Peter Parker is said to be "15", and his birthday does not transpire during the film, for which the main events begin on September 8, 2016 and end on September 26, 2016 (See 2016 references), therefore meaning Parker was born between September 27, 2000 and September 7, 2001. On top of this, Jon Watts said, "the eight-year-old Peter had seen Stark say, 'I am Iron Man,' on TV." "I am Iron Man" is dated to November 25, 2009 (see other references), putting Parker's birthday at the earliest on November 26, 2009. This would put his birthday in the range of November 26, 2000-September 7, 2001. Finally, in New York, students start kindergarten in September of the calendar year in which they turn 5. With Parker being a sophomore (10th grade) in September 2016, this means he turns 15 in the calendar year of 2016 - meaning he was born in 2001. In Spider-Man: Far From Home, it is shown on Parker's passport that he was born on "10 AUG", making his date of birth August 10, 2001. Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have stated that in Captain America: Civil War, Parker is 15 years old. While this would work if his date of birth was before June 23, 2001 (his first appearance in Captain America: Civil War is on June 23, 2016), it does not fit with the "10 AUG" date of birth, and the date from the film has to overrule the writers' comment, making him 14 in Captain America: Civil War.
↑ 102.0102.1In Underneath, flashbacks are shown to Daimon Helstrom attempting to go to school. He appears the same age as he did when Ana Helstrom was kidnapped, and this is the first time Helstrom is reacting to being kidnapped, so it can be taken that this occurred in August 2001, the beginning of the first school year after Louise Hastings took him in.
↑In Spider-Man: Far From Home Michelle Jones says that Flash Thompson is "16" in June 2024 (see 2024 references). Since Thompson disappeared as the result of Thanos' Snap in May 2018 (see 2018 references) and returned in October 2023 (see 2023 references), he would have been born between July and October 2001. Thompson's birth can therefore be approximate as the midpoint of these dates, August 31, 2001.
↑In Resupply, Rafael Hernandez says, on November 16, 2016 (see 2016 references), that he recruited Dinah Madani "15 years ago". This may refer to 15 years specifically, around November 2001, or more generally "2016 - 2001 = 15", so any point in 2001 (approximating with mid-2001). Putting more weight on the more specific, a weighted calculation would suggest he recruited her around October 1, 2001.
↑ 114.0114.1In Iron Fist: Season 1, throughout February 2016, there are many references to the air crash being 15 years ago:
In Snow Gives Way, Joy says, "It's been like 15 years since Danny and his parents died."
In Shadow Hawk Takes Flight, Ward says, "[Danny] waited 15 years to come back," Harold says, "Ask him where he's been the last 15 years," Dr. Edmonds says, "Where have you been in the last 15 years?", and Danny says that K'un-Lun "only appears on this earthly plane every 15 years, give or take, depending on the celestial tilt."
In Eight Diagram Dragon Palm, Danny says, "After living in a monastery for 15 years."
In Immortal Emerges from Cave, Danny says, "I've been doing this for 15 years."
In The Blessing of Many Fractures, Danny says, "I've spent the last 15 years learning..."
In The Mistress of All Agonies, Gao refers to the crash as "events that happened 15 years ago".
Finally, in Dragon Plays with Fire, Hogarth talks about "wherever the hell it is that you were for 15 years" and Claire refers to the crash as "something that happened 15 years ago."
15 years prior would put this around early 2001, however, we know from Rolling Thunder Cannon Punch that the Rands were still around in July 2001. In The Mistress of All Agonies, Ward Meachum's birthday is given as September 19, 1986 (see other references), and in Snow Gives Way, Ward says, "I was 15 when [the Rands] died." This definitively places the air crash between September 19, 2001 and September 18, 2002. On top of this, the iPod 1st Generation, which Rand owns at the time of the crash, was released on October 23, 2001, and in the New York Bulletin | Joy and Ward Meachum Special Report video, it is said that Harold's death, which is known to be 2004, albeit reasoned as early January, was "2 years" after the crash. From all of this, the accident is reasoned as October 29, 2001, six days after the iPod's release, a little over 2 years before January 4, 2004, and still reasonable enough to be considered "15 years" before February 2016, by the simple math of "2016 - 2001 = 15". This also allows time for Danny's arm to have healed since the break in July.
While prop-makers designed a September 2002 date for the crash, this does not match the other evidence, and when the props appear in Rolling Thunder Cannon Punch, the Rands' graves are intentionally obscured to not show the year of death, but only "200-", leaving the date ambiguous, and allowing for October 2001, which fits much better.
↑In AKA God Help the Hobo, Trish Walker says to Kelly Scott in May 2017 (see 2017 references), "I was in a Max Tatum movie when I was your age." In AKA Freak Accident, she says she was "15", making Scott approximately 15 in May 2017. This would mean she was born between May 2001 and May 2002, so approximately November 2001.
↑ 121.0121.1Sometimes the Marvel Cinematic Universe alludes to people who existed in our world, and it is assumed they were born on the same day in the universe, for timeline purposes.
↑In AKA The Double Half-Wappinger, Jessica Jones is shown stealing Wappingers Falls police files from the "2000" folder through to approximately the "2003" folder. It is confirmed that she has folders from 2003 when she discovers Nathan Silva's murder, from that year (see other references). During that period, Bobby McBurty is said to have stolen a snowblower. The middle of the January 1, 2000-December, 31, 2003 period is December 31, 2001, so the theft may be approximated to then (fitting with being winter).
↑On Marvel Television Live Auction Lot #886: Mary Walker's Classified Papers, it says Walker "served 8 years in various locals" before being "captured and held in isolation". With Walker's capture dated to January 21, 2010 (see 2010 references), 8 years prior can be seen as exactly 8 years prior, approximately January 21, 2002, or more generally "2010 - 8 = 2002", so using mid-2002, July 2, 2002, as an approximation. Putting more weight in the specific than general, a weighted calculation gives the beginning of her service as approximately March 16, 2002.
↑ 132.00132.01132.02132.03132.04132.05132.06132.07132.08132.09132.10132.11132.12132.13132.14132.15132.16132.17Through Runaways it is said that PRIDE sacrificed someone to Jonah once a year for 15 years (Fifteen: "One a year for 15 years", Hostile: "You ever notice that every year one of your young parishioners goes missing?", "Same time of year, every year", Last Rites: "One a year"), resulting in fifteen sacrifices (Fifteen: fifteen names are listed, Kingdom: "Fifteen kids have died in this room", Doomsday: "How could you murder fifteen kids?", Last Rites: "Like you killed fifteen runaways"). Fifteen annual sacrifices would amount in fact to 14 years start to finish if counting inclusively, and with the last one in October 2017 (see 2017 references), that would make the first sacrifice around 2003. However, other evidence suggests 15 years of sacrifices, so starting in 2002, rather than 14 years of sacrifices. In Fifteen, it is said they have taken runaways for "over 15 years". In Doomsday it is said that PRIDE has had a grip on the parents' "lives for the last 15 years". As well as this, Season 3 suggests there was in fact a further sacrifice (Smoke and Mirrors: "I only sacrificed seventeen innocent kids" (including Andre Compton, which the previous counts did not), Rite of Thunder: "She helped murder seventeen teenagers", Enter The Dreamland: "We are the seventeen"). Plus "one a year for 15 years" could be taken as "one a year, and we've been doing that for 15 years" rather than "one a year fifteen times, amounting to 15 years". So, it would seem overall that yes, the sacrifices started around 15 years before 2017, not 14. This, then, would make the first sacrifice 2002. This is supported by flashbacks in Metamorphosis and Doomsday, both shortly before and shortly after the first sacrifice, respectively, to "fifteen years ago" before October 2017, so sometime in 2002.
Based on the "Same time of year, every year" line in Hostile, the first sacrifice would ideally be in October 2002. However, there is evidence suggesting earlier in 2002. Molly Hernandez was born on the firm date of November 12, 2002 (see other references), meaning she was conceived around February 2002. During the first sacrifice, Alice Hernandez does not appear visibly pregnant whatsoever, meaning this should be no later than around May 2002. Additionally, during the Doomsday flashback, set shortly after the first sacrifice, Nico Minoru appears no more than roughly a year old. With it being generally implied throughout the show that she is roughly the same age as the rest of the older Runaways, this means she should ideally be born no later than around early 2001, which would make this flashback around early 2002 at the latest. For every subsequent sacrifice, the Runaways taken in by PRIDE stayed for six months, with their six months beginning in April and the sacrifices being held annually in October. However, it's implied in Metamorphosis that Jonah gave the mansion to the Wilders not long before the first sacrifice, which would mean that either the month in which the Runaways were taken in or the month of the sacrifice was different for the first year. Considering the evidence favoring the sacrifice occurring earlier in 2002, it can be taken to be the latter, with the Runaways being taken in by PRIDE in April 2002 and Brooks Watten's sacrifice happening later that month.
Fifteen names, up to and including Gonzalez, are shown in Fifteen, meaning there is a bonus sacrifice not listed on the computer somewhere between Brooks Watten and Destiny Gonzalez, making them between the second and fifteenth sacrifice, so it may be guessed that they were the eighth/ninth. To decide which, taking halfway between April 2002 and October 2017, it would have been roughly early 2010, making it closer to the eighth sacrifice than the ninth. So, it may have been taken to have been the eighth.
Therefore, overall, the sacrifices were: Brooks Watten April 2002, Adam Cooper October 2003, Jamie Baxter October 2004, Tim Bennett October 2005, Xavier Marquez October 2006, Karly Scolari October 2007, James Braswyck October 2008, unknown runaway October 2009, Anthony Rocha October 2010, Kim Hwang October 2011, Bridget Bynum October 2012, John Donahue October 2013, Emily Wong October 2014, Yvonne Taylor October 13, 2015, Brian Geparhart October 2016, and finally Destiny Gonzalez (failed sacrifice) October 13, 2017 and Andre Compton October 16, 2017 (see 2017 references). Adam Cooper to Destiny Gonzalez would have been taken 6 months in advance.
↑ 135.0135.1In AKA I Did Something Today, Erik Gelden tells the story of what happened with his father, and says it was the time he "came home from college" after getting his power. Based on Benjamin Walker's age at the time of filming Jessica Jones: Season 3, working back from the setting of the season, Erik Gelden would have been born around February 1982. So, he was likely in college 2000-2004, meaning the middle of his college time, as an approximation for when this happened, is Summer 2002. Therefore, this event can be approximated to when Gelden came home for summer in May 2002.
↑ 137.0137.1In Cold Steel, Frank Castle says, "I was with Maria for 3 months when she got pregnant with Lisa." This could refer to the conception, or finding out she was pregnant. Castle then says, "She said that she was not giving her up, but she understood if I didn't wanna hang around. I asked her to marry me that day." This would imply that Castle is referring specifically to the day when they found out being 3 months after they got together. The average time at which women find out they are pregnant is 5.5 weeks of the 290-day pregnancy, making that about 251.5 days before Lisa's birth. With Lisa's date of birth dated to June 2003 (see other references), so approximately mid-June, June 15/16, 2003, them finding out would be around October 8, 2002. From this, we can approximate when Frank and Maria got together. 3 months prior would suggest specifically around July 8, 2002, or more generally just "October - July = 3 months", so any point in July, approximated with mid-July. Putting more weight on the more specific, a weighted calculation would give July 11, 2002.
↑In All Souled Out, it is said on August 28, 2017 (see 2017 references) that Hamilton and Powell have been together for "15 years". This would suggest approximately August 28, 2002. However, it may more roughly just mean "2017 - 2002 = 15", so any time in 2002 (using mid-2002 as an approximation). Putting more weight in the specific date than just the year, a weighted calculation gives roughly August 9, 2002 for when they got together.
↑In The Creator, it is said that Stephanie Miller's sister was "not even 15" at her death on September 3, 2017 (see 2017 references), suggesting she was soon to turn 15, so most likely born in September 2002.
↑ 148.0148.1Based on Lucia Scarano's age during the filming of She-Hulk: Attorney at LawSeason 1, Cheryll would have been born in approximately December 1982 and would have turned 18 in December 2000. In Just Jen, Cheryll says, "Well, I never saw a dime for raising Spencer, Jr. alone for all those years," suggesting that Spencer, Jr. is over eighteen years old when she says it in July 2025 (see 2025 references), meaning the latest they can get married is July 2007. Another of Mister Immortal's ex-wives says that he and Cheryll were married for "three years." The midpoint of Mister Immortal and Cheryll's marriage can therefore be approximated to the midpoint of these two dates, placing the start of their marriage in October 2002 and the end in October 2005.
↑Allegra Costa stated that Molly Hernandez is 14 in Season 1. This was further confirmed by dialogue in Rock Bottom and Past Life. Hernandez is then said in Last Waltz to have turned 15 the day before, on November 12, 2017 (see 2017 references), making her date of birth November 12, 2002.
↑In AKA Hero Pants, a story is told about Dorothy Walker's time looking after Jessica Jones after her parents died. With Jones adopted in April 2000 (see other references), and leaving for college in 2003, it can be taken that this was November 2000, November 2001, or November 2002. November 2002 may be assumed, given it is in a friendlier period between the trio, so should be as long as possible after their arguments in 2000, but before their further arguments in 2005 (see other references). So, it may be dated to November 28, 2002.
↑In Hide and Seek, Kate Bishop says on December 20, 2024 that she is twenty-two years old. Given Bishop survived the Snap, she therefore would have been born in 2002, specifically between December 21, 2001 and December 20, 2002. She is a college senior, meaning that she was likely born between December 2, 2002 and December 1, 2003, given the cutoff age for children entering kindergarten in New York. Bishop can therefore be taken to have been born between December 2 and December 20, 2002, which can be approximated as December 11, 2002.
↑ 165.0165.1165.2165.3James Gunn detailed how Nathan Fillion originally had a cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as actor Simon Williams, appearing on posters for films he has appeared in, on display at a film festival. The films are Arkon, Toxic Janitor 2, Oh, Rebecca, Haxan 2, Dead Before Arrival, and Tony Stark. They are takes on Conan the Barbarian, The Toxic Avenger Part II, a late 2000s romantic comedy, Horns, Inception, and Steve Jobs respectively. With the fact that Williams seems to be roughly the same age in all the pictures (as they were all taken together), that he could not have looked to be in his 40s in 1982 (when Conan the Barbarian was released) and also films released in present day, that Steve Jobs was released in 2015, after the film's 2014 setting, and Horns was released 4 years after Inception, when the Dead Before Arrival posters says it is "from the director of Haxan 2", these films cannot simply replace their respective films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Oh, Rebecca resembles a lot of romantic comedy films that were released around 2008, so it would make sense for it to have been released around Valentine's Day, February 14, 2008. Dead Before Arrival can still fit on the release date for Inception, July 16, 2010. The fact that it is "from the director of Haxan 2" means it is worth looking at the career of the director of Inception, Christopher Nolan, whose previous film was The Dark Knight, released in 2008, which would imply that Haxan 2 was released around 2008. It says it was released on "October 31", so October 31, 2008. The rights to make Steve Jobs were acquired 3 days after his death, and then it took 1476 days before it was released. Assuming the rights to make Tony Stark were acquired 3 days after "I am Iron Man", so May 28, 2008, the film would have come out around June 15, 2012. The remaining two films can presumably have been released in the order of the films they reference, so Arkon, then Toxic Janitor 2. Based on approximately how old Fillion was when he took the photos (using April 14, 2016, the middle of filming for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, then working back from the approximate dates when Simon Williams would have filmed the movies (about November 6, 2006 for Haxan 2 (based on the time between the middle of filming and release for Horns), July 17, 2007 for Oh, Rebecca (based on the time between the middle of filming and release for 2008's Sex and the City)), September 7, 2009 for Dead Before Arrival (based on the filming schedule for Inception), and April 19, 2013 for Tony Stark (based on the time between the middle of filming and release for Steve Jobs) and taking an average, Simon Williams would have been born approximately in April 1964. Nathan Fillion was about 32 years and 9 months old when the first film that he was the main actor in, Water's Edge, was released on January 27, 2004. If Simon Williams were roughly the same age at the time of the first film in which he was the main actor, this first film would have come out around February 16, 1997. Therefore, his career as being the headline actor would have spanned from then to October 19, 2014 (when the film festival scene would have been set in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2), and so distributing the two films at a third and two thirds of the way between these dates would put Arkon around January 8 (rounded to 10th, the nearest Friday), 2003, and Toxic Janitor 2 around November 28, 2008.
↑In Partners, Am I Right?, Cooper Barton is shown to be sixteen years old on December 22, 2024. A weighted calculation, considering that Barton was a victim of Thanos' Snap, places Barton's birth in February 2003.
↑ 171.0171.1In AKA The Double Half-Wappinger, it is said in May 2018 (see 2018 references) that Nathan Silva was killed "15 years ago", making his death most likely May 2003. It is said that Sallinger and Silva were in "senior year" at the time, and that Silva "started getting some [...] recruiting offers" soon before his death, suggesting he died earlier than May of senior year, before any applications were submitted/decisions made. So, his death may instead be approximated to April 2003. It is said that the Christmas card Sallinger sent the Silvas was sent "the Christmas after Nathan [...] went away", so this can be dated to December 25, 2003.
↑In Scars, Caretaker says of his replica knife that it was "Stolen during the looting after the invasion of Baghdad in 2003." Caretaker specifies that it was stolen "after" the invasion, which ended on April 12, 2003. The National Museum of Iraq was burned down on April 14, 2003, so the theft of the specific dagger can be approximated to the middle of these two dates, April 13, 2003.
↑In Code of the Streets, Pop says he was in prison for 10 years. With Pop's arrest dated to April 24, 1993 (see 1990s references), his release would be April 24, 2003.
↑In Black Panther, it is said that Erik Stevens graduated from the naval academy at age 19. Taking his birthday of June 1983, Stevens would have graduated at 19 in May of 2003.
↑ 177.0177.1In A Duel of Iron, young Danny Rand and Davos are said in the credits to be "12 Year Old Danny" and "12 Year Old Davos". With Rand born on April 1, 1991 (see 1990s references) and Davos' date of birth approximated to August 1990 (see 1990s references), specifically August 8, 1990, the time in which they were both 12 would be approximately April 1, 2003 to August 7, 2003. Approximating with ⅓ and ⅔ through this window, Davos visiting Rand when he is cold would be roughly May 14, 2003, and the paper airplane roughly June 25, 2003.
↑In AKA Shark in the Bathtub, Monster in the Bed, Inez Green says she was "18" she got her tattoo. Her date of birth is approximated at December 1984 (see 1980s references), so this is between December 2002 and December 2003, approximately June 2003.
↑In Nakazat, on May 8, 2018 (see 2018 references), Frank Castle says of Lisa, "Next month's her birthday [...] She'd be 15. This means Lisa would have been born in June 2003.
↑In The Star-Spangled Man, Lemar Hoskins references John Walker failing drama class in high school. This can be approximated to the middle of his time in high school, which based on his March 1987 birthdate (see 1980s references), was from 2001-2005, the middle of which is 2003.
↑In Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Xu Shang-Chi is shown laying on Ying Li's stomach while Ying appears to be approximately 25.5 weeks pregnant with Xu Xialing. Xialing's date of birth is approximated to November 19, 2003 (see other references), so this scene can be taken to have happened on June 14, 2003.
↑In The Blessing of Many Fractures, Joy discusses "that last summer in the Hamptons with Dad." With Harold's death dated to January 4, 2004, this last summer would be the summer of 2003.
↑ 196.0196.1196.2196.3196.4In Making Friends and Influencing People, the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy newspaper page is shown to say "Jemma Simmons and Leopold Fitz ('04)", implying the pair likely graduated in 2004 - or, if not, joined in 2004. In Making Friends and Influencing People, when asked, "Why did you join S.H.I.E.L.D. in the first place?", Jemma Simmons replies, "I was a 17-year-old girl with two PhDs and a million questions." With Simmons born on September 11, 1987 (see 1980s references), she therefore "join[ed] S.H.I.E.L.D." between September 11, 2004 and September 10, 2005. This would imply that Simmons chose S.H.I.E.L.D. as her career path in 2004, i.e. she joined the academy then, rather than graduated. However, in Bouncing Back, Simmons asks Fitz, "Can we start over, back to where we began?", and he replies, "16 and achingly shy?" In Inescapable, Simmons notes that she is the younger of the two (as well as in a deleted scene from Seeds), meaning that even if Fitz is only referring to himself as 16 at the time of meeting her, Simmons would have been no older than 16 at the time. So, them meeting at the academy must have occurred before Simmons "join[ed] S.H.I.E.L.D.", i.e. what Simmons means by when she "join[ed] S.H.I.E.L.D." is the time when she became an agent. This is supported by Bobbi Morse's line in A Hen in the Wolf House, "S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy, top of your class, two PhDs in very advanced fields," implying the PhDs came out of S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy- not already earned going in. This means Simmons became an agent aged 17, in 2004/2005, finishing at the academy beforehand. It can therefore be taken that "('04)" should indeed refer to their graduation date. Simmons becoming an agent is likely shortly after her graduation. With her graduation in mid-2004, and the earliest time at which she could have become an agent being September 2004, it can be assumed that she indeed became an agent around September 2004. With Fitz established as only "23 days" older than Simmons in the Seeds deleted scene and no reason to believe they were not both 16 at the time of meeting, it can be taken that Fitz indeed means they were both "16" when they met. This places their meeting between September 11, 2003 and August 18, 2004, supporting that 2003/2004 was part of their time of the academy. In Inescapable, Coulson also says they were "the two youngest ever enrolled" to the academy, which fits better with them being enrolled at roughly age 14/15 c. 2001/2002 than at roughly age 17 in 2004, which would seemingly only be around a year younger than an average student. With only 1 year between the earliest possible date of Fitz and Simmons first meeting and their graduation, in which time they went from meeting to being rivals (described in Seeds deleted scene) to friends to inseparable, it should be taken that they met around as early as possible, in September 2003. They can then be taken to have become friends around November 2003. With their friendship in a strong but still early position in the academy memory from Inescapable, it may be taken that this memory is from approximately December 2003. In The Team, Simmons says, in April 2016 (see 2016 references), "Fitz, it's been 10 years." It can be taken that she is rounding, having known him for 12½ years.
↑In The Perfect Game, flashbacks are shown of Benjamin Poindexter. Conor Proft, who plays the youngest Poindexter, was approximately 20.0 years old at the time of filming. However, the credits say he is playing "Teenage Dex", meaning Poindexter must be slightly younger than that - it can be assumed that he is almost 20. With Poindexter's date of birth approximated to November 1983 (see 1980s references), it would make his scene approximately October 2003.
↑ 201.0201.1201.2201.3201.4201.5201.6201.7In Melinda, it is shown that May and Garner were already married on the reasoned date of April 29, 2008. They appear to have only been married for a short time - back from their honeymoon and back to work, but only recently starting their new routine. Assuming they have been married for around 5 months, they would have got married around November 24, 2007. The average time between engagement and marriage is 14.5 months, putting the engagement around September 9, 2006, and the average time between meeting and engagement is 2 years, 11 months, 8 days, putting May and Garner's first date around October 1, 2003. In the flashbacks in The Man Behind the Shield, it is shown that they have just met recently. It is said that this is the "weekend" and her time could have been spent as time with Garner soon after that first date - the second Saturday following October 1, 2003 was October 11, 2003. This also fits with Coulson's security level progression over time. Coulson progressed to Level 7 around the time of Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant, which is dated to July 2010, and he implies in All the Madame's Men that he was recruited into S.H.I.E.L.D. academy straight after he left high school, which Clark Gregg confirmed, around July 1982. He therefore would have progressed to become a Level 1 agent a few years later. In the following couple of decades at S.H.I.E.L.D., he progressed 6 levels. This would mean he progressed to Level 4 around the late 1990s, before progressing to Level 5 around the early 2000s, and so him being Level 4 in the flashbacks in 2003 fits, assuming he did not progress at exact regular intervals. It would likely be very soon before he reached Level 5.
↑In Karen, Penelope's death is said to have happened when Karen was 19. Given Karen's October 1984 birth (see 1980s references), that would place Penelope's death between October 2003 and October 2004. However, the flashbacks of Karen take place in March 2004, and Penelope is already dead during those flashbacks, so March 2004 should be the latest she could have died. A weighted calculation, placing heavier weight so that Penelope dies longer before the events of the flashbacks, puts her death in November 2003. She would have bought the lottery ticket on the same day, given that she had not yet scratched it and Karen says that she bought them often.
↑ 206.0206.1It is shown in the Iron Fist promotional image, "Harold Meachum Gravely Ill" that Harold's illness was revealed not long before his death. It can be assumed that this was around 2 months prior to his death, which is dated to January 4, 2004, putting the public revelation around November 2003.
↑In Scars, Gabriella Rosetti says "I think I was nine" about the time when she was experiencing seizures. Rosetti's uncertainty suggests that it was soon after her ninth birthday. With Rosetti's birth approximated to November 1994, it can be taken that this occurred in November 2003, at the midpoint between her approximate birthday and the end of the month, November 17, 2003.
↑In Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Xu Xialing says, "I ran away when I was 16. As soon as I knew my brother wasn't coming back." With Xu running away approximated to May 20, 2020 (see 2020 references), Xu could have been born between May 2003 and May 2004. It can therefore be approximated that she was born in November 2003.
↑ 211.0211.1In The Mistress of All Agonies, Joy says, "I looked into the building you took me to, and Dad bought it the week before he died." With Harold's death dated to January 4, 2004, "the week before" would place it around December 27, 2003. It can also be assumed that the Hand approaching Harold was not long before this.
↑Throughout February 2016, there are references to Harold's death. In Snow Gives Way, Ward says it was "12 years ago". However, in The Mistress of All Agonies, Dr. Paul Edmonds says Harold has "been dead for 13 years", in Bar the Big Boss, Joy says, "I haven't had a dad for 13 years," and in Dragon Plays with Fire, Harold says "I've had 13 years to plan this out," Joy says, "Dad has been held prisoner for 13 years," and Danny tells Harold, "You're going to prison. Only this time, it's gonna be nowhere near as nice as the one you spent the last 13 years in." Overall, the evidence points to his death being in late 2003 - "12 years" by rounding, but "13 years" by the common calculation of "2016 - 2003 = 13". However, an official video revealed Harold died in 2004. To make this fit as best as possible, Harold's death is dated to the first few days of 2004 - January 4th specifically - to be as close as possible to fitting best. This fits with Ward's statement that it was "12 years ago", and it can be assumed that all the news coverage for his illness was in the final months of 2003, and so others might remember it as being an event mainly in 2003, or just counting inclusively, for whatever reason referring to it as "13 years ago". This fits with The Dragon Dies at Dawn, when Joy says, "I believe it for the first 6 months. How about the next 12 years?" This suggests that 6 months after Harold's death was 12 years prior to Season 1 - July 2004 is indeed an approximate 12 years before February 2016.
↑In AKA Hero Pants, it is shown that Jessica Jones attended a Jane's Addiction concert on "17 JAN", specifically "SAT JAN 17 7PM". The most likely year where January 17th was a Saturday for this to be one of her memories with the Walkers is 2004.
↑ 220.00220.01220.02220.03220.04220.05220.06220.07220.08220.09220.10220.11220.12220.13220.14220.15220.16220.17220.18In Karen, Karen Page says she is on "kind of a gap year", suggesting this is less than a year after she graduated high school. Based on Deborah Ann Woll's ages at the times of filming Daredevil (TV series): Seasons 1-3, The Defenders: Season 1, and The Punisher: Seasons 1-2, working back from the settings, Page would have been born around late 1984-early 1985, suggesting she graduated high school in mid-2003, therefore making this approximately between September 2003 and June 2004. While the prop seemingly has a mistake, with the badge referring to a male, Marvel Television Live Auction Lot #368: Karen Page's New York Bulletin Press Badge and News Agency Identification nonetheless seems to be intended as a true badge of Page's, so with it saying her age is 31 in late 2015 (see 2015 references), this aligns with a late 1984 date of birth. The song "Freek-a-Leek" by Petey Pablo plays in-universe during the episode, released December 15, 2003, making it most likely between December 2003 and June 2004. Page mentions, "Thank God for midterms," which would suggest it is around early February to mid-March 2004. Finally, it is shown in the episode that it is light outside before 6AM, which, in Vermont, would make it at least mid-to-late March. Given the midterms, the only suitable placement, therefore, is the end of the midterms, just as the time of pre-6AM sunrises begins, mid-March. It can be assumed to be the weekend, with the party on Friday night for the end of midterms, making the main flashbacks of the episode March 12-13, 2004, and the final one presumably about a week later, March 20, 2004.
↑In Destined, Muneeba Khan says that she and her family moved to the United States when "Aamir was barely out of diapears." Children tend to stop wearing diapers at an average of 24 months old. With Aamir's birth approximated to April 2002 (see other references), this places the family moving in approximately April 2004.
↑ 223.0223.1223.2In Crosshairs, Frank Castle, Sr. says, "We did 15-month rotations in Afghanistan. You leave, you got a pregnant wife. You come back, the kid, he's... he's walking, you know." So, the implication is that on one of his Afghanistan tours, Frank, Sr. left when his wife was pregnant with Frank, Jr., and came back 15 months later when Frank, Jr. was already walking. In Front Toward Enemy, Frank, Sr. talks about Curtis Hoyle losing his leg, and says during an operation together, there was a woman who "was 7, 8 months pregnant", and that it reminded him of his "wife back home, who was pregnant". It is therefore highly likely that this was during Maria's pregnancy with Frank, Jr. rather than Lisa. It is also likely that his wife was also roughly 7-8 months pregnant, if it is reminding him of what she would be like at home. So, this event was likely around 7.5 months, about 228 or 229 days, into the roughly 290-day pregnancy with Frank, Jr., so about 61 or 62 days before Frank Jr.'s birth. Frank, Jr.'s date of birth is approximated to June 2004 (see other references), so can be approximated to around June 15.5, 2004. Therefore, the event with the pregnant woman and Hoyle losing his leg can be approximated to April 15, 2004. On average, a baby starts taking steps at about 10.5 months old, and walking well by about 14.5 months old, so Frank, Sr. returning home should be after Frank, Jr. is already about 12.5 months old, so after around July 1, 2005. Therefore, Castle was on the tour at least April 15, 2004-July 1, 2005. Given it was 15 months, it can be assumed that Castle's tour was in fact around April 8, 2004-July 8, 2005.
↑ 228.0228.1228.2In New World Order, the Winter Soldier is shown killing RJ Nakajima. Akie Kotabe was roughly 39.7 years old during filming, so Nakajima can be taken to be the same age. With Nakajima's birth approximated to 1964 (see 1960s references), his death can be approximated to Spring 2004.
↑In Gunner, Frank Castle, Sr. says his son was "barely 8 years old" when he returned from one his tours. Frank, Sr. is approximated to have done a military tour October 2006-January 2008 and another September 2013-April 2015. Frank Castle, Jr.'s approximate age would put him turning 8 somewhere between these tours, so we must approximate another another tour in between. The midpoint between is November 2010, and this tour is said to have been cut short, so likely 14 months or so instead of the usual 15 (as mentioned in Crosshairs), suggesting approximately April 2010-June 2011. With this, Frank, Sr. would have returned in June 2011, and if Frank, Jr. was "barely 8", he would have been born around June 2003. However, Lisa Castle, his older sister, was born in June 2003 (see other references), so the earliest Frank Jr. would have been born realistically is June 2004. This earliest realistic month of birth should be taken, to be as close as possible to the ideal. This would then mean Frank, Sr.'s tour ended around June 2012, so started around April 2011.
↑In Heart of the Dragon, young Danny Rand and Davos are said in the credits to be "13 year old Danny" and "13 year old Davos". With Rand born on April 1, 1991 (see 1990s references) and Davos' date of birth approximated to August 1990 (see 1990s references), specifically August 8, 1990, the time in which they were both 13 would be approximately April 1, 2004 to August 7, 2004. Approximating with the midpoint of this window, the scene would be roughly June 4, 2004.
↑In AKA Hero Pants, it is shown that Jessica Jones attended a Nine Inch Nails concert on "10 JUL", specifically "SATURDAY JUL 10". The most likely year where July 10th was a Saturday for this to be one of her memories with the Walkers is 2004.
↑In Gunner, Dinah Madani says the car was a "21st birthday present". With her date of birth dated to July 21, 1983 (see 1980s references), this places this event on July 21, 2004.
↑Based on Jessica Henwick's ages at the times of filming Iron Fist: Season 1, The Defenders: Season 1, Wig Out, and Iron Fist: Season 2, and working back from the respective settings, it can be calculated that Colleen Wing was born around approximately March 28, 1992. In War Without End, Wing recognizes a story her mother used to tell her before she moved to the U.S., so she must have been at least 3 years old at the time of moving country. Marvel Television Live Auction Lot #673: Chikara Dojo Bulletin Board indicates Wing was in New York teaching by at least January 19, 2014. Therefore, the window during which she must have moved is March 28, 1995-January 19, 2014. Approximating with the midpoint of this window, Wing can be estimated to have moved around August 23, 2004.
↑David Jake Rodriguez was credited in Asylum as "Teenage Marc Spector," implying that Spector was between 13 and 19 years old when he left home. Rodriguez's Backstage resume says that based on his own age, he can play characters who are "15-25" years old. It can therefore be taken that Spector left home between his fifteenth birthday and the day before his twentieth. Spector's passport in Summon the Suit shows him to have been born on March 9, 1987, placing him leaving home on September 6, 2004.
↑Ana Helstrom's file is listed as having been "Revised 12/08/05, 12/14/06, 12/13/07, 11/30/10, 11/21/11, 04/22/14, 6/16/14, 9/25/14, 12/15/15." Taking the average amount of time between revisions and working backwards, it can be approximated that the file was written on September 7, 2004.
↑In Upstairs/Downstairs, Blake Tower says on October 29, 2017 (see 2017 references) that he has "been prosecuting for 13 years". This could refer to a near-exact 13 years (around October 29, 2004) or a more general "2017 - 2004 = 13" (so approximating with mid-2004, July 1/2, 2004). Putting more weight on the more specific, a weighted calculation gives him starting as approximately September 19, 2004.
↑In The Incredible Hulk: The Big Picture, when Blonsky goes to South America, which is dated to October 18, 2005, it is said that Espinoza had been operating "for nearly a year". This would place the beginning of operations about 11 months earlier, around November 16, 2004.
↑In Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Stephen Strange jokes, "I just sold one of those kidneys that we operated on last week" on December 14, 2004 (see other references). This can be taken to mean exactly seven days prior, so on December 7, 2004, or during the previous week, between December 5-12, 2004. A weighted calculation places this operation on December 8, 2004.
↑In Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Stephen Strange and Christine Palmer are shown going on a date. Palmer jokes about Strange having to take out another student loan to afford, and Strange comments that they had operated on kidneys the week prior, implying that he recently graduated from medical school. Based on Strange's August 1976 birthdate (see 1970s references), Strange can be approximated to have graduated medical school in 2002. The watch gifted to Strange says "Tuesday, December 14" on it, matching with 2004. This places Strange and Palmer's date on December 14, 2004.
↑In Partners, Am I Right?, Lila Barton is shown to be fourteen years old on December 22, 2024. A weighted calculation, considering that Barton was a victim of Thanos' Snap, places Barton's birth in February 2005.
↑In Scars, Chris Yen describes Ana Helstrom's killing of their foster father. This would have happened any time between Helstrom entering the foster system on April 19, 2001 (see other references) and turning eighteen on December 11, 2008 (see 1990s references). This can therefore be approximated to the midpoint of these dates, February 13, 2005.
↑In AKA I Want Your Cray Cray, on Tuesday, April 12, 2005, Dorothy Walker says she saw Trish "perform last week". The previous week is Monday, April 4, 2005-Sunday, April 10, 2005, the approximation being the middle, Thursday, April 7, 2005. However, "last week" can also be used as a way of saying "a week ago", so April 5, 2005. Putting more weight on just the middle of "last week", a calculation would give April 6, 2005 as the approximate date for this.
↑ 262.0262.1262.2262.3In AKA I Want Your Cray Cray, it is said when Alisa Jones wakes that she has been at the facility for "5 years". She arrived on April 13, 2000 (see other references), making this approximately April 2005. Additionally, it is implied when she is next seen on June 27, 2005 (see other references) that she has been awake for no more than a month or so, only now following up on the conversation she had about Jessica when she woke and only now trying on a wig for the first time. Overall, this would make Alisa's waking approximately April/May 2005. However, Jessica Jones is shown meeting Stirling Adams after, and then by June 27, 2005 she has started a relationship with him, dropped out of college, and they have moved in together, with Jones talking about how Adams has stuck around for her. This would usually take 6 months at a conservative estimate, suggesting Jones meeting Adams is around December 2004. However, on June 28, 2005, Jones has not seen Walker in "a month" and when she sees her again, it is news to her that Jones has a boyfriend, implying that them getting together happened in the last month, i.e. the last time they saw each other was in fact the scene shown, the evening she and Adams met - which would make that May 2005. However, it is possible that Jones simply did not tell Walker about Adams the last time they met. Still, Jones also describes the relationship as "recent", implying only a couple of months, starting no later than around April 2005. Overall, the evidence suggests this is around March 2005. The evidence would place Alisa Jones waking as close as possible to April/May 2005, but Jessica Jones meeting Adams as close as possible to March 2005, so since Jessica meeting Adams occurs after, they can be taken to be the same day, as close as possible to each other to get as close as possible to their respective ideal placements. Therefore, the evidence can be taken as a whole. April 13, 2000 being 5 years ago suggests approximately April 13, 2005. It only seemingly being maximum of about a month since Alisa Jones woke up on June 27, 2005 suggests not too much earlier than May 27, 2005. The progression of Jones and Adams' relationship suggests not too much later than December 27, 2004. Trish Walker not knowing suggests they met "a month" before June 28, 2005, so roughly May 28, 2005 if you take exactly, or just May 2005 if considering "June 2005 - 1 month = May 2005", the middle of which is May 16, 2005, overall approximately May 24, 2005 (putting more weight in the specifics). Finally, it being "recent" suggests not too much earlier than April 28, 2005. The average of these five dates places the scenes on approximately April 12, 2005.
↑The memo was released at the end of the year fiscal year requirement. Universities in the area in 2005 ended their fiscal year in the last week of June. With the accident taking place on June 16 (see other references), then this can be latest June 15th.
↑In Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: Who Guards My Sleep, Xu Shang-Chi says on approximately September 22, 2006 (see other references) that it has been a long time since Ying Li told him and his sister about Ta Lo. This can be taken to have happened between his sister's birth, dated to November 2003 (see other references), and the date this line is said, and can therefore be approximated to April 21, 2005.
↑In Iron Man 2 - Phil Coulson: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Phil Coulson says to Hendricks, "After being recruited out of Stanford... after three years of intensive training" in May 2008 (see other references). It can therefore be taken that Hendricks was recruited during the month of his college graduation three years prior, May 2005.
↑It is stated on June 28, 2005 (see other references) that Jones and Walker have not seen each other in "a month", so roughly May 28, 2005 if you take exactly, or just May 2005 if considering "June 2005 - 1 month = May 2005", the middle of which is May 16, 2005. Overall, approximately May 24, 2005 (putting double the weight on the specific date than just the month).
↑In Danger Close, on December 13, 2016, Sarah Lieberman says Zach is "11 years old". Estimating him as being approximately halfway through being 11, Zach would have been born around June 2005.
↑In AKA Facetime, Inez Green says she only worked at IGH for "a couple days" before she was attacked. With that dated to June 28, 2005 (see other references), she would have begun working there on June 26, 2005.
↑ 278.00278.01278.02278.03278.04278.05278.06278.07278.08278.09278.10278.11278.12In AKA I Want Your Cray Cray, it is shown that when Jessica Jones helps children in the heat, there is sweltering heat in New York, making it summer. It is stated in AKA Ain't We Got Fun in May 2017 that these events were "12 years ago", and it is also shown in AKA I Want Your Cray Cray that these events are months after events said to be "5 years" since April 2000 - both of these place these events in specifically the summer of 2005. The hottest time in New York is July and August, and when Jones and Walker sit on the rooftop together the day after Jones helps the children, there is a movie showing as in AKA Start at the Beginning, when it is said that a movie plays on that roof on the "first Friday every month". Therefore, it should either be Friday, July 1, 2005 or Friday, August 5, 2005. July 1, 2005 makes the most sense, since 3 days prior Walker is asking Jones when they see each other for the first time in "a month" how her studies are going, and Jones informs her she has dropped out. Jones would not have been studying in the month from early July to early August if this were August 2, 2005 since it would be summer break from college - if it is June 28, 2005, however, it makes sense for Walker to ask about college, since there has been college term time since they last saw each other in May. Alisa Jones finding Dorothy Walker and seeing Jessica does not appear to be the morning immediately following Alisa's escape and Jessica beating Wyatt, as Alisa needs time to find Dorothy Walker and Wyatt needs a short time to recover, so it can be taken that Alisa finding Walker is in fact the day after. So, Alisa Jones finding out about Jessica and subsequently escaping, while Jessica and Stirling Adams get closer and go to see Walker, then Alisa killing Adams and Walker talking to her the next day, all occurs from June 27, 2005 to July 1, 2005.
↑In AKA You're Welcome, on January 15, 2018 (see 2018 references), Malcolm Duccase says Trish Walker's mugger has a "12-year-old" son, then tells her how the boy is not really the man's son, and what happened when the boy was a baby. If the boy is 12 on January 15, 2018, he would be born between January 13, 2005 and January 12, 2006, so approximately July 2005.
↑In The Retreat, El Águila confesses to having done "some light matadoring in college." The credits of the episode show that he was on the junior varsity team, implying that it was within the first two years of college. Based on Joseph Castillo-Midyett's age during the filming of She-Hulk: Attorney at LawSeason 1 and working back from his episode's setting, this can be approximated to have happened in July 2005.
↑In AKA Three Lives and Counting, Karl Malus says, "8 years of my life in this case." With IGH having started around 1997 (see 1990s references), this musts mean IGH closed not long after Alisa Jones woke in 2005, so this scene must be shortly after that - but enough time for Malus and Jones to start to fall in love, so c. August 2005.
↑ 286.0286.1286.2286.3286.4286.5286.6Foggy Nelson, and presumably Matt Murdock, had their law school swearing-in ceremony and acquired their law licenses on July 20, 2014. To obtain a law license, one must take a bar exam, which is most commonly takenin July following law school graduation in May, receive results back, usually around two to three months after taking the exam, so around October, and attend a swearing-in ceremony, which are held throughout the following year. With Nelson and Murdock being sworn in and getting their licenses on July 20, 2014, working backward, this would place them graduating law school in May 2013. Since law school spans three years, this would place them starting in September 2010. Most law students take a gap year between college and law school, meaning they most likely graduated college in May 2009, which would thus place them starting in September 2005. Put more simply, their college years would span 2005-2009, and their law school years would span 2010-2013. There is conflicting information as to whether Nelson and Murdock met during college or law school. In Nelson v. Murdock, when the two first meet each other, Nelson's laptop has a 2009 sticker on it, and he is trying to enter into a class for “Fall 2010.” This would favor them meeting in law school as opposed to college, as it would match up perfectly with the year they started the former according to the aforementioned dates. Additionally, many of the classes shown on his laptop are law-related, such as Legal Methods, Constitutional Law, and Criminal Law, and in Semper Fidelis, Murdock is mentioned to have been taking courses about torts and civil procedure when he met Elektra Natchios, which would make more sense with law school. On top of this, Murdock's on-screen report on Marvel's website says he met Nelson as a student at “Columbia University Law School.” Though conflating Columbia University and Columbia Law School, the inclusion of “Law School” would seem to favor the latter. However, in Nelson v. Murdock, Nelson and Murdock are shown rooming together in a dorm, which is more common in college compared to law school. Additionally, the course Nelson is enrolling into is a Punjabi course, and Murdock is later mentioned to have taken Spanish. This would indicate the two of them were taking electives, which would only be offered in college. Furthermore, Kinbaku shows Murdock meeting Elektra Natchios “Ten Years Ago,” which is further supported in Regrets Only when Murdock states that it’s been “ten years” since he left Natchios. With these episodes set in November 2015 (see 2015 references), this would suggest the two met in 2005, supporting the idea they met in college. Finally, and most importantly, in Rabbit in a Snowstorm, Nelson tells Karen Page that she's “much better off knowing [him and Murdock] now. [...] I'm a hell of a lot more dashing than I was in my awkward college days.” This confirms Nelson and Murdock knew each other in college. In addition to this, dialogue in Semper Fidelis, Guilty as Sin, and A Cold Day in Hell's Kitchen all refer to Murdock and Natchios' relationship occurring while the former was in “college.” Ultimately, the evidence presented favors Murdock meeting Nelson and Natchios in college instead of law school. The scene of Murdock meeting Nelson can thus be dated to August 29, 2005 and the scene of them vowing to work together as lawyers can be dated to May 5, 2009.
↑In Werewolf by Night, Verussa Bloodstone says to Elsa Bloodstone on October 31, 2025 (see 2025 references), "after 20 years, I hope you didn't feel obligated to come." This could refer to an exact twenty years, placing Elsa leaving on October 31, 2005, or a general "in 2005." A weighted calculation, putting more weight on the more specific, places Elsa leaving on September 20, 2005.
↑In Suckas Need Bodyguards, Misty says on November 27, 2015, "I don't know if you remember me 10 years ago, when I first got bumped up off patrol," placing this around October 2005.
↑ 292.0292.1292.2292.3292.4292.5In Kinbaku, on-screen text shows that Matt Murdock meeting Elektra Natchios happened "Ten Years Ago," which is further supported in Regrets Only when Murdock states that it’s been "ten years" since he left Natchios. In Semper Fidelis, Foggy Nelson tells Murdock that Natchios "nearly got you expelled" and "screwed your semester of torts, civil procedure..." before adding that he almost missed a final exam because of her, placing Murdock and Natchios' relationship within one college semester. Prior to meeting Natchios in Kinbaku, Murdock hears a character state, "I like the way the Jets are playing this year," placing this during the football season, which happens during the fall. With Kinbaku and Regrets Only occurring in November 2015 (see 2015 references), this would suggest Murdock and Natchios met during the Fall 2005 semester.
Murdock nearly missed a final exam due to feeling hurt by Natchios leaving her. This would place the Attack on Roscoe Sweeney in the lead up to finals during the Fall 2005 semester. The last day of the term, and therefore the last day of testing, at Columbia University was December 22, 2006. At Columbia University, exams typically start on the Friday prior to the last day of the semester, meaning finals spanned from December 16-22 in 2005. The Attack on Roscoe Sweeney can thus be placed about a week prior to the start of the exam period, so around December 9, 2005.
The NFL season in 2005 started on September 8. The scene of Murdock and Natchios meeting and the scene of them breaking into Fogwell's Gym can thus be evenly distributed between September 8, 2006 and December 9, 2006, placing the two scenes on October 9, 2006 and November 8, 2006, respectively. This fits well with Natchios stating that she has known Murdock for the "past few weeks" during the latter scene, with it having been about four weeks since she met Murdock.
↑In The Friendly Type, Arthur Harrow is shown to be familiar with the Ennead Council and the way they work, implying that Khonshu was banished after Harrow became his avatar. With Harrow's birth approximated to October 9, 1971 (see 1970s references), Khonshu's banishment can be approximated to between Harrow's eighteenth birthday and the time Marc Spector was recruited to be Khonshu's avatar, January 27, 2022 (see 2022 references). The banishment can therefore be approximated to December 3, 2005. This aligns with Yatzil saying on May 2, 2025 (see 2025 references) that Khonshu and Hathor were friends "not so long ago."
↑ 305.0305.1305.2305.3305.4305.5305.6305.7305.8In Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Ying Li is shown telling Xu Shang-Chi about the Ten Rings' history. Later in the movie, several flashbacks are shown of the Xu family practicing tai chi, playing Dance Dance Revolution, and resting on their couch. In Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: Who Guards My Sleep, Ying is shown telling her children about Ta Lo, and Xu says, "We haven't heard stories about your home village in a long time." Since Xu does not have his necklace in any of these scenes, it can be taken that Ying telling Xu about the Ten Rings' is the last of these scenes chronologically. Xu Xialing, who is very young in these scenes, is shown to be approximately the same age, so the scenes can be taken to occur within the year leading up to Ying's death on January 21, 2007 (see other references). This places the tai chi scene on March 23, 2006, the Dance Dance Revolution scene on May 23, 2006, the resting scene on July 23, 2006, Who Guards My Sleep on September 22, 2006, and Ying talking about the Ten Rings' history on November 22, 2006.
↑In Ant-Man and the Wasp, Luis discusses his grandmother's Morrissey jukebox. The jukebox is shown, with numerous Morrissey songs, but the latest release of the songs shown is "You Have Killed Me" / "Good Looking Man About Town", released March 28, 2006. Jukeboxes had mostly lost popularity by 2006, so it can be assumed that the jukebox was purchased as early as possible - around April 2006.
↑In Lotus Eaters, Tyrone Johnson says he and Billy played with the tape recorder when he was "like, 6 years old". With Tyrone's date of birth approximated to October 1999 (see 1990s references), he would have been 6 from October 2005 to October 2006, so this can be approximated to April 2006.
↑ 310.0310.1310.2In Paradise Lost, Lincoln Campbell discusses the car accident that led to his arrival in Afterlife. In the story, he is able to drive, which means that this has to take place after he got his full license, which in Cincinnati happens on a person's 18th birthday, meaning April 17, 2003 is the minimum date. Furthermore, this event, JT James leaving Afterlife, and Lincoln's Terrigenesis have to occur before Daisy's arrival in Afterlife on April 17, 2015, so the maximum date for Lincoln's Terregenisis is April 16, 2015. Spacing the events evenly throughout this time, and making sure Lincoln spends at least one year in Afterlife before meeting Daisy, the resulting dates are as follows:
Car Crash: April 16, 2006 James Leaves: April 16, 2009 Lincoln's Terrigenesis: April 15, 2012
↑ 313.0313.1In Flustercluck, on May 13, 2018 (see 2018 references), it is said that John Pilgrim disappeared "12 years ago". This could refer to around an exact 12 years, roughly May 13, 2006, or more generally to "2018 - 2006 = 12", so any time in 2006, approximating with the middle of the year. Putting more weight on the more specific, a weighted calculation would suggest he disappeared around May 30, 2006.
↑In Rabbit Hold, an event in Tandy Bowen's life is shown where she appears to be around 6-7 years old. Approximating with about 7.0 years old, with her birth dated to August 1999 (see 1990s references), this can be taken to have been approximately August 2006.
↑ 318.0318.1In Just Jen, Nikki says on July 31, 2025 (see 2025 references), "Taylor, you are going to receive back pay for the two years that you quit your job to help Paul run a rare jade shop in Piedmont." The midpoint of these two years can be approximated to the midpoint of when Taylor turned eighteen and this line being said. Taylor was born in approximately November 1971 (see 1970s references), placing their marraige between September 2006-September 2008.
↑In Eye-Spy, it is said on the reasoned date of October 1, 2013 that Amador's raid was "7 years ago."
↑In The Judas Goat, Castle says he and Russo served together for "8 years". They last served together on November 16, 2014, suggesting they started serving together around November 2006, or potentially simply 2006 (approximately mid-2006) if he is referring more generally to 8 years before 2014. Putting more weight in November 2006 than the general mid-2006, it can be approximated that their first rotation together began October 1, 2006.
↑In Code of the Streets, Pop says he has not seen his son since he was "13". With Bert Hunter's date of birth approximated to July 1993 (see 1990s references), specifically July 12, 1993, the middle of his time as a 13-year-old (as an approximation for when he started fighting) would be January 10, 2007.
↑ 324.00324.01324.02324.03324.04324.05324.06324.07324.08324.09324.10324.11324.12324.13324.14In Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Ying Li is said to have died when Xu Shang-Chi was 7. With Xu's birth approximated to June 1999, Ying's death would take place between June 2006 and June 2007. Snow is falling in the scene, making it around the coldest time of year in the area (likely Hunan, judging by the comics). This would suggest it is around January 21st, so Li died around January 21, 2007. Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline confirms it to be "2007". Xu is shown to begin his training after Ying's death, so this can be taken to have happened the following day, with the following scenes in the days after. Xu is later shown being told by his father that he has to earn the Ten Rings. In this scene, Xu is still not used to punching the pole Death Dealer is having him punch. It can therefore be taken that the scene occurs approximately one month into Xu's training.
↑In Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, after Xu Shang-Chi tells Katy Chen about his training, Chen says, "Your dad trained you to be an assassin when you were seven." Xu was born in June 1999 (see 1990s references), so the beginning of Xu's training, can therefore be approximated to December 5, 2006, the middle of when Shang-Chi was seven. It is implied that Xu started his training very soon after Ying Li's death, so her death can be placed the day before, on December 4, 2006, lining up with the snow that appears in her death scene. The following scene, of Xu repeatedly getting hit by a pole, can be taken to be the day after Xu meets Death Dealer, early into his training. A further scene is shown of Xu's father telling him that he must earn the Ten Rings. In this scene, Xu is still not used to punching the pole, so it can be taken to be approximately one month into his training, so approximately January 5, 2007.
↑In The Dark Hearts of Men, a memory is shown of John and Rebecca Pilgrim around the time of their engagement. Based on Zell Steele Morrow's age at the time of filming The Punisher: Season 2, working back from the season's setting, Michael Pilgrim, their first child, would have been born around late 2006. However, Pilgrim only converts to Christianity and starts his new life in May 2006 (see other references), and he and Rebecca were likely married before conceiving Michael, given their intense faith. Assuming their engagement to be as early as possible, it can be assumed to be no earlier than around February 2007. So, February 2007 can be taken to be the rough date of this scene and their engagement, with Michael likely around a year younger than his actor (10 in Season 2, rather than 11).
↑In the Black Panther Prelude, it is shown that the comic begins "10 years ago" before the film's setting, which is in summer 2016, placing this around early 2007. It goes on to show "I am Iron Man" transpiring, which occurs in May 2008 (See other references). Because of this, after T'Challa narrates, "It's only a matter of time before war encroaches on innocent people", there is a necessary time gap placed in which around a year of fighting is assumed to occur, backed up by T'Challa's narration immediately after, saying, "The fighting goes on for so long, people lose sight of what they're fighting for." To make this gap as short as possible, the "10 years" is rounded to 9½ years, placing the opening scene around spring 2007.
↑In Enter The Dreamland, Molly Hernandez says she received her hair clip when she was "4 years old," and Gene Hernandez says that she is in preschool. With Molly born on November 12, 2002 (see other references), her preschool year would've been the 2006-2007 school year, and since she is 4, this would put the scene anywhere between November 2006 and June 2007. That day, the Hernandez parents help select a sacrifice victim for Jonah, which would suggest this is at least April, when the Church of Gibborim takes in new batches of Runaways, six months before the annual October sacrifice (see other references). However, it cannot be much later, as Gene and Alice's deaths occur during this same school year, falling no later than May 2007 (see other references). Thus, this event can be dated to April 2007, when a new batch of Runaways would have been taken in.
↑ 332.00332.01332.02332.03332.04332.05332.06332.07332.08332.09332.10332.11332.12332.13332.14332.15332.16332.17332.18332.19332.20332.21332.22332.23332.24332.25332.26332.27332.28332.29332.30332.31332.32332.33Throughout season one of Echo, several flashbacks are shown of Maya Lopez in the year leading up to Taloa Lopez's death and its immediate aftermath. In Chafa, the death itself is shown, as well as Maya being in the hospital, the Lopezes moving to New York, reused flashbacks from Echoes in which Maya starts school and talks to William Lopez about dragons, and a new scene between Maya and William at Maya's karate studio. In Taloa, Maya is shown facing ableism from an ice cream vendor who Wilson Fisk beats in retaliation. In Maya, Maya is shown hurting a woodpecker prior to Taloa's death. Echoes places the flashback it shares with Chafa in “2007,” indicating that every scene set prior to then is before September 2007. The characters in the flashbacks involving the woodpecker and car crash show characters dressed for warm clothes, placing the scenes after the start of Spring 2007. Since Taloa heals the woodpecker using her abilities, the only concern for allowing it to fly again is shock, which in birds lasts 4 to 6 hours. However, Maya is wearing different clothes when they release the woodpecker, suggesting it is the next day. By the time the scene in the hospital occurs, William has had enough time to avenge Taloa's death, and Maya has received several cards wishing her well. To allow for these events while still allowing it to be recent enough that Maya has not been discharged, the hospital scene can be approximated to be roughly three days after the car crash. When William and Maya move to New York, Maya's leg is no longer swollen. Amputations can swell for four to five weeks, placing the scene approximately that amount of time since the crash. Distributing these events between the beginning of Spring 2007 and September 2007, accounting for the approximate amounts of times between scenes, places the woodpecker scenes on May 15-16, 2007, the car crash on June 24, 2007, the hospital scene on June 27, 2007, and the Lopezes moving on July 26, 2007. Maya is shown to be starting school in the flashbacks shared with Echoes, so they can be taken to be on the first and second day of New York schools in 2007, September 4-5, 2007. The new flashback set in the dojo can be taken to be the following week at the same class, September 12, 2007. The scene in which Maya is confronted by the ice cream vendor opens with on-screen text reading “2008.” It is also during the school year, as the scene opens with Maya leaving school. In Taloa, Maya says Fisk, “Violence was always our language,” suggesting that the scene, in which Maya is exposed to Fisk's violence as a form of affection early on, should be closer to her moving to New York in July 2007, placing the scene in the 2007-2008 school year rather than the 2008-2009 school year. The midpoint of the 2008 portion of the school year is March 30, the closest school day to which is March 31. This scene can therefore be approximated to March 31, 2008.
↑ 333.00333.01333.02333.03333.04333.05333.06333.07333.08333.09In Destiny, on October 14, 2017 (see 2017 references), the Hernandezes' funeral is shown to be "ten years ago." In Doomsday, on October 20, 2017 (see 2017 references), their death is shown to be "ten years ago." In Rock Bottom, it is said on November 5, 2017 (see 2017 references) that they died "ten years ago." In Last Rites, it is said on November 7, 2017 (see 2017 references) that the lab explosion occurred "ten years ago." All of these lines of dialogue would suggest that the Hernandezes' death and funeral was around late 2007. However, in Last Waltz, Gert Yorkes states that she was in first grade when she was told that Molly would be her sister. With Yorkes being a senior in late 2017 (see other references), this would mean her first grade school year would have been from 2006-2007, meaning the Hernandezes' funeral can be no later than early June 2007. Thus, in order for their deaths and funeral to be as close to the ideal late 2007 placement as possible, the Hernandezes' funeral and Yorkes being told Molly will be her sister can be placed in early June 2007 (approximated to June 4, 2007 and June 5, 2007 respectively), toward the very end of Yorkes' first grade school year, with the Hernandezes' deaths occurring shortly beforehand. On average, U.S. funerals happen around 5 days after a person's death, so the Hernandezes' deaths can placed on May 30, 2007.
↑ 335.0335.1335.2335.3335.4335.5335.6335.7Raccoons in general age at a rate of 10.92678 × [Age in actual years] ^ 0.7657818 relative to humans. However, following this would make Rocket Raccoon elderly by the time of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, suggesting that Rocket is aging more slowly due to High Evolutionary's experimentation. Following Bradley Cooper's age at the time of recording each project he appeared in as Rocket Raccoon, it can be taken that Rocket is aging 0.5933894 the speed of humans. In Guardians of the Galaxy, Rocket says that he "ain't got that long of a lifespan anyway." Therefore Rocket's aging starting from when High Evolutionary experimented on him can be taken to be the average of these two equations. When Rocket is experimented on in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, he appears to be roughly thirty days old. Working backwards from the setting of the movies in which Rocket appears, this flashback can be placed on July 3, 2007. He appears to be 22 days old when High Evolutionary grabs him, so that and his date of birth can be worked back from there on a normal raccoon aging curve, giving June 25, 2007 and June 3, 2007 respectively. It can be taken from then on that Rocket is working on the slower aging curve, placing him playing with his friends on September 7, 2007, the group naming themselves on November 7, 2007, and his breakout on February 10, 2010.
↑In The People vs. Emil Blonsky, Wong's social media profile says that he was a librarian for "11 years." He became the Sorcerer Supreme in June 2018 (see 2018 references), so it can be approximated that Wong became a librarian in June 2007.
↑In Echoes, Maya Lopez says to her father, "But you said we could pay for the deaf school." This conversation happens on Maya's first day of school in 2007, September 4 (see other references). In Chafa, on June 27, 2007 (see other references), William tells Chula Battiest, "Henry got me a job" which he confirms is in New York City, which is ultimately why he and Maya move there. Since William is sharing this information to Chula for the first time, it can be taken that Henry got William the job earlier that day. It can be taken that the conversation Lopez is referencing occurred after William got the job in New York and before Maya's first day of school, so the midpoint of these dates, which is July 31, 2007.
↑In Revelations, Ray Nadeem says on October 30, 2017 (see 2017 references) that he has known Tammy Hattley "for 10 years". This could refer to a near-exact 10 years (around October 30, 2007) or a more general "2017 - 2007 = 10" (so approximating with mid-2007, July 2, 2007). Putting more weight on the more specific, a weighted calculation gives him starting as approximately September 20, 2007.
↑ 347.0347.1347.2347.3In Ant-Man and the Wasp, several moments are shown from Ava Starr's past at S.H.I.E.L.D.. Hannah John-Kamen was 28.05 at the middle of filming and should not be playing Starr at an age any younger than ⅔ of her actual age, so 18.70, meaning, based on Starr's approximated date of birth (see 1980s references), that the scenes should be after April 26, 2007. One moment appears to say "01-8 Thu", suggesting it is Thursday, January 8, 2009. Evenly distributing between these two dates, the first set of scenes should be approximately September 29, 2007, March 4, 2008, and August 7, 2008, before then January 8, 2009. Then after that, the remaining scenes are between then and the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D. on March 5, 2014 (see 2014 references). Evenly distributing again, the remaining scenes should be January 19, 2010, January 31, 2011, February 12, 2012, and February 22, 2013.
↑ 351.0351.1In 3 AM, it is shown that Donny Chavez was born on June 6, 1995, and he says his parents died when he "was 12". The approximation for when this happened would be in the middle of the time when he was 12, so December 5, 2007. The next thing he talks about is finding out the next day, which would be December 6, 2007.
↑ 354.0354.1354.2354.3354.4In a deleted scene from Black Widow set in 2016 (see 2016 references), Natasha Romanoff refers to the events of Budapest as having happened "eight years ago." However, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, who played young Antonia Dreykov, and Olga Kurylenko, who played Dreykov in 2016, are thirty years apart in age, implying that a much longer amount of time had passed. In The Making of Black Widow, Brian Chapek says "[Budapest is] something that's become very, very important to fans, and when making a Black Widow movie, it is very important for us to kind of pay that off, or at least shed light as to what had happened so many years ago," implying that there were "so many years" between the events of The Avengers in 2012 (see 2012 references) and the events of Budapest. In order to maximize the amount of time between Budapest and the main events of Black Widow to account for Dreykov's aging, as well between Budapest and The Avengers to account for Chapek's quote, the events of Budapest can be approximated to have begun on January 1, 2008. This has the added benefit of giving Romanoff as much time as possible to become a high-level S.H.I.E.L.D. agent before the 2010 events of Iron Man 2 (see 2010 references).
↑In Crosshairs, Frank Castle says he did "15-month rotations in Afghanistan". His first rotation with Billy Russo is calculated to have begun on October 1, 2006, meaning it ended around January 1, 2008.
↑In Iron Man: Fast Friends, a man says on January 29, 2008 (see other references), "You were here last week! And you left with my Jennifer!" This places Stark visiting in the week of January 20-26, 2008 (around January 23, 2008), roughly close to a week prior to the line, January 22, 2008. A weighted calculation places this on January 23, 2008.
↑ 359.0359.1359.2359.3359.4359.5359.6In Iron Man: Fast Friends, Tony says, "Two weeks from now I'm scheduled to go to Afghanistan and test a weapon." With Stark's weapons test dated to February 11, 2008, this suggests it is approximately January 28, 2008 - or else the week of January 27-February 2, 2008 (approximately January 30, 2008), 2 calendar weeks before the week of the test. A weighted calculation places the events of the comic on approximately January 29, 2008.
↑ 360.00360.01360.02360.03360.04360.05360.06360.07360.08360.09360.10360.11360.12360.13360.14360.15360.16360.17360.18360.19360.20360.21360.22In Iron Man, Stark says, "I was in captivity for 3 months," then later, "I was out of town for a couple of months," implying closer to 2, though this has a looser meaning. With Stark's escape dated to May 1, 2008 (see other references), his kidnapping is best approximated to February 11, 2008 in order to best fit these pieces of evidence. From this, the Apogee scene, 36 hours earlier, is on February 9, 2008. This fits with Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline, which dates these events to "early 2008". Marvel's timeline from The Art of The Avengers presents Stark's kidnapping as being 9 months before "I am Iron Man." However, Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline retconned this as impossible, with "I am Iron Man" in "Spring 2008" (dated to May 25, 2008, see other references) but these events dated to "early 2008", making them just a few months apart at maximum.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season 2, Episode 17 - Melinda, set firmly in April 2015 in the lead-up to Avengers: Age of Ultron (see 2015 references), flashing back to "7 years ago" when the Avengers Initiative was just starting up, seemingly a while before Iron Man.
In Avengers: Age of Ultron, when Ultron scrolls through images, a "FEB/12/2010" photo is shown of the Mark I Armor. The photo could have been taken any time after the Mark I was made, but since the Mark I was only completed in May, this means it cannot be later than May 2009.
In Avengers: Age of Ultron, when Ultron scrolls through images, an old "news archive" story about Iron Man is shown from "20.07.10", including footage of him in Gulmira. This means that the Battle of Gulmira (in November of its year), can be no later than November 2009, for a news report from July 2010 to feature footage from it.
The second half of Iron Man 2, the events of Thor, and the second half of The Incredible Hulk are all set in the same week, known as "Fury's Big Week", as detailed in the The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week comic, on Marvel's timeline, and shown in the films. Iron Man 2 also cannot span more than a few weeks, because:
The Expo is said to only be a year long, and there is "362 days left" on the day of Pepper's hiring and "343 days left" on the day of the Battle at Stark Expo.
Tony jokes that Pepper has only been CEO for "a week" after the Expo fight. Although the "days left" just mentioned shows it has been 19 days, still, it cannot be any longer.
The Monaco incident, which is after Pepper's hiring, is shown on Marvel's timeline from The Art of The Avengers to still be 6 months after "I am Iron Man", when the senate meeting before her hiring is also said by Hammer to be "6 months" after the end of Iron Man and the Expo opening before that is shown to be "6 months later" (confirmed by Jon Favreau in DVD commentary to refer to the time since "I am Iron Man"). So, the Monaco incident is definitely within a month of the Expo opening.
The inspired canon The Avengers: Iron Man Mark VII comic shows that the ice problem test flight in Iron Man is on or after "Day 1", that the fight in Monaco is between "Day 189" and "Day 199", and that the Battle at Stark Expo in Fury's Big Week is before "Day 199", meaning that the end of Iron Man 2 is still just over 6 months maximum after.
The rate at which Tony's palladium poisoning is increasing means that the film cannot realistically span more than a few weeks anyway.
A 2010 setting is implied for Fury's Big Week by:
The Stark Expo 2010 website saying that the Expo - the first Expo since 1974, the same one shown in the film - begins on "May 7th 2010".
A letter on the Stark Expo 2010 website also saying that the Expo begins on "May 7th . 2010".
The Grand Prix de Monaco Historique appearing in Iron Man 2, which is a biannual event which was held in May 2010.
Fury saying Steve slept for "almost 70 years" in Captain America: The First Avenger, Steve saying he slept for "70 years" in The Avengers, and then more specific with "65 years" in Spider-Man: Homecoming - overall implying he slept for about 66½-66¾ years. And, having gone into the ice in February 1945, this therefore implying he woke around late 2011, and The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week shows that this is "one year later" after the end of Fury's Big Week.
Tony Stark's file (shown in a deleted scene from The Avengers), saying he was CEO of Stark Industries until 2010.
Natasha saying to Bruce on May 2, 2012, "You've been more than a year without an incident" when we know he had incidents in Harlem, then a month later in British Columbia (both in The Incredible Hulk), and those incidents were in June and July respectively, meaning they cannot be 2011.
The Iron Man 3 Prelude showing that 10 months before The Avengers, in July 2011, enough time had passed since Iron Man 2 that all of the damage at the Expo had been cleaned up, Stark Tower had been fully planned, the foundations had been laid, and the first few levels had already been constructed.
However, a 2011 setting for Fury's Big Week is implied by:
Fury saying on May 4, 2012 in The Avengers, "Last year, Earth had a visitor from another planet who had a grudge match that levelled a small town," implying the Battle of Puente Antiguo was last year.
The Thor: The Dark World Prelude comic showing Darcy, on May 4, 2012, saying to Jane that "it's been a year", implying it has been a year since Thor left.
Darcy saying in Thor: The Dark World, "He's gonna come back. Except, you know, last time he was gone for like, 2 years," seemingly referring to it being 2 years from him leaving Jane before he returned on November 11, 2013 (but potentially just meaning, "Last time he left you, it was 2 years before he returned to Earth," referring to The Avengers).
The 2011 song "Walk" by Foo Fighters playing in a bar which Thor and Selvig visit during Thor.
Fury's Big Week is 6 months after "I am Iron Man". This is shown from:
Justin Hammer saying in Iron Man 2, "We all know why we're here. In the last 6 months, Anthony Stark has created a sword with untold possibilities."
Marvel's timeline showing that both the Ambush in Rio de Janeiro (which is shown in The Incredible Hulk to be "17 days" before Banner arrived at Culver University on Day 3 of Fury's Big Week) and the Duel of Monaco (which is days before Fury's Big Week) were 6 months after "I am Iron Man".
Iron Man 2 beginning with "I am Iron Man" and showing a montage of Vanko working, then showing "6 months later", the Stark Expo opening. Jon Favreau confirmed on the DVD commentary that the Vanko montage covers the 6 months, with "6 months later" referring to the time since "I am Iron Man".
Pepper joking in Monaco that Christine Everhart slept with Tony "last year" (which was 9 months before "I am Iron Man").
The inspired canon The Avengers: Iron Man Mark VII comic showing about 197 days between the test flight with the icing problem and the Battle at Stark Expo.
So, Iron Man is set in February-November of 2008 or 2009, Fury's Big Week is set in May-June of 2010 or 2011, and Fury's Big Week is 6 months after "I am Iron Man". The best solution possible, to satisfy the most evidence with the most importance, is reasoned out as Iron Man being set from February-November 2009 and Fury's Big Week being set in May-June 2010. To see a full, detailed description, calculation, and explanation of the reasoning, see here. As of the release of Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline, Iron Man has, however, been determined to take place in "early 2008" to "Spring 2008", contradicting much of this evidence, while Fury's Big Week indeed is placed in "Spring 2010". The book provides little explanation for the contradictions at place, but must be taken as official. With Stark's operation clearly now able to be placed on May 4, 2008 as per the TV screen, the "I am Iron Man" ending, taking place the day after the "24th", must be the only 25th between May 4, 2008 and the end of Spring 2008 (June 21, 2008): May 25, 2008.
↑ 364.00364.01364.02364.03364.04364.05364.06364.07364.08364.09364.10364.11364.12In Iron Man, Tony Stark is kidnapped on approximately February 11, 2008 (see other references) and escapes on May 1, 2008 (see other references). Upon Stark's kidnapping, it is predicted based on Yinsen's experience that Stark "will be dead in a week". It can therefore be taken that the scenes preceding the completion of the Arc Reactor that saves his life occurred within 7 days of Stark getting kidnapped, allowing those scenes to be placed at the midpoint of the seven days following Stark's kidnapping, February 17. The rest of the montage before al-Wazar watches Stark work, including Stark and Ho Yinsen playing backgammon, Abu Bakaar checking on Stark, Stark welding the first Iron Man suit, and the Ten Rings' confusion about the suit not looking like the Jericho, can therefore be distributed between February 15 and the day before Stark's escape, April 30, when al-Wazar watches Stark (see other references).
↑In Destined, Kamran is said to be seventeen years old on September 30, 2025 (see 2025 reference). Furthermore, Kamran is said to be "that new senior" in the 2025-2026 school year, implying he was five years old before the New Jersey kindergarten cutoff date of October 1, 2013, placing his birth between October 2, 2007 and September 30, 2008. Kamran's birth can therefore be approximated to the midpoint of these dates, April 1, 2008.
↑ 367.0367.1367.2367.3367.4In Melinda, on the reasoned date of April 21, 2015, the Rescue in Bahrain is shown to be "7 years ago." This would suggest approximately April 21, 2008, or more broadly 2015 - 7 = 2008 - approximated by mid-2008, July 2, 2008. A weighted calculation would suggest around May 2008. However, this conflicts with Iron Man (see other references). The events should be done in time before S.H.I.E.L.D. hears Tony Stark has been found on May 1, 2008. It can therefore be placed as close to ideal as possible while still being before May 1, 2008, with May returning to the U.S.. on April 30, 2008 following the events in Bahrain on April 29th.
↑Given that Tony Stark was showcasing the missile to the Air Force, the missile must not have been fully released yet. Additionally, Stark shut down the weapons division on May 3rd (see other references). If the Ten Rings still wanted Stark to build the missile on May 30th then the advertisement must not have been out or they could have bought it like they did later in the film. Therefore, the advertisement must have come out between late day May 30th and June 1st when Stark escapes. Therefore it is placed in late day May 30th.
↑In Front Toward Enemy, it is shown that Madani finished post-graduate college in 2008. Most college post-graduates finish around late May.
↑ 375.00375.01375.02375.03375.04375.05375.06375.07375.08375.09In Iron Man, there are several scenes set across the time between May 4, 2008 (see other references) and the test flight involving the icing problem on May 15, 2008 (see other references). In that time, we see the beginning of testing and "Day 11", which only just about squeezes into this period. It requires that Stark begins his testing log as early as possible on May 5, 2008, with Day 11 where Stark learns to fly being May 15, and an assumption required that he must have already been preparing the rest of the armor by then, to be flying it by that evening.
↑In the Black Panther Prelude, it is shown that "mere hours" after Tony Stark announced himself as Iron Man, which is dated to May 25, 2008, T'Chaka has a conversation with his son in which he mentions that T'Challa has had the role for "a week". A weighted calculation places his adoption of the role around May 19, 2008.
↑ 378.00378.01378.02378.03378.04378.05378.06378.07378.08378.09378.10378.11378.12378.13378.14378.15378.16378.17378.18378.19378.20378.21378.22378.23378.24378.25378.26378.27378.28378.29378.30378.31There are several comics set in the time between Iron Man and Iron Man 2, which Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline establishes as being a 2-year gap, from Spring 2008 to Spring 2010. Iron_Man 2 - Phil Coulson: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. is shown to be set on the day of "I am Iron Man", May 25, 2008 (see other references). Iron Man 2 - Black Widow: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. is shown to be set in the several days preceding her first meeting Tony Stark in Iron Man 2, during May 2010 (May 12-21, 2010). The 2012 official MCU timeline places Tony Stark talking to Thaddeus Ross in Iron Man 2: Public Identity "3 months" after "I am Iron Man" on May 25, 2008. This can be taken as specifically around August 25, 2008, or more generally as "August 2008 - May 2008 = 3 months", meaning any point in August 2008, approximated with August 16, 2008. Overall, it can be calculated, putting more weight on the specifics, that that is most likely February 22, 2010. This places the comic as August 17-23, 2008. The final official canon comic in this time period is Iron Man 2 - Nick Fury: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.. It is set in the period between Iron Man/Iron Man 2 - Phil Coulson: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Iron Man 2/Iron Man 2 - Black Widow: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and was released before Iron Man 2: Public Identity, so should ideally be set between Iron Man/Iron Man 2 - Phil Coulson: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Iron Man 2: Public Identity, between May 25, 2008 and August 17, 2008, therefore approximately July 6, 2008. Next, there are "inspired canon" comics to be placed, using the already-established canon comics as markers to place them between due to the fact that by their nature, they should be extricable from canon and therefore not affect the placements of official canon instalments. Iron Man 2: Security Breach is set in the period between Iron Man movies and was released before Iron Man 2: Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., so should be set between Iron Man/Iron Man 2 - Phil Coulson: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Iron Man 2 - Nick Fury: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., between May 25, 2008 and July 6, 2008, therefore approximately June 15, 2008. Iron Man: Limited Edition was released after Iron Man 2: Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and before Iron Man 2: Public Identity, so should be set in that period, between July 6, 2008 and August 17, 2008, therefore approximately July 27, 2008. Iron Man Royal Purple Custom Comic and Iron Man 2: Fist of Iron are set in the period between Iron Man movies and were released after Iron Man 2: Public Identity, so should be set between Iron Man 2: Public Identity and Iron Man 2/Iron Man 2 - Black Widow: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., between August 23, 2008 and May 7, 2010, therefore approximately March 20, 2009 and October 15, 2009 respectively. This also places the "three months ago" scene from Iron Man Royal Purple Custom Comic on approximately December 19, 2008.
↑ 379.0379.1379.2379.3The The Avengers: Iron Man Mark VII comic shows that its "Day 189" is just before Tony leaves for the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, and "Day 199" is a little while after the Battle at Stark Expo. With the Grand Prix dated to May 23, 2010 (see other references), this would imply that "Day 189" is May 22, 2010, fitting with "Day 199" being June 1, 2010, the day after the battle. However, this would then put "Day 1", shown to be the day of the test flight with the icing problem, on November 15, 2009. Following the release of Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline, it was established that Iron Man does not take place 6 months prior to Iron Man 2, but rather 2 years prior in "Spring 2008", making this impossible. It is therefore required that an assumption be made over Stark having in fact paused the log in 2008 before resuming in 2009. With "Day 23" being after the Battle of Gulmira and "Day 30" being after the Duel of Los Angeles, ideally these would be May 17, 2008 and May 30, 2008 respectively. However, this would make "Day 1" April 25, 2008, when Stark is still in captivity. Making "Day 1" instead as early as possible: May 4, 2008, "Day 23" is then May 26, 2008, so he is updating on Gulmira's events even after the Duel of Los Angeles, then for whatever reason a further week later on June 2, 2008 only just getting around to updating on the Duel of Los Angeles. It is then taken that Stark paused the log on June 2, 2008 and resumed it on December 15, 2009, setting up for the rest of the entries to fit with May-June 2010.
↑In Spider-Man: Homecoming, Happy Hogan says he has been carrying the engagement ring for Tony Stark to propose to Pepper Potts since "2008". Stark and Potts only got together in 2010, so this has to be taken to be in reference to when they first started showing romantic mutual interest during the events of Iron Man. It can therefore be assumed that Hogan acquired it shortly after those events, which end on May 25, 2008 (see other references), so around May 26, 2008.
↑In AKA I Wish, on May 7, 2018 (see 2018 references), Jessica Jones says that regarding the victims of Sallinger they have identified, "The disappearances span 10 years," implying the earliest of these was 10 years ago. This could refer to a near exact 10 years, around May 7, 2008, or more generally "2018 - 2008 = 10", so any time in 2008 (approximating with mid-2008). Putting more weight on the more specific, a weighted calculation would suggest the first of these disappearances was around May 26, 2008
↑In Iron Man, Phil Coulson states that Stane is said to be on vacation and small boats have a poor track record. As to not raise suspicion, the announcement of his death likely came no less than a week after the battle of Los Angeles.
↑In Power Broker, Dovich explains his interest in joining the military when he was younger and his decision to work in Madripoor instead. This decision would have happened at recruitment age for the Australian military, which is 17 years old. It can be taken that Dovich made the decision in the latter half being sixteen, since he never registered with the military. With Dovich's birth approximated to September 1991 (see 1990s references), this would therefore happen after the halfway point following his sixteenth birthday on March 3, 2008, but before his seventeenth birthday. Dovich's decision can therefore be approximated to June 2008.
↑In Hide and Seek, Kate Bishop says, "I, uh, started martial arts training when I was five." With Bishop's birth placed in December 2002 (see other references), Bishop would have been five years old from December 2007 through December 2008. It can therefore be approximated that Bishop started learning martial arts on the midpoint of these dates, June 2008.
↑In Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, a sign reads that Scott Lang has his book reading on "JULY 24th." The rest of the events of the movie through the defeat of Kang all take place on the same day, so the main events of the movie can be placed to July 24th. However, the evidence for which year it is set in is split, and tied with the evidence for Cassie Lang's birth.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever features a news ticker explaining that Scott was on tour for the release of his book in May 2025 (see 2025 references), suggesting that the start of the movie, which features him at a book reading, might be better placed closer to the events of the movie, so on July 24, 2025. However, Disney+'s "Marvel Cinematic Universe in Timeline Order" section places the movie after the events of The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, which is set in December 2025 (see 2025 references), suggesting that the movie is set on July 24, 2026.
In Ant-Man, Cassie is shown celebrating a birthday in July 2015 (see 2015 references), placing her birthday in July. In Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scott says that Cassie is ten years old in April 2018 (see 2018 references), which would suggest Cassie was born in July 2007. However, Peyton Reed has since stated that Cassie is nine years old in the movie, which is supported by Look Out for Little Guy! stating that Cassie is "of the under 10 variety" during the film, making her less than ten years old. These would instead suggest Cassie was born in July 2008. In Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Cassie says, "Dad, a guy dressed like a bee tried to kill me in my room when I was six," describing the climax of Ant-Man in August 2015 (see 2015 references). Additionally, in the script for Avengers: Endgame, Cassie's age is listed as "14" in October 2023 (see 2023 references). These would both suggest that Cassie was born in July 2009. However, in Look Out for the Little Guy!, Scott states that he missed Cassie's fourth birthday party as a result of being in prison, specifically referring to it as being her "Unicorns vs. Dragons" fourth birthday party. This indicates that Cassie's fourth birthday was in the lead up to Scott's imprisonment in July 2012 (see 2012 references), suggesting that she would have been born in July 2008 and turned four shortly after Scott went to jail. Furthermore, Peyton Reed stated that Cassie is intended to be eighteen years old during the events of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which is affirmed by the fact that she is held in an adult jail at the beginning of the film, suggesting she was born either in July 2007 if the movie is set in 2025 or July 2008 if the movie is set in 2026.
Overall, balancing the evidence for Cassie's birthday and the setting of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, a compromise of Cassie being born in July 2008 and the movie being set in July 2026 fits as best as possible, allowing Cassie to have been three-going-on-four in July 2012, "9" and "under 10" during Ant-Man and the Wasp, and 18 in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. With this compromise, Cassie's line about being "six" during the climax of Ant-Man is only off by a couple weeks, Scott's line about Cassie being "ten" during Ant-Man and the Wasp is only off by a few months, and the Avengers: Endgame script stating that Cassie is "14" is only off by a few months off as well.
↑In Spider-Man: Homecoming, Adrian Toomes says, "8 years. Not a word from the feds, nothing from those Halloween costume-wearing bozos up there over at Stark Tower. And then all of a sudden, this little bastard in red tights shows up, and he thinks he can tear down everything I've built." While this is almost certainly intended to refer to the "8 years" since the Battle of New York, as shown at the beginning of the film. However, this "8 years later" reference does not fit at all with the countless evidence stacked against it, putting The Avengers very firmly in 2012, and Captain America: Civil War very firmly in 2016. However, this piece of dialogue on its own can be interpreted as, "It's been 8 years since we started business, the number of heroes has grown and grown, but never has one intervened until now, until Spider-Man." 8 years before September 13, 2016, puts this around August 2008. To check all the evidence against the "8 years" title card see here
↑In The Bridge, it is said that Po "fell off the grid in '08."
↑ 397.0397.1397.2397.3397.4397.5397.6In Blue Note, it is shown that the Roxxon incident from First Light was, as of November 3, 2017 (see 2017 references), "92 months ago" (7 years, 8 months). However, this is a mistake, with it being repeatedly said to be "8 years" ago in February 2017 in Season 1, including Ghost Stories being set on the 8-year anniversary. So, the flashbacks should be to 8 years, 8 months ago, 104 months ago. They take place on and after February 25, 2009. Given this, the earlier flashback to "96 months ago" can be translated to either 96 + 12 = "108 months ago", or just "4 months prior to the Roxxon incident". If taken to be 108 months prior to November 3, 2017, this could refer to a near exact 108 months, around November 3, 2008, or a more general "November 2017 - 108 months = November 2008" (approximating with mid-November 2008). Putting more weight on the more specific, a weighted calculation would suggest around November 7, 2008. If taken to be 4 months prior to February 25, 2009, this could refer to a near exact 4 months, around October 25, 2008, or a more general "February 2009 - 4 months = October 2008" (approximating with mid-October 2008). Putting more weight on the more specific, a weighted calculation would suggest around October 22, 2008. Taking the average of these two, the "96 months ago" flashback can be placed on October 30, 2008.
↑For a while, it was never outright stated that Barack Obama was president in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but implied from Tony Stark's poster (designed to resemble Obama's) in Iron Man 2, the Obama biography in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and the repeated references to him in Luke Cage that Obama was likely president. Then in the Runaways episode Destiny it was confirmed, as Nico Minoru says, "You guys haven't had date night since the Obama Administration." MPower further confirmed that Obama was elected in November 2008, just like in the real world.
↑In Rabbit Hold, an event is shown from Tandy Bowen's childhood from the same approximate time as the Roxxon incident from February 25, 2009 (see other references). It has to be before the incident, given Nathan is involved, so can be approximated to a week prior, February 18, 2009.
In First Light, security footage of Tyrone stealing the car radio says "2007-04-18". This does not match as any February, though is closest to February 2007.
In Call/Response, a poster is up at the Wild Red Hawks for an event on "Friday, Jan. 30". January 30th was a Friday in 2015, though it could just be a much older poster left up for commemorative reasons.
The total evidence for a February 2008 accident and February 2016 present events:
In First Light, security footage of Tyrone stealing the car radio says "2007-04-18". This does not match as any February, though it would make most sense in-universe for it to be February 2008, with the camera clock set back several months by accident due to something like a reset.
In Suicide Sprints, Adina Johnson's vision shows the "missing" dates of her children as being "6/6/08". The closest February is 2008, and this would make sense, for her to still be very anxious about a second child dying 4 months later, and the 6/6/08 actually being the date of her anxiety rather than the date of Billy's death.
In Call/Response, Shadow Selves, and Rabbit Hold, it is shown in obituaries that Billy Johnson was born on "August 1, 1990" and died aged "17", with another obituary in Princeton Offense also saying he was 17. If he were born in August 1990, the February where he was 17 would have been 2008.
In Princeton Offense, Peter Scarborough's Wikipedia page says, "In 2009, after supervising the Roxxon cleanup effort in New Orleans following an oil rig explosion, Scarborough transitioned to a consulting position." This could potentially work with the accident being February 2008, with cleanup in 2008 and then Scarborough moving on in early 2009.
Jeph Loeb's statement as mentioned.
Emma Lahana says this is O'Reilly's first case in New Orleans. Nandi Tyler says in Luke Cage: Season 2, Episode 8 - If It Ain't Rough, It Ain't Right, set in August 2017, that O'Reilly has moved to New Orleans. In Ghost Stories, O'Reilly mentions events involving superheroes with her friend Misty Knight in New York, meaning it is after Luke Cage: Season 1 in December 2015. If she moved in February 2016, this fits within this range, though it is implied that O'Reilly left during Knight's time away from the force, which would not work with February 2016 since her time off begins in May 2016.
In First Light, a taxi is shown with a "11 17" registration sticker, meaning it should be between November 2015 and November 2017.
In Funhouse Mirrors, Stan Bartlett's license plate says "18". This means that if he just renewed it in the last several weeks, it could be February 2016, with an expiry date in early 2018.
The total evidence for a February 2009 accident and February 2017 present events:
In First Light, Nathan Bowen's work ID is valid from "30MAR08" to "29MAR10".
In Suicide Sprints, Adina Johnson's vision shows Tyrone's date of birth as "8/19/00", although Billy's says "02" which is definitely not his real year of birth, so it can be taken that this is not reliable either. In Call/Response, Season 1, Episode 4, Tyrone say, "My parents look at me like a liar and a thief ever since I was 8. They don't trust me. Not really. You know, ever since that night." If his birthday is indeed August 19, 2000, then the February where he was 8 would be February 2009.
Peter Scarborough's Wikipedia page, as mentioned above, supports 2009 more than it does 2008.
In Princeton Offense, the oil rig schematics are shown to have been on "9/10/2008", suggesting the accident was after September 10, 2008.
Jeph Loeb's statement as mentioned.
As mentioned, Emma Lahana says this is O'Reilly's first case in New Orleans and O'Reilly is still in New York in December 2015 but in New Orleans by August 2017. If she moved in February 2017, this is the only February that fits perfectly since it implied that O'Reilly left during Knight's time away from the force, which began in May 2016.
The "11 17" taxi registration sticker as mentioned.
As mentioned, there is an (unreliable) August 2000 date of birth given for Tyrone in Suicide Sprints. In the same episode, Tyrone mentions that he has known Father Delgado for 3 years, which would suggests he is in February of junior year, meaning he was born 16.4-17.4 years ago, so since it is an August and date of birth and currently February, he would be 16.5. 16.5 years after August 2000 gives February 2017.
In Call/Response, a magazine says, "Currently chairs a committee in 2017."
Stan Bartlett's license plate as mentioned says "18", which means it is between 2016 and 2018.
In Colony Collapse, on Mardi Gras, Scarborough references the surname Rand being a name that means you are known to be rich currently, implying Season 1, Episode 10: The Rands are referred to, suggesting Danny Rand is back in the world. Mardi Gras in 2016 was February 6th, before Danny Rand has returned, so it does not fit with 2016, but would make it February 2017 or 2018.
The basketball state finals occur days before Mardi Gras. The basketball state finals in Louisiana tend to be early March, and 2017 is the year where Mardi Gras is as close as possible to this, on February 28th.
The total evidence for a February 2010 accident and February 2018 present events:
Nathan Bowen's work ID as mentioned.
The oil rig schematic revisions as mentioned.
In First Light, "Lush Life" by Leo Islo plays in-universe. This song was put online on March 27, 2017, so the only possible February is 2018.
In First Light, "Right Now" by Vindata plays in-universe. This song was put online on February 22, 2017. This is just 12 days too late to fit with February 2017, so the only possible February is 2018.
Tyrone has a "FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 1st Saturday in May - May 6, 2017" leaflet as mentioned, which could work with 2018 if you assume he just left it up for several months after.
In Suicide Sprints, Adina Johnson has the book Grief Cottage, which was released August 2017, so the only possible February is 2018.
As mentioned, there is an (unreliable) August 2000 date of birth given for Tyrone in Suicide Sprints. In Rabbit Hold, it is shown on a poster and stated that Tyrone is "18". The October where he would be 18 would be October 2018, making Season 1 February 2018.
In Princeton Offense, O'Reilly looks at narcotics arrest files that she describes as being from "about 8 years ago", and the files on screen are from "02/18/2010", suggesting this is February 2018.
In Princeton Offense, news stories from "hours ago" are real life news stories from September 2017. This does not work for any February, though if it has to suggest one it would be February 2018, because at least those stories have happened by then.
Stan Bartlett's license plate as mentioned says "18", which works so long as the plate was registered between February and December 2016.
In Ghost Stories, Tyrone's phone says "Thursday, October 5". October 5th was a Thursday in 2017, and was the day of filming. This does not work for any February, though if it has to suggest one it would be February 2018, because it is more likely if the phone has the wrong date that it would be a past date, not a future one, if the phone was accidentally reset or something similar.
Scarborough's reference to the Rands as mentioned.
In Alignment Chart, an obituary for Kenneth Fuchs says, "Fuchs, aged 32, passed away on February 11, 2018."
Overall, when weighing up the value of each piece of evidence and the specificity and making compromises, February 2009/2017 comes out as the strongest option.
↑In Generation Why, Kamala Khan says on the reasoned date of September 16, 2025 (see 2025 references) that she is sixteen years old. Iman Vellani confirmed in an interview that Khan survived the Snap, meaning she would have been born between September 17, 2008 and September 16, 2009. Additionally, Khan is said to be in "junior year" in the 2025-2026 school year, implying she was five years old before the New Jersey kindergarten cutoff date of October 1, 2014, placing Khan's birth between October 2, 2008 and September 16, 2009. Khan's birth can therefore be approximated to the midpoint of these dates, March 26, 2009.
↑In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, it is stated on the reasoned date of March 4, 2014 that the Odesa Winter Soldier attack was "5 years ago." This could refer to "exactly five years ago," so March 4, 2009, or simply "in 2009." A weighted calculation places the attack on April 12, 2009.
↑A newspaper clipping about Monica Rambeau in The Marvels says, “A local Louisianan woman has set her sights on the stars. After graduating from Rice University with a Doctor of Philosophy in Physics and Astronomy, Monica Rambeau completed her astronaught (sic) training earlier this month and will embark on her first mission at the end of this year.” In We Interrupt This Program, Rambeau learns that she has been grounded from space flights due to having died in the Snap, meeaning she was an austronaut prior to May 31, 2018. Given Rambeau's September 1983 date of birth (see 1980s references), along with the fact that it takes an average of two years to complete a graduate degree and 4.5 years to finish a PhD, it can be approximated that Rambeau graduated with her PhD in June 2009. Her astronaut training can then be taken to have started soon after. Astronaut training in the United States takes two years to complete, so Rambeau's astronaut training can be taken to have ended in approximately June 2011.
↑In an interview, Yasmeen Fletcher said, "They handed me my driver's license and I got to see my date of birth, and I compared it to, like, the year that the show was set in, and I was like, 'Okay, so if I am sixteen in the show now, and I was born at this time, she did survive the Snap.'" With Ms. Marvel's first season being set in 2025 (see other references), this implies that Nakia Bahadir was born in 2009. It also implies that she was sixteen for the duration of the season, which begins on September 16, 2025, placing her birth between September 16, 2009 and the beginning of the year, approximately May 10, 2009.
↑In The Star-Spangled Man, John Walker says that he "was two years out of West Point when Steve came back on the scene," referring to Steve Rogers. Rogers was frozen in the ice until he was unthawed in October 2011. Two years prior to this was 2009. Therefore, Walker graduated from West Point in 2009. The real-world date for West Point's graduation in 2009 can be used for the exact date, May 27, 2009.
↑In Roadhouse Blues, Rex Quinn says "Mom, I'm nearly nine" on the determined date of April 28, 2018 (see 2018 references). This means that the earliest Rex could have been born was April 29, 2009. "Nearly" nine would not refer to anything past three months at the absolute maximum, so about July 31, 2009. A weighted calculation, favoring the earlier date, would place Rex's date of birth at approximately June 2009.
↑In Heavy is the Head, Lance Hunter says on June 6, 2014 (see 2014 references) that Isabelle Hartley's mother died "about five years back." This could be taken to refer to a near exact 5 years, around June 6, 2009, or a more general "2014 - 2009 = 5", so just 2009 (approximating with mid-2009). Putting more weight on the more specific, a weighted calculation suggests the crash was around June 14, 2009.
↑ 423.0423.1423.2423.3423.4423.5423.6In Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, several flashbacks are shown of Janet van Dyne's interactions with Kang the Conqueror. In the Empire Spoiler Specials podcast, Peyton Reed said, "We designed this idea that, somewhere, say, 21, 22 years into Janet's 30 years down there, she'd given up hope, right? Figuratively and literally. Right? She's, she's realised she can't get out of the Quantum Realm. And we liked the idea of starting that with this image almost out of a Western, almost out of like Unforgiven, of William Money out on this ranch, isolated, and that's Janet. Until this think streak down and she goes after it, and it may be her chance to get out of there." Since Reed is approximating twenty-one or twenty-two years, it can be taken that these flashbacks occur nearly exactly twenty-two years after van Dyne was stranded in the Quantum Realm in July 1987, so approximately July 2009.
↑In Manifest, Mariah says on November 30, 2015, "You've been trying to knock me out of my spot for 6 years, Damon," placing him beginning to speak out against her around October 2009.
↑Based on Alex Van's age during the filming of Loki and working back from the approximate date of his appearance, Patrice can be taken to have been born in October 2009.
↑In Iron Man 2, Anton Vanko is shown finishing his work, then the film cuts to "six months later". While dialogue and director commentary confirm this is meant to mean 6 months since "I am Iron Man" at the start of the montage and the not that it has covered months with the montage then jumped 6 further months, Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline later established otherwise, with 2 years between "I am Iron Man" and Iron Man 2. For the "six months later" to have any relevance, therefore, it must be now taken to be in reference to the time since the end of the montage. So, Vanko finishes in November 2009 (6 months before May 7, 2010, approximated to November 10, 2009). However, the book also refers to Vanko's work and planning as "2008-2010", meaning some work in his planning must have happened in 2010. This is dated to March 7, 2010 as the halfway point between the start of 2010 and his first 2010 action shown in Iron Man 2, meeting with a Ten Rings agent on May 12, 2010.
↑In The Writing on the Wall, it is said on the reasoned date of March 16, 2015 that Rebecca Stevens was said to have died "5 years ago." This would place her supposed death around April 21, 2010. It can be assumed that the trials began around a month before this, approximately March 19, 2010, and that the preparations on Project T.A.H.I.T.I. would have begun around 3 months prior to that, approximately December 18, 2009.
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