Remember when Marvel’s team-ups felt like clockwork? Not anymore. Avengers: Doomsday has officially broken the franchise’s timeline record, landing six years after Avengers: Endgame. That’s a long time for heroes to grow apart, regroup, or turn on each other.
How Did We Learn About the Jump?
The confirmation comes from one of four new scenes in the Avengers: Endgame Encore re-release. Bruce Banner sits in a secure underground facility, recording a video log about a serum meant to keep the Hulk under control. The timestamp reads January 12, 2029.
Then the lights flicker. A voice from off-camera says, “Mr. Banner, I am here to collect you.” It’s Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom, and the scene ends with a Hulk roar and a cut to black.
The Record-Breaking Gap
Here’s how the time between Avengers films stacks up:
| Film | Year | Gap From Previous |
|---|---|---|
| The Avengers | 2012 | N/A |
| Age of Ultron | 2015 | 3 years |
| Infinity War | 2018 | 3 years |
| Endgame | 2023 | 5 years |
| Doomsday | 2029 | 6 years |
Why So Long?
Since Endgame, the Multiverse Saga has packed in a huge amount of story. WandaVision began just weeks after Endgame, and a long list of movies and shows followed, pushing the timeline forward year by year. By the time Brand New Day arrived in 2028, Peter Parker had spent four years in isolation, and Banner had lost control as the savage Hulk.
Meanwhile, Sam Wilson leads the Avengers and clashes with the Thunderbolts, now rebranded as the New Avengers. A six-year leap gives all these threads room to collide.
What Does It Mean for the Story?
The heroes we meet in Doomsday will be in very different places than we last saw them:
- No Iron Man: The team has never fought together without Tony Stark.
- New shield-bearer: Steve Rogers no longer carries the shield, and Sam Wilson now does.
- Hulk off the board: With Banner collected by Doom, he may end up fighting his former friends.
- Time travel in play: Steve’s choice to stay in the past with Peggy Carter is set to matter, and Loki’s cameo in the Encore footage hints at it.
Another new scene overlays Endgame‘s famous metal-clanging stinger with Doom forging his mask, a neat mirror of Tony Stark’s origin. The story will likely stretch over months as the heroes face Doom and a collapsing multiverse. It may even end with another time skip to set up Avengers: Secret Wars.
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Conclusion
Six years is a lot of time for resentments to build and alliances to break. Marvel is clearly betting that a longer wait makes the reunion hit harder. Rewatching Endgame Encore before Doomsday is a smart move.
FAQs
When does Avengers: Doomsday take place?
It’s set six years after Endgame, with Banner’s scene timestamped January 12, 2029.
What is the Hulk scene in Endgame Encore?
Banner, held in an underground bunker, is confronted by Doctor Doom, who says he’s there to collect him.