MCU Timeline Book Acknowledges Error in Spider-Man: Homecoming

Summary

Marvel Studios' official timeline book clears up the confusion surrounding Spider-Man: Homecoming's placement in the MCU timeline.

In the book, the opening of Homecoming is set in "Spring 2012," and the main events of the film take place in "Fall 2016," thereby refuting the previous notion of an eight-year time gap. Miss Minutes, the anthropomorphic clock mascot of TVA, serves as a helpful guide in the book, addressing issues of consistency and plot inconsistencies, such as the timeline discrepancies in Spider-Man: Homecoming.

The official MCU timeline book has finally resolved one of Marvel Studios' biggest continuity errors in Spider-Man: Homecoming. After Tom Holland's debut as Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War, his first solo adventure was depicted in Spider-Man: Homecoming in 2017. The film took place shortly after Civil War in 2016, with flashbacks to the aftermath of the Battle of New York in 2012. However, the title card suggesting that Homecoming occurred eight years after The Avengers was a major mistake in the MCU's timeline. Marvel Studios' Official Timeline book addresses this error by placing the opening moments of Homecoming in "Spring 2012" and the majority of the film's events in "Fall 2016," four years after The Avengers. Despite Marvel Studios officials addressing this mistake multiple times over the years, viewers have been seeking confirmation since the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming in 2017.

Marvel Studios’ Loki Can Clear Up Many MCU Mistakes

Spider-Man: Homecoming's place in the MCU timeline is clarified in Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline. The book also uses Miss Minutes and the TVA to address other mistakes. One such mistake involves a line from Michael Keaton's Adrian Toomes, who declares "eight years, not a word from the Feds" in Spider-Man: Homecoming, causing timeline inconsistencies in Phase 3. In the official timeline book, Miss Minutes explains this discrepancy and attributes it to the incompetence of a worker at the Time Variance Authority, a benevolent organization introduced in Marvel Studios' Loki on Disney+.

Voiced by Tara Strong, Miss Minutes is the anthropomorphic clock mascot of the TVA who closely collaborated with He Who Remains in overseeing its operations. In Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline, Miss Minutes serves as a reader's guide, leading them through the entire history of the MCU. This is fitting, considering that the TVA has access to all of history. In her role as a guide, Miss Minutes resolves various continuity errors, inconsistencies, and plot holes in the MCU's timeline. This enables Marvel Studios to rectify errors, such as those found in Spider-Man: Homecoming, and further emphasizes the significance of the Loki series on Disney+ in the larger MCU world.