Marvel Rivals Timeline/Reading Order

[BabyBomber]

Holy White Fox/Black Cat.

I read White Fox's lore from a preview video and I won't go into the full breakdown until tomorrow when I have everything, but it helped me win a long-running debate about which timeline Iron Fist is from. Present Timeline Truthers have prevailed

 

[BabyBomber]

Also the Timestream Adventure RPG story has apparently come out so I'll check it out in a minute

 

[BabyBomber]

I had already deduced from the narrator's part that the comic was an alternate version of the Sai, Mantis, Jeff breakout that probably takes place in the same universe as the Infinity Comic but then they made it easy for me and said exactly that. They recap the first arc of the Infinity Comic

 

[BabyBomber]

White Fox: "Shares of Hope"
• Mentions that the heroes are preparing for the Kun-Lun tournament after its delay and by this point the incursion with 2099 has already happened so it happens some time after the trailer/Gallery Card where it comes up

Captain America: "Real Power"
• It happens after Steve surrenders and lets himself be captured (it's an extended version of the recent Infinity Comics). By the end Captain America gets busted out of the vault by Spider-Man so this can go after the new map

Lower Manhattan
• Can go before the White Fox story

Team-Up Profile: "Blessing of the Kumiho"
• Takes place during the Breakout from Cap's story so I'll place it after

Team-Up Profile: "Cosmic Cyclone"
• Takes place between battles in the Chronoverse and it's the duo using their powers to heal Earth's ecosystems. I'll place it before Season 7's Gallery Cards

The Hunt Is On Gallery Card: "The Worst of Times"
• The Daily Bugle is interviewing people about the the 2099 Alchemax Building appearing so I'll put this as the start of the Season after the Storm/Adam profile

The Hunt Is On Gallery Card: "Catch Me If They Can"
• The card shows Fisk hiring Felicia so this can go next and just before the Season 7 trailer

The Hunt Is On Gallery Card: "Homecoming"
• It's White Fox giving some heroes undercover identities as they prepare to take the fight to Fisk. This should go before the prison breakout bc it seems like there's the initial ESU cover, the breakout, then the escaped prisoners get disguised of their own like Cap and Luna

The Hunt Is On Gallery Card: "Loose Ends"
• It's the final card so it can go at the end

 

[BabyBomber]

The Hunt Is On Gallery Card: "Fallen Saint"
• It's the Golden Saint realizing that he undid most of the Chronal Damage in exchange for a fake stone (the Alchemax Tower can't be undone) so this can go after the Lower Manhattan map and Cap's breakout

 

[BabyBomber]

The Hunt Is On Gallery Card: "Better the Devil You Know"
• Talks about Fox and Cat's fight in the trailer and explains how Felicia swapped out the 2 tablets so it can go before the Gilded Saint Gallery Card where he realizes he's been tricked

The Hunt Is On Gallery Card: "Devil's Reign"
• Picks up after the damage is undone and Fisk tries blowing up the remaining Alchemax building. Matt defused the explosives, and mentions that Dracula also escaped the Vault which will lead into the Blood Hunt mode's lore. This can go after White Fox's story

Black Cat: "Good Fortune"
• Black Cat talks about using Rocket's Nega-Energy Replicator like she did in the Devil You Know Gallery Card, and mentions Doom helping the Guild with the Gilded Saint, so it can go after White Fox's story once most of the action is over with since she talks about the threat being handled

Accessory: "Symbiote Spider-Man Plush"
• Can go before the last Hunt Is On Gallery Card since that seems like this season's "downtime" period

I still need to wait until it actually drops tomorrow to get Spidey's new story

 

[BabyBomber]

Collectible: "Norn Stone"
• I'll place it after Devil's Reign for now since it's after the Breakout and it'll tie into the Blood Hunt event since Dracula is going to use it

Team-Up Profile: "Lucky Loan"
• Felicia talks about people still loyal to the Saint after she became leader of the Thieves Guild so this can go after her story

Spider-Man: "Message Received"
• Peter talks about being undercover at ESU while texting MJ and the prison break hasn't happened yet so it can go before the Manhattan Map and Cap's new story (more confirmation that Rivals Peter and MJ are together)

 

[BabyBomber]

Blood Hunt Gallery Card: "Out of the Vault"
• Talks about Dracula escaping the Vault so it can go before Devil's Reign where its first mentions

Blood Hunt Gallery Card: "Animal Instinct"
• Talks about Cap-Wolf leaving Monster Kingdom to fight vampires and Deadpool's stuck on the Staten Island Ferry

Blood Hunt Gallery Card: "Squirrel Gone Wild"
• Ratatoskr getting mind controlled by Dracula and there's nothing stopping it from being in order

Blood Hunt Gallery Card: "Hunting Season"
• Just the Ratatoskr fight

Blood Hunt Gallery Card: "Sweet Revenge"
• Blade finally getting his shot at Dracula

Blood Hunt Gallery Card: "Fall of the Kingpin"
• Kingpin's boss fight

Accessory: "Kingpin Dethroned"
• Galacta commemorating Kingpin's defeat

 

[Beamy11845]

Shouldn't loose ends be placed after the Blood Hunt event? Because in it Jean Gray says that Dracula was defeated again

 

[BabyBomber]

Shouldn't loose ends be placed after the Blood Hunt event? Because in it Jean Gray says that Dracula was defeated again

You're right, I completely overlooked it in the Blood Hunt hype. Prec8 it

 

[BabyBomber]

Sins of Alchemax Gallery Card: "Under the Same Moon"
• Lunella talks about how she ended up in 2099 with Cyclops and how she started working for them once they got captured. Her attempt to return her and Cyclops to the Present Timeline is responsible for the Incursion last season with Alchemax. She says she plans to stay in the building until she can fix her mess so I think this and the Season 8 Trailer can both go before the "Worst of Times" Gallery Card

Sins of Alchemax Gallery Card: "Adventure Capital"
• Tyler Stone talks about capturing Moon Girl and Cyclops to get access to the past and it sounds like it's after they get sent back so it can go after Under the Same Moon

Collectible: "Punch Chronovium"
• It's Cyclops' Optic Blasts being harnessed into a Chronovium that initiates incursions. Since it mentions Moon Girl using it as soon as she gets Devil's signal, I'll place it between the trailer and first Gallery Card

Devil Dinosaur: "The Devil in the Details"
• It has Lunella talking through Devil's collar about how she kinda caused the Time Plague. Deadpool also mentions that Rogue and the X-Men were fighting Alchemax clones (what likely happens in the next Gallery Card that isn't unlockable yet). I'll place this after Season 7 and 7.5

Team-Up Profile: "Primal Punishment"
• Punisher talks about mounting Devil on their assault on Alchemax so it can go after his Hero Story

 

[Beamy11845]

I'm not sure if you know this, but the Infinity Comics are continuing the Season 4 events (as in the Tournament), which suggests to me that they are indeed canon.

 

[BabyBomber]

I'm not sure if you know this, but the Infinity Comics are continuing the Season 4 events (as in the Tournament), which suggests to me that they are indeed canon.

I don't think that means the Infinity Comics are canon to the game's lore, just that it's finally getting around to its own version of the tournament after the Luna Snow Kun-Lun concert stuff. The Hood arc is the closest the comic's come to having a place in the game's canon since it's almost 1:1 but with more content.

The Infinity Comic's take on the earlier seasons like 0, 2, and 3 are pretty unworkable with the game, and over a year ago I reached out to Paul Allor and he said to treat the comic as a fun side story

 

[Beamy11845]

That's fair enough, actually

 

[BabyBomber]

They're finally resuming the Kun-Lun lore and they place it in the same serial so I'll add the new lore to the S4 tab but it still takes place after the Alchemax Arc

Cyclops: "Clear Eyes, Full Hearts"
• Goes right after the Dino/Punisher team up profile since it mentions Frank riding into battle on Devil. It has Jean reaching Cyclops and absorbing the Optic Blast energy to restore the Phoenix's power (it's super cute btw)

Punisher: "One Last Shot"
• It's Frank's POV during the Alchemax Raid and Moon Girl mentions that she just helped Cyclops so it can go after Cyclops

Heart of the Dragon Gallery Card: "Gateways to Victory"
• This goes after the Alchemax Arc and it has the Immortal Weapons facing trials after they fight in a tournament and it ends with Iron Fist and Daredevil as the final 2

Daredevil: "Clearing the Path"
• Takes place after Gateway to Victory since its the battle between Daredevil and Iron Fist and describes the Victory Animations in the new map so I'll place it after the Shenloong Tournament for now

K'un-L'un: Shenloong Tournament
• The opening cinematic takes place before Gateways to Victory (Black Widow is present) but the Victory animations are DD and Iron Fist's battle which goes with the cards I haven't unlocked yet.

 

[BabyBomber]

Heart of the Dragon Gallery Card: "The Ultimate Showdown"
• It's Grandmaster narrating and hyping up Iron Fist vs Daredevil. I'll place it before Daredevil's because it's the same events but ends before the aftermath seen in DD's new story

Heart of the Dragon Gallery Card: "Trick Ending"
• Goes at the end since it's about Loki stealing Shou-Lou's chi after the tournament

 

[BabyBomber]

Sins of Alchemax Gallery Card: "A Murder Foretold"
• It's Apocalypse planning to use what's left of the Ennead's faith from humanity to ascend and he's talking with Jubilee. I'll place it at the end for now since it's likely leading into the next season

 

[BabyBomber]

Added the new Summer Spectacular Gallery Card which is celebrating rescuing Cyclops

 

[BabyBomber]

They got like 100 team-ups now dawg, if they gave all of them lore I'm COOKED (I'll still lock in)



To get a headstart, I'll read Jubilee's Hero Story here and start on Season 9

 

[BabyBomber]

Jubilee: "Rise and Fall"
• Jubilee tape recording and explaining why she chose to side with Apocalypse (confirmation that she isn't originally from the Collapsing Timeline + Wanda/Magik sending her there). They also explain that Jubilee becoming a Horseman brought her vampire powers back. It's Jubilee's POV of the reveal trailer where Apocalypse gets stabbed so I'll place this after it at the end

 

[BabyBomber]

Collectible: "Faith-Harvesting Engine"
• I'll place it before the season trailer since it mainly talks about Apocalypse's plan to use it to become the Collapsing Timeline's sole God

The Mystery of Thebes Gallery Card: "Evil Under the Moon"
• It's Moon Knight crossing into the Collapsed Timeline to find Khonshu drained of his faith and Marc goes to investigate the pyramid with swirling energy

The Mystery of Thebes Gallery Card: "Death on the Nile"
• This has the heroes gathered around Apocalypse's sarcophagus and confirms that Apocalypse's death sent the Faith-Harvester out of control and caused the energy to go out of control, and it's seemingly the same divine energy Moon Knight saw in the last card so both can go after the Season Trailer/Jubilee story

The Mystery of Thebes Gallery Card: "The Body in the Lazarus Chamber"
• Talks about Wolverine going off on his own to check Apocalypse's body and gets killed

Death of Apocalypse: "Death of Wolverine"
• This focuses on the investigation so it comes after. Also Bucky killed Wolverine's family??? This happened in a movie once. Also this Murder Investigation is easily the coolest Season Event they've done

 

[BabyBomber]

Also they didn't give lore to the new team-ups so my sanity is intact

 

[BabyBomber]

The Mystery of Thebes Gallery Card: "The Butterfly Trap"
• It's Sai getting killed then returned to life

Death of Apocalypse: "Death of Psylocke"
• Breaks down why and how Loki killed her