What to watch before Avengers: Secret Wars
Before Avengers: Secret Wars, watch Avengers: Endgame, Loki: Season 1, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Loki: Season 2, Deadpool & Wolverine, The Fantastic Four: First Steps and Avengers: Doomsday. That's about 25 hours. Avengers: Secret Wars is coming to cinemas on 17 December 2027.
Avengers: Secret Wars ends Marvel's Multiverse Saga and follows directly on from Avengers: Doomsday. The multiverse story starts with Loki and runs through Doomsday, so these are the essentials.
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The essentials
Watch these in this order. They take about 25 hours, so an hour a day gets you there in 25 days.
Avengers: Endgame
The end of the Infinity Saga, and the time travel that sets everything after it in motion.
Loki: Season 1
Loki finds who's at the end of time, and the multiverse splits open.
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Doctor Strange's spell brings other universes crashing in.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
The dangers of travelling between universes, and incursions.
Loki: Season 2
Loki's choice at the end of time holds the multiverse together.
Deadpool & Wolverine
The TVA, the Void and Fox's mutants crash into the MCU.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Marvel's First Family, from their own universe, joins the story.
Avengers: Doomsday
The film Secret Wars follows on from.
If you have more time
Optional, but they add to the story. About 4 hours in all.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Kang the Conqueror, the multiverse villain Marvel first set up.
Thunderbolts*
The New Avengers form, and its final scene points to Doomsday.
Questions
What do I need to watch before Avengers: Secret Wars?
The essentials are Avengers: Endgame, Loki: Season 1, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Loki: Season 2, Deadpool & Wolverine, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Avengers: Doomsday. They take about 25 hours.
When does Avengers: Secret Wars come out?
Avengers: Secret Wars is coming to cinemas on 17 December 2027 in the US.
Do I need to watch Avengers: Doomsday before Secret Wars?
Yes. Secret Wars follows directly on from Avengers: Doomsday, so watch Doomsday first.
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Be ready for Avengers: Secret Wars
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