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The ongoing narrative of the MCU is divided into phases that typically span several years, but one of these stands above the rest in terms of sheer quality. Marvel made history with the concept of a shared universe, one where every movie (and, now, TV show) is linked to everything else. The MCU will always matter because of this incredible, innovative success.

So far, there have been six phases. The first three phases officially consist of only the MCU movies and one-shots (although various Marvel TV shows

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