Over the past 18 years, Marvel Studios has focused as much on the continuity of its ongoing mega-story as it’s focused on the content of any given superhero film. The 23-film Infinity Saga was never just about individual movie narratives — it was about the buildup to Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame , the two-part blockbuster event that brought the entire sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe together for one grand battle royale.

Once the Infinity Saga wrapped with 2019’s Spider-Man: Far From Home , Marvel had to find a new central organizing factor, a way to give all the crossovers , cataclysmic conflicts , and multiverse mayhem some meaning. That process has been bumpy , and it’s left Marvel with a lot of loose ends, hints, and promises of sagas to come, which have become difficult to keep track of.

So in case you ever find yourself wondering, Hey, whatever happened to Charlize Theron's character in that one Doctor Strange flick? or Wait, Harry Styles was in a Marvel movie?…