Born Again Is Set In The MCU Timeline (Does It Take Place After She-Hulk?)

Warning! This article contains spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again

Matt Murdock has returned in earnest in Daredevil: Born Again after appearing in such MCU installments as She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, but with all the MCU’s time-jumps and general timeline confusion, it can be hard to pinpoint exactly when it takes place. Off the bat, it is immediately apparent that Daredevil: Born Again takes place entirely after the events of the original Daredevil series on Netflix – a point that was painfully punctuated by Foggy Nelson’s apparent death in the first episode. This has set Matt Murdock down a familiar road as he once again relinquishes his vigilante persona.

It also secures Daredevil: Born Again as a continuation of the original series after the canonicity of the Defenders Saga was up for debate. This means that Matt Murdock and company were around during the monumental events of Avengers: Infinity War and Spider-Man: No Way Home, though whether these events took place before or after Daredevil: Born Again is worth exploring. Thankfully, Daredevil: Born Again and the main cast’s extracurricular appearances offer a few indicators with which to discern when it takes place in the general MCU timeline.

How Daredevil: Born Again Fits Into Matt Murdock’s MCU Timeline

Daredevil: Born Again Is Matt Murdock’s Most Recent Outing

Matt Murdock has been keeping busy since Daredevil season 3, which was released in 2018. Thanks to the official MCU timeline on Disney+, it’s easy to discern that this season took place between the events of Doctor Strange and Thor: Ragnarok, which ended moments before Thanos’ invasion in Avengers: Infinity War in 2018. This tracks with the general rule in earlier MCU productions where the year in which a movie takes place mirrors the year in which it was released. This was, of course, thrown into disarray with Avengers: Endgame‘s five-year time-jump.

This is where timelines start to get confusing, as Matt Murdock next appears as Peter Parker’s lawyer in Spider-Man: No Way Home, which was released in 2021 but takes place in-universe in late 2024, starting immediately after Peter Parker’s summer trip in Spider-Man: Far From Home. Murdock’s next appearance is in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, which “Marvel Studios’ The Marvel Cinematic Universe An Official Timeline” confirms takes place between 2024 and 2025. This shows that Matt is still operating as Daredevil around this time.

Matt Murdock is also still operating as Daredevil during the five years between the Snap and the Blip, as his next appearance in Echo is part of a flashback. Here, he fights Echo after Ronin – who operates during the same time period and relinquishes the mantle in Avengers: Endgame – kills her father. This means Daredevil’s appearance in Echo takes place between 2018 and 2023. Echo, also precedes Wilson Fisk’s successful run for mayor, and takes place five months after Hawkeye, placing that series in mid-2025, around the time Matt Murdock appears in LA and meets Walters.

DIsney+ places Daredevil: Born Again after Agatha All Along, which takes place in-universe in the Fall of 2026, three years after the events of WandaVision. Wilson Fisk’s New Year’s address to New York then tells us that the majority of Daredevil: Born Again takes place in early 2027. This also means that Foggy Nelson’s death, and Matt Murdock’s resignation from being Daredevil, occurs one year prior, in late 2025 – which would be soon after Murdock’s appearance in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. Daredevil is retired, therefore, throughout 2026.

How Daredevil: Born Again Fits Into The Larger MCU Timeline

Daredevil: Born Again Depicts The MCU’s Most Recent Events

Taking all the aforementioned into consideration, the events of Daredevil: Born Again are contemporaneous with Captain America: Brave New World, and depict the MCU’s present. It confirms that the “current” events of the MCU are occurring around two years ahead of the real-world present, and does not close the gap between the real-world and MCU timelines. This is largely thanks to the one-year time-jump following Foggy’s death, though it makes sense to keep Daredevil: Born Again in-line with the timelines of surrounding MCU productions.

This also means that Thunderbolts* is likely to occur around the same time in the universe, if not in the future. Bucky Barnes was last seen in Captain America: Brave New World running for congress, and will attain his position by the time of Thunderbolts*. Daredevil: Born Again could, therefore, have an impact on future MCU productions, with Wilson Fisk’s time as New York Mayor and his anti-vigilante laws, in particular, potentially affecting such New York-based superheroes as Spider-Man.

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Daredevil: Born Again

9/10

Release Date

March 4, 2025

Showrunner

Chris Ord

Directors

Michael Cuesta, Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson, Jeffrey Nachmanoff

Writers

Chris Ord

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