Mid 1980s – following from above, Tony’s graduation is from the awards ceremony reel.ġ987 – Tony makes a joke about Rhodes on spring break in 1987. We put his ages at 4 and 6 as being mid 70s somewhere, because his parents died in 1991, but Tony was younger than 21. Mid 1970s – we see some of Tony’s childhood in the awards ceremony reel. We will of course see this in Captain America: The First Avenger (2010). No TV Shows, no promotional material, no director comments, no comic book tie ins.ġ945 – Tony says his father worked on the bomb in World War II. We wanted to map it all out, but only taking into account what we learn in films. When does Iron Man (2008) take place? The MCU has a notoriously messy timeline.
