So according to the Marvel Multiverse (the different universes the various Marvel franchises operate their characters within), the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU, where the live action films take place) is continuity Earth-199999 and Ultimate Spider-Man is Earth-1610.

Whilst Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) is clearly fashioned after the Ultimate Marvel universe, it is not canonically/overtly established and acknowledged as such by Marvel Entertainment, as the franchise is owned by Sony.

However, the cartoon Ultimate Spider-Man, which is also overtly overtly set in the Ultimates Universe, features Agent Phil Coulson: a character created specifically for the MCU and appearing nowhere else in any Marvel Multiverse.

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is where the films produced by Marvel Entertainment / Disney take place. Films include:

  • Iron Man (1, 2, 3)
  • Captain America (1, 2, 3)
  • Thor (1, 2, 3)
  • The Avengers (1, 2)
  • The Guardians of the Galaxy (1, 2)
  • Ant-Man / Ant-Man and the Wasp
  • Doctor Strange
  • Spider-Man: Homecoming
  • The Incredible Hulk (w/Ed Norton, but not The Hulk starring Eric Bana)
  • Black Panther
  • Captain Marvel

Cinematic filmed shorts (distributed with the aforementioned films) include:

  • The Phil Coulson shorts
  • The one with the Chitauri item
  • The Mandarin-centric short

MCU TV and Netflix series considered in-continuity for the universe include:

  • Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC)
  • Agent Carter (ABC)
  • The Inhumans (ABC)
  • Daredevil (Netflix)
  • Luke Cage (Netflix)
  • Iron Fist (Netflix)
  • Jessica Jones (Netflix)
  • The Defenders (Netflix)
  • Punisher (Netflix)

There are additional in-continuity films and Netflix/TV shows announced, but it is not worth listing them until they near release.








Notably, a MCU iteration of Spider-Man portrayed by Tom Holland, distinct from prior Sony versions, first appeared in Captain America 3: Civil War, and has his own MCU film, Spider-Man: Homecoming.

The X-Men Cinematic Universe from FOX features the X-Men (1, 2, 3, First Class, Days of Future Past, Apocalypse), Wolverine (1, 2, 3), and Deadpool films, which reference each other, but otherwise never crossed into other properties. It has not been confirmed where the Legion and The Gifted TV shows meet any of these shows, if at all.

Additional Independent Properties: The Ghost Rider (1, 2), Fantastic Four (Corman; 1, 2; 2015), Blade (1, 2, 3), Daredevil (2003) and Elektra (both share the same universe), and other Marvel film properties not mentioned here, are stand-alone except where their own sequels are concerned or otherwise noted. Blade: the Series television show extends the Blade cinematic timeline.

Some properties (notably the comic books and cartoons) may hide "easter eggs", which extend into the other properties for one-off encounters, but these incidents would likely not ever be acknowledged canonically by the receiving properties.


The MCU as defined above does not cross over into other properties, so no.

The Phil Coulson characters that you cite are artifacts of their individual universes, and while voiced by the same actor, only the film (Avengers, Iron Man 2, etc.) and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Phil Coulson instances are intended to be the same character in the same universe.

Other properties may or do cross over to the MCU, but not officially in the sense that it would ever be addressed in the MCU, fitting with the definition of "beneficial". In fact, none of the films to date has referred to any television or Netflix show, though the shows themselves refer to the films and have film guest star cameos (most notably Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter). Most "crossovers" are between the MU or UU characters (who interact a lot, especially during the 2015 Secret Wars), but of note:

  • The Spider-Man comics had a Spider-Verse crossover where he met every significant iteration of Spider-Man, including film and cartoon versions. This would never be acknowledged on film, and none of the Spider-Men he met during that adventure were the Tom Holland MCU Spider-Man.
  • The Deadpool film featured an extended sequence on an obviously decommissioned MCU S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier; that would be considered an unofficial crossover to MCU from an external source.
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Recently the Andrew Garfield Spider-Man, Tobey Maguire Spider-Man and Ultimate Spider-Man TV show Spider-Man were involved in the spider verse event where alternate spider-heroes teamed up to defeat the inheritors: energy vampires who hunt alternate spider-heroes.


Several false assumptions.






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