Who makes this, why, and the promise attached
Road to Doomsday started the way most fan projects do: with a personal problem. In late July 2026, with Avengers: Doomsday about 145 days out, one Marvel fan sat down to plan a full-catalog rewatch and got lost immediately — release order or timeline order? Do the Netflix shows count? Where does Black Widow actually go? When exactly do you stop for the post-credits scene that spoils the next thing? The internet's answers were listicles that disagreed with each other and wiki tables built for archivists, not couches.
So the list became a checklist, the checklist became a web page, and the web page went live on July 26, 2026. It was supposed to be for one household. Then a comment here and a video there, and within two weeks hundreds of thousands of people had walked the road. It turns out everyone had the same problem.
A free, no-signup tracker for everything worth watching before Avengers: Doomsday (December 18, 2026) — in exact order, with stop points, spoiler-safe notes, and honest verdicts about what counts and what doesn't. One list, two lenses: release order for first-timers, timeline order for rewatchers. Your progress saves on your device and belongs to you.
It isn't a database of everything Marvel ever made (that's a deliberate choice — the Beyond the Road page explains every omission). It isn't affiliated with Marvel, Disney, or Sony in any way. And it isn't a company — there's no staff, no office, and no investor. There's a fan, a laptop, and Michelle — whose videos are the reason you may have heard of this place.
Everyone from first-timers doing all 230 hours to veterans keeping count on their fourth run — but the story we hear most often is people using the road to bring someone with them: partners being onboarded before a first group trip to the theater, parents watching the whole saga with their kids, longtime fans guiding their families stop by stop. That's become the site's favorite job.
The road stays free, stays accurate, and stays updated through premiere night — every date, every stop point, every note, corrected as Marvel shuffles the map. When Doomsday arrives, the site doesn't end; the road bends toward Avengers: Secret Wars and keeps going. Tips in the tip jar fund exactly that: the domain, hosting that survives premiere-week traffic, and the hours of upkeep. The site may eventually show a few unobtrusive ads to help keep it free — never popups, never paywalls, never signups.
The Ko-fi page is the town square — questions, corrections, and feature ideas all land there, and the best ones end up on the site. The timeline order exists because users asked. Come ask for the next thing.