When Does the Short Film "The Consultant" (2011) Take Place?
"The Consultant" is a comedy spy short film written by Eric Pearson [loosely adapting the Iron Man story in "Tales of Suspense" #95 (1967) by Stan Lee] and released September 13th, 2011.
It takes place on the fictional Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline in the year:
We know this because the short takes place over two days, one is before and one is after a short event depicted in "The Incredible Hulk" (2008) and that film almost certainly takes place in 2011 AD.
2011 AD
We know this because the short takes place over two days, one is before and one is after a short event depicted in "The Incredible Hulk" (2008) and that film almost certainly takes place in 2011 AD.
It is the second-earliest chronological short film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (the chronologically fourth film to feature S.H.I.E.L.D. characters) and can be watched at any point between "The Incredible Hulk" (2008) and "Iron Man 2" (2010) and "Thor" (2011) (as these films take place almost simultaneously in 2011 AD).
