Continuity
In fiction, the concept of continuity normally refers to the consistency in the depiction of the characteristics of characters, objects, places and the plot itself over time. In pieces of media that are set in a shared fictional universe, like it is the case of comic books set in the Marvel Universe, continuity also (and most prominently) refers to the timeline of events that have transpired in the fictional universe; the shared history that has been interweaved over time by the different pieces of media where the universe is depicted. This definition of the continuity is comparable to the concept of canon.