In my Marvel verse, Clark can be written in any timeline;
If you’re going really early, then just like in the dceu, he’s just a guy who moves from place to place, holding down odd jobs until he inadvertently exposes himself, or believes he will be exposed, and he moves on.
I’d say, in a Marvel setting, the events on MoS (when the last surviving Kryptonians attack, and Metropolis is wrecked) take place after the events of the first Avengers movie. Whether or not any of the Avengers get involved would depend on plotting, but things in Metropolis essentially turn out the same regardless (and especially by default; Clark ends up facing off with Zod and although Zod is defeated, it’s at a cost to both Clark and the city as a whole.
The events of BvS actually take place at around the same time as Civil War, although they conclude after what we see on screen in CW. Amid great stress in the (super)hero community, Clark has his own smaller feud with the Bat of Gotham. If Clark is truly confronted or backed into a corner in some way by an Avenger or whoever and made to officially choose sides with the whole Accords thing, he would choose ‘team Cap,’ bluntly put. Because he’s all for cooperation, the accords feel more like government control, and he refuses to be a tool for any government to wield for their agendas. Unless put in a corner, though, he will essentially live out his life in the same way he does during BvS--- but, if contacted, he may provide aid to the team Cap folks, up to or after the climax of CW. The climactic events of BvS, including Clark’s death, will occur some time relatively shortly after what we see happen in CW. At which point, Clark is obviously out of the picture.
Until his resurrection. Details of which may vary depending on plot? This bit I haven’t actually gotten all that well figured out in a Marvel crossover verse, because the whole reason it was thought he should be revived is because the JL wasn’t enough to stop the threat in that universe--- in a crossover verse, there would already be several extremely powerful people who could assemble to take on that threat.
Regardless, Clark will be alive and ready to defend the planet by the time Infinity War rolls around. Naturally, he’s needed some time to recover from his death and the experience of being brought back, so at this point he’s likely staying more low key than before, and to the world at large, Superman being alive again is still just a rumor. However, of course Thanos has heard of the Kryptonian living on Earth, and thus he went through great pains to arm his Black Order with Kryptonite sidearms and other such weapons. Small as they are, they’re enough to keep Superman at bay, meaning he’s an ineffective weapon against fighting the Black Order, though he definitely gives it a go. Instead, he mostly focuses his power on helping keep the Avengers from being overwhelmed by the sheer numbers they face.
In the end, the snap occurs, and Superman survives, unless plotted otherwise. To him, it seems the world has become far more quiet, yet the noises he hears are all of distress. Naturally, he checks on his loved ones--- he never finds his mother. Grief-stricken, but knowing the whole world has suffered losses like his, he pledges himself to aid in Thanos’ wake.
This is all just a basic outline specifically for more loose unplotted stuff. If ever you wanna do like... Civil War stuff but with pre-MoS Clark or whatever, chances are I’ll be down if you talk to me about it.
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