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Every Marvel Post-Credit Scene

All 93 MCU credits scenes in release order, from Iron Man to Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and what each one leads to.

Updated October 6, 2026

93

credits scenes

52

titles with scenes

63

set up a future story

Marvel Studios made the credits scene a habit. Starting with Nick Fury's surprise visit in Iron Man, these short clips have introduced new heroes, revealed villains years before they took center stage, and connected movies that otherwise had little to do with each other. Some are just jokes, but plenty of them matter to the story.

Each title below lists how many scenes it has and when they play. The scene descriptions are hidden so you can check whether to stay seated without spoiling anything. Open a title to read its scenes, or jump to how the scenes connect to follow a storyline across several movies.

Phase OnePhase TwoPhase ThreePhase FourPhase FivePhase SixHow they connectNo credits scene

Phase One Credits Scenes

Iron Man

2008 · Movie

1 post-credits

Post-creditsSets up the future

Tony Stark comes home to find Nick Fury waiting for him in the dark. Fury tells him he is not the only superhero in the world and says he is there to talk about the Avengers Initiative.

The scene that started it all. It was the first hint that these movies would share one universe.

Leads toThe Avengers

More about Iron Man →

The Incredible Hulk

2008 · Movie

1 pre-credits

Pre-creditsSets up the future

Tony Stark finds General Ross drinking alone in a bar after his failed hunt for Bruce Banner, and tells him a team is being put together.

The first time a character crossed over from one MCU movie into another.

Leads toThe Avengers

More about The Incredible Hulk →

Iron Man 2

2010 · Movie

1 post-credits

Post-creditsSets up the future

Agent Coulson pulls up to a crater in the New Mexico desert and calls Fury to report that they found something. At the bottom of the crater lies Thor's hammer.

Leads toThor

More about Iron Man 2 →

Thor

2011 · Movie

1 post-credits

Post-creditsSets up the future

Fury takes Erik Selvig into a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility, shows him a glowing blue cube called the Tesseract, and asks him to study it. Selvig agrees, without realizing Loki is speaking through him.

The Tesseract holds the Space Stone, making this the first Infinity Stone to appear on screen.

Leads toThe Avengers

More about Thor →

Captain America: The First Avenger

2011 · Movie

1 post-credits

Post-creditsSets up the future

Steve Rogers, freshly thawed and taking his frustration out on a punching bag, is visited by Fury, who brings him a mission that could change the world.

In theaters, the scene was followed by the first teaser trailer for The Avengers.

Leads toThe Avengers

More about Captain America: The First Avenger →

The Avengers

2012 · Movie

1 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-creditsSets up the future

Loki's alien handler reports the failed invasion of Earth to his master and warns that challenging the humans means courting death. The master turns and grins. It is Thanos.

The first look at the villain the next six years of movies would build toward.

Leads toGuardians of the Galaxy,Avengers: Infinity War

Post-creditsJust for fun

The worn-out Avengers sit in a wrecked shawarma restaurant, eating in total silence after the Battle of New York.

More about The Avengers →

Phase Two Credits Scenes

Iron Man 3

2013 · Movie

1 post-credits

Post-creditsJust for fun

The whole movie turns out to be Tony telling his story to Bruce Banner, who fell asleep partway through and admits he is not that kind of doctor.

More about Iron Man 3 →

Thor: The Dark World

2013 · Movie

1 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-creditsSets up the future

Sif and Volstagg hand the Aether over to the Collector, reasoning that keeping two Infinity Stones on Asgard is too risky. Once they are gone, the Collector reveals he wants to own all six.

Introduced the Collector and named the Infinity Stones as a set for the first time.

Leads toGuardians of the Galaxy

Post-creditsJust for fun

Thor returns to Earth and reunites with Jane in London, while one of the frost monsters left behind by the battle roams loose in the city.

More about Thor: The Dark World →

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

2014 · Movie

1 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-creditsSets up the future

In a Hydra lab, Baron Strucker studies Loki's scepter and shows off two prisoners who survived his experiments: the twins Pietro and Wanda Maximoff.

Leads toAvengers: Age of Ultron

Post-creditsSets up the future

Bucky Barnes, in civilian clothes, walks through the Smithsonian's Captain America exhibit and stops at the memorial to his own life.

Leads toCaptain America: Civil War

More about Captain America: The Winter Soldier →

Guardians of the Galaxy

2014 · Movie

1 pre-credits · 1 post-credits

Pre-creditsJust for fun

Baby Groot dances in his pot to the Jackson 5, freezing every time Drax looks his way.

Post-creditsJust for fun

The Collector sits in the ruins of his museum. Cosmo the space dog licks his face, and Howard the Duck finds the whole thing disgusting.

More about Guardians of the Galaxy →

Avengers: Age of Ultron

2015 · Movie

1 mid-credits

Mid-creditsSets up the future

Tired of his servants failing, Thanos slips on an empty Infinity Gauntlet and decides to go after the Stones himself.

Leads toAvengers: Infinity War

More about Avengers: Age of Ultron →

Ant-Man

2015 · Movie

1 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-creditsSets up the future

Hank Pym unveils an unfinished prototype of a new Wasp suit and offers it to Hope, who says it is about time.

Leads toAnt-Man and the Wasp

Post-creditsSets up the future

Steve and Sam stand over Bucky, who is pinned in a vice. Since they cannot call Tony, Sam mentions that he knows a guy who can help.

This is actually footage from Captain America: Civil War, where Sam's guy turns out to be Ant-Man.

Leads toCaptain America: Civil War

More about Ant-Man →

Phase Three Credits Scenes

Captain America: Civil War

2016 · Movie

1 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-creditsSets up the future

In Wakanda, Bucky chooses to go back into cryo-sleep until his Hydra programming can be fixed, and Steve thanks T'Challa for giving them a place to hide.

Leads toBlack Panther

Post-creditsSets up the future

Peter Parker nurses a black eye in his bedroom. Once Aunt May leaves, he tests a new feature on his web-shooters and it projects the Spider-Signal onto the ceiling.

Leads toSpider-Man: Homecoming

More about Captain America: Civil War →

Doctor Strange

2016 · Movie

1 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-creditsSets up the future

Strange asks Thor why he brought Loki to Earth. When he hears the brothers are looking for their father, he offers to help find him so they will leave sooner.

The scene plays out in full early in Thor: Ragnarok.

Leads toThor: Ragnarok

Post-creditsSets up the future

Mordo, now disillusioned with the Sorcerers Supreme, strips Jonathan Pangborn of his magic and declares that the world has too many sorcerers.

More about Doctor Strange →

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

2017 · Movie

4 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-creditsJust for fun

Kraglin practices with Yondu's whistle-controlled arrow and accidentally stabs Drax.

Mid-creditsSets up the future

Moved by Yondu's funeral, Stakar Ogord gathers his old Ravager crew and suggests they get the team back together.

Mid-creditsSets up the future

Ayesha, the golden Sovereign leader, reveals her answer to the Guardians: a new, perfect being she names Adam.

Leads toGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Mid-creditsJust for fun

Peter Quill complains about the vines all over the room, and a moody teenage Groot ignores him and keeps playing his video game.

Post-creditsJust for fun

The Watchers walk away from their chatty informant while he is mid-story.

More about Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 →

Spider-Man: Homecoming

2017 · Movie

1 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-creditsSets up the future

In prison, Mac Gargan tells Adrian Toomes his friends on the outside want Spider-Man dead and asks if Toomes knows who he is. Toomes keeps Peter's secret.

Nine years later, Gargan finally returns as the Scorpion in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Leads toSpider-Man: Brand New Day

Post-creditsJust for fun

Captain America delivers a school video about patience and admits you waited through the credits for nothing.

More about Spider-Man: Homecoming →

Thor: Ragnarok

2017 · Movie

1 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-creditsSets up the future

Aboard the refugee ship, Loki asks whether heading to Earth is a good idea, just as an enormous ship appears in front of them.

The ship is Thanos's Sanctuary II, and Avengers: Infinity War opens right after this moment.

Leads toAvengers: Infinity War

Post-creditsJust for fun

The Grandmaster crawls out of his wrecked ship and tries to calm Sakaar's rebels by calling the revolution a tie.

More about Thor: Ragnarok →

Black Panther

2018 · Movie

1 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-creditsCallback

T'Challa addresses the United Nations in Vienna and announces that Wakanda will share its knowledge and resources with the world.

Post-creditsSets up the future

Bucky wakes up in Wakanda, now called the White Wolf by local children, and Shuri tells him he has much to learn.

Leads toAvengers: Infinity War

More about Black Panther →

Avengers: Infinity War

2018 · Movie

1 post-credits

Post-creditsSets up the future

As people across Atlanta crumble to dust, Fury pulls a modified pager from his car and sends a distress signal before he fades away too. The screen shows a red and blue starburst.

The only credits scene in Infinity War, and the reason Captain Marvel came out between it and Endgame.

Leads toCaptain Marvel

More about Avengers: Infinity War →

Ant-Man and the Wasp

2018 · Movie

1 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-creditsSets up the future

Scott Lang goes into the Quantum Realm to collect particles, and Hank, Hope, and Janet turn to dust while he is inside, leaving him stranded.

Leads toAvengers: Endgame

Post-creditsJust for fun

In Scott's empty house, a giant ant keeps drumming away while an emergency broadcast plays in the background.

More about Ant-Man and the Wasp →

Captain Marvel

2019 · Movie

1 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-creditsSets up the future

The surviving Avengers are studying Fury's pager when it stops transmitting. Then Carol Danvers appears behind them and asks where Fury is.

Originally filmed for Avengers: Endgame.

Leads toAvengers: Endgame

Post-creditsJust for fun

Goose the Flerken hops onto Fury's desk and coughs up the Tesseract.

More about Captain Marvel →

Avengers: Endgame

2019 · Movie

1 extended ending · 1 mid-credits · 2 post-credits

The original 2019 release had no credits scene, only the faint sound of Tony Stark hammering his first suit from Iron Man. The Avengers: Endgame Encore re-release in September 2026 added an extended ending and three credits scenes that lead directly into Avengers: Doomsday.

Extended ending· Encore re-releaseSets up the future

Steve and Peggy's dance is interrupted by a knock at the door. The visitor is Loki, who says he can help them both.

Leads toAvengers: Doomsday

Follows on fromLoki Season 2

Mid-credits· Encore re-releaseSets up the future

After the events of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Bruce Banner is locked in an underground cell recording notes on his research when Doctor Doom appears and takes the Hulk.

Leads toAvengers: Doomsday

Follows on fromSpider-Man: Brand New Day

Post-credits· Encore re-releaseSets up the future

At the TVA, Ouroboros watches two Earths collide in an incursion, then sees alerts for thousands more. The multiverse is collapsing.

Leads toAvengers: Doomsday

Follows on fromLoki Season 2

Post-credits· Encore re-releaseSets up the future

Doctor Doom forges his iron mask.

Leads toAvengers: Doomsday

More about Avengers: Endgame →

Spider-Man: Far From Home

2019 · Movie

1 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-creditsSets up the future

J. Jonah Jameson airs doctored footage from Mysterio that frames Spider-Man for murder and then reveals to the world that he is Peter Parker.

No Way Home picks up seconds after this cliffhanger.

Leads toSpider-Man: No Way Home

Post-creditsSets up the future

The Fury and Maria Hill from the movie are revealed to be the Skrulls Talos and Soren in disguise. The real Fury is relaxing on a Skrull ship in space.

Leads toSecret Invasion

More about Spider-Man: Far From Home →

Phase Four Credits Scenes

Black Widow

2021 · Movie

1 post-credits

Post-creditsSets up the future

At Natasha's grave, Yelena meets Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, who hands her a new target: Clint Barton, the man she blames for Natasha's death.

Leads toHawkeye,Thunderbolts*

More about Black Widow →

WandaVision

2021 · Series

3 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-credits· Episode 7Sets up the future

Monica sneaks into Agatha's house and finds the basement, but "Pietro" catches her.

Mid-credits· Episode 8Sets up the future

Director Hayward reveals that S.W.O.R.D. used Wanda's energy to power up Vision's original body, which wakes up completely white.

Leads toVisionQuest

Mid-credits· Episode 9Sets up the future

A Skrull disguised as an FBI agent brings Monica a message from a friend of her mother's: she is needed in space.

Leads toSecret Invasion,The Marvels

Post-credits· Episode 9Sets up the future

Wanda lives alone in a remote cabin while her astral form studies the Darkhold, until she hears her sons calling for help.

Leads toDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

More about WandaVision →

Loki

2021 · Series

2 mid-credits

Mid-credits· Episode 4Sets up the future

Loki wakes up in a ruined wasteland after being pruned and finds four other Loki variants looking at him.

Mid-credits· Episode 6Sets up the future

A TVA file on Loki gets a stamp: Loki will return in season 2.

Leads toLoki Season 2

More about Loki →

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

2021 · Series

2 mid-credits

Mid-credits· Episode 5Sets up the future

John Walker welds together his own version of Captain America's shield.

Leads toThunderbolts*

Mid-credits· Episode 6Sets up the future

Sharon Carter gets a full pardon and her government job back, then calls a contact to say they now have access to government secrets and weapons.

More about The Falcon and the Winter Soldier →

What If...?

2021 · Series

2 mid-credits

Mid-credits· Season 1, Episode 9Sets up the future

Back in her own universe, Captain Carter teams up with a Natasha variant, who shows her a Hydra armor suit with someone familiar trapped inside.

Mid-credits· Season 2, Episode 4Just for fun

Topaz finds what is left of the Grandmaster after his race against Iron Man and Valkyrie.

More about What If...? →

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

2021 · Movie

1 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-creditsSets up the future

At Kamar-Taj, Wong introduces Shang-Chi and Katy to Bruce Banner and Carol Danvers, who appear by hologram. The ten rings are sending out a signal no one can trace. Afterwards, Wong takes them out for karaoke.

Post-creditsSets up the future

Xialing takes her father's place as head of the Ten Rings organization.

More about Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings →

Eternals

2021 · Movie

1 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-creditsSets up the future

Thena, Makkari, and Druig are joined on their ship by Eros, Thanos's brother, and his companion Pip the Troll, who say they know where to find the missing Eternals.

Post-creditsSets up the future

Dane Whitman opens an old chest holding a cursed black sword. Before he touches it, an unseen voice asks if he is sure he is ready.

The voice was meant to set up a Blade movie that has not been released.

More about Eternals →

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021 · Movie

1 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-creditsSets up the future

Eddie Brock gets a crash course on the Avengers and the Snap from a bartender, then disappears back to his own universe. He leaves a small piece of the symbiote behind on the bar.

Post-creditsSets up the future

The original theatrical release ended with a teaser trailer for the next Doctor Strange movie.

Leads toDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

More about Spider-Man: No Way Home →

Hawkeye

2021 · Series

1 post-credits

Post-credits· Episode 6Just for fun

The full "Save the City" number from Rogers: The Musical, the Broadway show that opens the series.

More about Hawkeye →

Moon Knight

2022 · Series

1 mid-credits

Mid-credits· Episode 6Sets up the future

Arthur Harrow is taken from a psychiatric hospital and shot by Jake Lockley, a third personality who still serves Khonshu.

More about Moon Knight →

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

2022 · Movie

1 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-creditsSets up the future

A sorceress named Clea stops Strange in the street, tells him he caused an incursion, and pulls him into the Dark Dimension to help fix it.

Post-creditsJust for fun

Pizza Poppa stops punching himself as soon as Strange's spell wears off and celebrates that it is finally over.

More about Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness →

Ms. Marvel

2022 · Series

2 mid-credits

Mid-credits· Episode 1Sets up the future

Damage Control agents watch footage of Kamala using her powers at AvengerCon and decide to bring her in.

Mid-credits· Episode 6Sets up the future

Kamala's bangle glows and she vanishes from her bedroom. Carol Danvers appears in her place, very confused.

Leads toThe Marvels

More about Ms. Marvel →

Thor: Love and Thunder

2022 · Movie

1 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-creditsSets up the future

Zeus, very much alive and bandaged up, sends his son Hercules to bring Thor down.

Post-creditsCallback

Jane Foster arrives in Valhalla and is welcomed by Heimdall, who thanks her for protecting his son.

More about Thor: Love and Thunder →

I Am Groot

2022 · Series

2 post-credits

Post-credits· Season 1, Episode 5Just for fun

Groot's art supplies and finished drawing float off into space.

Post-credits· Season 2, Episode 3Just for fun

Groot takes a sip of a drink, hates it, and swats it away straight into Rocket.

More about I Am Groot →

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

2022 · Series

5 mid-credits

Mid-credits· Episode 1Just for fun

Jen keeps teasing Bruce about Steve Rogers' love life, until Bruce lets slip a detail from Steve's USO tour.

Mid-credits· Episode 2Just for fun

She-Hulk does chores around her parents' house, lifting a car and mounting a TV.

Mid-credits· Episode 3Just for fun

Jen signs Megan Thee Stallion as a client, and the two of them dance in her office.

Mid-credits· Episode 4Just for fun

Wong and his new roommate Madisynn hang out at Kamar-Taj, watching TV and arguing about drinks.

Mid-credits· Episode 9Sets up the future

Wong opens a portal into Emil Blonsky's prison cell, breaks him out, and takes him back to Kamar-Taj.

More about She-Hulk: Attorney at Law →

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

2022 · Movie

1 mid-credits

Mid-creditsCallback

On a beach in Haiti, Nakia introduces Shuri to T'Challa's son, Toussaint, who reveals that his Wakandan name is T'Challa.

More about Black Panther: Wakanda Forever →

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

2022 · Movie

1 post-credits

Post-creditsJust for fun

Rocket and Cosmo decorate Groot like a Christmas tree, and Groot drops his arms, sending every ornament to the floor.

More about The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special →

Phase Five Credits Scenes

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

2023 · Movie

1 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-creditsSets up the future

A council of Kang variants gathers, worried that the Avengers have started meddling with the multiverse after one of them was defeated.

Marvel later dropped Kang and made Doctor Doom the main villain of the Multiverse Saga.

Post-creditsSets up the future

At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Loki and Mobius watch Victor Timely give a talk about controlling time. Loki recognizes him as a variant of He Who Remains.

This is footage from Loki season 2.

Leads toLoki Season 2

More about Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania →

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

2023 · Movie

1 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-creditsCallback

The new Guardians, led by Rocket, protect a village from a horde of aliens while debating their favorite songs. Rocket picks Redbone's "Come and Get Your Love".

Post-creditsCallback

Peter Quill eats breakfast with his grandfather back on Earth, ending with a promise that the Legendary Star-Lord will return.

More about Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 →

The Marvels

2023 · Movie

1 mid-credits

Mid-creditsSets up the future

Monica Rambeau wakes up in another universe, where a variant of her mother is by her bedside. Beast walks in and goes to tell Charles that she is awake.

The first X-Men character in an MCU movie. Kelsey Grammer's Beast returns in Avengers: Doomsday.

Leads toAvengers: Doomsday

More about The Marvels →

Loki Season 2

2021 · Series

1 mid-credits

Mid-credits· Episode 1Sets up the future

Sylvie escapes to 1982 Oklahoma and walks into a fast food restaurant, where she cheerfully orders everything on the menu.

More about Loki Season 2 →

Echo

2024 · Series

1 mid-credits

Mid-credits· Episode 5Sets up the future

Wilson Fisk listens to a news report about the New York mayoral race and starts to take an interest.

Leads toDaredevil: Born Again

More about Echo →

Deadpool & Wolverine

2024 · Movie

1 post-credits

The credits open with a montage tribute to the Marvel movies made at 20th Century Fox.

Post-creditsJust for fun

Deadpool plays TVA security footage of Johnny Storm crudely telling Cassandra Nova exactly what he thinks of her, to prove a point to Wolverine.

More about Deadpool & Wolverine →

Captain America: Brave New World

2025 · Movie

1 post-credits

Post-creditsSets up the future

Sam visits Samuel Sterns in prison. Sterns says he has seen countless possible futures and warns that other worlds are coming, and asks how Sam will protect Earth from them.

Leads toAvengers: Doomsday

More about Captain America: Brave New World →

Daredevil: Born Again

2025 · Series

1 post-credits

Post-credits· Episode 9Sets up the future

Frank Castle tricks a guard and starts breaking out of his cell.

Leads toDaredevil: Born Again Season 2,The Punisher: One Last Kill

More about Daredevil: Born Again →

Thunderbolts*

2025 · Movie

1 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-creditsJust for fun

In a grocery store, Alexei tries to get a stranger excited about a cereal box with the New Avengers on it. She does not recognize him and quickly leaves.

Post-creditsSets up the future

Fourteen months later, the New Avengers argue over Sam's trademark lawsuit when they pick up a ship from another dimension entering Earth's orbit. It has a giant 4 on the side.

Filmed during production of Avengers: Doomsday.

Leads toThe Fantastic 4: First Steps,Avengers: Doomsday

More about Thunderbolts* →

Ironheart

2025 · Series

1 post-credits

Post-credits· Episode 6Sets up the future

Parker Robbins visits Zelma Stanton at her shop and asks for her help, saying he needs a sorcerer.

More about Ironheart →

Phase Six Credits Scenes

The Fantastic 4: First Steps

2025 · Movie

1 mid-credits · 1 post-credits

Mid-creditsSets up the future

Sue reads to four-year-old Franklin in the Baxter Building. When she steps away and comes back, a cloaked man holding a metal mask is sitting with her son.

Doctor Doom's first appearance in the MCU.

Leads toAvengers: Doomsday

Post-creditsJust for fun

H.E.R.B.I.E. watches the opening of an old Fantastic Four cartoon on TV, then switches it off.

More about The Fantastic 4: First Steps →

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

2026 · Movie

1 post-credits

Post-creditsSets up the future

A Spider-Man tracking app logs a new sighting. Instead of New York, the map glitches and zooms out until it places Spider-Man somewhere in outer space.

Leads toAvengers: Doomsday

More about Spider-Man: Brand New Day →

How the Scenes Connect

Many credits scenes only make sense together. These storylines run through several titles, mostly in the credits. Spoilers ahead.

Assembling the Avengers

Phase One used its credits scenes to tie five separate movies together, with Nick Fury quietly recruiting heroes until The Avengers brought them all into one movie.

  1. Iron Man

    Fury mentions the Avengers Initiative for the first time.

  2. The Incredible Hulk

    Tony tells General Ross a team is coming together.

  3. Iron Man 2

    S.H.I.E.L.D. finds Thor's hammer in New Mexico.

  4. Thor

    Selvig starts studying the Tesseract for Fury, with Loki inside his head.

  5. Captain America: The First Avenger

    Fury gives Steve Rogers his first mission in the present day.

  6. The Avengers

    The team assembles to stop Loki, who has stolen the Tesseract.

The Mad Titan's Long Game

Thanos spent six years mostly in credits scenes, building up to his arrival in Avengers: Infinity War.

  1. The Avengers

    Thanos smiles at the idea of fighting the Avengers.

  2. Thor: The Dark World

    The Aether goes to the Collector, who wants every Infinity Stone.

  3. Avengers: Age of Ultron

    Thanos puts on the Gauntlet and decides to collect the Stones himself.

  4. Thor: Ragnarok

    His warship blocks the path of the Asgardian refugees.

  5. Avengers: Infinity War

    Thanos finally takes center stage.

Surviving the Snap

Two credits scenes show the Snap hitting outside the main story, and both lead directly into Avengers: Endgame.

  1. Avengers: Infinity War

    Fury sends a signal on his pager as he turns to dust.

  2. Ant-Man and the Wasp

    Scott is stranded in the Quantum Realm when the Snap hits.

  3. Captain Marvel

    Carol Danvers answers the pager and joins the remaining Avengers.

  4. Avengers: Endgame

    Scott's escape from the Quantum Realm gives the Avengers the idea for the time heist.

Bucky's Road Back

Bucky's recovery from the Winter Soldier is told almost entirely in the credits of other heroes' movies.

  1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier

    Bucky visits his own memorial at the Smithsonian.

  2. Ant-Man

    Steve and Sam have Bucky restrained and need outside help.

  3. Captain America: Civil War

    Bucky goes back into cryo-sleep in Wakanda.

  4. Black Panther

    Shuri wakes him up and the kids call him the White Wolf.

  5. Avengers: Infinity War

    Bucky fights alongside Wakanda's army.

Spider-Man's Secret Identity

Peter Parker's credits scenes keep coming back to who knows his identity, from the first Spider-Signal to the whole world forgetting him.

  1. Captain America: Civil War

    Peter tests the Spider-Signal on his ceiling.

  2. Spider-Man: Homecoming

    Toomes keeps Peter's identity secret from Mac Gargan.

  3. Spider-Man: Far From Home

    Mysterio's footage reveals Peter's identity to the world.

  4. Spider-Man: No Way Home

    A spell makes the whole world forget Peter Parker.

  5. Spider-Man: Brand New Day

    Peter starts over alone, and the credits find a Spider-Man in outer space.

Fisk, Daredevil and the Punisher

The street-level corner of the MCU uses TV credits scenes to hand the story from one show to the next.

  1. Echo

    Fisk hears about the mayoral race.

  2. Daredevil: Born Again

    Mayor Fisk takes over New York, and Frank Castle breaks out of his cell.

  3. Daredevil: Born Again Season 2

    Matt and his allies fight back against Fisk.

  4. The Punisher: One Last Kill

    Frank Castle gets a story of his own.

The Road to Doomsday

Almost every Marvel release since 2025 has ended with a hint about the next Avengers movie, and together they point to Doctor Doom and a collapsing multiverse.

  1. The Marvels

    Monica Rambeau ends up in the X-Men's universe.

  2. Captain America: Brave New World

    Samuel Sterns warns Sam that other worlds are coming.

  3. Thunderbolts*

    The New Avengers spot the Fantastic Four's ship arriving from another dimension.

  4. The Fantastic 4: First Steps

    Doctor Doom pays a visit to Franklin Richards.

  5. Spider-Man: Brand New Day

    Spider-Man is tracked to somewhere in outer space.

  6. Avengers: Endgame

    In the Encore re-release, Doom takes the Hulk, the TVA watches Earths collide, and Loki visits Steve and Peggy.

  7. Avengers: Doomsday

    The Avengers face Doctor Doom.

Wanda, Vision and What Came After

WandaVision's credits scenes sent its two leads in different directions, and both stories continue in later titles.

  1. WandaVision

    S.W.O.R.D. brings Vision's body back as the White Vision, and Wanda starts studying the Darkhold.

  2. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

    Wanda's search for her sons through the multiverse.

  3. VisionQuest

    The White Vision returns in his own series.

Marvel Titles With No Credits Scene

You can skip the credits on these. Marvel has used credits scenes less often lately, especially on Disney+.

  • Werewolf by Night

    No credits scene. The special ends when the story does.

  • Secret Invasion

    None of the six episodes has a credits scene.

  • Agatha All Along

    No credits scenes, even after the two-part finale.

  • Eyes of Wakanda

    The animated series has no credits scenes.

  • Marvel Zombies

    None of the four episodes has a credits scene.

  • Wonder Man

    No credits scenes. The finale wraps up Simon's story on its own.

  • Daredevil: Born Again Season 2

    The finale has no credits scene, likely because The Punisher: One Last Kill followed a week later.

  • The Punisher: One Last Kill

    No credits scene, but the song over the end credits is worth staying for.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many post-credit scenes are in the MCU?
Counting movies, Disney+ series and specials, there are 93 mid-credits, post-credits and extra ending scenes across 52 MCU titles. 63 of them set up a future movie or show, and the rest are callbacks or jokes.
Which Marvel movie has the most post-credit scenes?
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 has the most, with 5 (4 mid-credits · 1 post-credits).
Does Avengers: Endgame have a post-credit scene?
The original 2019 release has no credits scene, only the sound of Tony Stark hammering his first Iron Man suit. The Avengers: Endgame Encore re-release in September 2026 added an extended ending and three credits scenes that lead into Avengers: Doomsday.
Does Spider-Man: Brand New Day have a post-credit scene?
Yes. There is one scene at the very end of the credits, and it sets up Avengers: Doomsday.
What was the first MCU post-credit scene?
Iron Man (2008), where Nick Fury surprises Tony Stark at home and mentions the Avengers Initiative. It was the first sign that Marvel's movies would share one universe.
Do Marvel's Disney+ shows have post-credit scenes?
Some do. WandaVision, She-Hulk and Ms. Marvel have several, but recent series such as Agatha All Along, Wonder Man and Daredevil: Born Again season 2 have none.
What is the difference between a mid-credits and a post-credits scene?
A mid-credits scene plays after the main cast and crew names, before the long scrolling credits. A post-credits scene plays after all the credits have finished. Marvel often uses the mid-credits slot to set up the next story and saves the final slot for a joke.

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