Time is running out. Within a couple of weeks, Thanos will arrive on Earth and burn through the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. Incredible as it may seem, fans have been waiting for this moment for ten years, ever since Iron Man premiered and Nick Fury made his mysterious appearance. The “post-credits scenes” are a critical ingredient in Marvel movies, and with Infinity War about to hit theaters, I think it's a good idea to take a general look back at those juicy extras…
Tony Stark had just presented himself to the whole world as Iron Man, and when he expected to find a moment of peace in his mansion, he discovered that a certain Nick Fury had bypassed his security. “I want to talk to you about the Avenger Initiative,” said the SHIELD director, and that changed everything. Anyone who decides to leave the theater before the credits finish in a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie is committing a very serious mistake... unless it's an emergency. But even in the worst case, there will always be someone who takes the trouble to make a copy and upload it to the Web, no matter how much Disney dislikes the idea. That said... would you like to see the post-credits scenes of all the movies, one after another?
Well... almost all the movies. The video concludes with Spider-Man: Homecoming, and it was published in January of this year, which leaves no room for Thor: Ragnarok (its home media versions appeared a month later) or Black Panther (which debuted on February 16). Of course, it's not hard to fill that gap, since there's a wide number of copies of their final scenes on the internet. Some of these shorts have a certain humorous value (as in the case of The Avengers with the whole team eating shawarma), but in general they have proven to be fundamental to the complete development of the entire plot.
Needless to say, if you still have any Marvel movie left to watch, the post-credits scenes qualify as massive spoilers. To be more precise, the content of Phase 1 ends with The Avengers at 07:01, and Phase 2 closes with Ant-Man at 15:36. Enjoy!
