Thanks to the Thunderbolts* post-credits scene, we'd all assumed we knew how The Fantastic Four: First Steps was going to end; with Marvel's First Family having hopped on a ship and travelling, somehow, to Earth-616 on the Sacred Timeline. You know, the universe in which the Avengers exist...

The post-credits scenes of Fantastic Four: First Steps and Thunderbolts are not directly connected. However, it could point towards what we could see in Avengers: Doomsday. There's a chance that the post-credit scene of Fantastic Four: First Steps kicks off Avengers: Doomsday, as Doom might kidnap Franklin and escape to Earth 616.

First Steps will feature two credits scenes, and one has major implications on the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

This iteration of the Fantastic Four has a standalone adventure without all the burden of the MCU's history and cast of characters.

That's right, the Russos are back. As with the Thunderbolts* post-credits scene, Joe and Anthony Russo shot the post-credits scene for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, according to director Matt Shakman.

Marvel is having another crack at making a Fantastic Four movie that people actually like this week, and it looks like, at the fourth time of asking, they might have finally nailed it. The reviews for First Steps are in ahead of its arrival in theaters this Thursday,

The Marvel Cinematic Universe now has two back-to-back successes, Thunderbolts and The Fantastic Four: First Steps, both sitting with an 88% Rotten Tomatoes score.

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First Steps” is the third Marvel movie to hit theaters this year, but it packs way more hidden references and nods than “Captain America: Brave New World” or “Thunderbolts.” It’s not on the same level of Easter eggs as last year’s “Deadpool and Wolverine,