Overview

• Matt Shakman confirmed he was unaware of the Thunderbolts* end-credit scene because it was created relatively late in his writing process.
• Fantastic Four: First Steps includes two after-credits sequences—a mid-credits teaser hinting at Victor von Doom and a post-credits cartoon clip unrelated to Thunderbolts.
• The Thunderbolts* end-credit moment, set 14 months after its climax, shows the New Avengers discovering a spacecraft marked with a ‘4’, but First Steps contains no reference to it.
• Shakman likened the MCU’s storytelling to a relay race and said he has passed the creative baton to Joe and Anthony Russo for Avengers: Doomsday.
• Perfectly self-contained in its Earth-828 timeline, First Steps remains in theaters as it primes Victor von Doom’s MCU debut and Franklin Richards’ powers for future crossovers.