Marvel’s Ironheart Submit-Credit Scene, Defined

This text incorporates spoilers for the “Ironheart” season 1 finale.

“Ironheart” may need taken off as shortly because it arrived, however not earlier than dropping a credit scene in its last episode. Hopefully persevering with the development that “Thunderbolts*” managed to recapture by delivering a post-credits scene that really means one thing, Riri Williams’ (Dominique Thorne) journey ends with a struggling villain attempting to get again to his former glory and visiting a mutual affiliate of Ironheart that would play an even bigger half in the way forward for the MCU, and particularly for one A-list hero. 

After being reduce unfastened from the long-awaited villain Mephisto (Sacha Baron Cohen), Parker Robbins, aka The Hood (Anthony Ramos), is now a lone agent, because the staff he gathered is scattered to the winds. On a mission to reclaim his former title and snatch the ability he as soon as had, Robbins tracks down the Stantons’ retailer, absolutely conscious of the key the institution hides and the way it may also help Robbins’ mission of getting his ill-fitting Hood again. (Boy, did that factor look horrible.) Whereas it might sound slightly questionable as to why this new and mysterious buyer will get particular therapy from Zelma Stanton (Regan Aliyah) inside minutes, the younger spell-wielder-in-the-making has confirmed she’s keen to get mystical on the drop of a magic hat. The priority right here is simply how deep into the sacred arts she’ll discover herself for the legal previously generally known as The Hood, and what it’s going to price her when Robbins will get his threads again.

It is already been effectively established that Robbins can speak anybody into stepping into cahoots with him with the correct pitch, whatever the risks he is perhaps sending them to face within the course of. Maintaining this in thoughts, it would not be a complete shocker if the impressionable Zelma was the primary on his record of latest staff members, which may discover him one step nearer to changing into an excellent higher menace to the MCU.

Within the comics, Robbins grew to become a major presence and a formidable menace to each heroes and villains alike. Going through off in opposition to The Kingpin and The Avengers now and again, he even pushed Physician Unusual to such a restrict that he misplaced his title of Sorcerer Supreme battling him. To be this impactful, it could make sense that The Hood would lead Zelma down the mistaken path and regain (and maybe even surpass) his earlier state that was provided to him by Mephisto. The issue with doing that’s it may draw the eye of the mistaken crowd for The Hood. After narrowly residing to scheme one other day and taking up Riri, this return to outdated tips may discover him on the radar of different magic-wielders within the MCU and characters that Zelma’s mom has already evenly referred to. In any case, when spells are solid and historical evils are revived, typically the best choice is to name for a Physician.

In addition to The Hood having a couple of run-ins with Physician Unusual through the years within the comics, Zelma additionally has a longstanding historical past with essentially the most magical member of The Avengers. Debuting in “Physician Unusual” #1 in 2015, Zelma known as on Unusual for help when she got here down with a nasty Thoughts Maggots an infection. Stephen finally addressed the difficulty, however in doing so, led to Zelma being extra delicate to magic and using her as a librarian at Unusual Academy, which is among the finest “Physician Unusual” comics it is advisable to learn (suppose Hogwarts for the MCU with Unusual as its Dumbledore). At present, although, Unusual Academy has since gone underneath new administration with none apart from Physician Doom changing into the brand new Sorcerer Supreme and relocating the varsity to the villain’s homeland of Latveria and renaming it Doom Academy.

With all these main story particulars occurring within the comics round The Hood and his new potential ally, it could make sense for different massive hitters within the MCU like Benedict Cumberbatch’s Physician Unusual and even the MCU’s Sorcerer Supreme, Wong (Benedict Wong), to show as much as assist Riri with no matter Robbins throws at her subsequent. That crossover can be in the identical vein as when Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) met Carol Danvers (Brie Larson), simply with a extra magical spin. For now, all we will hope for is that at any time when The Hood returns suited and booted, Riri is able to cope with the difficulty and makes use of much more highly effective magic and mechanics to take him down.