Superhero movies and post-credit scenes go together like superheroes and capes. So, as you head to the theaters to see Dakota Johnson (of “That’s not the truth, Ellen” fame) headline Madame Web, you may well be wondering if you should stay through the credits or risk missing out.
While the MCU may be the biggest employer of this tantalizing tactic, Sony’s Spider-Man spinoffs have used it to winsome success. Venom: Let There Be Carnage teased a leap to another corner of the multi-verse. Morbius offered a scene that not only had Michael Keaton reprising his Vulture role from Spider-Man: Homecoming but also suggested that spinoff might collide with MCU canon. (Sadly, Morbin’ time had its time, and we all moved on.)
So with all this in mind, what might Madame Web — set in 2003, roundabouts the time Tom Holland’s Peter Parker would have been born — have to add in its post-cred Spiderverse expansion? Nothing.
Press screenings for Madame Web did not include a post-credit scene, and Mashable confirmed with a representative from Sony. There will be no post-credit scene when the film premieres to the public.
Perhaps this shouldn’t come as a surprise as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse didn’t have one either. Maybe this superhero trend — like capes — is becoming a gauche element of the genre.
But hey, staying through the credits is still a great way to appreciate the collaboration that went into making a movie this bonkers.
Madame Web opens in theaters Feb. 14.