For seven years, ‘Avengers: Endgame‘ has stood as the definitive emotional endpoint of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first grand saga. It brought us victory, heartbreak, sacrifice, and a farewell to characters who carried a whole generation of moviegoers.
However, there has always been one nagging what-if question that fans have raised every now and then: Why did ‘Endgame’ not have a post-credits scene? It was not a criticism, more of a familiar ache. Now, Marvel might have a chance to fix it.
Marvel Has A Second Chance To End What Was Purposely Left Unfinished
The MCU conditioned viewers to watch the credits after every film, waiting to see whatever message, tease, joke, or hint Marvel wanted to leave us with. And then all of a sudden, ‘Endgame’ asked us to leave the theater in silence, thinking not about the future, but about everything we had just lost. It was the correct decision at the time. Now, paradoxically, it can no longer be.
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With Marvel officially re-releasing ‘Avengers: Endgame‘ on September 25, 2026, it now has the ideal opportunity to provide the post-credits scene that ‘Endgame’ never had. It doesn’t have to be a hint of what is to come, but a transition to it. And not just any future, the future of ‘Avengers: Doomsday’, the MCU’s biggest leap since Thanos snapped his fingers.
In 2019, Marvel had no idea that the missing post-credits scene in ‘Endgame’ would be an opportunity in the future. But here we are. At the time of its release, ‘Endgame’ chose silence over setup. It made sense. Iron Man had just died. Steve Rogers had just given up his shield. Natasha was gone. Thor was directionless. The Infinity Saga was not gearing up for the next generation; it was saying goodbye.
However, seven years later, the context has been dramatically different. Fans now exist in a world where the next Avengers film exists as ‘Avengers: Doomsday’. The Russo brothers are coming back. Robert Downey Jr. is returning as Doctor Doom. Even Steve Rogers is rumored to return. But all of a sudden, a post-credits tag is not trampling ‘Endgame’s goodbye; it’s extending it.
What A Post-Credits Scene Could Deliver
The beauty of this moment is that Marvel has countless options, and all of them would make sense. The seven years of creative hindsight enabled the studio to develop a scene that links ‘Endgame’ with ‘Doomsday’s storm. The credits could feature a lot of interesting possibilities. It could be an exclusive theatrical trailer of ‘Avengers: Doomsday’.
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It could show how Doom’s arrival is connected to ‘Endgame’. There are always consequences of time heists. Loose ends always unravel. So, Doom could be the one unraveling them. Whatever Marvel chooses, the point is clear: ‘Endgame’s re-release allows Marvel to close a circle that did not require closing at the time, but certainly does now.
The studio probably will not confirm anything until we get nearer to the re-release date. However, it is difficult to imagine them missing out on this chance. And the fans are prepared to have a post-credits scene that adds to, rather than subtracts from, the emotional impact of the film. If ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ is going to redefine the MCU, then it is appropriate to make ‘Endgame’ its symbolic gateway. It feels earned.
