'Fantastic Four' post-credit scenes, explained: What did they mean?
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WARNING: Spoilers for The Fantastic Four: First Steps follow!
In the movie, the Fantastic Four have to figure out a way to protect their Earth from the cosmic being Galactus that has to devour planets for sustenance. When Galactus finds out the unborn child of Richards and Storm will be able to absorb his relentless need for consumption, he offers to save Earth in return for baby Franklin. Naturally, that is a deal that the Fantastic Four cannot agree to, so the quartet attempts to solve the problem in another way.
There are two post-credit scenes, with the mid-credit scene being the more important for the continued story in the MCU. The first post-credit scene is four years after the events of the movie, with Sue reading to now 4-year-old Franklin. She gets up to find her son a new book, and when she returns, a strange figure in a cloak and holding a metal mask is in the living room with her child.
The masked stranger is Dr. Victor Von Doom, a character that will be played by Robert Downey Jr. in the MCU. His home nation of Latveria was hinted at in The Fantastic Four: First Steps with a shot that panned the country's empty seats as Sue addressed the United Nations, but there is no reference directly to Doom until the end.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps takes place on Earth-828, with the rest of the MCU over on Earth-616. During one of the post-credit scenes in May's Thunderbolts*, the New Avengers intercepted an alert that a strange ship was entering their airspace. It turned out to be none other than the Fantastic Four, likely coming from another dimension.
Is the Dr. Doom we see at the end of The Fantastic Four: First Steps Earth-616's Dr. Doom? Did he kidnap Franklin? The answers will have to wait until Avengers: Doomsday comes out in December of 2026.
The second post-credit scene is just a fun animated Fantastic Four television jingle. It's cute, but not impactful from a story standpoint.
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