The blade passed down his family line, eventually ending up in the hands of Nathan Garrett. Created by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely in the ‘50s, he was a knight named Sir Percy who fell victim to a cursed, enchanted sword forged from a meteorite known as the Ebony Blade. The first was a riff on the actual Black Knight of Arthurian lore. In the comics, he’s actually the third person to bear the Black Knight mantle. Ever since news first broke that Harington would be playing a character named Dane Whitman, savvy fans assumed he would be playing The Black Knight, a superhero whose real name is, well, Dane Whitman. 7, 2022 release.Ĭomics readers are likely not surprised by Dane’s reveal in the sequence. The vampire hunter, who was famously played by Wesley Snipes in three movies in the ‘90s and early ‘00s, is indeed a Marvel character and will be played by Mahershala Ali in an upcoming MCU film from Mogul Mowgli director Bassam Tariq. However, Zhao confirmed to Fandom that this time we’re hearing Blade. Jackson’s Nick Fury stepped out of the shadows to tease the Avengers. It’s reminiscent of Iron Man’s post-credits sequence, the one that started it all, where Samuel L. On the inside of the box, we see the phrase ”death is my reward.” Mustering his courage, Dane resolves to touch the blade, but he’s stopped by an offscreen voice that asks, “Are you sure you’re ready for that, Mr. He opens a box containing an ancient sword, one that reacts in an eerie way as he almost touches it and it speaks to him menacingly, in some sort of unintelligible deep speech. Earlier in the film, he had attempted to tell Sersi about his family history and his own secret before Arishem (voiced by David Kaye) summoned Sersi away. The final post-credits scene takes us back to Earth, where Dane Whitman ( Kit Harington) is in his classroom looking anxious.
He’s a disgraced alien prince who traveled around with members of the Guardians of the Galaxy before buddying up with Eros, and he has the ability to teleport. Pip the Troll, for those who could focus on anything other than Harry Styles’ charm, first appeared in a 1975 issue of Strange Tales. Disney-owned Marvel Studios will probably not adapt this storyline.) (When She-Hulk, who is a working lawyer, defended him in court, she eventually grew suspicious that he’d used his powers on her during an earlier fling and as a result, she beat the living hell out of him. That last power sometimes played out in unsavory ways, as the flirtatious Eros was once, in the comics, credibly accused of sexual assault because he allegedly manipulated his partners’ emotions. He eventually made his way to Earth, where he would frequently fight alongside the Avengers, using his powers of flight, super-strength and the ability to manipulate people’s emotions. They are still, however, brothers.Įros made his debut in 1973’s The Invincible Iron Man #55, and in his early appearance, he fought alongside other survivors of his brother’s initial reign of terror alongside the original comics Captain Marvel. Those comics explain that Thanos looks the way he does because he has Deviant genes inside him, while Eros, who lacks those genes, looks normal. In the comics, Thanos and Eros (who also goes by the superhero name Starfox) are both canonically the children of Eternals who were sent to a non-Earth world, though neither character appears to be connected to them that way in the MCU-at least for now. Pip acts as a herald, announcing the imminent arrival of a being who, among other superlatives, is Thanos’ brother? Out from the shadows steps Eros ( Harry Styles, in a cameo appearance that brought down the house), who tells the Eternals that they’re going to need his help. It’s followed by a leprechaun/satyr-looking creature (animated with some oddly sub-par CGI) named Pip the Troll (voiced by Patton Oswalt). There’s some strange light and an eerie presence echoing down one of the hallways, but before Makkari can fully investigate, out pops an empty mug.
They’re concerned that they haven’t heard from Sersi (Gemma Chan) or the others recently, but there’s suddenly a much more pressing issue. Read More: How the Eternals Fit Into the Marvel Cinematic UniverseĪfter the initial credits, we cut back to a spaceship where Druig (Barry Keoghan), Thena (Angelina Jolie) and Makkari (Lauren Ridloff) are on their way to find more Eternals and reveal the truth of their mission.