In a mid-credits scene, The Other informs his master of Loki's defeat before noting that challenging the Avengers would be courting Death, prompting Thanos to smile at the prospect. In a cut-down scene from The Avengers, Nick Fury gives Steve Rogers an assignment with worldwide ramifications. Selvig agrees, unaware that his mind is being controlled by Loki. facility and, after showing him the Tesseract, asks him to investigate the object further. In a cut-down scene from Thor, Phil Coulson drives towards a crater in the New Mexico desert, where someone’s hammer has crashed, and reports the discovery to Nick Fury.įoreshadowing The Avengers, Nick Fury welcomes Erik Selvig to a S.H.I.E.L.D. In a pre-credits scene, Tony Stark meets a drunken Thaddeus Ross at a bar and tells him that a team is being put together. Tony Stark enters his mansion only to be greeted by Nick Fury, who assures him that "Iron Man" isn't the only superhero in the world before bringing up the Avengers Initiative.
2.1.2 The Falcon and The Winter Soldier.