Well, we’ve reached the end of the road for Eddie and Venom in Venom: The Last Dance, but the post-credits scenes leave a big door open for Knull to return. (Warning: spoilers ahead!)

One of the biggest sources of hype for Venom: The Last Dance was the long-awaited appearance of Knull. The King in Black is a prevalent supervillain in the Venom universe, meaning the stakes were high for our toxic duo.

However, Knull’s screen time in new movie it’s minimal, serving more as a tease for the character than anything else. But there are several post-credits scenes in Venom 3 that tease potential symbiotic movies, and Knull could be part of them.

Here’s a breakdown of all the Venom 3 post-credits scenes and what they mean for the future of Marvel.

Does Venom have 3 post-credit scenes?

There is a mid-credits scene and a post-credits scene in Venom: The Last Dance; one centers around Knull promising to return, while the other sees Cristo Fernández’s bartender emerge from the wreckage of Area 51.

Obviously, one of these scenes is a little more complete than the other, but both suggest that there is still a future in this particular universe, despite the fact that Venom and Eddie’s relationship is now over.

Mid-credits scene explained

The mid-credits scene is Knull sitting on his throne reciting a monologue explaining how he will return and “annihilate” our world.

He also says that “The King in Black is awake” and that “everyone will burn”. Then he lifted his head, giving us our first glimpse of his face.

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He missed the escape shot this time, but that doesn’t mean we’ve seen the last of him. All in all, Knull had very limited screen time in Venom 3, which serves more as a setup for the character than a full debut.

Obviously, this seems to set up the “King in Black” comic book storyline, which saw Knull and his symbiotes invade Earth, leaving Eddie, the Avengers, and the X-Men to stop them.

It’s unlikely that this potential storyline will come to fruition right away (Eddie Brock is now free and the Avengers will soon be busy with Doctor Doom), but it does leave the door open for Knull to make a play for the MCU. Or at least, more Sony Spiderman movies.

Even director Kelly Marcel said (via Variety ): “This is just the introduction to Knull. He’s a massive, massive character, so you can never be one and done with him. This is just a small taste of Knull. We can meet him. What the future holds for him, who knows.”

Post-credits scene explained

After the credits roll, another scene shows the bartender from the beginning of the film stumbling outside after everyone has left the wreckage of Area 51.

At the beginning of the film, he was captured by Strickland and his team as they tracked Eddie and Venom’s movements. As he walks out into the desert calling for help, we see a beetle walking towards a broken vial containing symbiotic matter.

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It already is doubled as “the most random end credit scene ever seen in a superhero movie” because it doesn’t really serve a huge purpose. That said, the possibility of more symbiote stories in the future are teased, even if they aren’t centered around Venom and Eddie.

In Venom 3, we saw an army of other symbiotes, including those who bonded with the likes of Dr. Payne and “Christmas.” Not all of these symbiotes survived, but a couple did, including what it looked like Agony.

Of this, Marcel said: “The plot for Eddie and Venom closes here. But as you know, there are a lot of symbiotic stories in the canon. There are a lot of places to go, and maybe there are some Easter eggs here that could start the journey.”

Since there are still samples of symbiotes in the wreckage of Area 51, it stands to reason that Sony’s Marvel Universe could expand with the likes of Knull and other symbiotes. After all, there are enough of them.

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