Marvel fans, you know the deal by now: You head to the theater for the latest superhero flick, grab your popcorn and soda, settle in for two (or three) hours — and then, once the credits start rolling, you wait to see if a mid- or post-credits scene will give you a glimpse at what’s to come next for your favorite heroes. But nothing is worse than the disappointment of realizing you stayed behind so long for nothing, when the screen just goes black. So, with the latest Marvel offering out in theaters on June 2, you’re probably wondering: Does Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse have a post-credits scene?
Across the Spider-Verse is the sequel to 2018’s animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and follows Miles Morales through many different dimensions in the multiverse alongside the other Spider-People that inhabit them. It features a star-studded voice cast including Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Oscar Isaac, Issa Rae, and more. This time around, Miles and the other Spider-Men are facing off against a new villain, The Spot, and there are plenty of twists and turns along the way.
Into the Spider-Verse’s own post-credits scene actually set the stage for this sequel, five years before it was released: In that one, Miguel, Spider-Man 2099, makes an autonomous multiverse jump for the first time, landing him in one of those old Spider-Man comics universes. It’s mostly played for laughs, since the scene is a riff on the “Spider-Man pointing meme,” but we know now that Miguel ended up doing a lot more multiverse hopping, leading to the headquarters of Spider-People as seen in Across the Spider-Verse’s trailer.
I won’t give you any spoilers for the plot of Across the Spider-Verse, but I will hopefully save you some time: The answer is no, there’s no post-credits scene in Across the Spider-Verse this time. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t stick around to watch the credits anyway, though — like the rest of the film, it’s beautifully animated and gives you a chance to appreciate the film’s artistic styles and the people who worked so hard on creating it.
My suggestion? If you see it in theaters, watch it in Dolby Cinema; Dolby Vision provides a wider range of color than the average screen, which makes a world of difference in an animated film like this where the details and art styles matter, and Dolby Atmos’ object-based surround sound will make you feel like you’re right in the multiverse with all the characters, even down to the sounds of their webs shooting.
That said, though, if you’re in a rush to leave the theater, you won’t be missing anything huge. And frankly, Across the Spider-Verse will give you plenty to talk about in the car on the way home, post-credits scene or not.
I already know I’m going to have to watch this film again, but this time I won’t linger in the theater once the lights have come up.