The MCU’s next big event is one year away, but a significant fault in the leadup to Avengers: Doomsday could ruin it all.

Thunderbolts*' post-credits scene may have spoiled a key detail that links The Fantastic Four: First Steps and Avengers: Doomsday together.

The asterisk hullabaloo had everything to do with setting up The New Avengers ahead of Avengers: Doomsday ’s release next summer. While I wasn’t exactly surprised about the reveal when the movie reached its end (especially considering we already know the Thunderbolts* cast are part of the Avengers;