After credits scenes have become something de rigueur in superhero movies. Shazam does not buck the trend, and the movie has a mid and after credits scene. Like many other superhero movies, it is the mid-credits scene which carries the weight – while the after-credits scene is a humorous, often meta, moment to please fans.
What happens in the mid-credits scene?
Warning: Spoilers ahead for the Shazam movie
The mid-credits scene showed Dr Thaddeus Sivana (Mark Strong) in a jail cell, scrawling symbols on the walls.
Then a voice called out to him, tauntingly, and said: “Primitive simples.”
Mind continued: “You walking, talking monkeys with your cave drawings.
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“You assume there’s only one way to gain magic. No, no, no. There are more ways than a mind can imagine.”
Sivana responded: “What in God’s name?”
“I name the gods, doctor, not the other way around,” Mister Mind said.
“Oh what fun we’re going to have together. The seven realms are about to be ours.”
Strictly speaking, this was the second appearance of Mister Mind, who cameoed in the opening scene with a young Sivana, when he is being tested by the wizard Shazam.
Later, when Sivana returns to possess the power of the seven deadly sins, the jar breaks and Mister Mind escapes.
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Who is Mister Mind?
Mister Mind is a worm from the planet Venus, who has telepathic and mind-controlling abilities.
In the DC comics’ history, Mind has tried to conquer Earth using telepathy but was thwarted on every account by Shazam.
Mister Mind carries out many of his dastardly via his organisation: the Monster Society of Evil.
The Monster Society first appeared in Captain Marvel (now known as Shazam) Adventures number 22 from 1943.
The Monster Society of Evil plot continued for two years in Captain Marvel Adventures (this was prior to Marvel releasing their own Captain Marvel series) which finished in 1945 with issue number 46.
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There have been many iterations of the villain and, indeed, Shazam himself as the rights transferred from Fawcett Comics to DC Comics.
When Shazam was resurrected in the 90s, no longer under the name Captain Marvel, Mister Mind was a major villain.
In the comics, and as is hinted in the mid-credits scene, Mister Mind uses Dr Sivana to his own ends.
Mister Mind also resurrects Black Adam, and as we know a Black Adam movie from Warner Bros is in production starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
All this to say, it looks like Shazma and his foes have a long future ahead of them.
Shazam is out in cinemas now.