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Full spoilers follow forCaptain America: Brave New World.

Captain America: Brave New Worldhas spread its wings in theaters worldwide.

Joaquin Torres and Sam Wilson running on a warship in Captain America: Brave New World

Have you run to your local theater to watchCaptain America: Brave New Worldyet?

Captain America: Brave New World ending explained: how does Sam Wilson defeat Red Hulk?

With the power of words!

That’s exactly what he does in this movie’s action-packed finale.

A close up of Red Hulk shouting in Captain America: Brave New World

It’s words, not actions, that help Sam Wilson to stop Red Hulk

Anyway, Ross listens to Wilson, calms down, and reverts back to his human form.

Captain America: Brave New World ending explained: does the titular hero reform The Avengers?

Well, not yet.

Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson standing in a compound’s courtyard in Captain America: Brave New World

There’s no time for Cap 2.0 to rebuild ‘Earth’s Mightiest Heroes’ in this movie

So, how does Bucky’s appearance set up what’s to come inThunderbolts*?

The other tease is something I didn’t expect to learn.

As Barnes leaves, Ross' security advisor Ruth Bat-Seraph arrives with a coffee for Wilson.

Red Guardian, Ghost, Bucky Barnes, Yelena Belova, and US agent stand in an elevator in Marvel’s Thunderbolts film

Bucky Barnes (center) makes a crowd-pleasing cameo in Captain America 4

Captain America: Brave New World ending explained: erm, where’s Bruce Banner/The Hulk?

However, Bruce Banner and his superpowered alter-ego (i.e.

The Hulk) don’t show up and I’m sure you’re wondering why.

Mark Ruffalo’s Smart Hulk talks to Jennifer Walters in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

Why isn’t Mark Ruffalo’s Smart Hulk in Captain America 4?

The last time we saw Banner was in 2023’sShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law.

It’s likely, then, that he’s spent the past two years getting to know his first-born.

Captain America: Brave New World ending explained: is there a mid-credits scene?

Prime Minster Hira, Sam Wilson, and President Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross pose for images in Captain America 4

Everyone standing near the theater’s nearest exit door to watch each Marvel movie’s mid- and post-credits scenes like…

The fourth film in theCaptain Americamovie series doesn’t have a mid-credits scene.

Captain America: Brave New World ending explained: okay, what about a post-credits scene?

In it, Wilson return to The Raft to visit the incarcerated Samuel Sterns.

Captain America sneaking around a compound in Captain America: Brave New World

Sneaking back into your screening after you forgot to wait around for end credits stingers like…

Indeed, Sterns says he’s crunched the numbers and determined that something big is going to happen.

The most obvious answer is that it’s to do with the multiverse.

Sorry, I’m getting off-track again!

A back shot of Sam Wilson’s Captain America looking down a highway in Captain America: Brave New World

Will we see more than one Captain America in either or both of the next Avengers movies?

It’s incredibly likely, then, that ‘The Others’ is referring these other universes.

I’d be amazed, then, ifAvengers: Secret Warsdoesn’t incorporate this plot element into its narrative.

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I predict that ‘The Others’, then, is referring to the MCU’s universal siblings.

Sterns' ominous reference aside,Brave New Worlddoesn’t set events in motion for either of these films.

For one,The Fantastic Four: First Stepsis set in an alternate universe to the MCU.

The Thing, Sue Storm, Reed Richards, and Johnny Storm wearing blue and white spacesuits in The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Brave New Worlddoesn’t pave the way for events to come in The Fantastic Four’s first MCU outing

It’s a similar situation forAvengers 5, akaAvengers: Doomsday.

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