Scene 1: The Scorpion Has Some Boys On The Outside
The first post-credits scene follows on from the arrest of Adrian Toomes AKA Vulture at the end of the movie, courtesy of your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man, of course. While walking through the prison corridor, Toomes bumps into his old pal Mac Gargan, who he’d previously left for dead during his tussle with Spidey on the Staten Island ferry.
Gargan says he doesn’t blame Toomes. Instead, he wants revenge on Spider-Man. “I’ve got some boys on the outside who would love to meet him and slice his throat,” says Gargan. “I heard a rumour you know who he is.”
Mac’s heard right, as Vulture did indeed find out Peter Parker’s secret identity earlier in the movie. Despite this, Vulture plays dumb. “If I did, he’d be dead,” he says before strutting away, smiling.
On the one hand, this scene does some good work in redeeming Toomes’ character. After Spider-Man saved his life at the movie’s climax, the villain has apparently gained a begrudging respect for the wallcrawler. It’s unlikely that he’s forgiven him completely, but he clearly thinks he deserves to do him one good turn.
On the other hand, there’s something much bigger being hinted at here. As comic book fans will know, Mac Gargan goes on to become the supervillain known as the Scorpion. In fact, actor Michael Mando himself confirmed that this was on the cards for his character a few days ago, via his Twitter account.
STING 🦂 !!! Over the moon to be playing my favorite Super Villain! Heading to #SpiderManHomecoming premiere tonight to cause some ruckus pic.twitter.com/2PgztTqihv
— Michael Mando (@MandoMichael) June 28, 2017
So, it seems like a pretty safe bet, then, that Gargan will break out of jail in Homecoming 2, get himself a cool suit with a stinging tail and go hunt down the superhero who sent him down. But who are those “boys on the outside” that he mentioned? Well, we have a feeling that there might be six of them.
Yes, Scorpion’s comment has to be a hint that the Sinister Six will finally be forming on the big screen in the next Spider-Man solo movie. Sony has been trying to launch the supervillain team for a while now. If you’ll recall, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 teased the group’s creation ahead of a planned spinoff movie… which never happened after the cancellation of that franchise.
Does this mean we’ll meet big name villains like Doctor Octopus or Green Goblin in the sequel? We’ll have to wait and see.