Doctor Strange: 7 Post-Credits Scenes They Should Have Used

Ever since that first post-credits stinger at the end of Iron Man, the tidbits we receive after an MCU film has ended are arguably just as popular as the content of the film itself. It's akin to opening up what you thought was your last present on Christmas morning, only to discover that there's still one tucked away in the corner under the tree.

Unlike Christmas morning, however, Marvel's post-credits scenes occur more than once a year - and another one is right around the corner. Cue Doctor Stephen Strange and his very own feature film, a project that was arguably the single most interesting in the MCU - in terms of that after-credits treat - to date.

Because, at this point, the Avengers are scattered, Thanos has never been closer and we've got a shedload of currently announced movies to come, and that set up the tantalising possibility of lots of options. Ultimately, the teasers have been revealed (because who even cares about the magic of story-telling, eh?).

The reality of the stingers - linking to Ragnarok and Doctor Strange 2 - is that they wipe out several even more interesting possibilties of what could have been. But in the interest of fantasy, that conversation can still absolutely happen.

Here are the 7 alternate post-credits stingers Marvel should have used on Doctor Strange...

Of Marvel's meaty upcoming slate, Captain Marvel is the project that we know the least about. Since the film was first announced, all we've been given is a funky, bold-red logo and the news that newly minted Oscar-winner Brie Larson will assume the title role - and that's it.

But with a character as obscure and unknown as this one is, at least to mainstream audiences (the people who contribute the majority of box-office dollars), Marvel would be wise to start cluing them in soon, and Doctor Strange was the perfect place to do it.

The two have crossed paths in the comics before, teaming up to take down Sir Warren Traveler, so they're not entirely unrelated - but since when do Marvel's post-credits scenes directly relate to the films in which they appear? Rarely!

It wouldn't have had to be much either - just enough to get people talking, frantically Googling the Internet for answers when they get home. A brief flash of the new costume, a short scene with Carol Danvers (Captain Marvel's true identity) or a shot of Tony Stark researching a potential new Avengers candidate on a computer, perhaps.

Captain Marvel's still over two years away so we won't be given anything truly substantial, but we've been getting Thanos teases since 2012 and his first full movie appearance won't be until 2018. So why couldn't something similar have happened here?