Thor: Love and Thunder’s post-credits scene introduces some competition

polygon.com:

Thor’s latest adventure sends him on a journey of maturity and self-discovery. He reunites with old lovers, makes some new friends, and makes some new enemies. Of course, things don’t end with the credits; just like most Marvel movies, Thor: Love and Thunder has an extra reveal hidden away in its credits.

Love and Thunder features two credits scenes. The first happens midway through the credits, with the second one happening after they’ve all rolled. The first seems like the most important tease, but the second’s still worth sticking around for.

[Ed. note: This post contains spoilers for Thor: Love and Thunder.]

Thor: Love and Thunder involves the death of quite a few gods, as you might imagine from a movie where the antagonist is called Gorr the God Butcher. However, it’s Thor’s dealings with Zeus that get him in the most hot water by the time the credits roll. In the first post-credits scene, we see Zeus, who survived a lightning bolt to the chest, angrily ordering Hercules to take down Thor. In this brief scene, Hercules is played by Brett Goldstein — who is best known for his role as the foul-mouthed Roy Kent on Ted Lasso.

While this is the first time Hercules has shown up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he’s a familiar face in Marvel’s Thor stories and the wider universe of Marvel Comics. Introduced in the 1960s as a rival godly battler to Thor, Hercules became a regularly recurring character, rising to the ranks of the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and even a few solo series of his own. He’s also — accurate to the social mores of the ancient Greeks — among the ranks of Marvel’s queer characters, and is currently dating the superhero (and ex-boyfriend of Kate Bishop) Marvel Boy.

In the post-credits