SUPERMAN Mid- and Post-Credits Scenes Explained

Does Superman Have a Mid-Credits Scene?

Yes! Well, sort of. After the cast montage, we get a very brief moment of Krypto sitting on Superman’s lap on the moon looking at the Earth. Superman’s back is to us and Krypto is facing us, over Superman’s shoulder. And that’s it! It’s just a riff on one of the early teaser images from the movie. It’s less of a scene and more of a tag.

Does Superman Have a Post-Credits Scene?

It does! And this one is actually a scene. The Superman post-credits scene opens with Superman and Mister Terrific looking at the side of a building in Metropolis. The latter had just rejoined the city following Lex Luthor’s pocket dimension fissure. Honestly, he did a pretty great job all things considered. That doesn’t stop ol’ Supes from pointing out that this one particular building isn’t quite perfectly back together. It has a noticeable seam that’s not fully even.

Mister Terrific, justifiably, gets angry at this nitpick and walks away, kicking dirt in frustration. Superman tries to apologize, but it’s too late. He then says to himself that he can be such a jerk sometimes. And that’s the end of the Superman post-credits scene. Short, sweet, and a lot of fun. The Superman post-credits scene also harkens back to the Silver Age of comics, where Superman would be shown to be a jerk on the covers, but, in the story never followed through. It’s just the kind of Easter egg we’d expect from James Gunn.

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