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Joss Whedon has issued a pre-emptive warning-cum-apology, stating to EW that there will be no ‘post-credits sting’ on The Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Which is to say, if you sit watching the film’s eight minute scroll of names running up the screen you won’t be rewarded for your efforts. But you will have at least shown some respect to the people who worked hard to make the movie you just enjoyed.

There will, Kevin Feige clarified, be a scene in the middle of the credits, which he compared to an ‘epilogue.’ In the original Avengers, you will recall, this mid-credits scene was used for the big tease, and the post-credits scene was used for the big joke.

And so it was, until now.

Perhaps it’s a healthy move. Maybe Marvel will get out of the post-credits scene game altogether. The cleaning staff at cinemas will probably be happy about that,...