Years after he was first teased, a Marvel villain powerful to change everything has finally arrived in the MCU.

Between Riri's new deal with Mephisto, Natalie's shocking resurrection, and Parker's return in the mid-credits scene, there's a lot left hanging by the end of Ironheart's first season. And the creator hopes to continue exploring those stories in future seasons of this show rather than in other MCU projects.

After fans were fooled one too many times before, Ironheart has finally brought a major addition to the world’s highest-grossing franchise via another Hollywood megastar. While Dominique Thorne’s Riri Williams led Ironheart as something of a throwback to the Iron Man movies,