9. Meet The Collector (Thor: The Dark World)

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If you’re not a comic book reader, the Thor: The Dark World mid-credits scene more than likely left you completely baffled. However, for those that do, this was a huge tease of what’s to come in both James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy and most likely the third Avengers movie.

In the comics, The Collector works for Thanos (the alien who briefly appeared in the mid-credits scene of The Avengers) and the reveal that the Aether is in fact one of the Infinity Stones/Gems is a major hint that the bad guy is indeed searching for them in an effort to use The Infinity Gauntlet as part of his plan to take over Earth. As we’ve mentioned, this likely won’t come into play until at least a few years from now – although both The Collector and Thanos are expected to appear in Guardians of the Galaxy – but for those keeping track, this is extremely exciting indeed.