#This Eternals Surprise Performer May Be Phase Four’s Answer To Nick Fury

In the comics, Starfox is the brother of Thanos, but he’s usually depicted as being a happier, more well-adjusted hero, with a love for women and without a thought for genocide in his head. Among other things, he has “emotion manipulating powers,” which caused Thanos to seal his mouth off with flesh in the “Infinity Gauntlet” series, not unlike what Agent Smith does to Neo in the interrogation room in “The Matrix.”

Thanos is obviously dead already in the MCU, and in its pre-release promotions, “Eternals” has been bending over backwards to explain why it’s heroes were absent during the events of “Avengers: Infinity War,” when the Mad Titan snuffed out half of all life in the universe. It would need to do something similar for Starfox if they’re going to keep his backstory as the brother of Thanos, unless he’s just included in the whole not-interfering-in-human-history thing that the Eternals have going on. 

Another possibility, given recent developments in the animated series “What If…?,” is that they’ll use the multiverse to bring back an alternate version of Thanos. Giant Freaking Robot likens Styles’ appearance in “Eternals” to that of Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury in the post-credits scene for “Iron Man.” 

I would say you should take that with a massive grain of salt.

I have no doubt that they’re setting Starfox up for future appearances in the MCU, but based on his comics history, it doesn’t seem like there’s much precedent for him to be as important as Nick Fury. All of this reeks of the kind of overblown fan fervor that accompanies most Marvel Studios releases, but we’ll keep you posted if anything more develops.