Ironheart's Weird Release Schedule Has Fans Confused
Marvel fans are used to a few surprises, but the release plan for Ironheart has people genuinely wondering: what is Marvel doing?
The six-episode series will hit Disney+ and Hulu in a strange two-part drop, with three episodes dropping at once, followed by three more a week later. That's it. No weekly rollout. Just two mini-binges.
Here's the schedule:
June 24
- Episode 1 – Take Me Home
- Episode 2 – Will the Real Natalie Please Stand Up?
- Episode 3 – We in Danger, Girl
July 1
- Episode 4 – Bad Magic
- Episode 5 – Karma's a Glitch
- Episode 6 – The Past Is the Past
All episodes will be available at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT, and will stream on all Disney+ tiers, plus Hulu for those with access.
The odd thing is, Marvel usually plays the long game with its Disney+ shows — dropping one episode per week, building buzz, stoking theories, stretching conversation across a month or more. But with Ironheart, they're speeding through it in two weeks flat, which has fans scratching their heads. Why burn through a new character's arc so fast?
Some think it's just Marvel clearing the runway for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which lands in July. Others wonder if the two-part drop is meant to hide a major twist — maybe even a certain red-tinted devil.
That's right — the infamous Mephisto rumors are back. The show's social media post from June 17 listed all six episode titles, and fans noticed something sneaky: in Episode 5's title, Karma's a Glitch, the letter "M" was slightly tinted red. Combine that with earlier episode titles like Bad Magic, and suddenly people think Marvel's finally pulling the trigger on the villain they've been teasing (and dodging) since WandaVision.
It doesn't help that way back in 2022, Deadline reported that Sacha Baron Cohen was in talks to appear in Ironheart — and most fans assumed he'd be playing Mephisto. Nothing was confirmed, of course, but the timing, episode names, and color-coded typography have made the theory hard to ignore.
Still, Marvel has burned fans before with Mephisto bait — WandaVision, Agatha All Along, She-Hulk, even Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness had fans on high alert. So don't be surprised if the "red M" turns out to be just a font choice.