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Shazam! Fury of the Gods was both a beginning and an ending, but with James Gunn's DC Universe set to wipe the slate clean, it is unclear if it will try to set up a future in an extended universe or sidle into the new DCU.
Fury of the Gods' mid-credits scene introduces two characters who are likely to stay in the DCU: John Economos and Emilia Harcourt, A.R.G.U.S. agents who appeared in both Gunn's The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker. John hopes the new recruit is worth it and Emilia assures him that they have intel that he is strong, if a little immature.
Smash cut to Billy, in Shazam form, zapping bottles and cans with his powers of electricity at an abandoned gas station. He meets John and Emilia, who recruit him for the Justice Society, not the Justice League. The Justice Society is another remnant of a dead DCEU property: Black Adam. It was introduced as a sort of pseudo-militaristic strike team deployed by Amanda Waller to contain the threat of Black Adam. With Black Adam 2 no longer happening, it is likely that this iteration of the Justice Society will no longer exist. Gunn may want to keep around his Suicide Squad and Peacemaker characters for the DCU, and perhaps a new Justice Society could be built around Shazam.
Mister Mind (Mark Strong) is slow to move on his master plan to form his Monster Society of Evil with Dr. Sivana (Mark Strong). Two years later, Sivana is still stuck in a prison cell, and Mister Mind is no closer to summoning a doorway to the Rock of Eternity. To make matters worse, the talking worm he met in the Shazam! post-credits scene crawls away, meaning Shazam won't have to worry about this evil duo anytime soon.
The final stinger of Shazam! is a gag to explain why the sequel never picked up on the plot point, and with the future of the show uncertain, we may never find out what Mister Mind has in store.