Snark Industries rides into the Old West for What If...? Season 3's 1872 episode, and it lands as the clear favorite of everything watched on the show so far. The full plot gets walked through, from the opening bell-shooting setup that brings in the Ten Rings to Shang-Chi and Kate Bishop tracking the Hood across a ruined town, a ghost train powered by Stark technology, and the gut-punch reveal that the Hood is Xia Ling, Shang-Chi's own sister. Comic roots run deep here, with ties to the 2015 Secret Wars event, the 1872 limited series by Gerry Duggan, the Master of Kung Fu limited series, and Brian K. Vaughan's 2002 Hood origin run all getting their due. Easter eggs are plentiful, including Jun Fan as a timeline-appropriate Iron Fist, Throg and Alligator Loki spotted in Uatu's hallway, Stark Munitions, Hammer Steel, and Cross Manufacturing all nam ...