Spider-Man: Brand New Day's Post-Credits Confirms Tom Holland's MCU Future

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Published Jul 31, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT

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WARNING: This article contains major spoilers for Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Sony and Marvel's Spider-Man: Brand New Day doesn't include a typical post-credits scene — that is, a scene explicitly setting up a future movie — but it does have a different kind of teaser at the very end of the credits for dedicated audience members. Since the MCU's very first movie, Marvel Studios has, more often than not, included credits scenes teasing their upcoming releases, but Brand New Day breaks from this tradition.

At the moment, the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies are in a strange place. The only upcoming films with release dates are Avengers: Doomsday, Avengers: Secret Wars and the recently announced Ghost Rider and Black Panther 3. As a result, there's only so many movies Brand New Day could set up, especially since Marvel and Sony have yet to confirm Spider-Man 5. Given that Ghost Rider and Black Panther 3 are new additions to Marvel's slate, that leaves the two upcoming Avengers movies.

Instead of including a post-credits scene like Thunderbolts*, which directly set up Doomsday, Spider-Man: Brand New Day has a much different kind of tease. In the early credits, the movie features shots around New York City. Then at the very end, the Spidey Tracker developed by Ned Leeds (Jacob Batalon) appears, showing Spider-Man in Queens. The app loses track of his location, and after scanning Earth, the tracker eventually locates Spider-Man somewhere in space, though not before glitching a few times.

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Before getting his own solo film, Tom Holland’s Peter Parker made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut by being recruited by Tony Stark to help in a massive superhero conflict. In which MCU film did Holland first appear as Spider-Man?

AAvengers: Age of Ultron BCaptain America: Civil War CSpider-Man: Homecoming DAvengers: Infinity War

✓ Correct! Tom Holland first appeared as Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War (2016), where Tony Stark visits Peter in Queens and recruits him for the airport battle against Team Cap. His quippy, starstruck portrayal instantly won over audiences.

✗ Web miss! The answer is Captain America: Civil War. Holland debuted in the 2016 film before Homecoming (2017). He was recruited by Tony Stark for the iconic airport fight scene, stealing Captain America’s shield with his webs in one of the film’s most memorable moments.

In Spider-Man: Homecoming, Peter faces a blue-collar salvage contractor who turned to arms dealing after being shut out of the Chitauri cleanup by Damage Control. Using an alien-tech wingsuit, he becomes one of Spider-Man’s most grounded villains. Who is he?

AThe Vulture (Adrian Toomes) BThe Shocker (Herman Schultz) CThe Scorpion (Mac Gargan) DThe Tinkerer (Phineas Mason)

✓ Correct! Adrian Toomes, played brilliantly by Michael Keaton, is the Vulture — a working-class father who builds a criminal empire selling alien-derived weapons. The twist that he’s the father of Peter’s date Liz is one of the MCU’s best surprises.

✗ Web miss! The answer is The Vulture (Adrian Toomes). The Shocker and Tinkerer are his henchmen in the film, and Scorpion (Mac Gargan) only briefly appears. Toomes is the main antagonist who personally confronts Peter in the unforgettable car ride scene.

Tony Stark built Peter a high-tech suit loaded with features Peter didn’t even know about, including an AI assistant that helps him in combat, provides tactical analysis, and even gives dating advice. What name does Peter give this AI?

AFriday BEdith CKaren DJocasta

✓ Correct! Peter names his suit’s AI “Karen,” voiced by Jennifer Connelly. She assists him with web shooter modes, reconnaissance, and even his love life. Friday is Tony Stark’s AI, and E.D.I.T.H. is the Stark satellite system that appears in Far From Home.

✗ Web miss! The answer is Karen. Friday is Tony Stark’s personal AI, E.D.I.T.H. is the Stark defense satellite Peter inherits in Far From Home, and Jocasta is an AI from the comics. Karen, voiced by Jennifer Connelly, is Peter’s suit assistant throughout Homecoming.

In Spider-Man: Far From Home, Peter encounters a seemingly heroic figure who claims to be from an alternate Earth, battling elemental creatures across Europe. In reality, he’s a disgruntled former Stark Industries employee using advanced holographic drones. What is his real name?

AWilliam Ginter Riva BAldrich Killian CJustin Hammer DQuentin Beck

✓ Correct! Quentin Beck, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, is Mysterio — a master of illusion who uses Stark Industries’ B.A.R.F. holographic technology and weaponized drones to fabricate the Elementals and pose as a hero. His final act of revenge shapes the entire third film.

✗ Web miss! The answer is Quentin Beck. William Ginter Riva is one of Beck’s team members, Aldrich Killian is the villain of Iron Man 3, and Justin Hammer is from Iron Man 2. Beck is Mysterio, the illusionist who manipulated Peter’s trust across Europe.

In one of the MCU’s most shocking mid-credits scenes, J. Jonah Jameson broadcasts doctored footage from Mysterio’s final moments that completely upends Peter Parker’s life. What does this broadcast reveal to the entire world?

AThat Spider-Man killed Mysterio in cold blood BThat Spider-Man is Peter Parker CThat Spider-Man is a Skrull impersonator DThat Spider-Man commanded the drone attack on London

✓ Correct! Mysterio’s doctored footage, broadcast by J. Jonah Jameson (J.K. Simmons reprising his iconic role), exposes Spider-Man’s identity as Peter Parker to the entire world. This revelation drives the entire plot of No Way Home as Peter desperately seeks to undo the damage.

✗ Web miss! The answer is that Spider-Man is Peter Parker. While the footage also frames Spider-Man for the London drone attack, the earth-shattering reveal is Peter’s unmasked identity being broadcast globally by The Daily Bugle’s J. Jonah Jameson.

With his identity exposed and his loved ones under threat, Peter seeks help from a powerful sorcerer to cast a spell that would make the world forget he is Spider-Man. Peter’s constant modifications to the spell cause it to fracture the multiverse. Which sorcerer casts this spell?

AWong BWanda Maximoff CDoctor Strange DKarl Mordo

✓ Correct! Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) casts the memory-wiping spell at Peter’s request, but Peter keeps asking for exceptions — for MJ, Ned, May, and Happy to still remember him. These constant changes corrupt the spell and tear open the multiverse, pulling in villains from other Spider-Man universes.

✗ Web miss! The answer is Doctor Strange. While Wong is the Sorcerer Supreme and actually warns Strange against it, it is Stephen Strange who agrees to cast the spell. Wanda’s multiverse interference occurs in Multiverse of Madness, not here.

Throughout all three films, Peter’s loyal best friend serves as his “guy in the chair,” helping with tech support and keeping his secret. In No Way Home, this character even discovers he can open magical portals using a Sling Ring. Who is Peter’s best friend?

ANed Leeds BFlash Thompson CHarry Osborn DMiles Morales

✓ Correct! Ned Leeds, played by Jacob Batalon, is Peter’s best friend and self-proclaimed “guy in the chair.” He discovers Peter’s secret identity in Homecoming, supports him across all three films, and in No Way Home he accidentally uses Doctor Strange’s Sling Ring to open portals to other Spider-Men.

✗ Web miss! The answer is Ned Leeds. Flash Thompson is Peter’s rival and bully who ironically idolizes Spider-Man. Harry Osborn is Peter’s friend in the Raimi and Webb films but doesn’t appear in Holland’s trilogy. Miles Morales is only hinted at. Ned is the irreplaceable “guy in the chair.”

At the emotional climax of No Way Home, Peter makes an enormous personal sacrifice to save the multiverse. Doctor Strange completes the spell, and when it takes effect, Peter is left completely alone. What does the final spell do?

AIt sends Peter to an alternate universe where no one knows him BIt erases Spider-Man from existence entirely CIt removes Peter’s spider powers permanently DIt makes everyone in every universe forget who Peter Parker is

✓ Correct! The final spell makes every person in every universe forget that Peter Parker exists. MJ, Ned, Happy, the Avengers — everyone. Peter visits MJ at the coffee shop afterward but decides not to re-introduce himself, choosing to protect them. He starts over completely alone, sewing his own suit in a small apartment.

✗ Web miss! The answer is that everyone forgets who Peter Parker is. The spell doesn’t erase Spider-Man — people still know the hero exists — but nobody remembers Peter Parker the person. This devastating sacrifice means MJ, Ned, and even Happy Hogan have no memory of him at all.

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After a few seconds, the film cuts to something that's sure to be familiar to long-time MCU audiences. It's a black screen with white text that reads, "Spider-Man will return." There's no indication of what MCU movie Spider-Man will return in, but this is confirmation enough that Tom Holland's Peter Parker will be back, and the Spidey Tracker tease offers us a hint about where and when that will be.

Where Is Spider-Man?

There are a few possibilities about where Spider-Man could be located for the tracker to register him in space. The tracker doesn't land on a specific planet, all we see is it pinpointing somewhere in space. However, we also see the tracker glitch before it finds Spider-Man again, which could indicate the tracker is jumping around the multiverse somehow. So, let's discuss all the possibilities of where Spider-Man could be.

Fighting Doctor Doom

It may be that the Spider-Man: Brand New Day post-credits tease is setting up Avengers: Doomsday, and we'll see Peter Parker return to space or travel the multiverse to help fight Doctor Doom (Robert Downey Jr.). At the moment, very little is known about where the majority of Doomsday will take place. We know that the film will visit the X-Men universe, and New York City in the main MCU universe. But while The Fantastic Four ship has been seen in space, we haven't actually seen a space setting in the Avengers: Doomsday trailer.

We also haven't received confirmation from Marvel Studios that Holland's Spider-Man will appear in Doomsday. When the studio announced the cast of Avengers: Doomsday, Holland was noticeably absent. There were rumors at the time that he wouldn't show up because Brand New Day takes place at the same time. While we know that's not necessarily true, since Yelena doesn't mention The Fantastic Four ship or Doom, Brand New Day does offer an explanation for why Spidey may not be in Doomsday: he's small potatoes.

So the Brand New Day credits tease is either setting up a surprise Spider-Man appearance in Avengers: Doomsday, or it's teeing up something else.

Another Earth In The Multiverse

Willem Dafoe, Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire, and Andrew Garfield in Spider-Man No Way Home-1

As we know from Spider-Man: No Way Home, there's more than one Spider-Man across the MCU multiverse. Perhaps the Spidey Tracker picked up a Spider-Man variant on another Earth — Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man 2 or Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man 3 (or someone else). These Spider-Man variants have appeared in the MCU before and could theoretically be the Spider-Man who will return next, before Holland's iteration.

It's also possible that Spider-Man 1 has somehow been transported to another Earth in the multiverse, one that's on a collision course with the main universe's home planet. After all, incursions (when two universes within the multiverse collide) were set up as a major threat earlier in the Multiverse Saga, and may still lead to Avengers: Secret Wars. It could be that Doomsday ends with incursions destroying the multiverse, and Spider-Man comes into play because he's on one of the colliding Earths.

Or Spider-Man could be somewhere else related to Secret Wars.

Battleworld

Perhaps the most obvious explanation for where Spider-Man is in the Brand New Day credits tease is Battleworld. It plays a key role in Marvel's Secret Wars comics events, both the one published in 1984, and the more recent one from 2015, though there are certain differences. In the 1984 comic, Battleworld is where heroes fought for the amusement of the Beyonder, whereas in the 2015 comic, it's a world created and ruled by Doom out of the remnants of the multiverse.

It's presumed that Avengers: Secret Wars will visit Battleworld in some fashion, like the comics the movie is adapting, so if Spider-Man appears in that film, he could show up on that planet. The Spidey Tracker's location being Battleworld also explains why it's somewhere random in space, because it's an amalgamation of universes from across the multiverse, so it wouldn't necessarily be near Earth.

If it is Battleworld, that would mean we may not see Holland's Spider-Man again until Secret Wars releases in late 2027, rather than this December in Doomsday.

When Will Spider-Man Return?

As indicated previously, the two most obvious films for Spider-Man to return in are Avengers: Doomsday and/or Avengers: Secret Wars. While it's possible that Holland could appear in Doomsday, the movie already has a wildly stacked roster of superheroes. It makes little sense to have too many surprise heroes show up before Secret Wars because that means Marvel Studios would have to pay those actors for both movies, rather than just one.

There's also a story reason given in Brand New Day to explain Spider-Man's absence from Doomsday: He's a 'small potatoes' superhero, and Doctor Doom is presumably a 'big potatoes' situation. It may not make complete sense for Spider-Man to sit out Doomsday — he is, after all, exceptionally strong and has a history of teaming up with the Avengers to fight major threats like Thanos — but Yelena's appearance in Brand New Day gives audiences an in-universe reason for why he may not appear.

It's much more likely that Spider-Man won't return until Avengers: Secret Wars. The movie is expected to be an even bigger event than Avengers: Endgame, uniting heroes from across the Marvel movie and TV multiverse, and it's all but guaranteed that Holland's superhero will show up. Besides, if Spider-Man were going to show up in Doomsday, Marvel could've had "Spider-Man will return in Avengers: Doomsday" at the end, like The Fantastic Four credits scene.

Of course, it could be argued that Sony and Marvel may be trying to keep Holland's appearance in Doomsday a secret, but it's also possible that they're trying to keep his lack of inclusion a secret. At the very least, we can expect Holland's Spider-Man to return in Avengers: Secret Wars, if not sooner, and the Spider-Man: Brand New Day post-credits tease confirms that when he does show up again, he won't be in Queens anymore.