Marvel's New Spider-Man Series Seemingly Confirms Punisher and Hulk Will Appear in Spider-Man: Brand New Day

It's fundamentally an unfastened concealed that Jon Bernthal's Punisher and Mark Ruffalo's Hulk are appearing successful Spider-Man: Brand New Day, adjacent if Marvel and Sony person yet to corroborate arsenic much. But Marvel seems to person indirectly confirmed this three-way team-up with the announcement of a caller comic publication bid called Spider-Man: Long Way Home.

Long Way Home is simply a caller constricted bid written by Jonathan Hickman and Adam Kubert and drawn by Kubert. Like the movie, this bid focuses connected the somewhat antithetic pairing of Spider-Man, Punisher, and Hulk, arsenic each 3 characters combat to liberate a Cosmic Cube from the clutches of A.I.M.

Check retired the slideshow assemblage beneath for a preview of Spider-Man: Long Way Home #1:

While Spidey has an established past with some Punisher and Hulk successful the comics, Marvel has ne'er truly spotlighted each 3 characters astatine the aforesaid time. The information that they're abruptly releasing a Spider-Man/Punisher/Hulk crossover bid weeks earlier Brand New Day hits theaters would look to beryllium each the confirmation fans request that Punisher and Hulk are appearing successful the movie.

Long Way Home isn't tied to MCU continuity, nor is it acceptable successful the accepted Marvel Comics universe. This bid is acceptable successful a standalone continuity and is meant to beryllium easy accessible to newcomers, overmuch similar Hickman's 2024 comic Wolverine: Revenge, which was released alongside Deadpool & Wolverine.

Here's Marvel's authoritative statement of the caller series:

It’s a satellite earlier the Punisher. A satellite wherever the beingness of the Hulk is but a susurration of a rumor. A satellite wherever A.I.M. has conscionable developed a Cosmic Cube successful the jungles of South America. Frank Castle, Bruce Banner and Peter Parker are each connected a ngo to support the Cube retired of the incorrect hands – including each other’s. In this three-way free-for-all for the powerfulness of the cosmos, who volition travel retired connected top?

Spider-Man: Long Way Home #1 volition beryllium released June 17. Brand New Day volition debut successful theaters connected July 31.

With Brad New Day's merchandise day accelerated approaching, fans are inactive impatiently waiting for the archetypal trailer to drop. The trailer did seemingly leak backmost successful December 2025, offering caller clues to the individuality of Sadie Sink's mysterious character.

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