{"id":483558,"date":"2026-03-19T06:31:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T06:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/483558\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T06:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T06:31:19","slug":"spider-man-brand-new-days-recreation-of-an-iconic-comic-book-cover-might-reveal-which-surprising-villain-is-in-punishers-crosshairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/483558\/","title":{"rendered":"Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s recreation of an iconic comic book cover might reveal which surprising villain is in Punisher’s crosshairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spider-Man: Brand New Day<\/a> hasn’t been shy in recreating iconic comic book covers from the webhead’s storied history.<\/p>\n

The Amazing Fantasy #15 shot revealed as part of the slow dripfeed of Brand New Day trailer breadcrumbs<\/a> was first up, but it’s actually an image of obscure villain Tarantula attacking Spider-Man (which you can see below) that has set off my Spider-Senses.<\/p>\n

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(Image credit: Sony Pictures\/Marvel Studios)<\/p>\n

The framing of the moment is almost identical to the cover of Amazing Spider-Man #134, which sees Spider-Man battle Tarantula on a cruise ship, with beleaguered police officers watching from below.<\/p>\n

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(Image credit: Marvel Comics)<\/p>\n

In the 1974 issue, Spider-Man is swiped by Tarantula’s sharp boots and collapses. He is then confronted by The Punisher, who believes Spider-Man was involved in kidnapping those on the vessel.<\/p>\n

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The following issue sees Punisher and Spider-Man eventually team up to take down Tarantula, which could influence what happens with the unlikely pairing in Brand New Day.<\/p>\n

Previously, director Destin Daniel Cretton’s assistant Ziyi Cao offered a glimpse<\/a> at the comic book covers that Spider-Man: Brand New Day was looking to put into the MCU film, with Amazing Spider-Man #134 being one of the focal points of the now-deleted post.<\/p>\n

So, while Peter Parker and Frank Castle may be on the outs throughout the Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer<\/a>, there’s every chance that a common \u2013 and surprising \u2013 enemy will unite the duo to fight for the greater good.<\/p>\n

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits cinemas on July 31.<\/p>\n

For more, discover how Sony<\/a> and Marvel unveiled the first look at Brand New Day with our Spider-Man: Brand New Trailer live blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Then go in-depth on the trailer with our breakdowns of who Sadie Sink might be playing in Brand New Day<\/a> and every new comic book character introduced in Brand New Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spider-Man: Brand New Day hasn’t been shy in recreating iconic comic book covers from the webhead’s storied history.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-483558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}