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Spider-Man: Brand New Day: new characters, new flaws, new tech and brain-exploding future consequences
Now you’ve seen the new Spidey, let’s talk about new baddies (or are they goodies?), X-Men alumni, painful relationships and a potential Spidey-pig
TL;DR
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day is a game-changing comic book epic that will have lasting effects on the MCU.
- Peter Parker is struggling with new, difficult-to-control powers, including organic web-shooters and hypersensitive spider-sense.
- The film introduces Sadie Sink as the MCU's version of Jean Grey, confirming the arrival of mutants.
- Damage Control is revealed to be involved in more sinister activities, potentially transforming into the Mutant Response Division.
- Peter Parker adapts Bruce Banner's inhibitor technology to create a device that tames his powers and potentially suppresses mutant abilities.
- The film raises questions about the presence and number of other mutants within the MCU.
- Peter's relationships with MJ and Ned are explored as he attempts to reconnect with them after his memories were altered.
- A post-credit scene with Ned's Spider-tracker hints at the existence of other Spider-Man variants beyond Earth's atmosphere.