2 Months Later, Marvel Finally Releases Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s Post-Credits Scene

Published Sep 24, 2026, 2:43 PM EDT Ryan Epps is a contributing writer for Polygon. His writing spans both the entertainment and tech verticals, with bylines covering everything from Dark Souls to TVs at sites like Tom’s Guide, IGN, Digital Trends, TheGamer, Tech Times, and more. The missing piece of Spider-Man: Brand New Day is hiding in Endgame Encore Marvel just answered a major Spider-Man: Brand New Day mystery in the weirdest place Image: Disney Avengers: Endgame Encore, Disney’s re-release of its blockbuster ensemble film, has finally explained one of the most glaring unanswered questions left at the tail end of Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Although nearly identical to its original release, Endgame Encore features four new post-credits scenes that help connect the events of the 2019 film to Marvel’s next big ensemble blockbuster, Avengers: Doomsday. It also creates a clear link between the latest Spider-Man movie and the upcoming MCU crossover event. One such character who makes a surprise appearance is Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo). Last seen getting carted off on a stretcher after turning into the Hulk and rampaging through the Department of Damage Control (DODC) headquarters, Banner’s whereabouts and general status were left to the imagination at the end of Brand New Day. Seeing as he caused widespread panic across New York City and potentially even injured several witnesses, it was safe to assume he was locked up tight after his short-lived cameo scenes. Image: Jay Maidment/Marvel/Columbia Pictures/Everett Collection However, one post-credits scene at the end of Avengers: Endgame Encore changes everything. The stinger features Banner in a secure facility seemingly of his own design. He pans the camera around a solid stone ceiling, highlighting its structural integrity and subterranean nature, claiming with a positive zeal that, “Hulk isn’t getting out of here, and no one else is getting in.” Banner adds that he’s “been experimenting with a new gamma suppression serum,” something that might hold weight in future Marvel movies. Before he can finish his thoughts or show his findings, Banner is suddenly confronted by an ominous green glow, which gives way to a man offscreen. When Banner asks who the person is, he has little time to process the curt reply, “I’m here to collect you,” before he's whisked away, leaving behind nothing but a few glowing emerald runes in his wake. The scene seemingly implies Doctor Doom (Robert Downey Jr.) has kidnapped the Hulk for the purposes of his master plan, set to be revealed in Doomsday. Marvel Studios The scene is already making waves online, with several fans sarcastically comparing it to the type of video you’d see ahead of a theme park ride. Others are stating the obvious: This should have been tacked on to the end of Brand New Day. It's odd Marvel decided to pair this Hulk post-credit scene with a movie that was released seven years ago. Structurally, the scene makes no sense at the end of Endgame. It almost feels like Disney executives strategically placed it there simply to get butts in seats. Laying the groundwork for Doomsday Image: Disney The funny thing is that Endgame Encore is already stuffed with new connective tissue for Doomsday. The extended ending brings Loki to the doorstep of Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter mid-dance, while the other stingers include a TVA sequence dealing with the collapsing multiverse and a new version of Endgame's iconic hammering gag that reveals Doctor Doom's mask instead of Iron Man's. The Banner scene is easily the oddest of the bunch because it isn't really about Endgame. Even more odd, neither the Hulk nor Peter Parker are expected to appear in Doomsday. The new post-credits scene seems to suggest otherwise, unless it pertains to something happening in Avengers: Secret Wars, which equally makes little sense given that the movie is still over a year away from release. There's no public confirmation that Marvel simply moved the scene from one movie to another, but the placement certainly makes it seem possible or even probable. Putting the Banner and Doom scene after Brand New Day would have given that movie a much cleaner resolution for one of its most important cameos, while naturally bridging Banner's story into Doomsday. Instead, Marvel waited two months and attached it to a theatrical re-release of Endgame that exists primarily to get audiences thinking about the Avengers again. Image: Disney Endgame Encore was explicitly designed as a bridge to Avengers: Doomsday, with Marvel advertising its new footage — all but a mere five minutes’ worth — as a reason to return to theaters. So it's easy to understand why a scene featuring Doctor Doom abducting the Hulk would be more valuable here than sitting quietly at the end of a movie audiences already saw months ago. Then again, maybe the team behind Doomsday only thought of this Banner tag after seeing Brand New Day, and then raced to throw together a post-credits stinger that could help explain why the Hulk will be absent from the upcoming movie. Whatever the reason, the result is undeniably strange. Brand New Day left us wondering what happened to Banner in its closing moments, leaving open a rather interesting thread that could have been easily closed with a well-placed stinger. Marvel apparently decided it was better for audiences to buy another ticket to Avengers: Endgame to find out what happened to the Hulk, instead.