Spider-Man Fans Can Enjoy a Brand New Day Way Earlier Than Expected

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Some new details and a release date for a Spider-Man: Brand New Day project have been revealed; however, there’s a catch, and it may not be what fans are expecting.

Marvel and Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man: Brand New Day, also known as Spider-Man 4, arrives in United States theaters this summer. Directed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ Destin Daniel Cretton, the movie will see Tom Holland once again reprise his role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man.

While MCU fans are anxiously waiting for the first Spider-Man 4 trailer to be released, Marvel has announced that another Brand New Day project — a comic titled Spectacular Spider-Man: Brand New Day — is coming in May.

What is the Spider-Man: Brand New Day comic?

Spectacular Spider-Man: Brand New Day comes from writer Dan Slott and illustrator Marcus To, while Phil Jimenez provides cover art, and artist Marcos Martin is doing special backup stories. Marvel Comics’ Brand New Day storyline originally debuted in 2008 and ran over one hundred issues for almost three years.

A description of the new series reads, “Spider-Man discovers one of the most valuable items the Kingpin, A.K.A. Wilson Fisk, possesses—THE LEXICON. This directory of the Kingpin’s criminal enterprise could destroy the criminal landscape of New York City and that’s Spider-Man’s goal when he takes it. But Fisk isn’t the only person who wants the Lexicon… Mr. Negative would love his competitor’s secret information, but so would Frank Castle himself, the Punisher. Taking the Lexicon sure seemed like a good idea to make the city safer, but it’s painted the biggest target ever on Spider-Man’s back! DO NOT MISS THIS IN-COMICS CONTINUITY ADVENTURE THAT WILL ECHO FROM SPIDER-MAN’S PAST INTO SPIDER-MAN’S PRESENT AND FUTURE!”

Check out the cover art for the first issue below:

Slott said in a statement, “Spider-Man is my favorite character in all of fiction. Heart on my sleeve here—I love writing Spider-Man. We’re going to reveal hidden secrets and plant explosive seeds that will pay off and affect what’s happening in Spider-Man’s world today! These will be stories that matter and that will have major consequences!

“We’ve got the killer art team of Marvel’s biggest secret weapon, Marcus To, and new shorts by the Inkpot Award-winning legend, Marcos Martin! With Marcus, this is going to be one of the best looking books on the stand, and with Marcos, we’re going to have these incredible short features that will ensure that NEW readers can jump right in, even if they’ve never read a Brand New Day issue!”

Spectacular Spider-Man: Brand New Day #1, which features cover art by Pat Gleason, will be released on May 13, 2026. The Brand New Day movie, meanwhile, has a July 31, 2026, theatrical release date.