A new rumor has been posted by the Facebook page Hero Today. They claim that during the final act of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the Hulk will rampage through New York City, and Spider-Man and The Punisher will set out to stop him.
Obviously, this confrontation has been known for a long time now, but it wasn’t made totally clear that this would be the final fight of the movie. For example, we could have had maybe a showdown with Sadie Sink’s character, or even the other big set piece that has been shown: Spider-Man versus The Hand.
The biggest piece of info from their post, however, says that for Frank Castle to go toe-to-toe with the Jade Giant, he will suit up as the Punisher War Machine. The post states:
PUNISHER WILL USE AN IRON MAN SUIT IN THE FINALE OF #SpiderManBrandNewDay. Apparently, when Hulk goes out of control in New York, Spider-Man won't be able to stop him and will need Punisher's help. In the end, it is revealed that Punisher stole Stark technology to build a suit specifically tailored for himself...
– Everything seems to indicate that, thanks to the fight at Happy's apartment in #SpiderManNoWayHome, the Stark technology stored there was stolen by several villains and criminals. Frank stole one of Stark's armors and modified it with his own logo, eventually using it to fight Hulk.
You can check out the post for yourself here:
While this does seem possible and would make a lot of sense, I would still take this with a giant pinch of salt. Hero Today seems to be the only one reporting this and while they do boast nearly 150k followers on Facebook, I haven’t ever known of them breaking a scoop in the past.
First appearing in The Punisher #218 (Vol 11), Frank Castle obtains the War Machine armor from Nick Fury Jr.to stop General Petrov, a genocidal dictator in the defunct state of Chernaya. Intended to be a temporary, off-the-books assignment, Frank keeps the suit afterward to wage a brutal, unauthorized global war on crime.
The armored Punisher's destructive one-man army tactics catch the attention of Captain Marvel, Iron Man, and the Avengers, who attempt to stop him. Ultimately, a newly resurrected James Rhodes—the original War Machine—convinces Frank to surrender the suit.
Let us know your thoughts below. Does this seem a likely step up for Frank Castle in Spider-Man: Brand Nee Day? Or just a clickbait rumour?
Spider-Man: Brand New Day picks up four years after Doctor Strange’s spell in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Peter Parker, who voluntarily erased himself from the memories of everyone he loves, lives entirely alone as an anonymous, full-time vigilante. As the burden of protecting New York City intensifies, Peter's extreme isolation and stress trigger a dangerous and uncontrollable biological mutation in his DNA. This transformation forces him to embrace his primal spider instincts while he navigates a strange web of crimes and battles classic foes like Tombstone, Scorpion, and The Hand.