Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) plot flowchart — contains full spoilers
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Causes The attack is the immediate trigger for Peter's uncontrolled response.
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Enables Banner's example gives Peter a working basis for designing his own device.
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Enables Jean's discovery exposes MJ as someone she can target.
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Reveals MJ's account conflicts with Metzger's claim, exposing his lie.
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Enables Peter's inquiry prompts Yelena to check records that connect Sara to Jean.
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Causes What Jean learns about Sara's death fuels the rage behind her outburst.
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Enables Free of the inhibitor's limit, Peter can use the abilities needed to overcome the Hand.
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Reversal
The world forgets Peter
Dr. Strange's spell makes the world forget that Peter Parker exists.
Decision
Peter stays out of their lives
Peter chooses not to reintroduce himself to MJ and Ned in order to protect them.
Setup
Four years as Spider-Man
Over the next four years, Peter anonymously protects New York City as its celebrated hero Spider-Man.
Conflict
Spider-Man defeats major criminals
serious danger
Peter defeats major criminals, including Mac Gargan and the Hand ninjas.
Relationship
DeWolff trusts Spider-Man
Peter earns the trust of police detective Jean DeWolff.
Setup
Peter visits May's grave
Peter regularly visits his aunt May's grave.
Crisis
Tank crashes into DODC prison
serious danger
A tank crashes into a Department of Damage Control prison while Frank Castle is pursuing it.
Action
Telepath aids Gargan's escape
serious danger
A telepath body-hops to help Gargan escape, possessing the tank driver but failing to enter Peter's mind.
Action
Peter stops Castle's collateral damage
serious danger
Peter stops Castle from causing collateral damage as Castle pursues the tank.
Communication
Yelena reports the V-Max search
serious danger
Yelena tells Peter that multiple DODC facilities have been attacked by someone searching for "V-Max".
Deception
Metzger denies knowing V-Max
DODC director Bill Metzger, now using the Hand for security, denies any knowledge of "V-Max" to Peter.
Journey
MJ and Ned return to New York
Ned and MJ move back to New York after graduating from MIT.
Encounter
Peter sees MJ with her boyfriend
Peter encounters MJ and sees her kiss her new boyfriend.
Transformation
Peter wakes with new abilities
After returning home distressed, Peter wakes the next day with heightened senses and spinnerets in his wrists.
Conflict
Possessed Gargan attacks DODC
serious danger
The telepath attacks another DODC facility using a possessed Gargan.
Crisis
Peter loses control in the fight
serious danger
Peter loses control of his new abilities, brutally beats Gargan, and inadvertently injures a police officer.
Communication
DeWolff tells Peter to regain control
DeWolff tells Peter to regain control.
Revelation
Banner shares his inhibitor
Peter learns from Bruce Banner about an inhibitor device that uses siRNA to suppress Banner's super-powered alter ego, the Hulk.
Action
Peter builds an inhibitor
Peter builds his own inhibitor.
Clue
Jean finds Peter's letter
serious danger
While Peter tests the inhibitor, the telepath finds his apartment and learns about MJ from an unsent reintroduction letter.
Crisis
Jean nearly kills MJ
emergency danger
Peter races to get MJ to safety, but the telepath possesses and almost kills her.
Rescue
Peter rescues MJ and identifies Jean
serious danger
Peter rescues MJ and identifies the telepath as teenager Jean Grey.
Action
MJ helps finish the inhibitors
serious danger
Peter takes MJ to Castle's hideout for protection, where she helps complete Peter's inhibitor and a universal inhibitor.
Crisis
Jean attacks DODC headquarters
emergency danger
Jean attacks DODC headquarters with a possessed Banner; his inhibitor is removed, causing him to become the Hulk.
Action
Jean uses Castle to open a vault
serious danger
While Peter fights the Hulk, Jean possesses Castle to open a vault hiding DODC agents.
Conflict
Peter calms the Hulk
emergency danger
Peter calms the Hulk.
Reversal
Jean is subdued at headquarters
serious danger
Peter blocks Jean's powers with the universal inhibitor, and Metzger tranquilizes her.
Communication
Jean and Metzger mention Sara
Jean mentions "Sara"; Metzger claims he remembers thinking of a colleague by that name while possessed by Jean.
Relationship
Peter confesses his love to MJ
MJ has found the letter; Peter apologizes and declares his love, but she does not remember him or return his feelings.
Relationship
MJ invites masked Peter over
MJ invites masked Peter to her and Ned's apartment, where he bonds with both of them.
Revelation
Peter realizes Metzger lied
After MJ describes remembering nothing while possessed, Peter realizes Metzger lied.
Communication
Peter contacts Yelena
Peter contacts Yelena about the name Sara.
Revelation
Yelena finds Sara in DODC files
serious danger
Redacted DODC files show Yelena that Sara is Jean's sister, another telepath kidnapped by the DODC.
Action
Metzger experiments on Jean
serious danger
Metzger experiments on Jean at a DODC facility on Roosevelt Island.
Journey
Peter infiltrates the facility
serious danger
Peter infiltrates the DODC facility on Roosevelt Island.
Revelation
Jean deciphers the V-Max label
serious danger
Jean deduces that "V-Max" is the weathered label on her cell's air vent, the last thing Sara saw and mentally communicated to her before she died.
Crisis
Jean's field freezes everyone but Peter
emergency danger
Enraged, Jean creates a psionic field beyond the facility that freezes everyone within it except Peter, including MJ and Ned.
Conflict
Jean attacks Peter with the Hand
serious danger
Jean rebuffs Peter's apologies and attacks him using the Hand.
Transformation
Peter embraces his new abilities
serious danger
Peter removes his inhibitor and embraces his new abilities.
Conflict
Peter stops Jean from killing Metzger
emergency danger
Peter defeats the Hand and stops Jean from killing Metzger.
Relationship
Peter and Jean reconcile
Peter lets Jean enter his mind, where she experiences his memory of May saying she loves him for who he is; they reconcile over their respective losses.
Crisis
Peter shields Jean from Castle
emergency danger
Peter senses Castle shooting at Jean from a distance and shields her, sustaining a critical injury.
Resolution
Jean drops the psionic field
serious danger
Jean drops the psionic field.
Communication
Peter wakes in the hospital
Peter wakes in a hospital with a remorseful Castle, who says Jean remotely kept him alive with her powers.
Aftermath
DODC faces an investigation
Jean leaves the city, Metzger disappears, and the DODC comes under investigation.
Decision
Peter vows not to go alone
At May's grave, Peter vows to stop trying to do everything alone.
Decision
Peter lets DeWolff handle a robbery
serious danger
While recovering, Peter agrees to let DeWolff handle a robbery.
Relationship
Ned says Peter's name
Peter greets Ned with their secret handshake; Ned performs it looking confused, and after they complete it, he says Peter's name.
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