New AVENGERS: SECRET WARS Rumor Could Explain SPIDER-MAN 4’s Post-Credits Scene

The post-credits scene for Spider-Man: Brand New Day left Marvel fans trying to figure out exactly what they had just watched and, more importantly, where it was leading.

Now, a new rumor involving Avengers: Secret Wars could provide some much-needed context for the scene, potentially connecting Peter Parker directly to Battleworld and a resistance fighting against Doctor Doom.

The latest piece of the puzzle comes from insider Alex Perez, who recently participated in a Q&A and was asked about Brand New Day and its possible connection to elements from Marvel's Secret Wars comics.

Specifically, the question concerned whether the MCU would introduce a Life Raft or resistance team designed to survive the coming threat from Doctor Doom.

Perez responded: “There is a resistance team but no word on the liferafts.” That's an interesting detail when placed alongside what happens at the end of Brand New Day.

In Marvel Comics, the Life Rafts were essentially emergency survival vessels created as the multiverse approached total destruction.

The Illuminati and Cabal were involved in developing the technology as a last resort against the final incursion, while the Future Foundation and the Maker ultimately created separate Life Rafts associated with Earth-616 and Earth-1610.

Both eventually became important to the story of Battleworld, the patchwork reality created from the remains of destroyed universes.

That comic book history makes the Brand New Day post-credits scene considerably more intriguing. The Spidey Tracker picks up a Spider-Man sighting in space, which seemed pretty damn random without additional context.

If Perez's information about a resistance team is accurate, however, Peter Parker's mysterious cosmic whereabouts could be setting up his involvement with that group.

It doesn't necessarily mean Marvel Studios is adapting the Life Rafts exactly as they appeared in the comics. Perez specifically says there's currently no word about them. The larger idea of survivors or resistance fighters coming together against Doctor Doom, though, would fit in with the direction of Avengers: Secret Wars.

It could also explain why Marvel would end a Spider-Man movie with Peter apparently connected to something happening in space. Rather than simply teasing another Spider-Man adventure, the scene may be positioning him for the massive multiversal conflict waiting around the corner.

Of course, we're still dealing with a rumor here, and Marvel has plenty of room to change, remix, or completely reinvent concepts from the comics.

The MCU has always treated its source material as a foundation rather than a strict blueprint, so even if Battleworld and a resistance are coming, there's no guarantee they'll function exactly like their comic counterparts.

Before any of that happens, Marvel Studios has Avengers: Doomsday coming in December, which will bring Robert Downey Jr. into the MCU as Doctor Doom. Doom is also officially confirmed for Secret Wars, making him the central figure connecting Marvel's next two Avengers movies.

While Marvel hasn't announced the complete Secret Wars cast, several familiar names are currently associated with the 2027 film. There's also a growing collection of rumored returning Marvel heroes.

If even a good chunk of those characters end up involved, a resistance against Doom starts sounding like a pretty natural way of bringing heroes from different corners of the MCU and multiverse together.

Spider-Man being caught up in all of this would hardly be surprising. Peter Parker has repeatedly found himself dragged from neighborhood-level trouble into universe-threatening insanity, and Secret Wars is about as big as Marvel can possibly go. The bigger question is how he gets from the events of Brand New Day to wherever that Spidey Tracker detected him.

For now, the resistance rumor gives the post-credits scene a much more interesting purpose. Spider-Man's trip into space may not be some isolated mystery after all. It could be one of Marvel's first breadcrumbs leading directly toward Battleworld, Doom's reign, and the war that will decide what's left of the multiverse.

Avengers: Secret Wars is currently scheduled to hit theaters on December 17, 2027.