Spider-Man: Brand New Day reintroduces a 61-year-old villain and timeline twists in the MCU

What Happened: Screen Rant outlines how Spider-Man: Brand New Day introduces a rarely used Spider-Man foe from the 1960s—sculpting a new villain lineup (including Scorpion, Tombstone, Boomerang, and Tarantula) within the MCU. The piece suggests these choices reinterpret classic Spider-Man lore to fit a modern MCU context, potentially affecting how villains are deployed in Phase 5/6 story arcs.