Hulk’s son Skaar returns in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and director Destin Daniel Cretton has confirmed the moment himself. Skaar made his one and only MCU appearance in the final episode of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, when Mark Ruffalo’s Smart Hulk came home from Sakaar and introduced the young warrior to a stunned Walters family. Stargirl actor Wil Deusner played the part in a single, silent scene. The finale aired in October 2022, and no Marvel Studios project mentioned the character again.
The new Spider-Man movie quietly broke that silence, though most people who watched the film missed it. Peter Parker spends part of the film seeking out Bruce Banner, who now teaches at Empire State University while a wrist inhibitor keeps his gamma side suppressed. During those campus scenes, Banner keeps a photo of Skaar on his desk, and the image is an actual still pulled straight from She-Hulk.
The detail flies by so quickly that fans put on their investigative caps, analysing the movie frame by frame in a bid to spot the Easter egg. One viewer on X managed to find it and circled the frame, a small printed picture propped beside a binder on the desk at the front of Banner’s lecture hall.
Cretton settled the debate in a new interview with The Wrap. The director refused to explain why the photo exists or whether it teases something bigger, though he happily acknowledged the hunt. "I’m glad people are finding it," Cretton said, laughing.
The nod comes during a massive moment for the web-slinger. Spider-Man: Brand New Day opened in cinemas on Friday, July 31, and earned $360 million domestically over its first weekend, the biggest domestic debut in box office history. Beyond Skaar, another interesting Hulk detail in Brand New Day is Bruce Banner reuniting with his Savage Hulk side, a turn of events that could have massive implications in future MCU films.
Will Skaar Appear Again in the MCU?
Naturally, Skaar's appearance in Brand New Day has fans wondering whether Hulk’s son will return in the MCU and possibly play a significant role. If Skaar does resurface, his father’s crumbling life offers the most natural doorway. Brand New Day leaves Banner in awful shape. Jean Grey, played by Sadie Sink, seizes control of his mind partway through the film and forces the Hulk out to break into a Damage Control vault.
The scrambled aftermath unleashes a savage version of the giant who no longer listens to Banner and fights Spider-Man. The story ends with the scientist hospitalized and his quiet teaching career destroyed. Marvel also left Banner out of the sprawling cast announcement for Avengers: Doomsday, which arrives on December 18, so his path through the rest of the Multiverse Saga remains wide open and could make room for his son.
Avengers: Secret Wars looks like the likeliest place for this reunion. Leaked concept art tied to the upcoming Avengers movies surfaced in early 2025 and showed Hulk and She-Hulk in medieval clothing, speaking with a wounded, long-haired young Hulk that fans naturally assumed was Skaar. The village around them resembled Greenland, the Battleworld domain from the Secret Wars comics where gamma-powered beings run their own society.
The Russos denied the artwork was a part of their two-part finale, but that hasn’t quieted the chatter surrounding the image. As recently as this summer, industry insider Alex Perez told fans the whole Hulk family could plausibly gather in that part of the story, while admitting he could not say for certain.
A Battleworld nation packed with Hulks would solve the Skaar problem in one move. The character needs no She-Hulk revival and no project of his own, just a place inside a crossover already bringing together every corner of the franchise. Avengers: Secret Wars hits theaters on December 17, 2027, and it's the likeliest place fans will see Skaar again.
Geraldo Amartey is a writer at The Direct. He joined the team in 2025, bringing with him four years of experience covering entertainment news, pop culture, and fan-favorite franchises for sites like YEN, Briefly and Tuko.
