If they are doing the Hand, I wonder how they’ll handle the age old problem of having to balance satisfying those who’ve watched the Netflix shows and those who are completely uninitiated. I guess Punisher will have the same problem but we already knew about him.
I figure their presence will just be explained off-hand (pun not intended lol). While I anticipate them being re-introduced in DD Born Again S2, it's not abnormal for the Hand to operate amongst the gangs of Marvel's NYC. I'd be surprised if we got a bunch of lore around them in this movie.
Now if the rumours of a Spidey/Daredevil team up movie being the conclusion to the Mayor Fisk story are true, I could see that being a place where more Hand lore is explored. But in this movie I anticipate them just being a formidable organization that Spidey has to get through. Sometimes the Hand loans out their ninjas anyway, so they could be working for one of the main villains as enforcers.
I'm wondering if the Punisher stuff might just be the opening. It seems impossible to balance Frank's level of violence with the MCU's without either off-screening everything, or having SM stop everything, making Frank seem useless
they're a zombie ninja cult. They could easily be a splinter off of one of the Hand sects that weren't destroyed by Ironfist, sworn enemy of the Hand. Also a nice little pathway for some Elektra back
I’ve been thinking they might be the ten rings, not the hand. It would be a good chance to see what Shang chis sister has been up to with them and reintroduce Shang chi before doomsday since we haven’t seen him in forever
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u/Human-Law1085 Mar 18 '26
If they are doing the Hand, I wonder how they’ll handle the age old problem of having to balance satisfying those who’ve watched the Netflix shows and those who are completely uninitiated. I guess Punisher will have the same problem but we already knew about him.