Punisher: One Last Kill Sticks the Post-Credits Landing — And Keeps a Winning MCU Trend Alive

Jon Bernthal just walked back into the skull vest with The Punisher: One Last Kill, and everyone wants to know the same thing: does it tease what comes next? Short answer: not in the way you expect. Longer answer below. Spoilers ahead.

Does One Last Kill have a post-credits scene?

Nope. There is no after-credits scene. Stick around if you want to vibe with the end credits and, honestly, to read an important message Marvel places there about mental health and suicide prevention. Given the character and where this story goes emotionally, it fits.

"You are not alone. If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health challenges or thoughts of suicide, text or call 998, or chat 998lifeline.org for support 24/7. For help outside of the U.S. visit findahelpline.com."

So when does this actually take place?

The special keeps the timeline intentionally fuzzy, but it mostly runs alongside Daredevil: Born Again Season 2, which wrapped a week before this dropped. That lines up with why Frank Castle didn’t pop back up during Born Again’s second season. The timing here gives him his own lane without stepping on that show’s finale.

The ending basically is the stinger

Instead of a tag after the credits, the special ends with two beats that do the job. First, Frank visits his daughter’s grave and talks about feeling like she was there with him, and how he’s going to keep moving forward. It lands with real weight. Then it hard-cuts to Frank fully suited as the Punisher, tracking down a criminal who earlier in the special did something genuinely nasty: he killed a dog. Frank deals with him, decisively. It’s cathartic, it tells you the Punisher is very much back in business, and it makes an extra mid-credits scene feel redundant.

What’s next for Frank Castle?

We already know where he turns up: Spider- Man: Brand New Day. That’s been teased right in the movie ’s trailer. Marvel clearly isn’t trying to spoil any of that here, so One Last Kill keeps its focus tight and self-contained.

If you’ve noticed a pattern, you’re not wrong. Recent Marvel shows have been easing off end-credit tags: Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 didn’t have one, Wonder Man Season 1’s finale didn’t either. Special Presentations are a mixed bag — the Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special tagged it, Werewolf by Night didn’t. And to be fair, on streaming you can just scrub to the end to check, which kind of kills the theater-style surprise anyway.

• No post-credits scene in The Punisher: One Last Kill
• Timeline runs alongside Daredevil: Born Again Season 2
• Ending itself functions like a stinger: graveyard closure, then Punisher back in action
• Frank’s next stop is Spider-Man: Brand New Day (already teased in that trailer)
• Marvel uses the credits to highlight mental health resources

The Punisher: One Last Kill is now streaming on Disney+.