WARNING! Potential spoilers ahead for Deadpool & Wolverine #3
Deadpoolhas been causing problems forWolverinein their new team-up series, and now, the Merc With a Mouth’s new codename might be the ultimate betrayal. To be fair to Deadpool, he hasn’t been in control of his actions in this storyline, as he’s been mind-controlled by Stryfe via a new substance known as Legacy 2.0 – buthis new role as Marvel’s “X-Cutioner” could still have major repercussions.
Marvel’s preview forDeadpool & Wolverine#3 – written by Benjamin Percy, with art by Joshua Cassara – opens with Logan keeping Wade prisoner in a bar. Deadpool briefly broke free of Stryfe’s control at the end of the last issue, leading Wolverine to tie him to a chair and demand some answers.
Wolverine decides totake advantage of Deadpool’s healing factor, using violence to try and draw his mind-controlled state back out. Wolverine’s plan works, as he draws out the “X-Cutioner” programming placed there by Stryfe.
Deadpool Is Now The “X-Cutioner” – But He Is Being Controlled by Stryfe To Fight Wolverine
Deadpool & Wolverine#3 – Written By Benjamin Percy; Art By Joshua Cassara; Color By Guru-eFX; Lettering By Joe Sabino
Deadpool tells Wolverine the meaning of the X-Cutioner name, saying that they “execute a plan to execute humanity.”Stryfe being in control of Deadpoolshows off just how deadly Wade Wilson can be in the wrong hands, as there are no quips or zingersMarvel’s deadly hired assassinthrows out when tearing through his enemies – just pure violence.Readers get a little glimpse of Deadpool/X-Cutioner’s single-mindedness at the end of the preview,like the moment where Deadpool breaks the antlers off of a mounted deer’s head. Wade is willing to use everything at his disposal to accomplish his mission.
Stryfe’s plan doesn’t seem to be connected to the previous X-Cutioner, but anything is possible in the remaining issues ofDeadpool & Wolverine.
It’s interesting that Stryfe would choose to call the mind-controlled Deadpool “X-Cutioner,” as it’s the same name of a previous X-villain.The original X-Cutionerwas actually disgraced FBI agent Carl Denti, who began hunting and killing mutants who had killed humans. X-Cutioner used weaponry gathered from all over the Marvel Universe,including Shi’ar body armorand propulsion boots based on Sentinel technology. So far, Stryfe’s plan doesn’t seem to be connected to the previous X-Cutioner, but anything is possible in the remaining issues ofDeadpool & Wolverine.
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Deadpool & Wolverine#3will be available June 06, 2025 from Marvel Comics
Deadpool
The merc with the mouth first appeared in an issue ofNew Mutantsin 1990, and since then has gone on to get his own series and a massive cult following. With his incredible powers of healing and regeneration, Deadpool was initially depicted as an X-Men villain but went on to become an anti-hero. After getting his own movie series starting in 2016, the third Deadpool movie finally brings the wisecracking, fourth-wall-breaking character into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Wolverine
The human mutant Wolverine (a.k.a. Logan) was born James Howlett, blessed with a superhuman healing factor, senses, and physiology. Subjecting himself to experimentation to augment his skeleton and claws with adamantium, Logan is as deadly as he is reckless, impulsive, and short-tempered. Making him the X-Men’s wildest and deadliest member, and one of Marvel Comics' biggest stars. He’s played in Fox and Marvel’s movie franchises by Hugh Jackman.
