Marvel Brings Bullseye Into Deadpool and Punisher Crossover

Marvel Comics is expanding its Deadpool and Punisher crossover with the introduction of Bullseye in Wade Wilson: Deadpool #9, scheduled for release on October 14, 2026. The issue continues the Big Guns storyline, in which Deadpool, Frank Castle, and the organization Black Hole pursue a weapon capable of altering events in history.

Writer Benjamin Percy is developing the crossover across his ongoing Wade Wilson: Deadpool and The Punisher series. According to previews covered by Comic Watch and Bleeding Cool, Bullseye enters the conflict as the characters compete to obtain the powerful firearm before their rivals can secure it.

The storyline's central weapon is a time gun that can kill targets at different points in history. Screen Rant reported that the device contains 10 specially designed bullets, giving its users the ability to affect events far beyond an ordinary confrontation.

The weapon's capabilities were demonstrated in a preview sequence involving Deadpool and Punisher. After Deadpool throws a katana that impales Frank Castle's hand, the Punisher drops the gun. It discharges when it hits the floor, opening a blue portal approximately 10,000 years in the past and killing a saber-toothed tiger.

Marvel Comics assistant editor Cy Pedro Beltran suggested that the incident makes Deadpool responsible for the saber-toothed tiger's extinction. The accidental discharge also leaves nine bullets in the weapon, according to Screen Rant's account of the preview.

The Punisher's interest in the gun is personal. Screen Rant reported that Frank Castle initially considers using it against the people responsible for his family's deaths, a decision that could change the circumstances surrounding their deaths if the weapon's historical effects carry into the present.

The device was previously introduced in The Punisher #8, which ended with Castle obtaining it from a decommissioned S.H.I.E.L.D. vault. He used a Level 5 S.H.I.E.L.D. security clearance card to gain access to the facility, where Deadpool and Blind Al had been hired to steal the weapon.

The gun's origin connects the two series and establishes the stakes of the crossover. Deadpool and Punisher are now pursuing the same device as Black Hole, while Bullseye's arrival introduces another contender into the struggle.

The issue's solicitation states the central conflict directly: "PUNISHER and DEADPOOL are hunting the same weapon as BLACK HOLE... but what good’s a gun without the greatest marksman of all time to aim it? Sounds like a job for BULLSEYE!" The description positions Bullseye as a key participant in the contest for control of the weapon.

Percy unveiled the second half of the four-part Big Guns crossover during Marvel Comics: Next Big Thing panel at San Diego Comic-Con. Geoff Shaw provides artwork for Wade Wilson: Deadpool, while José Luis Soares illustrates The Punisher. Both ongoing series began in February 2026.

Wade Wilson: Deadpool #9 is scheduled to arrive in comic shops and on digital platforms October 14, 2026. Its release continues the crossover as the three competing forces seek a weapon with potentially far-reaching consequences for Marvel's fictional history.