T-Ray

A mysterious and ruthless mercenary who debuted as one of Deadpool's earliest and most personal adversaries, T-Ray possesses a dark history deeply intertwined with Wade Wilson's own past — though exactly who he truly is remains deliberately murky.

Few villains make an entrance quite like T-Ray, who crashed onto the scene in the very first issue of Deadpool back in 1997, courtesy of the legendary creative team of Joe Kelly and Ed McGuinness. A Modern Age Marvel menace with a deeply personal connection to Deadpool's chaotic world, T-Ray has haunted the Merc with a Mouth's corner of the Marvel Universe for nearly three decades, turning up across Deadpool, Cable & Deadpool, and beyond — sharing pages with Wade Wilson, Weasel, and Blind Al in stories that are equal parts darkly comic and genuinely unsettling. That debut in Deadpool #1 carries real collector weight as a key issue, making T-Ray one of those characters whose very first appearance belongs in a serious Deadpool-focused collection. Twenty catalog appearances across 28 years proves this is no throwaway antagonist — he's a fixture of one of Marvel's most beloved and offbeat corners of comics.