Deadshot would later be forcibly recruited into Amanda Waller's Suicide Squad, and he greatly contributed to the defeat of the Enchantress and Incubus mystical duo, getting his prison sentence shortened and allowed to frequently visit his daughter as a result. as a consummate professional: as long as he's been paid to kill someone, he will always carry it out, without exceptions or mercy. He is also sarcastic and have a personal method where he has to be paid first to get his job done and will threaten his employers furthermore when he is offended, evidenced by wanting double the original pay for his job because his "client" was being a "dickhead"; alongside of his sarcasm, he has an incredibly tough attitude, and can work even under the highest of pressure.
Publication Information
- Suicide Squad : Floyd Lawton
- Version : Suicide Squad 2016
- Multiverse :
- Alter Ego : Deadshot
- Known As : Hire mercenary
- Type :
- Assassin For Hire
- Human Arsenal
- The Man Who Never Misses
- Sellout
- Member Of Suicide Squad
- Relative :
- George Lawton : Father
- Genevieve Lawton : Mother
- Eddie Lawton : Brother
- Zoe Lawton : Daughter
- Susan Lawton : Ex Wife
- Affiliation : Suicide Squad
- Gender : Male
- Origin : Gotham City, New Jersey
- Season : Suicide Squad
- First Appeareance :
- Last Appeareance :
- Number of Appeareance :
- Potrayer : Will Smith
- Main View : Full Episod
Mission in Gotham City
When Deadshot was on hire for a criminal organization to kill a informant in police custody who was about to testify against the organization, he set up a hardened reflective panel in front of the courthouse and waited for the police convoy to arrive. Deadshot called his employer Angelo, and demanded that he get paid immediately before killing the informant. As the convoy arrived and Deadshot threatened to call off the hit, he received his payment of $1 million up front.
Captured by Batman
In December of 2015, after hearing of Deadshot, Amanda Wallerbecomes a situational ally of Batman, giving the latter some crucial information on how to track the assassin down. Hence, while Deadshot is walking down the street with his daughter Zoe, Batman suddenly glides down and seizes Deadshot, telling the latter to surrender, not wanting to do anything in front of Deadshot's daughter. Deadshot attempts to fight off the vigilante, but Batman swiftly gets the better of him, knocking Deadshot to the ground.
Recruitment
In 2016, nine months after Griggs took over as his main guard at Belle Reve, Deadshot is incarcerated in prison where he is often mistreated by the guards of Belle Reve especially Griggs who feeds him disgusting food and beat him regularly. While alone in his cell, he thinks about the last words his daughter spoke to him that "She loves him, even though he does bad things. Later, Amanda Waller gathers skilled individuals and metahumans for Project Task Force X.
Deployment in Midway City
With the attack in Midway City, Michigan by the mystical duo Enchantress and Incubus, Deadshot, along with the other members of the Suicide Squad are implanted with explosive nanotechnology provided by Dr. Van Criss and transferred to an evacuation point outside of the city, where they are joined by Slipknot. As the villians suit up for their mission, Harley ask if Deadshot is hesitant to put on his gear because it will no longer fit due to weight gain? He replies "No", and says that everytime he puts it on "somebody dies" and that he "likes putting it on.".
Battling Enchantress's Minions
oon after, the group encounters weird looking creatures in the Enchantress' employment known as the Eyes of the Adversary. Flag again threatens to blow Lawton's head off if he runs away when Deadshot inquires about the mutated creatures. When Deadshot and Flag, and the others approach them, the creatures become hostile and attack. The squad are initially overwhelmed as the monsters capture Flag, much to Harley's delight. Knowing the Squad members are as good as dead if the colonel is injured or killed, Deadshot reminds her of what Waller had said about that and leads his teammates to rally and turns the fight in their favor as Flag is recovered.
Retrieving Waller
When they reach the John F. Ostrander Federal Building, Deadshot goes ahead of the rest of the group despite protest from Flag. Flag and company immediately follow him into the building, and when Harley breaks away from the others Lawton, Flag, and the others go after Harley together. When Flag is given the heads up the group is surrounded by hostiles, Deadshot puts on his trademark protective mask, prompting Harley to mock him as a "pussy" and Lawton to admonish her and threaten to knock her out despite her being a girl. When the group is under attack from the Eyes of the Adversary, Lawton gets Harley, Boomerang, Croc, and Katana to circle around Flag to protect him from the army of the Eyes of the Adversary
Drowning Sorrows
With Enchantress's heart returned and Amanda Waller her valuable captive for top secret information about Earth's defenses, Enchantress's machine neared completion. As the group advanced closer on what Deadshot called "A big swirling ring of trash in the sky", he grew more concerned about what the squad was getting itself into and demanded answers. When Flag blew him off, Waller's binder of classified information caught Deadshot's eye at the helicopter crash site where Incubus attacked. Upon reading it and finding out the truth that all the chaos is being caused by all powerful fellow squad member gone rogue and her brother, and that Waller is inadvertingly responsible, Deadshot demands Flag tell the group.
Facing Enchantress and Incubus
The Suicide Squad and Special Ops team come up with a tenative plan to take on Incubus and Enchantressdeciding to take out the former first with a demo charge. As they make their way to the final confrontation, Flag confides in Deadshot he never believed in the concept of love until he met June Moone and he's afraid she may be lost to him. Deadshot tells him to do whatever he has to do to avoid that and that he has his back. Deadshot goes to Diablo to make sure he will fight with them and not hold back, assuring a relunctant El Diablo they may actually have a chance at success if he fights with them as the group's most powerful metahuman.
Saving The World
With Incubus, El Diablo, GQ, and the others dead, Deadshot looks at the Enchantress and declares she will be next. Enchantress tells Deadshot and the others despite the loss of her brother, her spell machine is completed and can wreck havok on Earth's defenses as her darkness spreads across the globe. Deadshot asks Flag what to do before it is too late and Flag replies they have to remove the metahuman's heart to make her weak enough to be stopped. When Enchantress here's this she engages the members of Suicide Squad in a brutal battle.
Brief Reunion
Later on, Lawton is back in Gotham City in an apartment using his skills to help his daughter with her homework. Rick Flag, who is also there, stops U.S. Marshals from putting Deadshot back into shackles before he can say goodbye to his little girl properly. Zoe hugs her father goodbye saying she loves him. Finally feeling worthy of his daughter's love after everything he's been through recently, Deadshot mutters "I love you too" back to Zoe. Back at Belle Reve, Deadshot is seen in his cell using his punching bag, with a big pile of his daughter's letters by the window. As Waller promised, Deadshot continues to have regular visits with Zoe.
Abilities
- Peak Human Condition : Deadshot, as a highly skilled and experienced assassin, is in top physical condition, though not even near to Batman's level.
- Peak Human Durability : Deadshot is exceptionally durable, withstanding a brutal beating at the hands of ARGUS agents while in Belle Reve, and swiftly recovering after being sent flying back by a superhumanly strong blow from Incubus, though this was also due to Deadshot's bulletproof bodysuit.
- Master Marksman : Deadshot is an incredibly formidable and lethal marksman, even when not wearing his eye-patch, thus being extremely skilled with numerous ranged weapons including 9 mm pistols, Gatling guns, revolvers, flare guns, potato cannons, machine guns, assault rifles, flamethrowers, sniper rifles, anti-tank rifles, shotguns, M1 carbines, Bazookas, Derringers, Uzis, grenade launchers, .44 magnums, and muskets.
- Expert Combatant : Deadshot, as a former member of the US Special Forces, is a highly skilled and formidable hand-to-hand combatant, though not quite on Batman and Katana's level.
- Master Assassin : Deadshot is an extremely skilled assassin, having become an infamous gun for hire ever since leaving the US Special Forces, assassinating his targets in mere seconds after a price that satisfies Deadshot is offered.
- Skilled Leader : Deadshot, as noted by Rick Flag himself, is respected by his Suicide Squad teammates, and has a degree of influence over them.
Floyd Lawton (Smallville Version 2001)
Publication Information
- Smallville : Floyd Lawton
- Version : Smallville 2001
- Multiverse :
- Alter Ego : Deadshot
- Known As : Former assassin
- Type : Member Of Suicide Squad
- Relative :
- Affiliation : Suicide Squad
- Gender : Male
- Origin :
- Season : Suicide Squad
- First Appeareance :
- Last Appeareance :
- Number of Appeareance :
- Potrayer : Bradley Stryker
- Main View : Full Episod
Abilities
- Expert Marksman : As a proficient marksman, Deadshot can handle weapons, particularly guns, as well as can use them very accurately because of the electronic-eye patch he wears.
- Peak Agility : As a slender and thin young man, Deadshot is extremely dexterous and can maneuver very accurately.
- Main Article : Floyd Lawton (Arrow Version)
