Deadshot (Floyd Lawton) is a fictional character appearing in American
comic books published by DC Comics. Created by David Vern Reed, Lew
Schwartz, and Bob Kane, the character made his first appearance in
Batman #59 (Juneâ€"July 1950). He is an excellent sniper who regularly
boasts of never missing a shot, and is often considered as one of the
deadliest assassins in the DC Universe. Deadshot is an adversary of
the superhero Batman and belongs to the collective of enemies that
make up his rogues gallery. Though normally portrayed as a
supervillain, he is sometimes depicted as an antihero.The character
has been substantially adapted from the comics into various forms of
media, including television series, feature films, and video games.
Deadshot was portrayed by Bradley Stryker in the final season of
Smallville, by Michael Rowe in the Arrowverse, and by Will Smith in
the DC Extended Universe, starting with the 2016 film, Suicide Squad.
IGN ranked Deadshot as the 43rd-greatest comic book villain of all
time in 2009.Deadshot is often a hired assassin, regularly boasting to
"Never Miss". He is capable of using a large variety of weapons, but
is most frequently portrayed as using a pair of suppressed,
wrist-mounted guns. He initially appears in Gotham City as a new crime
fighter, but is revealed to be an enemy of Batman when he attempts to
replace the Dark Knight. He is sent to jail when Batman and
Commissioner Gordon publicly expose his plot to become the king of
Gotham's underworld. After breaking out of jail, Deadshot begins
hiring his services out as an assassin. At this point, he changes his
costume from the top hat and tails he previously wore to a red
jumpsuit and distinctive metal face plate with a targeting device on
the right side.Deadshot's past is revealed in subsequent appearances.
His real name is Floyd Lawton, and he grew up in a wealthy household
with his mother, abusive father, and older brother Eddie. Eddie was
beloved by his parents and the other townspeople, while Floyd was a
troubled child and despised by his parents; still, Floyd idolized his
brother and always stood up for him during conflicts with the town's
other children. Floyd's parents were the most powerful people in his
town, but they were known to despise each other. Eventually Floyd's
mother claimed his father had become "too abusive", prompting Floyd
and Eddie to kill him. When Eddie attempted the kill, he shot his
father's spine, crippling him. Floyd took a shot from his tree house
but accidentally killed Eddie instead. From that moment on, Floyd
swore to never miss another shot again. Deadshot Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter