Deadshot

Deadshot (Floyd Lawton) is a fictional character, a supervillain in the DC Universe and an enemy of Batman. He first appears in Batman #59 (June/July 1950) and was created by Bob Kane, David Vern Reed and Lew Schwartz.

IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains Of All Time ranked Deadshot as #43.

Fictional character biography

Within the DC Universe, 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 silenced, 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 serving his term, Deadshot begins hiring his services out as an assassin, changing his costume from the top coat 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 visited in the earlier comic books featuring his character. He is a young boy named Floyd Lawton, living with his mother, brother, and abusive father. Lawton's father on one occasion attacks his brother, whom Floyd loves. In an attempt to rid his family of his father during the conflict, Lawton fires at his father with his own rifle. However, the branch of the garden tree that Floyd sits on in order to take the shot breaks, and he misses. The bullet enters the struggle between his father and brother, hitting the latter in neck and killing him. Lawton consequently kills the brother he loves to save the father he hates. This can be seen as an explanation for Deadshot's affection towards brotherly figures.