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10 Things You Need To Know About Deadshot Before You See Suicide Squad

Despite being arguably the biggest star in the movie (apologies to Jared Leto, Viola Davis and Margot Robbie), Will Smith hasn’t featured all that prominently in the trailers for Suicide Squad. This is probably due to the fact that more overtly screen-grabbing characters like the Joker and Harley Quinn naturally produce more ‘trailer moments.' However, it does mean that audiences are probably going to go into the film not knowing a whole lot about Smith's character.
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Published: Aug 1, 2016 11:51 am

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10) He Began As A Very Different Character

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In Deadshot’s first appearance in the comics, he was literally an entirely different character. Yes, he was still an expert marksman, but he did not wear his signature mask and he was not a villain.

From an idea by Bob Kane and ghost-written by David Vern Reed and Lew Scwartz, Floyd Lawton first appeared in The Man Who Replaced Batman comic in 1950. He was initially portrayed as a vigilante, aiming to usurp Batman’s position as Gotham’s greatest crime-fighter. He also wore a tuxedo, complete with top hat and tails.

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Deadshot as we know him today didn’t truly arrive until his self-titled mini series in 1988, written by Suicide Squad creator John Ostrander. It was this series that introduced Lawton’s tragic family history.

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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is 'The Incredibles.'
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