Everything has a trigger. I'm good at working out how to pull it. 
- — Gunsmith src
Gunsmith was a firearms-obsessed mercenary who had worked with Deathstroke and Amanda Waller.
History
Douglas Worth worked for multiple military contractors and had worked in the Middle East six times. However, he was fired from all of them due to using numerous experimental weapons without permission. Two years before he was hired by Deathstroke for a job in Gotham City, he became a mercenary and eventually an assassin. Gunsmith made a name for himself due to his ability to build weapons with anything he could find,[1] an idea that extended to his ability to motivate others into violence. Gunsmith saw firearms as tools of egalitarianism and democracy, tied in to his nationalistic fervor for the United States of America.[2]
He first encountered Batman while attempting to steal the guns turned in to a Wayne weapon amnesty program. Rigging the site with automatic rifles, he drove a young man into firing on Batman by taking his brother hostage. Batman disarmed the shooter and pursued Gunsmith onto the roof, who occupied the hero by throwing him off, buying time for his escape. Gunsmith made no effort to shoot Batman as he did so, as a consequence of his own admiration for the man and his expectation that the hostage's brother would try to kill Batman again to escape reprisal for his first attempt.[2]
He was hired by Deathstroke as part of a team to fulfill Designer's plans by taking out Batman while also exacting revenge on the criminals who betrayed him years ago. Batman attacked Deathstroke and took the others down by misleading them into his traps. Gunsmith was later imprisoned at the Black Block alongside others before being broken out by Deathstroke. They were however all abducted by The Penguin before Deathstroke freed them again.[3]
Batman apprehended him again by destroying his gun, while being dragged by his motorcycle he had latched onto.[1] Though angered at being used as bait for Batman and disappointed that he had not gotten to kill anyone, Gunsmith regrouped with Deathstroke's forces to receive his payment,[4] and joined his Secret Society of Super-Villains in Zandia, where Toyman put him to work arming Batmobiles in the Society's possession.[5]
In exchange for a pardon for his crimes, Gunsmith entered the service of Amanda Waller, and joined her operatives Peacemaker and Peacewrecker on a mission to retrieve the Helmet of Hate from Lazarus Island. Under fire from drone defenses, he made a run for the helmet but was maimed by an explosive trap at the temple in which it was held.[6] His injuries were repaired with cybernetics, and he was stationed as a security guard at the Waller family tomb on the planet Czarnia. There, he joined Waller's Suicide Squad in confronting the intruders Batman and Catwoman.[7]
During the battle Batman managed to trick Gunsmith into shooting Bizarro who chocked him to unconsciousness. After the force field that surrounded their location was deactivated he recovered moment before being killed by Darkseid.[8]
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Cybernetic Enhancement: Gunsmith's right arm and part of his face have been replaced with cybernetics.[7]
Abilities
Notes
- Gunsmith was very patriotic and wore a flag design on his costume, and considered himself a true soldier.[1]
Related
- 11 Appearances of Douglas Worth (Prime Earth)
- 3 Images featuring Douglas Worth (Prime Earth)
- 1 Quotations by or about Douglas Worth (Prime Earth)
- Character Gallery: Douglas Worth (Prime Earth)
Footnotes
  Batman Villain(s) |
 Secret Society of Super-Villains member |