Floyd Lawton (DCAU)

Deadshot
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Real Name	Floyd Lawton
Main Alias	Deadshot
Other Aliases	X5
Affiliation	False Face Society, Project Cadmus, Task Force X
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Assassin
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Black
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	DCAU · Earth 12
Creators	David Vern Reed · Lew Sayre Schwartz
First Appearance	"The Enemy Below, Part I" (December 3, 2001)

C'est la vie.

— Deadshot

Deadshot is an assassin for hire.

History

One of his missions was to assassinate Aquaman, the ruler of Atlantis, but he was stopped by the Justice League.

Lawton was later sentenced to death and awaited trial at Belle Reve. Moments before his scheduled execution, he was forced into the Task Force X, with which he performed a daring break-in into the Justice League Watchtower in order to retrieve the Annihilator.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

• Deception
• Driving: He was able to drive a motorcycle in sewer tunnels and then a militarized van all to escape the Justice League.
  • Escapology
• Explosives: He was able to effective fire and destroy city streets, cars and tunnels.
• Firearms: As a hired gun, Deadshot was able to attack and harm Aquaman as well as Superman.
• Gadgetry
• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic)

Trivia

• This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the DC Animated Universe and is an adaptation of Deadshot. The original character was created by David Vern Reed and Lew Sayre Schwartz and first appeared in Batman #59.
• Deadshot was voiced by Michael Rosenbaum (also the voice of The Flash), who imitated the voice of Kevin Spacey.

Related

• 12 Appearances of Floyd Lawton (DCAU)
• 2 Images featuring Floyd Lawton (DCAU)
• 2 Quotations by or about Floyd Lawton (DCAU)
• Character Gallery: Floyd Lawton (DCAU)

External Links

• Deadshot at the DC Animated Universe Wiki

Footnotes

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