10 Times Comics Made Terrible Villains Great
1. Deadshot - Suicide Squad
DC’s coolest assassin may be a surprising addition to this list, but Deadshot had a long road to get to where he is today.
The character dates back all the way to 1950 where he was involved in a weird plot to replace Batman whilst dressed in a top hat and tails like he’d just come back from the opera via the Old West.
In later appearances, he would adopt his classic red outfit and silver facemask but still struggled to live up to his own hype. For someone whose whole deal is never missing, his targets always seemed suspiciously lacking in bullet holes.
Deadshot wouldn’t live up to his potential until the 1980s when he became part of John Ostrander’s Suicide Squad. The book finally made him earn his reputation as a master assassin and fleshed out his character to become a stone-cold killer who would happily take on dangerous missions, not caring if he lived or died.
Deadshot was the breakout character of the series, earning himself a spin-off book that explored his tragic origins and has been one of DC’s most popular villains ever since.