What Happened To Every MAJOR Character Who Joined The Suicide Squad?
11. Deadshot
DC Comics
One of the earliest and most famous figures to have served with the Suicide Squad, it's no surprise that Floyd Lawton has been through a lot. He was there in 1987, he was there at various points thereafter, and after joining the Secret Six in Villains United, he made the jump to the Squad all over again when DC rebooted in 2011.
Lawton has been through it all, and he's initially one of only few to willingly join the Squad, as he's desperate to go out in a blaze of glory. That changed somewhat in the New 52 reboot, with Lawton having been recruited to Task Force X after being apprehended by Batman following a botched assassination attempt.
He's slightly more noble this time around, and appears to give his life for the team, only to be resurrected a few issues later. He's still working with the Squad as of 2019, and will likely be a part of the team when it's relaunched by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo this December.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
