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Before various super-villains with different histories were rallied to form a team to work for the government, Rick Flag formed the original version of the group back in his days during the period of World War II. They were re-assigned as Task Force X when the Justice Society got disbanded but ended up upon Rick Flag’s demise.

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Later, Rick Flag Jr. stepped in his father’s shoes to form the team again and a congressional aide named Amanda Waller found the classified files of the program and Task Force X resurfaced as Suicide Squad. Initially, members with reputation like Bronze Tiger, Deadshot, Blockbuster, Captain Boomerang and Enchantress signed up as expendable agents for the team who will go on life-threatening covert missions assigned by Waller.

In the prison of Belle Reve, Louisiana, the Squad set up its base of operation and they were quite instrumental on the Manhunter invasion during “Millennium” as well as fighting the Female Furies of Darkseid from Apokolips. Batman eventually discovers the existence of the team and threatens Waller to expose the truth in public but she also made him leave by threatening to reveal his identity.

When General Frank Rock run the team, many of the members dies but over time, villains like Bane, Harley Quinn, Mindboggler, Plastique, Nemesis, Nightshade, Killer Frost, Slipknot, Heat Wave, Count Vertigo, Doctor Light, Shrike, King Shark, Knockout, Chemo, Plasmus and Shrapnel has joined the ranks of the team with President Luthor and General Lane in charge.

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General Rock's Suicide Squad

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Legends

Suicide Squad Vol 01 – Trial By Fire

Millennium

Suicide Squad Vol 02 – Nightshade Odyssey

Suicide Squad – Rogues

Deadshot – Beginnings

Invasion!

Suicide Squad – The Phoenix Gambit

Batman by Ed Brubaker Vol 01

Deadshot – Bulletproof

Suicide Squad – From the Ashes

JLA – Salvation Run

Debuted in 1986 as a monthly ongoing title of from DC Comics, Suicide Squad is an anti-hero team of comic book villains created by Robert Kanigher and Ross Andru which is also known as Task Force X and sometimes it also goes by the name Checkmate. Although receiving its independent series in the eighties, the team actually first appeared on the pages of the 25th issue of The Brave and the Bold ongoing series in 1959. Over the course of its run, the series and its starring characters have been a part of crossover events like Legends, Millennium, Our Worlds at War, 52 and Blackest Night.

Formation of Task Force X

However, following the “Flashpoint” event, the entire DC Comics titles have shifted to The New 52 timeline with the team of Suicide Squad also with its own altered history and a much harsher scenario. As a part of DC Extended Universe; a cinematic universe of movies based on various DC Comics properties, Suicide Squad got it's first live action adaptation in 2016, directed by David Ayer.
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Before he got the claim to fame of being the world's deadliest marksman and before he got enlisted into the secret government project called Task Force X, Floyd Lawton belonged to a rich family and they had family issues that got his father paralyzed and brother killed for his mother and made him leave the house. Lawton seeks assistance of the professional assassin David Cain; who happens to be the trainer of The Dark Knight and father of Cassandra Cain/Batgirl, to hone in marksmanship skills.

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When Batman and Robin went on a vacation, he took the alias Deadshot and started operating in Gotham City as a vigilante wearing a domino mask and tuxedo. He and Batman have a confrontation that ends up Lawton in jail and changed him into a hardened person. After breaking out of prison years later with a red suit and wrist-mounted guns (during Strange Apparitions) Deadshot starts antagonizing Batman again.

He was later defeated by The Flash and eventually teams up with one of his villains; Captain Boomerang and became one of the forming members of Suicide Squad by Amanda Waller during “Legends”. He grew a death wish for himself but fought against the Jihad and ignored Darkseid's Female Furies invading Belle Reve. Deadshot and Captain Boomerang barely made it out alive from the Manhunters they were sent to kill during Millennium. He was quite instrumental through Nightshade Odyssey, took care of some vigilante business with Green Arrow as well as become a part of General Rock's Suicide Squad.

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The Human Arsenal

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History of the DC Universe

Legends

Suicide Squad Vol 01 – Trial By Fire

Millennium

Suicide Squad Vol 02 – Nightshade Odyssey

Deadshot – Beginnings

Invasion!

Suicide Squad – The Phoenix Gambit

Underworld Unleashed

Batman by Ed Brubaker Vol 01

Deadshot – Bulletproof

Suicide Squad – From the Ashes

Countdown to Infinite Crisis – Villains United

JLA – Salvation Run

Secret Six – Six Degrees of Devastation

Secret Six – Unhinged

Debuted on June, 1950, in the pages of Batman #59, Floyd Lawton AKA Deadshot was created as a villain for The Dark Knight by Bob Kane, David Vern Reed and Lew Sayre Schwartz for DC Comics. But in later years, the role of Deadshot has changed into a super-villain to an anti-hero status. Some of the notable stories featuring the character are Deadshot – Beginnings, Suicide Squad – The Phoenix Gambit, Underworld Unleashed, Batman – War Games, Deadshot – Urban Renewal, Villains United, JLA – Salvation Run, Batman – Cacophony and Secret Six – Unhinged.

The Man Who Replaced Batman

Just like many of the other characters of the DC Universe after “Flashpoint”, Deadshot received an altered setting for himself in The New 52 timeline and also became a part of the Suicide Squad of the Prime Earth. Deadshot is portrayed in the film by actor Will Smith in the 2016 movie Suicide Squad.
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