Suicide Squad’s weird reason behind the Arkamverse’s Deadshot double

The latest chapter in the Arkhamverse has dropped with Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League making its debut on consoles and PCs. One detail to the keen-eyed has had some fans scratching their heads, with one of the lead characters in the crosshairs of many questions. So let's find out what the go is, why are there two Deadshots in the Arkhamverse?

Floyd Lawton makes an appearance alongside fellow Squad members in Captain Boomerang, King Shark, and Harley Quinn as they look to put an end to the chaos that has befallen Metropolis and the Justice League. For once, it's not their devious doing, so, of course, this needs to be rectified.

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Why are there two Deadshots in the Arkhamverse?

For those who frequented the Batman Arkham trilogy, you'll be especially familiar with the anti-hero and adversary of the Caped Crusader, Deadshot. However, as many pointed out in the lead-up to the game and even hinted at in the early stages of the game itself, the Deadshot you see in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is not the same man. I mean, it's pretty obvious, the dude in the original trilogy was caucasian. So, what gives?

While it isn't an integral part of the story and not something you'll organically answer as you progress through the game's central narrative, the answer does lie within the game. As a matter of fact, the story behind the second Deadshot is the very reason that Floyd Lawton was behind bars in Arkham Asylum to kick off the game.

As highlighted in Deadshot's ARGUS tapes, a collectable item in Suicide Squad, the white fellow appeared to be a Deadshot imposter who was hunted down and murdered by the original assassin himself. What we later find out during his tape series in a conversation with Lex Luthor is that the now-deceased Deadshot was also the real deal and hailed from another universe. However, it is not entirely clear how he managed to get his hands on that kind of tech prior to Brainiac's arrival.

That clears up the confusion behind Suicide Squad's Deadshot double. For more information on the game, take a look at all of the playable characters. You can also check out how Superman turns Suicide Squad into a horror game.