Suicide Squad: KTJL Explains Why There Are 2 Arkhamverse Deadshots

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When was first announced, there was some confusion surrounding how the game was still canon to the Arkhamverse while featuring a different version of Deadshot to the one that appeared in and. While this new version could have been a successor to the mantle, accompanying promotional material confirmed that the master marksman's alter-ego was Floyd Lawton as well. Fortunately, now has been released, the game has provided an answer to this question.

[Warning: The following article contains spoilers for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.]

wastes no time in addressing the difference between Deadshots, with Captain Boomerang outright asking Floyd Lawton "" when they first meet in the game's opening cutscene. Not long after, Task Force X visits an entire museum exhibition recapping the events and key characters in,, and called "" and explaining what happened in the five-year gap before. When interacting with an image of the other Deadshot, Lawton implies that this was an impostor, calling him a ""

At first, the idea that the other, established Arkhamverse Deadshot was merely an impostor could have been written off as a lazy retcon just to make 's version of Deadshotlook visually closer to the version seen in the 2016 movie, especially as Harley Quinn and Captain Boomerang's costume design also seemed to take inspiration from this film. However, several A.R.G.U.S. tapes revealed a far more extensive history between the two Deadshots and turned this into a whole side plot.

A.R.G.U.S. tapes are similar to the patient interviews from and can be unlocked in the Codex after completing various Riddler activities and during Finite Crisis.

The "" A.R.G.U.S. tapes further elaborate on Floyd Lawton's past and his encounter with the other version of Deadshot, stating that 's version of Lawton had retired the Deadshot name and his criminal activities when his daughter, Zoe was born. Upon the arrival of the impostor Deadshot, however, Lawton came out of retirement to track him