Deadshot

And then, of course, Batman does come back and take his rightful place, you know, as Batman.

But I... it's just funny that this is referencing that because it wasn't even bruce wayne right so basically this article i'm referencing from cbr goes on to talk about what cadmus is up to and basically they are using a clandestine black ops genetics lab and replacing members of the justice league with clone versions of themselves that are willing to operate on a level without any restraint deadshot then confronts a series of clones and discovers that among the minions There is a Batman with a feral and ferocious appetite for destruction and no moral compass whatsoever.

So that's what's going on in this in this next level one shot with Deadshot and with the clones.

I'm interested to see where this is going.

I am not 100% caught up on the Matt Fraction Batman run and some of the other next level stuff.

Dude, I really like Van, okay? And I think they should have brought him back.

You know what they should have done? They should have made him Deadshot.

What? That's what you fucking do in Smallville.

That's what you should have done.

You didn't like the country boy as Deadshot, dude? Come on.

Come on.

Are we being serious?

Also in DC land, DC proper, we have the latest, I guess, next level one-shot.

This one's literally called Next Level One-Shot, featuring Deadshot.

The creative team behind this issue is Jerry Dugan and Fernando Blanco.

Yeah, and this seems to be a interesting little setup issue in which Deadshot and Rick Flag Jr. investigate a conspiracy involving what seems to be the revival of the Suicide Squad, maybe under new management, and... cybernetically enhanced drone soldiers being made out of leftover mutants from Beast World, among other things.

It just seems like...

What? I was just

yeah this is another example of how dc has been doing some great continuity deep dives recently that's something i really like about them they're embracing their whole history And I did enjoy this, although I felt like it maybe tried to jam a little too much information into a one-shot.

I don't really know where all of this is leading.

You know how these conversations go.

Give me a book of Red Hood, Deadshot, and Deathstroke doing stuff.

Oh, Marksman? And not even a thing where like they don't get, nah, they're all on the same page for whatever reason.

There's a thing happening and they're all just like, Yeah, this is a job for us.

Maybe it was shortly after the series started.

But back then, Luke McDonald drew a Deadshot miniseries, which was a lot of fun.

And I've liked Deadshot's look for the longest time, back when he was a Batman villain, way back when, even before he became a member of Suicide Squad.

I dug the mask.

I dug the gun wrist gauntlets.

And so when I saw that this...

Deadshot was getting a one-shot.

I'm like, all right, cool.

But he she just shot out his eye.

And then at the end of number two, he's attacked by Deathblow and Deadshot.

And since they're not the names of the main guys in the book, don't worry about them.

I was like, oh my god, I have to keep track of three people named Death something?

It's kind of funny.

They look very different.

I mean, okay, Deadshot doesn't look that different.

But...

It becomes a different movie.

Let's see, could, could Denzel play Deadshot in Suicide Squad?

Yes.

Yes.

Mm-hmm.

You know what I'm saying? I'ma do this for my son.

He was a little bit more selfish and cold in He Got Game than I would say Deadshot is about his daughter.

Yeah, yeah.