Now this is one cool find. This dude made the Deadshot outfit from the 2005 mini-series that featured cover art by
Mike Zeck. I've said this before and I'll say this again that this has always been my favorite Deadshot "costume" minus the ribbed condom mask. I would have much preferred the rebooted Deadshot had looked more like this but whatever. It's too bad this guy didn't have a brown trench coat but this is still pretty sweet.
Anybody out there ever read the
Shadowpact (2006 - 2008) series? Given that the series had two former (
Nightshade & Enchantress) Suicide Squad members that were with the Squad from the very beginning I took some interest in it recently. I've been doing a little reading up on it on the net and it seemed like a fairly good series especially if you're into stories and characters based on the supernatural. Shadowpact was deputized by
Checkmate in Checkmate issues #9 and 10 in order to help infiltrate
Kobra. I happen to have #9 I should see if I can find #10 somewhere.
I guess by the time the Shadowpact series came along the Enchantress
character had evolved quite a bit into a somewhat different personality.
Because back in the Ostrander Squad series she was a really ruthless
psycho with no shortage of mystic raw power that the Squad only let
loose when absolutely necessary. And as you can see from the cover of Suicide Squad #11 it put her at odds with fellow Squad members like Nightshade here. Back in issue # 6
Deadshot had to get her under control by grazing her head with a bullet and who can forget
Legends #3 in which
Bronze Tiger puts her out with a vulcan nerve pinch? Classic Suicide Squad moments from the 80s!
Thoroughly enjoyed Shadowpact - as you say, the emphasis is on magic and the supernatural but it's really well written both by Bill Willingham who started the series and Matt Sturges who continued it. Pretty sure most if not the whole run was TP'd and if you can find them cheap, they're worth a read.
ReplyDeleteYou where right... i was gonna like this post XD. And it's kind of funny 'cause honestly, this is my favortie Deadshot costume too. The urban costume looks so down to earth and pretty much fits the profile of a mercenary. The original, though cool... it's just too flashy i guess. Still i learned to love the classic costume thanks to SS and S6.
ReplyDeleteI am still learning to like the new redesigns... if just the wrists guns looked more like the ones in Secret 6...
Gary, there's a place in Berkeley called "Half Price Books" that has a whole section of TPB so i'll have to wonder on over there and see if i can find Shadowpact thanks for the heads up.
ReplyDeleterasdel83, i've always liked his original costume from a design stand point but it was too high and elaborate looking for a guy who is basically good at killing things with bullets. that suite looked more like something that endows it's wearer with flight, energy discharge blasts, superhuman strength ect. the "urban" look makes more sense to me.
That guy in the custom Deadshot costume should get mad props for the skill and design-work involved in making the outfit. If that costume could be fully-functional, look out world!
ReplyDeleteBT with an actual nerve pinch? I'm surprised yet shouldn't be. He's just bad ass that way.
Oh btw, my skit I've been working on with the 5 of us is almost done. It'll be posted next week in all it's 2-part glory.
Double Balls on the chin for you.....
as soon as it's posted i'll see it in my blog role. my sweaty balls to your forehead Dale (and my sincere apologies to the 4-5 ladies on the face of the Earth who read this blog).
DeleteYeah you should apologize Ben.....such language is unbecoming of a gentleman. ha ha, yeah right. Until next time, May the whole circumference of my chocolate starfish envelop your whole reality.
ReplyDeleteThat is an awesome Deadshot - add one trench-coat and it'll be golden!
ReplyDeletei thought you were a bigger fan of the original?
Deletejust a general heads up folks i found a video of an interview with Adam Glass(writer for Suicide Squad) i'll be posting in the next day or two. and yes they talk Suicide Squad among other things.
Everything looks better in a trenchcoat. Except Batman. Why did every mask for a while have that ribbed texture? What was up with that? Did they feel they didn't have enough lines to draw?
ReplyDeleteyou need to see this (if you haven't already):
ReplyDeletehttp://siskoid.blogspot.com/2012/05/suicide-squad-deathzone.html
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i saw this a few days ago on Comics Alliance but thanks for the heads anyways.
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