WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Suicide Squad #9, by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Adriano Lucas and Wes Abbott, available now.

Ever since the start of the new Suicide Squad series by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo, the new version of the team -- which is primarily comprised of Deadshot, Harley Quinn and the international freedom fighters known as the Revolutionaries -- have been at war with Ted Kord. Ted was revealed as the new man in charge of the Task Force X program, and he's been pulling the team's strings ever since. Now, the Squad has begun to fight back. However, DC revealed this fight would lead to the death of one of their own earlier this year.

Indeed, the publisher released the advanced solicits for Suicide Squad #9, and it revealed that, in the issue, Floyd Lawton, aka Deadshot, would "have to do the one thing he’s never done for the cause: die!" Of course, since it was announced well before the release of the issue -- four months ahead, to be exact -- fans had every reason to believe this was simply a tease, or a misdirect.

And sure enough, Deadshot really dies in Suicide Squad #9.

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In Suicide Squad #8, we learned that Ted Kord, the Blue Beetle had seemingly turned evil to take control of Badhnisia, an island under which one of the biggest oil reserves in the world is located. Kord plans on destroying the entire island to get what he wants and now, as we learn in Suicide Squad#9, he is busy setting up shop on the nearby island of Anshea.

Therefore, the Suicide Squad makes a plan to storm Anshea and find Ted Kord in his company's building. And thanks to a well-orchestrated plan of attack, they successfully reach the building's top floor, where they get ready to eliminate their target. But when they break into Kord's office, they are shocked to discover that Superman got to him first. He's bound and gagged Kord, and he's congratulating the team for their efforts and their heroic turn.

With their target now in the custody of the Justice League, the team heads back, their mission now complete. However, Floyd Lawton isn't so easily convinced. He hangs back, and further talks to Superman. He even asks for an autograph to give to his daughter. But, as it turns out, it's all a test to determine if this really is Superman.

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Thanks to some clever deception, Deadshot determines Superman isn't who he says he is -- and that is when Batman villain Black Mask reveals himself as the one who was masquerading as the Man of Steel. But as he does so, he shoots Lawton right in the chest.

Then, the villain approaches Deadshot and finishes the job by shooting him again, this time in the head at point black range. The impact of the bullet sends him flying out the window -- with Ted Kord in tow.

The issue ends before we can see what happens next, but it doesn't really matter if Deadshot hits the pavement or if someone catches him before that. He was just shot in the chest, in the head and thrown out of a building. Unless this is all part of some incredibly elaborate fake-out, Deadshot is dead, just as DC said he would be months ago.

Without Deadshot, Harley Quinn is the only member of the original team left, and the rest of the team are all Revolutionaries. Since Deadshot has been one of the Squad's most steady members in most of its modern incarnations, his death -- if it's as real as it appears to be -- truly marks the end of an era for the Suicide Squad.

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