Deadlock appears in the 2000AD story – ABC Warriors.
A follower of the Khaos religion, Deadlock’s original program was to hunt down, try and execute war criminals. He has since become Grand Wizard of the Knights Martial, or order of robotic mystics.
Deadlocks weapons and abilities include the sword ‘X-Caliber’, which allows him to drain the souls of the living as nourishment giving him the power to regenerate his body if damaged.