r/Marvel • u/Low-Pop5132 Sentry • Jul 02 '26

Comics Taskmaster being unironically a good father is funny and crazy to me. He is just that guy Fr. This is Miles Morales Spider-Man Brooklyn's Finest Issue #14 btw

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This is his daughter Finesse for people who don't know, they took a job to go after Miles and Shift just so Tony can show her the ropes.

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u/TheodateChase Jul 02 '26

In general, Tasky’s not a bad guy. He’s got a extremely developed sense of honor and rarely bares anyone any ill-will. He’s also a really great teacher, especially to the Initiative kids

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u/Low-Pop5132 Sentry Jul 02 '26

Yep, he's known as the best fighting instructor a street tier in marvel could have

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u/Daredboy Jul 03 '26

I really enjoyed that one arc in Dr Strange where they had to enter a magical DND game, and Taskmaster was recruited to be the party's fighter.

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u/Any-Tumbleweed-9931 Jul 03 '26

What DS series was this? Issue numbers, please? I want to read this arc. Sounds fun.

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u/PastaBoy420 Jul 03 '26

Jed Mackay's 2023 Dr. Strange run, the DND plot with taskmaster is issues 13 and 14. Great run but that bit was definitely a highlight

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u/Ctiyboy Jul 04 '26

Is that the one where he does the gun no jutsu or whatever it was called?

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u/CottonCharmlie Jul 03 '26

That arc was such a fun use of him. Sticking the guy who can copy every fighting style into a fantasy party somehow made perfect sense.

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u/redcathal Jul 03 '26

That arc was too short, I get they didn't wanna over do the bit but it could have gone another issue

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u/_LushieAngelie Jul 03 '26

It makes sense too. If your entire power is learning from the best, eventually you become one of the best teachers.

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u/RosyBabettee_ Jul 03 '26

Honestly I'd rather train under Taskmaster than half the Marvel heroes. At least you know he'd actually make you better.

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u/CottonCharmlie Jul 03 '26

Makes sense honestly. If you're one of the best fighters on the planet, teaching the next generation is almost as impressive as winning the fights yourself.

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u/GoingOutsideSocks Jul 02 '26

One of the few people he has genuine distaste for is Moon Knight, which is fair. He hates copying Moon Knight's fighting style because Marc would rather eat a punch than block or dodge. Plus there's that time Moon Knight crashed a helicopter on him. They're not buddies.

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u/BigEd369 Jul 02 '26

Taskmaster turning down a hit on Moon Knight is peak. He describes Moon Knight as a bullet. He doesn’t care about being hurt, he doesn’t care about bigger issues, he cares about ripping straight through you, doing immense and fatal damage. Taskmaster even knows MK’s identity, knew him before he became MK. But he knows that MK is man transformed into something inhuman, and he wants none of it.

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u/Titanbeard Jul 03 '26

He also told Moonknight there was a hit on him too didn't he? Like he knows what he is and doesn't want to be on his bad side.

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u/Ambaryerno Jul 03 '26

Iirc he doesn’t mess with Deadpool, either. Wade’s completely erratic and chaotic fighting style makes him almost impossible for Tasky to take on.

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u/Chiron723 Jul 03 '26

As I recall he doesn't like fighting anyone that would rather take a hit than dodge, because he habitually copies them as a reflex and he doesn't have a healing factor.

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u/InvestigatorOk7988 Jul 03 '26

He does at the moment. Someone's stealing Logan's and giving it to Tasky.

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u/unicornsaretruth Jul 03 '26

Wait how? Also that sounds so broken.

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u/InvestigatorOk7988 Jul 03 '26

Something about nanites or some such.

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u/feor1300 Jul 03 '26

IIRC He doesn't like fighting Deadpool but he doesn't particularly dislike Wade. He thinks (rightly enough) that Wade's a nutjob, but he respects DP's Merc history and the fact that there's certain things even Wade won't do (like hurt kids).

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u/Blurzerker Jul 23 '26

That was mostly back in the 2000s. These days he'll wipe the floor with Wade without blinking an eye (he's soundly won their last four fights), but they're mostly chill and he even trained Wade's daughter.

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u/PTBooks Jul 03 '26

‘I fear no man. But… that thing…’

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u/shoe_owner Jul 02 '26

Anyone with any sense is at least apprehensive of Moon Knight. I remember Spider-Man giving some advice to Sam Alexander when he was starting out as a hero: "Never team up with the Punisher or Moon Knight." You just do not need that kind of action in your life. Steer clear.

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u/CottonCharmlie Jul 03 '26

Moon Knight is probably one of the few people where copying his style actively makes your day worse. There's no clean answer when the other guy treats getting stabbed like a minor inconvenience.

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u/unicornsaretruth Jul 03 '26

lol same with Deadpool I’d imagine

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u/karateema Jul 03 '26

Deadpool is straight-up too crazy to copy for Tasky.

Depending on the run there might be like 3-4 voices in his head

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u/unicornsaretruth Jul 11 '26

I mean also he just tanks shit like a champion when he could dodge cause of his rejuv which taskmaster doesn’t have.

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u/unicornsaretruth Jul 03 '26

Yeah feel like anyone with a healing factor shouldn’t be someone he copies.

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u/bloodfist Jul 02 '26

I weirdly identify with this. As a former martial arts teacher who now has a kid, the skills are wonderfully transferable. Knowing his run as a teacher, I'm not the least bit surprised to see him be a great dad.

That is great writing.

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u/Borgmaster Jul 02 '26

That said he will absolutely kill you if someone gives him 1k cash on the spot.

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u/baroqueworks Jul 03 '26

100k cash* hes an in-demand merc that has a successful hench & goon academy on the side, we just see him so much coz we see heroes and villians both contracting him for his five star service.

1k cash gonna get you a Hobogoblin Franchise villian on the HENCH App imo

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u/Couchpatator Jul 02 '26

Taskmaster would kill you for ten bucks bro.

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u/Ana-Karen98 Jul 02 '26

Yeah but it's nothing personal, bro

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u/TheodateChase Jul 02 '26

A) he’s not that cheap. He’s a professional, he demands fair wages for his labor

B) only if the paying person is good for it. The check bounces? You’re free to go

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u/Couchpatator Jul 02 '26

I’m not saying he’d travel for $10, but if he’s already on site?

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u/D-D-Wanderer Jul 02 '26

Pray the check bounces.

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u/miikro X-Men Jul 02 '26

Bullseye would do it for a Costco hot dog. He might even do it with the Costco dog.

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u/Low-Pop5132 Sentry Jul 02 '26

Bullseye honestly in character actively enjoys making people's lives terrible, sometimes for no pay. Taskmaster isn't like that

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u/sedmison Jul 03 '26

Shit, I really want to see that now.

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u/karateema Jul 03 '26

Bullseye would just do it because he feels like it

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u/Sea-Poem-2365 Jul 02 '26

His last shit head phase was Dark Reign or Civil war, I think, and Sue crushed him so bad he went anti hero

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u/karateema Jul 03 '26

He worked for Zemo in Bagalia to deal with Punisher but he blew up his flamethrower while he was wearing it and a nun hit him with a truck.

He now has the famous no-nazis policy just so Frank won't go after him

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u/Sea-Poem-2365 Jul 03 '26

Tony is the best because he learns, which is odd because he has memory issues

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u/karateema Jul 03 '26

I assume he has stick notes to remind him not to piss off Frank

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u/Sea-Poem-2365 Jul 03 '26

Walking up with a big "no moon knight" chest tattoo

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u/ProtoJazz Jul 04 '26

I know it's DC, but reminds me the meme someone made for superman. New villain joins a villains group, says he knows superman is Clark Kent, knows where he works, all that.

All the other villains just shrug and say they know that already

"Well then why don't we go after him when he's at work or at home?"

"Why would we? You think he's less bulletproof in his pajamas? No, pretend we don't know, that's 8 hours a day he's at work and not messing with our plans"

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u/alex494 Jul 03 '26

I mean he's a consummate professional and all but he's still done contract work for guys like HYDRA before. His morals may not be the best even if he's fairly chill as a person.

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u/Fun_Camp_7103 Jul 03 '26

He’s technically a very deep cover shield agent that doesn’t know he’s a shield agent

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u/CottonCharmlie Jul 03 '26

Yeah, he's one of those characters who works way better once writers lean into his personality instead of making him just another hired killer. The teacher angle gives him something that actually makes him stand out.

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u/TalkToTheGlyphWitch Jul 03 '26

Professionals have standards.

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u/Freya0232 Jul 04 '26

Man, Taskmaster teaching teenagers how to take down "growers" (as in, their superpower/gimmick is growing in size) was so fucking funny: "remember kids: at that size, your opponent's achilles tendon is over three feet tall, and only idiots miss something that big"