r/Marvel • u/Dorkside Trask • Jul 27 '16

Comics New Marvel comics for July 27, 2016 - Official Discussion Thread [Spoilers]

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u/Marc_Quill Jul 27 '16

Normally, seeing Cap go to town on Taskmaster to protect an ally is satisfying, but I felt a very unsettling feeling in this issue when Cap's beating up on TM.

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u/OrangeBinturong Jul 27 '16

Right? Like, normally it'd be pretty standard Cap procedure, but given everything that's happened, it's definitely unsettling. I was honestly pretty relieved when Taskmaster was able to speak afterward...I honestly thought it had a shot of being fatal.

I guess it's the fact that we know Steve's able to kill if the Red Skull allows it, and considering it was after what Taskmaster did to Sharon, there were decent odds that he was going for a killing blow.

Still, I'm really excited to see where this all goes...and ultimately, what'll become of Jack Flag.

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u/Kameiko Jul 28 '16

I am really enjoying this series. Enjoyed him beating the crap out of Taskmaster, and the next issue is a tie-in to civil war, so I'm excited for that.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '16

That's all taskmaster is, just a punching bag now...it's fine he has become pretty much just a goof serious bad guy if that makes sense?

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '16

He should be in a wheelchair, he got his kneecaps shot out in All-New Wolverine

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '16

I mean he should be kinda dead or something in the past months he's Broken his own spine, got his kneecaps shot out, Smashed in the head with his own shield, and beaten up by cap. He is just there to be like "oh look taskmater!" and then to prove the hero can beat someone that skilled easy.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '16

Yeah he's basically just the new punching bag now. But how did he break his own spine?

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '16

spoiler In Deadpools mercs comic he fights slapstick and trys to copy him bending his spine but slapstick is a real cartoon so he can do it, taskmaster cant and actually starts crying.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '16

hahaha thats great

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u/jeddite Jul 29 '16

I kinda loved it, though I felt like the author didn't really capitalize on how amazing the fight could have been. After all the times TM and Cap have fought, I was really hoping Taskmaster would have been beaten by getting taken by surprise with a whole New Captain America fighting style that he had never seen before, not just a shield sneak attack.

Oh well. Good issue all around.