Taskmaster

Alias
Taskmaster
Nick Name
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Civilian ID
Unknown Aliases Captain America Tony Master
Occupation
Criminal Educator of Criminals Mercenary
Legal Status
Citizen of the United States with a criminal record.
Nation or Planet of Origin
Bronx, New York
Group Affiliation
Agency X Frightful Four
Base of Operations
Mobile
Height
6' 2"
Weight
220 lbs.
Eye Color
Brown
Hair Color
Brown
Skin Tone
Caucasian
Known Powers
Normal human with the average strength, speed and stamina of a man of his age and build who engages in regular strenuous exercise possessing photo-reflexive memory; the ability to view and mimic any non-super human action including voice imitation.
Accessories
.45 Caliber Handgun Billy Club: Patterned after Daredevil's segmented club with an extended grappling cable. Bow and Arrows: Patterned after the weapons used by the marksman Hawkeye. Shield: Circular shield patterned after but not possessing the indestructible properties of Captain America. Sword: Long-bladed weapon patterned after the one used by the Black Knight. Taskmaster Uniform: High-tech armored uniform equipped with a holographic image inducer for disguise and a solid energy shield generator on right glove. Web-shooters: Wrist-mounted projectile device patterned after Spider-Man, that fires a viscous high-tensile strength "web" fluid, stored in high-pressure cartridges mounted on the wrist housing, activated via triggers placed against the palm and activated by pressure from the middle fingers.
Common Enemies
Ant-Man II Avengers Captain America I Deadpool Hawkeye Iron Man I Spider-Man I
Regularly Appearing
Agent X Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 Avengers Vol. 1 & 3 Captain America Vol. 1 & 3 Daredevil Vol. 1 Deadpool Vol. 2 Taskmaster Vol. 1
First Appearance
Avengers Vol. 1 #195 (May, 1980)
Creator
David Michelinie & George Pérez
Origin
Exhibiting his unusual abilities as a child, after watching a rodeo cowboy perform rope tricks on television the he was able to duplicate the actions perfectly. He would later use his talent to become a star high-school quarterback after watching only one professional football game. Briefly considered a career as a crime fighter, he decided being a criminal would be more profitable. Observing the fighting techniques of as many super-humans as possible through television archives, he undertook his criminal career. Encountering many unforeseen obstacles, in the form of the same super-humans he observed, he decided it would be wiser to hire others to execute his dirty work, and use his ill gotten gains to establish a training institution for professional criminals as the Taskmaster.