Alpha Flight, Wolverine, and Taskmaster are then prepared to take Canada back as Master of the World comes out of hiding.

Taskmaster then knew he couldn't be Deadpool, despite his healing factor and recognition of him and Sandi, and Outlaw corroborated this as Alex proved to be a better gun talent than Deadpool.

He became disillusioned with his work and decided to shut down the agency, but found himself unable to tell Sandi, who by then had set up a job for him and Taskmaster to act as bodyguards to Higashi as a final act of ceasefire.

He then proceeds to knock out the guards and blow a hole in the back of the truck with a bazooka, thus freeing a well known mercenary and trainer of supervillain henchmen, Taskmaster.

" He then promptly knocks Taskmaster unconscious so as to skip a lot of explaining and move right onto the fight.

After Deadpool and Taskmaster thwart the hit, the Thunderbolts then travel to Madripoor to recruit Mister X as a team member.

Taskmaster then began a program of observing the fighting techniques of a large number of costumed heroes and villains ( using archival television news broadcasts ).

Taskmaster later established a new training academy in Manhattan, where he battled Spider-Man and Ant-Man, and then escaped.

Through Douglas Rockwell, the head of the President's Commission on Superhuman Activities, " Mr. Smith " ( actually the Red Skull ) arranged for Taskmaster to train John Walker ( then known as Captain America, later known as U. S. Agent ) in order to make him appear to be the real Captain America.

Taskmaster then competed in a contest against Tombstone, where he battled Daredevil and the Punisher.

Taskmaster then agrees to join in the siege of Asgard.

Taskmaster and Mercedes ' quest takes them to Mexico to battle the Don of the Dead, and then to Bolivia to the village where everyone is Hitler.

Once the Taskmaster has mastered an opponent's physical movements, he can then predict his opponent's next attack.

Tremont then had the mercenary Taskmaster frame a number of Avengers for the destruction of an important Triune building.

Vindicator then accompanies Alpha Strike into attacking Alpha Flight, Taskmaster, and Wolverine.

He tells Taskmaster ( whom he affectionately calls ' Tasky ') that he won't owe him anything.

After being thanked for letting him win, Taskmaster tells Deadpool that he had not let him win, " The truth is ... You're that good.

Knowing he likely won ’ t remember the conversation in a couple days, Taskmaster tells Finesse that he wanted to fight her so he might remember her.

Now that Higashi was indebted to them, Alex, Taskmaster and Sandi returned to Sandi's apartment to find Black Swan and a tabula rasa Deadpool waiting.

After Taskmaster and Outlaw distracted him, Deadpool pinned Swan to Taskmaster's explosives-laden van and Alex ignited it.

Even though Taskmaster stabs him straight through the chest, Deadpool comes out on top, returning the battered opponent and himself to the room where the men are held.

Taskmaster re-awakens and Deadpool thanks him for letting him win.

At some point, the Wizard assembles a Frightful Four consisting of himself, Deadpool, Taskmaster, and Constrictor as a test team.

At the end of the fight, Taskmaster, Bullseye, and Deathstrike would be sent to the Negative Zone prison ; but Bullseye escaped before he could be sent, and Taskmaster was freed by Deadpool en route to the portal.

Introduced as an enemy of the Avengers, the Taskmaster went on to feature in numerous Marvel titles, most notably as an enemy / ally of Deadpool.

As an enemy and a reluctant ally of Deadpool, the Taskmaster has appeared in Deadpool vol. 1 # 2 ( 1997 ), # 35 ( 1999 ), # 39-40, # 45 ( 2000 ), # 67-69 ( 2002 ), Cable & Deadpool # 36 ( 2007 ), Deadpool vol. 2 # 9 ( 2009 ) Thunderbolts # 131 ( 2009 ) and Deadpool vol. 2 # 36 ( 2011 ).

In order to regain his reputation as a mercenary, Deadpool frees Taskmaster from his imprisonment in order to have a showdown with him while potential merc contractors watched from their captive position in a nearby prison.

Taskmaster is again referred to as " Tasky " by Deadpool, and a fight ensues between him and a manacled Deadpool.

Taskmaster is hired by his old enemy and occasional friend, Deadpool to help him defeat the Thunderbolts.

After Asgard falls, Taskmaster finds Constrictor and the two beat a hasty retreat, but not before Taskmaster taunts Osborn about how Taskmaster helped Deadpool.

Sandi's friend and distant romantic interest Taskmaster was sought to help him get his bearings and train him, as was Outlaw, for her shooting skills.

Taskmaster noticed Alex was ambidextrous and that he was somehow interfering with his reflex ability while training with him.

He made his television debut as a member of the Dungeon of Doom as Hugh Morrus ( a pun on the word humorous ) on the November 18, 1995 episode of WCW Saturday Night in a vignette inside the Dungeon, where " The Taskmaster " Kevin Sullivan told his " father " the Master that he was giving him something he never had-laughter, and that he was giving him " the man from the Isle of Nowhere.

X had just defeated Taskmaster in a steel cage match, with Taskmaster surviving only due to a referee declaring the bout over upon X leaving the cage and preventing X from re-entering to finish his opponent off ( X murders the referee for robbing him of his kill ).

During this time, the Taskmaster ( frustrated by the humiliating defeat he'd suffered ) attempted to kill X by firing an incendiary arrow at him from underneath the ring in which he and Wolverine were fighting.

After Taskmaster successfully trained Walker, the Red Skull arranged for him to escape from the Commission's detention center so he could continue training lackeys and the Red Skull himself.

Taskmaster reveals to Mercedes that his powers cause him to lose his explicit memory, meaning that he can't remember anything about his personal life, and the only way for the whole ordeal to be over is to re-discover Taskmaster's origins.

When she finds Taskmaster, Finesse ends up sparring with him.

* The Giant ( with The Taskmaster ) defeated Hulk Hogan ( with Jimmy Hart ) by disqualification to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship ( 16: 57 )

In the episode " Why I Hate the Gym ," Doctor Octopus hires Taskmaster to infiltrate Peter's school to find out which student there is Spider-Man.

After Taskmaster is defeated yet gets away, Doctor Octopus throws a tantrum.

The combination of his skills and these psionic powers was sufficient for X to defeat the Taskmaster, who is one of the finest combatants on Earth, and made it look easy.

She is currently the girlfriend of the Taskmaster.

Taskmaster ( Tony Masters ) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe.

The Taskmaster is often hired as a training instructor by various criminal organizations as well as S. H. I. E. L. D.

Taskmaster is a mysterious figure believed to have been born in Brooklyn, New York City.

More recently, Taskmaster is once again seen as a hired mercenary, contracted by the Committee to kill Marc Spector, Moon Knight.

Taskmaster replaces Gauntlet as Camp Hammond's drill instructor and is tasked with training registered superheroes for the Fifty States Initiative.

During the Dark Reign storyline, Taskmaster is chosen to lead the Shadow Initiative after the Skrull invasion, with their first mission to take down Hardball's HYDRA cell in Madripoor.

Also, when Blastaar takes control of the Negative Zone prison 42, Taskmaster is ordered to lead a squad to take it back.

When Emma Frost and Namor have resigned from the Cabal, Taskmaster is offered membership.

A false rumor is spread that Taskmaster is leaking information about the criminal underworld to Steve Rogers and his new ' heroic ' regime.

Before they can reconcile, Taskmaster is attacked from behind by Redshirt, who has genetically altered his body and mastered superior fighting skills to that of the Taskmaster.

In reality, Mercedes Merced is the Taskmaster ’ s S. H. I. E. L. D.

This ability is linked to his muscle memory allowing the Taskmaster to instantly replicate the physical movement of peak-level humans.

Using these " photographic reflexes ," the Taskmaster is highly skilled in various forms of combat, as an exceptional martial artist ( mimicking Elektra, Iron Fist, Shang-Chi ), a skilled swordsman ( Black Knight, Silver Samurai, Swordsman ), a deadly accurate marksman ( Captain America with a shield, Hawkeye with a bow and arrow, Punisher with firearms, and Bullseye with various projectiles ) as well as displaying a strenuously honed athletic ability ( Black Panther, Daredevil, Spider-Man ).