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Needham-Comics In reply to AlphaSpiderBat [2020-01-09 08:03:01 +0000 UTC]

Or is it Anthony "Tony" Wilson? Or are they both aliases? Does he even remember?

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Egorcha In reply to Needham-Comics [2020-01-21 15:53:36 +0000 UTC]

The original Taskmaster (including in the 2002 solo) possessed innate photographic abilities without side effects and could recall any moment of his life. But it seems that the authors decided that he is too cool with such abilities and the other characters against his background will look faded, so they decided to "downgrade" him somewhere in the middle of 00s with a new origin with Hitler's serum.
On this picture Original Taskmaster's face, so you're Deathmaster can potentionally became deadliest and smartest evil guy.

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Needham-Comics In reply to Egorcha [2020-01-22 06:17:01 +0000 UTC]

I actually loved that tragic side of his story. That his mind is like a computer with limited ram space. He recorded over other memories to log fighting memories. Loved when he fought Finesse, who might be his daughter but he couldn't remember. So he fought her on purpose because maybe he could remember her that way.
I also love that instead of letting it turn him into a grim tragic character like Wolverine he became all about the money. Even going as far as taking money from the Avengers to basically stand there while the Avengers prevented Zemo from completing his evil plan since the Avengers paid him more. He has no allegiances, no loyalties. He can't remember them anyway. He is unique in that way. Incredible powers, no one knows what he looks like so he impersonated Captain America once, no loyalties except money, and no memories. Its great. Didn't know there were other versions though.
When I was designing this guy thats the version I was mixing with Deathstroke. 

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AlphaSpiderBat In reply to Needham-Comics [2020-01-09 15:27:22 +0000 UTC]

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Needham-Comics In reply to AlphaSpiderBat [2020-01-16 21:30:46 +0000 UTC]

I just like the thought that in 616 Marvel, Taskmaste's powers of reflex memory caused him to forget his actual name so he picked a name, an alias. And went with a variation of his Tasmaster name hoping he'd remember it like he remembers Taskmaster. So he calks himself Tony Masters, but can't remember if he is actually Tony. So in my head the Amalgam of Slade and Taskmaster is the same since he too has superhealing and memory reflex powers.

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Needham-Comics In reply to Hellbeast1 [2020-01-09 08:04:17 +0000 UTC]

Hadn't heard that word, officially, until after the post. But that would have been a good name. I just thought, he is a master assassin. A master of Death. A Deathmaster.

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Egorcha In reply to Ashofthewilliams [2020-01-21 15:57:54 +0000 UTC]

The original Taskmaster (including in the 2002 solo) possessed innate photographic abilities without side effects and could recall any moment of his life. But it seems that the authors decided that he is too cool with such abilities and the other characters against his background will look faded, so they decided to "downgrade" him somewhere in the middle of 00s with a new origin with Hitler's serum.
On this picture Original Taskmaster's face, so Deathmaster can potentionally became deadliest and smartest evil guy.

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Needham-Comics In reply to NRGPreview [2018-12-04 00:00:06 +0000 UTC]

I don't know. Both were co-created by George Perez in the 1980s.
Taskmaster in May and Deathstroke in December. So, maybe their similarities were just because of Perez.

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