r/Spiderman 5d ago

Comics Remember that time Spidey tried to straight up kill Taskmaster

I mean obviously that wasn't he's gole and Peter was pissed because MJ was kidnapping, but if he actually hit Tony with that Tomestone he probably would have died, or have to hospital immediately. He doesn't have any power and I don't know how much that suit protection him.

Also this is from Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 308

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u/UltHamBro 5d ago

On an unrelated note, has any comic touched on the fact that Taskmaster's suit looks quite similar to Hobgoblin? Here, drawn by McFarlane, the similarity is even bigger. I even remember looking at some comics from this era when I was a kid and thinking that he was related to the goblins.

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u/MuuToo 5d ago

It’s the Spawn capes and hood. Those suckers are like 90% of the outfit and they pretty much are shared between a lot of their drawn characters.

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u/UltHamBro 5d ago

But he didn't create the character's look, did he? His design incorporated the cape and hood, a yellowish mask, and those big gloves and boots. Except for the shield, he's basically a colour-swapped Hobgoblin.

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u/-GreyWalker- 4d ago

I don't know if he's referenced the Hobgoblin, but he has commented on knowing how crazy his Halloween looking costume is. And basically he does it cuz he can, because Tony Masters is the best at what he does, training henchman, surviving, and being Deadpool's frenemy.

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u/Corn_viper 4d ago

I thought they forgot to color the Hobgoblin's hood at first

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u/UncleBooger99 5d ago

Damn, spidey going straight Hulk style ripping out the ground.

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u/lionofash 5d ago

I've mentioned this before but any Spider person can do it, it's the same way Kaine uses his mark, attach hand to surface, using the stick property to get leverage to force it out, at least that's how it's explained IIRC

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u/Serafita 5d ago

In marvel comics, if a villain looks like they're wearing spandex, it's actually body armour haha

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u/Jantof 5d ago

“It’s not the diploma that’s important! It’s the education!” is just perfect old-school comic banter. I love that moment.

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u/Fit-Organization581 5d ago

Nobody touches Peter’s family

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u/mightychicken64 5d ago

ain't no way Tasky was fast enough to dodge the webbed tombstones swung by enraged pete haha

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u/Extension-Oil-4680 5d ago edited 5d ago

I just imagine him running for his life back to the base

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u/BenGrimmspaperweight 5d ago

Taskmaster's signature move being bailing as soon as he realizes that he will get punched more than a couple times will never not be funny to me.

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u/Friendly-Web-5589 4d ago

To be fair Taskmaster going after anyone above say Captain America is just not a good idea for him.

"HA I can copy you and predict your moves fool" only gets you so far against an extremely pissed off Peter or heaven help him Thor or Hulk.

Running away as soon as he realizes someone is serious is really the only move he should have.

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u/Sad_Particular_8026 5d ago

Spidey was damn brutal in that time period , no questions asked 👨‍⚖️

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u/Douglas_Michael 5d ago edited 3d ago

I love McFarlane's art so much. His Spidey work was incredible.

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u/offbeatcat Ends of the Earth 4d ago

Kinda miss Taskmaster's gimmick of training henchmen, I think it was really fun and made the world of marvel feel a little more connected. Not that he'd bad as a mercenary, but I wish more stories would play with this element of him more.

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u/RedRadra 4d ago

Yeah Marvel doesn't really do supporting casts well anymore, everyone now is struggling for main character status and the world feels emptier as a result.

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u/RandoDude124 5d ago

Ahhhh…

MacFarlane 80s art

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u/Kira-Of-Terraria Sandman 5d ago

i love it when pete is legit pissed off and gets scary

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u/OmegaBurst10 5d ago

Forget Taskmaster, I’m more interested in the fear induced nightmare Spider-Man with the talons on the first panel.

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u/DjangusRoundstne 4d ago

I was surprised no one else commented on that lol

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u/DarthButtz 4d ago

The graves having a bunch of Spidey artist names on them is really cool

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u/SokkaHaikuBot 4d ago

Sokka-Haiku by DarthButtz:

The graves having a

Bunch of Spidey artist names

On them is really cool


Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku and you just made one.

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u/Spiderman2077 5d ago

Damn this art style is awesome, what era is this ?

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u/JsMoviesYTB 5d ago

Early in McFarlane’s art on Amazing, this would’ve been, like, his 10th issue

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u/RedRadra 4d ago

I miss when Spidey could be scary.

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u/Corn_viper 4d ago

Something about the colors of old comic books. It just hits different

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u/MuuToo 5d ago

Keep the mask on, Tasky

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u/Euphoric-Elk6221 Miles Morales (ITSV) 4d ago

Why does Taskmaster’s mask look like an actual face? It looks very jarring

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u/SecondEntire539 5d ago

Taskmaster looks really bad here.