*Marvel: The skill-pilfering polymath Taskmaster, one of Marvel’s cleverer latter-day villains, made a cameo appearance in Avengers #195, but in #196 we were treated to his first full-on appearance, and an intriguing bad guy he made. Possessed of the ability to instantly mimic, through photographic muscle memory, the abilities of any fighter he observes, Taskmaster’s lethal skill-set made him the ideal assassin – but his conflicted moral nature, well-concealed softer side, and tragic background (his power requires so much memory space that his own history, including loved ones and friends, is progressively being erased) made him a popular recurring character. This copy of his ‘proper’ debut is VF- p £25. SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD