*Marvel: The villain of Avengers #196, the Taskmaster, is slated to be the Big Bad of the upcoming Black Widow movie. The polymath skill-pilferer has proved one of the more popular characters from the later 20th Century Marvel Universe, achieving the status of reluctant anti-hero through nuanced and well-written stints in the series Avengers: The Initiative and Avengers Academy. Having made a menacing last page cameo in the preceding issue, #196 is the Taskmaster’s first full appearance, and this copy is high grade, with virtually no defects except for the tiniest bit of handling wear at top edge. Shiny, tight, flat, sharp and all those other adjectives we apply to really nice copies.
PICTURED: AVENGERS #196 NM- £130