From comicsalliance.com
Ask Chris: Archie and the League of Skull-Faced Villain
--WBXyloApr 23rd 2010 By: Chris Sims
Q: Best Villain with a skull mask? Taskmaster, Crossbones, or La Parka?
A: (excerpt)
Taskmaster, on the other hand, is one of Marvel's all-time greats. Much like Ultra Boy (who has all of Superboy's powers but can only use one at a time!!),
his super-power are the perfect distillation of the kind of thing kids
love about comic book characters (he has all of the physical abilities
of the Avengers, but he's eeeeeeevil!!), and his role as one
of the few purely mercenary characters in super-hero comics makes him
unique. Also, while I'm one of the few people who actually enjoyed the
Udon redesign he sported in Gail Simone's "Deadpool" and "Agent X," his
original George Perez costume is one of the all-time greatest designs
ever. Heck, I like it so much that, along with Beta Ray Bill and Union
Jack, whose costumes I also love, he's one of three characters I broke
my "no mini-busts" rule for. He's easily one of Marvel's better
villains, and he works in just about any kind of story. |
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