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Tweak says, "RUN, FORREST, RUN!!!"

Badficwriter (ashtoreth) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-09-02 09:20:00

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char: daredevil/matt murdock, char: taskmaster, publisher: marvel comics, title: daredevil

By request: Daredevil/Taskmaster highlights
From Murder by Numbers, a short little fight from the Chichester era. (4 pages total)

Taskmaster gets hit by a taxicab.

Bonus rematch!

While not much of a one on one thing, the Grease is the Word story was a free-for-all which included a classic Taskmaster/Daredevil thing.

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	volksjager 2009-09-02 02:23 pm UTC (link)
	Issue number on the first part please :) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	goodbye_horses 2009-09-02 03:46 pm UTC (link)
	It's from Daredevil #293. :) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-09-02 05:08 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks ! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	the_jeff 2009-09-03 03:43 am UTC (link)
	This is the issue I was talking about in that post last week. I did find it, but my stupid scanner is not cooperating. :( We should get a post of Tombstone trying to assassinate someone w/ a cream pie at the end of the issue as well! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	blaketiger 2009-09-02 02:41 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, Tasky, just because you CAN copy each and every martial arts move your opponents make doesn't mean you need to do so immediately. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	midnightvoyager 2009-09-02 04:11 pm UTC (link)
	OCCD. Obsessive Compulsive Copying Disorder. HE MUST DO IT. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	icon_uk 2009-09-02 05:32 pm UTC (link)
	Or forget all the other moves you have already copied from other people. If Cap wouldn't have gotten hit by the cab, neither should Tasky. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sir_mikael
2009-09-03 01:14 pm UTC (link)

I'm thinking it's more of a timing issue regarding the car. DD must have timed it pretty well, not giving Tasky time to react. He's not super humanly fast after all so he might not have had time to do anything even if he knew the perfect move to use.
Other than that yeah, Tasky could have used tons of other ppls moves. It seems that he always use moves from Cap, Spidey and DD when he's fighting ppl in the issues I've read. Or just any super expert in martial art really. Every move doesn't have to be from a hero and identified as such.

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icon_uk
2009-09-03 03:10 pm UTC (link)

I liked in his first appearance he first becane aware of his powers watching cowboy films, and replicating rope tricks and the like, then upgraded to sports events. I'd like it if he mentioned that, say, he's a master prestidigitator because he watched a few magic shows on TV, or he'd picked THAT move off a kid he saw on a basketball court he was driving past one time.

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sir_mikael
2009-09-03 03:30 pm UTC (link)

Man, I had to look up "prestidigator". Was magician really that hard to say? ;P (Even though "magic shows" obviously should have just clued me in, duh)

True, more diversity would be fun. And if you think about it, they should use all of it. He'd be dangerous if you get close to him, cus like you say he could have been unstoppable with his hands and could maybe stab the hell out of anyone without them seeing the weapon coming. Then again, Taskmaster seems like the guy who wants to brag and want to have a bit more distance, say maybe the distance of a well placed leg, to the other person.

Anyway I could just imagine him going "I picked this bit up from Bruce Lee. And I learned this from So You Think You Can Dance!"
He should be one hell of an unpredictable foe, as long as he mixes it up.

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	icon_uk 2009-09-04 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	A prestidigitator is someone who does physical magic, like tabletop tricks all done with the hands and distraction, the close up stuff. That's the sort of thing Taskmaster could copy. Large scale illusions aren't down to the physical dexterity so would eb out of his scope. Be thankful I didn't mention him copying an ecdysiast... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sir_mikael
2009-09-05 12:43 am UTC (link)

"Be thankful I didn't mention him copying an ecdysiast..."

He could have performed at Rick Jones bachelor party! ~~With or without a holographic disguise (but he'd have to leave the mask on, it's Tasky after all).~~
It's not like that whole wedding brouhaha didn't have it's fair share of super villains popping up! What's one more ret-conned into it all?
And you know, for some reason I do think it would work as a distraction against certain foes. If ever he needs a upper hand on Deadpool for example...

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	I really need a DD icon. felinephoenix 2009-09-02 05:37 pm UTC (link)
	I always enjoy reading about Taskmaster and Matt because their fights are always fun. I love how he's like "I'm impressive, too, right? BE IMPRESSED BY ME". And, heh. Matt using a car reminds me of the Batman team up. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: I really need a DD icon. ashtoreth 2009-09-02 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	Oh yeah. I get a wierd kids-at-recess vibe from their fight, like Tasky is desperately trying to show off, with the "I CAN TOO, I CAN TOO!" tone. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sir_mikael 2009-09-03 01:17 pm UTC (link)
	Haha, this is awesome. And totally how you should defeat Tasky if you don't have figthin powers. Love the little "I hate you, Daredevil." at the end! (Reply to this)