Appearing in "The Exquisite Palace"
Featured Characters:
- Taskmaster (Tony Masters) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Mercedes Merced (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- A.I.M.
- Hydra
- U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M.
- Cyber-Ninjas
- Black Choppers (First appearance)
- Secret Empire
- Trenchcoat Mafia (First appearance)
- Legions of the Living Lightning
- Militiamen (First appearance)
- Sons of the Serpent
- Inquisition (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Elektra (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Ambrosia Diner (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Synopsis for "The Exquisite Palace"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in 2nd story
Featured Profiles
- A.I.M.
- Current Members
- Njeri Damphousse (Referenced)
- Sean Madigan (Referenced)
- Mark Macross (Referenced)
- M.O.D.O.K. (George Tarleton) (Referenced)
- Evelyn Necker (Referenced)
- Peggy Park (Referenced)
- Hyun Rahman (Referenced)
- Monica Rappacini (Referenced)
- Abu-Jamal Rodriguez (Referenced)
- Betty Sumitro (Referenced)
- Super-Adaptoid (Referenced)
- Former Members
- Paul Allen (Referenced)
- Theron Atlanta (Referenced)
- B'Tumba (Referenced)
- Baron Samedi (Referenced)
- Clete Billups (Referenced)
- Julia Black (Referenced)
- Timothy Black (Referenced)
- Brace (Referenced)
- Lars Branco (Referenced)
- Ellen Brandt (Referenced)
- Solemne Brannex (Referenced)
- Cache (Referenced)
- Chain (Thomas Bannion) (Referenced)
- Delia Childress (Referenced)
- George Clinton (Referenced)
- Brice Courtland (Referenced)
- Cyborg (Referenced)
- Commander Cypher (Referenced)
- Harry Daze (Referenced)
- Destructor (Kerwin Korman) (Referenced)
- Clytemnestra Erwin (Referenced)
- Fixer (Paul Ebersol) (Referenced)
- Janet Galloway (Referenced)
- David Garrett (Referenced)
- Lyle Getz (Referenced)
- Grasp (Herb Bannion) (Referenced)
- Grizzly (Referenced)
- Harness (Erika Benson) (Referenced)
- James Hendrickson (Referenced)
- Highwayman (Referenced)
- Lifeform (George Prufrock) (Referenced)
- Carl Lombardi (Referenced)
- Chet Madden (Referenced)
- Mechanic (Referenced)
- Mentallo (Marvin Flumm) (Referenced)
- Mindstorm (Referenced)
- M.O.D.A.M. (Olinka Barankova) (Referenced)
- Maxwell Mordius (Referenced)
- Drake Previn (Referenced)
- Protocide (Clinton McIntyre) (Referenced)
- Jethro Prufrock (Referenced)
- Red Skull (Johann Shmidt) (Referenced)
- Count Bornag Royale (Referenced)
- Ralph Ryder (Referenced)
- Arthur Shaman (Referenced)
- Sonic (Daniel Bannion) (Referenced)
- Ramona Starr (Referenced)
- Karl Steiner (Referenced)
- Strikeback (Anthony Davis) (Referenced)
- Stryke (Referenced)
- Timekeeper (Referenced)
- Valdemar Tykkio (Referenced)
- Yorgon Tykkio (Referenced)
- Victorius (Victor Conrad) (Referenced)
- Kseniya Vladitch (Referenced)
- Bernard Worrell (Referenced)
- Stanley Zane (Referenced)
- Current Members
- Hydra
- Current Leaders
- Hive (Referenced)
- Edgar Lascombe (Referenced)
- Gorgon (Tomi Shishido) (Referenced)
- Madame Hydra (Ophelia Sarkissian) (Referenced)
- Gerald Richter (Referenced)
- Wolfgang von Strucker (Referenced)
- Current Members
- Kalee Batrei (Referenced)
- Bowman (Referenced)
- Connely (Referenced)
- Dreadnoughts (Referenced)
- Horst Eisele (Referenced)
- Vincente Fortunato (Referenced)
- Garotte (Tyrannus Cordin) (Referenced)
- Hammer (Referenced)
- Militant (Referenced)
- Cassandra Romulus (Referenced)
- Erik Saltz (Referenced)
- Scylla (Referenced)
- Tactical Force (Referenced)
- Arthur Woodman (Referenced)
- Former Leaders
- Elsie Carson (Referenced)
- Deltite (Referenced)
- Richard Fisk (Referenced)
- Grim Reaper (Eric Williams) (Referenced)
- Imperial Hydra (Arnold Brown) (Referenced)
- Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) (Referenced)
- Madame Hydra (Valentina Allegra de Fontaine) (Referenced)
- Mother of Pearl (Referenced)
- Number 72 (Referenced)
- Red Skull (Johann Shmidt) (Referenced)
- Sensational Hydra (Referenced)
- Silvermane (Silvio Manfredi) (Referenced)
- Space Phantom (Referenced)
- Otto Vermis (Referenced)
- Elsbeth von Strucker (Referenced)
- Werner von Strucker (Referenced)
- Yellow Claw (Referenced)
- Former Members
- Absorbing Man (Carl Creel) (Referenced)
- Agent H (Laura Brown) (Referenced)
- Agent U (Robert Rickard) (Referenced)
- Annihil-Agent 47 (Referenced)
- Answer (Aaron Nicholson) (Referenced)
- Assassin (Referenced)
- Charles Atkins (Referenced)
- Batroc (Referenced)
- Blackwing (Joseph Manfredi) (Referenced)
- Dennis Bowden (Referenced)
- Bull's Eye (Referenced)
- Catalyst (Referenced)
- Chameleon (Dmitri Kravinoff) (Referenced)
- Commander Kraken (Referenced)
- Cool Million (Referenced)
- Corrosion (Referenced)
- Crippler (Carl Striklan) (Referenced)
- Crossbones (Brock Rumlow) (Referenced)
- Crown (Referenced)
- Dakini (Referenced)
- William Darvin (Referenced)
- Deadmaker (Gregori Anatolovich) (Referenced)
- Dismember (Referenced)
- D.O.A. (Referenced)
- Gregory Belial (Referenced)
- Innards (Referenced)
- Malpractice (Referenced)
- Pyre (Referenced)
- Rotwrap (Referenced)
- Kitty Drake (Referenced)
- Fenris (Referenced)
- Andrea von Strucker (Referenced)
- Andreas von Strucker (Referenced)
- William Fields (Referenced)
- George Fistal (Referenced)
- Fixer (Norbert Ebersol) (Referenced)
- Fox (Reynard Slinker) (Referenced)
- Jacob Fury (Referenced)
- Guillotine (Nicos Pelletier) (Referenced)
- Lance Halstan (Referenced)
- High Zero (Referenced)
- Jackhammer (Referenced)
- Jaguar (Ramon de Rico) (Referenced)
- Andrea Janson (Referenced)
- Knockabout (Jarno Sprague) (Referenced)
- Vladimir Korda (Referenced)
- Rudolf Kranz (Referenced)
- Karl Kraus (Referenced)
- Jared Kurtz (Referenced)
- Madame Hydra-6 (Referenced)
- Mammoth (Referenced)
- Man-Killer (Katrina Van Horn) (Referenced)
- Mankiller (Referenced)
- Mentallo (Marvin Flumm) (Referenced)
- Mindstorm (Referenced)
- Antwoin Molare (Referenced)
- Simon Mycroft (Referenced)
- Number 16 (Referenced)
- Dmitri Petrovich (Referenced)
- Psi-Borg (Fionna Wyman) (Referenced)
- Ralph Sanzetti (Referenced)
- Sathan (Referenced)
- Mac Scodell (Referenced)
- Silver Fox (Referenced)
- Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) (Referenced)
- Molly Stiles (Referenced)
- System Crash (Referenced)
- Bitmap (Referenced)
- Infomorph (Referenced)
- Killobyte (Referenced)
- Steel Collar (Referenced)
- Technospike (Referenced)
- Wirehead (Referenced)
- Ron Takimoto (Referenced)
- Ivan Trefkov (Referenced)
- Simon Valk (Referenced)
- Violence (Violet Pinkerton) (Referenced)
- Warlord (Huang Zhu) (Referenced)
- Weasel (Referenced)
- Whale (Referenced)
- James Winderfield (Referenced)
- Nancy Winderfield (Referenced)
- Wolfen (Referenced)
- Current Leaders
- Secret Empire
- Current Members
- Brute Force (Referenced)
- Calvin Burlingame (Referenced)
- Richard Cholmondely (Referenced)
- Thomas Gloucester (Referenced)
- Mad-Dog (Robert Baxter) (Referenced)
- Professor Power (Anthony Power) (Referenced)
- Shocktroopers (Referenced)
- Matt Surman (Referenced)
- William Taurey (Referenced)
- Harcourt Vickers (Referenced)
- Former Members
- Boomerang (Fred Myers) (Referenced)
- Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (Referenced)
- Blob (Referenced)
- Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde) (Referenced)
- Unus (Referenced)
- Baron Helmut Zemo (Referenced)
- Cheer Chadwick (Referenced)
- Hesperus Chadwick (Referenced)
- Chainsaw (Referenced)
- Charcoal (Charlie Burlingame) (Referenced)
- Lynn Church (Referenced)
- Cloud (Referenced)
- Doctor Faustus (Referenced)
- Linda Donaldson (Referenced)
- Mr. Farrell (Referenced)
- Gargantua (Edward Cobert) (Referenced)
- Griffin (John Horton) (Referenced)
- Quentin Harderman (Referenced)
- Harridan (Referenced)
- Javelynn (Referenced)
- Carl Maddicks (Referenced)
- Midnight (Jeffrey Wilde) (Referenced)
- Moonstone (Lloyd Bloch) (Referenced)
- Mutant Force (Referenced)
- Burner (Referenced)
- Lifter (Referenced)
- Peeper (Referenced)
- Shocker (Randall Darby) (Referenced)
- Slither (Referenced)
- Bo Ollsen (Referenced)
- Pretorians (Referenced)
- Quasimodo (Referenced)
- Jay Sanford (Referenced)
- Seekers (Referenced)
- Seraph (Referenced)
- Thunderball (Eliot Franklin) (Referenced)
- Trick Shot (Referenced)
- Tumbler (John Robert Keane) (Referenced)
- Viper (Jordan Dixon) (Referenced)
- Viper (Referenced)
- Martin Willis (Referenced)
- Wyre (Referenced)
- Zeitgeist (Larry Ekler) (Referenced)
- Current Members
- ULTIMATUM
- Members
- Red Skull (Johann Shmidt) (Referenced)
- Flag-Smasher (Karl Morgenthau) (Referenced)
- Vladimir Korda (Referenced)
- Vladimir Krantz (Referenced)
- Toler Weil (Referenced)
- Members
- Cyber Ninjas
- Lords of the Living Lightning
- Sons of the Serpent
- Current Members
- Cheer Chadwick (Referenced)
- Dan Dunn (Referenced)
- Former Members
- General Tai Chen (Referenced)
- Russell Daboia (Referenced)
- Lucas Green (Referenced)
- Montague Hale (Referenced)
- Hate-Monger (Animus) (Referenced)
- Ajanii Jackson (Referenced)
- Leonard Martin Kryzewski (Referenced)
- John Mason (Referenced)
- Number 16 (Referenced)
- Jean Claude "J.C." Pennysworth (Referenced)
- Skinhead (Edward Cross) (Referenced)
- Current Members
- Black Choppers
- Trenchcoat Mafia
- Militiamen
- Inquisition
- Taskmaster's Students
- Red Skull (Johann Shmidt) (Referenced)
- USAgent (Referenced)
- Diamondback (Rachel Leighton) (Referenced)
- Blood Spider (Michael Bingham) (Referenced)
- Death-Shield (Timothy Karlskin) (Referenced)
- Jagged Bow (Joe Emberlin) (Referenced)
- Snapdragon (Sheoke Sanada) (Referenced)
- Crossbones (Brock Rumlow) (Referenced)
- Cutthroat (Danny Leighton) (Referenced)
- Deadpool (Referenced)
- Agent X (Alex Heyden) (Referenced)
- Anaconda (Blanche Sitznski) (Referenced)
- Deadpool Interns (Referenced)
- Deadair (Referenced)
- Deadweight (Referenced)
- Deadend (Referenced)
- Jolt (Kyi) (Referenced)
- Mad Dog (Robert "Buzz" Baxter) (Referenced)
- Spymaster (unrevealed) (Referenced)
- Spymaster (Nathan Lemon) (Referenced)
- Avengers Initiative Trainees
- Annex (Referenced)
- Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady) (Referenced)
- Butterball (Referenced)
- Crusader (Z'Reg) (Referenced)
- Dragon Lord (Tako Shamara) (Referenced)
- Geiger (Delilah Dearborn) (Referenced)
- Gorilla Girl (Referenced)
- Komodo (Melati Kusuma) (Referenced)
- Melee (Referenced)
- Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore) (Referenced)
- Proton (Geldoff) (Referenced)
- Red 9 (Referenced)
- Scarlet Spiders
- Speedball (Earth-8101) (Referenced)
- Stature (Cassie Lang) (Referenced)
- 3-D Man (Delroy Garrett) (Referenced)
- Ultragirl (Referenced)
- Taskmaster's Hired Help
- Albino (Augusta Seger) (Referenced)
- Batroc's Brigade (Referenced)
- Oddball (Elton Healey) (Referenced)
- Copycat (Referenced)
- Constrictor (Referenced)
- Deadpool (Referenced)
- Weasel (Referenced)
Synopsis for 2nd story
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
The fan-favorite anti-hero from AVENGERS: INITIATIVE explodes into his own mini-series! Taskmaster has trained hench-thugs for every terrorist organization and criminal cartel in the Marvel Universe. So when the rumor starts that he's turned traitor and now works for STEVE ROGERS, a billion-dollar bounty is put on his head, and every cadre of costumed fanatics -- A.I.M., Hydra, Ultimatum, the Sons of the Serpent, everyone -- looks to collect. Now Taskmaster has to fight hordes upon hordes of his psychopathic students while at the same time figuring out who framed him -- which requires him figuring out who he really is! That's right, the man with the photographic reflexes has no memory of his true identity -- and you'll learn the unexpected truth along with him! The action-packed SECRET ORIGIN of Taskmaster begins here, courtesy of New York Times bestselling writer Fred Van Lente (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, INCREDIBLE HERCULES, MARVEL ZOMBIES) and acclaimed artist Jefte Paolo (DOCTOR VOODOO)!
Notes
- Also includes brief bios for A.I.M., Hydra, Secret Empire, U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M., Cyber Ninjas, Lords of the Living Lightning, Sons of the Serpent, Black Choppers, Trenchcoat Mafia, Militiamen, Inquisition, Taskmaster's Students, Avengers Initiative Trainees, and Taskmaster's Hired Help
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