Publication History
The Taskmaster first appeared briefly in Avengers vol.1 #195 (1980) before making his full debut in Avengers vol.1 #196 (1980). The character went onto appear as a supervillain and a villainous training instructor in Marvel Team-Up #103 (1981), Avengers vol.1 #223 (1982), Marvel Team-Up #146 (1984), The Thing #26 (1985), Iron Man vol.1 #254 (1990), Captain America vol. 1 #334, (1987), #394 (1991), #396 (1992), #403 (1992), Captain America Annual #11 (1992), The Amazing Spider-Man #366-367 (1992), Daredevil #292-293 (1991) #317-318 (1993), Sensational She-Hulk vol.1 #59 (1994), Elektra #5, #7 (1997), Hawkeye: Earth’s Mightiest Marksman #1 (1998), Avengers vol.3 #26 (2000), #38 (2001), Captain America vol.3 #44 (2001), Moon Knight vol.3 #3-6 (2006), Spider-Woman: Origin #2-3 (2006), Civil War #3, #5-7 (2006–2007), Marvel Comics Presents vol.2 #1-2 (2007), Siege: The Cabal #1 (2010), Siege #2-3 (2010), Captain America & Crossbones #1 (2011), Avengers Academy #9 (2011) and Daken: Dark Wolverine #12 (2011).
As an enemy and a reluctant ally of Deadpool, the Taskmaster has appeared in Deadpool vol.1 #2 (1997), #35 (1999), #39-40, #45 (2000), #67-69 (2002), Cable & Deadpool #36 (2007), Deadpool vol.2 #9 (2009) Thunderbolts #131 (2009) and Deadpool vol.2 #36 (2011).
The Taskmaster appeared in his own limited series Taskmaster vol.1 #1-4 (2002) which was followed by a supporting role in Agent X #1-15 (2002–2003). The character went on to feature prominently in Avengers: The Initiative as a supporting character in #8-19 (2008–2009) and Avengers: The Initiative Annual #1 (2008) then later as a central character in #20-35 (2009–2010) during the Dark Reign and Siege storylines. Age of Heroes #3 (2010) provided the prologue for the Taskmaster's second limited series Taskmaster vol.2 #1-4 (2010–2011). In 2011 Taskmaster got his first solo graphic novel collecting a 4 issue story - Taskmaster: Unthinkable.
Following Marvel's relaunch, Taskmaster will join a new team of Secret Avengers.
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