Taskmaster (Antonia Dreykov)
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Modern, Comics: Under Norman Osborn he takes over Initiative training and joins the siege of Asgard, then flees the losing fight.
Cinematic
Daughter of Red Room chief Dreykov, disfigured in the 2008 Budapest bombing and controlled through a neck chip that left her a perfect mimic of other fighters. As Taskmaster she led the Black Widows and hunted Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova until Red Dust freed her in 2016. She later took contract kills for Valentina Allegra de Fontaine and was shot dead by Ghost in 2027.
Comics
A former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who can copy any physical skill he watches, at the cost of his own memories after he took an experimental Nazi serum. Operating as the mercenary and instructor Taskmaster, he trained criminals and the Initiative, served Norman Osborn at the siege of Asgard, spied for S.H.I.E.L.D. inside A.I.M., served Hydra, and later became sheriff of Bagalia.
Timeline 18 events
- Bronze · Comics: As the head of a front training operation he captures several Avengers, then is beaten and driven off by the robot Jocasta.
- Modern · Comics: He trains John Walker to serve as the new Captain America.
- Modern · Comics: He drops his instructor role to work as a conventional mercenary and meets Sandi Brandenberg.
- Modern · Comics: The Committee hires him to kill Moon Knight, but the attempt fails.
- Modern · Comics: He is released from the Thunderbolts' detainees and assigned to Camp Hammond as an Initiative trainer.
- Modern · Comics: Under Norman Osborn he takes over Initiative training and joins the siege of Asgard, then flees the losing fight.
- Modern · Comics: He sets out to recover his forgotten past and learns the truth of his S.H.I.E.L.D. history before another new skill erases it again.
- Modern · Comics: Rescued from Bagalia by Nick Fury Jr., he joins S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Secret Avengers and infiltrates A.I.M. as a double agent.
- Modern · Comics: Mockingbird shoots him in the head and he is left in a vegetative state, secretly kept alive by Mentallo.
- Secret Wars · Comics: After a stint with Baron Zemo's Hydra he becomes sheriff of the lawless country Bagalia.
- Secret Wars · Comics: He serves in Hydra's Avengers, then switches sides during the final battle and frees the Champions.
- Fresh Start · Comics: Kraven hires him to round up animal-themed criminals, and he betrays then protects his friend Black Ant.
- 2008 · Cinematic: Antonia is gravely burned when Romanoff and Barton bomb her father's Budapest office.
- 2008 · Cinematic: Dreykov implants a chip in her neck, which controls her and is the start of her Taskmaster career.
- 2016 · Cinematic: Taskmaster is sent to recover the stolen Red Dust and ambushes Romanoff in Norway.
- 2016 · Cinematic: She chases Romanoff and Belova through Budapest and helps capture them with Melina Vostokoff's lead.
- 2016 · Cinematic: Romanoff destroys the Red Room Academy and frees Taskmaster from mind control with the Red Dust.
- 2027 · Cinematic: Sent by de Fontaine against U.S. Agent at an O.X.E. vault, Taskmaster is shot dead by Ghost.
enemy of
Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), Red Guardian (Alexei Shostakov), U.S. Agent, Ghost, Deadpool (Wade Wilson), Moon Knight, Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
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