What's so super about the Super Soldier serum?

[thanoson]

Weird, I always thought Taskmaster was the equal to Deathstroke. Taskmaster should be able to take down Cap with ease, but the writers lately have it in for that guy.

[BlueBard]

Weird, I always thought Taskmaster was the equal to Deathstroke. Taskmaster should be able to take down Cap with ease, but the writers lately have it in for that guy.

Well, you've got to understand what makes Tasky tick.

His 'power', if it be called that, is essentially being able to perfectly recall and duplicate someone's "moves" within human limits.  Tasky has no superhuman reflexes or super-strength or super-speed so far as I've ever read.  A side-effect of his ability is enabling him to predict what an opponent is going to do.  That allows him to take on guys like Spider-Man whom he shouldn't even be able to touch.

But he's got his limits, and by now pretty much every hero he has a run-in with knows what they are.  He's not quite Cap's equal physically, IMHO, so Cap will always have that edge.  And of course Tasky can be outguessed occasionally.  Not to mention, the guy's getting old... he's got to be slowing down :)