According to the Marvel Universe, Taskmaster is a superhuman mutant with the ability to duplicate any manuever he can see with perfect accuracy. There was a comic that sort of said it was 'just a skill', but I believe it was a Daredevil comic, in which Taskmaster was handled rather badly.

My opinion is that of the intial definition - Taskmaster is a mutant.

Bullseye had to learn that skill. Thats the difference between Bullseye and Taskmaster.

not exactly....bullseye has hand and eye coordination far above those of us norms.....

Its still a skill. He has hand eye coordination above yes norm but its still a skill.

Please go to this site http://www.users.xeroanime.com/~hand...w/taskmast.htm
This is from the Unofficial Handbook to the Marvel Universe - which was taken from the Official Handbook. There is no mention of mutant in either Taskmaster or Bullseye's entries.

They are not mutants according to the Marvel Writers and Editors.

miridor, I wouldn't quite put him in the same group as Bullseye, granted he could do the same thing :D he's just better.

thejew, that would be constituted as a deformity. A weird deformity, but a deformity none the less. Sorry, not a Mutant.

Cat

I'm a mutant , not my name sake, but me.

Someone said that since PR is a real life thing, that it means he isnt' a mutant. Now if I cut myself, the cut will heal. I can smell things, see things and hear things. That's what Wolverine's powers are. Does that mean Wolvie isn't a mutant? Sure his versions are a little more enhanced, but that's it...

Also, it's said that Jamie Madrox' (Multiple Man) power (to self replicate) first manifested when the doctor spanked him at birth...

According to those two, I'm inclined to agree he is a mutant. Just cause the writer/artist hasn't said he was, doesn't mean that he isn't. And I know what the original intention for him was (like the interview) but in the begining, Wolverine's claws were supposed to be parts of his glove...so until I hear Prof X say "I'm sorry Mr 'Master, you are not a mutant", I say he is!
But that's me

I have a third nipple... that makes me a mutant

I have too many nipples to count.

Multi-nip mutants Unite!!!!!!!

ok we have two dif issues here....1st are characters in the marvel universe who have exemplary powers mutants....no hands down....taskmaster wasnt designed as a mutant nor was bullseye. they are both just people with good traits.

now step into the realms of reality a second: what is a mutation-an altering of the genetic code. what causes mutations-generally evolution. why do mutations occur-the survival of the species.......

ergo-taking this tact every person/hero et al that (not through training) has some genetic trait that affords them an advantage in life is a mutation from the genetic norm.

so a case can be made that they both are mutants....as are capt america, hawkeye, nick fury...etc.....

but within the game we have to accept what the designers intended. i stand by what i said earlier-if you playing a scenario where you can only play mutants....both players come to an agreement and stand by it. otherwise it has no bearing.

then official stance is no niether are mutants...nor are any other exemplary heroes.

oh and im a mutant because my shoes dont fit right....<wink>

Please do not make fun of us three nipple freaks.

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Ok, for those trying to inject real world biology... don't. There is a BIG difference between a genetic mutation and a genetic deformity/abnormality. A genetic mutation is when a DNA sequence in offspring has genetic qualities that do not match it's parents. Deformities and abnormalities are most often inherited recesive attributes or missing or defective genes. The point being that a mutant is anything that is not genetically like it's own parents. It has nothing to do with the population as a whole. But if someone is born with an extra arm or three eyes the parent could have been exposed to a substance or circumstance in which the genes were damaged. The child would still genetically be the same as his/her parents. So in short, a genetic abnormality is not necessarily a mutation but a mutation can cause an abnormality. Of course having said all of this, you can only tell if Taskmaster is a mutant by examining his parents DNA. His parents didn't have to have photographic reflexes, but they would have to have had the genetics (in the form of recessive genes) to have them in order for it to not be a mutation. Now, who knows a) where taskmasters mom and dad are? and b) which gene strand defines someone with photographic reflexes? A fine time to leave my DNA sequencer at home...