Adapting comic books characters from the page to the screen isn’t always easy. When it comes to Marvel’s enormous cast of heroes and villains, certain portrayals in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) feel true to their original, comic book counterparts — like Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark/Iron Man. For some others though, there have been significant changes made to their...
Adapting comic books characters from the page to the screen isn’t always easy. When it comes to Marvel’s enormous cast of heroes and villains, certain portrayals in the Marvel Cinematic Universe feel true to their original, comic book counterparts — like Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark/Iron Man.
In the comics, Taskmaster is Anthony Masters, a former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who took an experimental Nazi super soldier serum that enhanced his latent “photographic reflexes,” allowing him to perfectly replicate the physical skills of anyone he’s seen in action. Unfortunately, these powers fractured his psyche and began erasing his memories, leading him to leave S.H.I.E.L.D. and become a swashbuckling mercenary, and would even become a teacher of his own criminal-training academy.
The MCU’s Drax is a far cry from his comics counterpart, whose reason for living is to pursue and destroy Thanos. Instead, he is presented as an actual alien whose family was slain by Ronan the Accuser, and frequently serves as comic relief. With Drax primed to exit the MCU in Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 3, we’ll have to wait and see if he gets the dramatic farewell he deserves, and if a saxophone is involved.
In reality, the Mandarin of the comics has no ties to the British acting scene and A.I.M., nor is he the father of Shang-Chi . In addition, he is a descendant of Genghis Khan, a genius scientist and a skilled martial artist. The Ten Rings is still central to is character, but in the comics they are worn on his fingers instead of his arms.
The origins behind their mutant powers also differ considerably. In the comics, Namor was born from a human American sea captain and Princess Fen, the Atlantean daughter of Emperor Thakorr. In Wakanda Forever, we learn that the MCU’s Namor received his powers after his mother ingested a special underwater herb while he was still in the womb.
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