Spoiler alert! This article contains spoilers for Thunderbolts*. Taskmaster returned to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Thunderbolts*, but her role in the movie seemed quite pointless in retrospect.

Thunderbolts* put the spotlight on several B-List characters in the hope of elevating them to the A-List (as members of the MCU's New Avengers). Among them was Red Guardian, whom we first met in ...