Yanes, Nicholas (March 30, 2010). "This Week in Spandex - Nemesis". SciFiPulse.net. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012 . Retrieved March 30, 2010. Greater-Scope Villain: The mysterious group that turned Nemesis into a supervillain. Their existence is only revealed at the end of the comic, they are still at large and planning to expand their operations, though they promise to leave Blake and his family alone. Secret History: Nemesis' final task for his master is uncovering the mystery of the forgotten President of the United States. The reason no one can remember him is due to the Fraternity's altering of reality. Hero Antagonist: Joe Costello, the recently-elected mayor and former District Attorney of Los Angeles who was elected via his career as a hero cop with a tough on crime stance.

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Killed Mid-Sentence: The Japanese police commissioner at the comic's prologue is tied by Nemesis and left to be ran over by a train, dying while cursing him.

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Phegley, Kiel (October 30, 2009). "Millar & McNiven Tease 'Nemesis' ". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved March 6, 2010. This stands very much on its own and is a soft reboot of the franchise. A completely new problem [that has] nothing to do with what came previously. I wanted to integrate the character into the universe I've built, and this leads directly into the big summer event, Big Game with Pepe Larraz. I thought, "If I'm stealing Marvel's biggest artist and DC's big superstar, I wanted to tie these stories together." They've worked out really great. In August of 2022, it was announced that Millar would be writing a new Nemesis comic book, titled Nemesis: Reloaded, with art by Jorge Jiminez. The book is set to be five issues long, the first of which was published in January of 2023, this time by Millar's comic book studio Millarworld with Image Comics. Millar has said that it will lead into a crossover series involving Nemesis and three other Millarworld series, Big Game.

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Renaud, Jeffrey (December 4, 2009). " "Nemesis" Asks: What if Batman was The Joker?". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved December 6, 2009. McElhatton, Greg (March 24, 2010). "Review: Nemesis #1". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved March 25, 2010. Fleming, Mike (August 6, 2010). "Fox and Tony Scott Plot Movie Version of Millar & McNiven's 'Nemesis' ". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved August 6, 2010. Awesomeness by Analysis: Blake's almost as prescient about what criminals will do as Nemesis is about what Law enforcement will do. Broken Pedestal: Joe Costello was elected mayor of Los Angeles due to his reputation as a fantastic cop and being seen as a good man by the people. Nemesis' public revelation that Costello framed two drug dealers for a serial killing spree, with so much of the destruction being therefore because of him, forever tarnishes his name and any good he did.

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Freudian Excuse Denial: Nemesis states that he's the son of criminals that Blake Morrow busted, supposedly the reason why he becomes a super-villain. When Blake confronts him about it, Nemesis admits he was lying just to screw with him. He has no reason for what he does, he's just rich and bored.

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White Shirt of Death: Nemesis's costume is entirely white, leaving blood highly visible on it whenever he's slaughtering people. One-Man Army: During the prison break away scene, Nemesis mows down 97 riot cops by himself in front of some convicts just to show what he is capable of. Gallagher, Brian (January 6, 2012). "Mark Millar's Nemesis Movie Isn't Happening Says Joe Carnahan". MovieWeb.com. Archived from the original on December 18, 2013 . Retrieved January 12, 2012.Gambit Roulette: Over the course of the book the ante is sequentially upped until the planners appear to have outright clairvoyant omniscience. Combat Pragmatist: Aside from Nemesis himself, Margot immediately shoots her husband in the head on being told to duel him for a butler job in the last issue, not even letting her prospective employer finish explanation, not wanting to give her opponent a chance to react. Nemesis reveals to his henchmen that his real name is Matt Anderson, and his father had committed suicide after Morrow tried to imprison him for hunting runaway teenagers with his rich friends. Bored of well-behaviour and less excitement, Anderson travelled the world to learn the ways of crime, hoping to fulfil his mother's dying wish to have Morrow killed. [12]