After a ten-year absence, co-creator Mark Millar’s twisted and demonic parody of Batman, Nemesis, is returning in a brand-new tale. The most seasoned supervillain is about to embark on his bloodiest campaign yet, with Batman illustrator Jorge Jiménez priming for his comeback.
As a four-issue miniseries, Nemesis debuted in 2010 as a part of Marvel’s creator-owned imprint, Icon Comics. The graphic novel by Millar and artist Steve McNiven featured the story of Nemesis, a formidable supervillain who uses his enormous wealth and tactical acumen to confront some of the planet’s most esteemed police officers.
When Mark Millar created this character, he intended to make a cross between Batman and the Joker, who is Batman’s most dangerous foe. Imagine someone like Batman, except instead of protecting Gotham with all of Bruce Wayne’s resources and power, he is one of the criminals being hunted by the Dark Knight.
You do not need to give it much thought. In fact, you can read it. In reality, Mark Millar has written a lot of comics over the course of his career, including Nemesis. For many years, people have talked about adapting this plot for the big screen and speculating about what might happen if Batman portrayed El Joker.
An American cop responds to the wicked Batman-like character’s call in the Nemesis television series and engages in a lethal game of cat and mouse with the very cautious criminal. Due to its heavy use of violence and divisive plot, the series earned negative reviews.
Nemesis Tragic Backstory
In revenge for Officer Blake Morrow jailing his parents for something like a hunting game that involved runaway teens and their affluent friends, depriving little Matthew Anderson of a happy childhood, Nemesis’ primary goal is to eliminate now Police Chief Morrow and all he holds dear.
Up until this moment, all of the previous officers he had tormented were only practice. Nemesis began as a typical youngster until Police Officer Blake Morrow wrongfully jailed his parents. Then he went into crime, rising through the “ranks” from gang boss to drug exporter until he was eventually ready to face Blake Morrow. In the end, he dies.
The story of the four-issue comic book begins when Nemesis, the supervillain, ruins a Tokyo skyscraper, killing a SWAT squad and a police official. The FBI warns The Chief Inspector of the Metro Police, Blake Morrow in Washington, D.C., that Nemesis is pursuing him next. He is presented with a card that reads, “12th March, at midnight, Blake Morrow, Flatline still counts.” Morrow’s family has been placed in protective care. Nemesis intercepts Air Force One when they are flying over the District of Columbia, kidnaps the President of the United States, and crashes the jet into Washington, D.C., killing hundreds. Nemesis transmits an international broadcast, exposing the President captive right in front of his seat, and the comic concludes with him declaring, “It is time for everyone to hail their new fucking Chief.”
Nemesis informs his minions that his name is actually Matt Anderson and that his father killed himself when Morrow tried to jail him for pursuing runaway teens with his wealthy friends. Anderson, bored with good behaviour and a lack of excitement, traveled the world to master the arts of crime, seeking to fulfill his mother’s dying request to have Morrow murdered.
While Morrow is present, Nemesis uses poison gas to murder 20,000 people in the Pentagon, yet Morrow and his companion, Stuart, survive. Morrow and Stuart fire when Nemesis emerges in front of them, but Nemesis is hidden behind bullet-proof glass. He admits that he slipped an antidote into their morning coffee to tease Morrow regarding the inspector’s impending death on March 12. Nemesis is captured by the police, and he alleges he intended for himself to be captured. True, Nemesis’ men have already breached the jail. Nemesis escapes, killing ninety-seven guards using only his bare hands, freeing the convicts, and then destroying the prison. Morrow’s children are kidnapped, prompting Morrow to divulge secrets: apparently, his wife had an affair, his son is homosexual, and his only daughter had an abortion in secret.
Morrow is a devout Catholic, thus all of these things were hidden by him from everyone else. Nemesis frees the children, but not before intentionally inseminating Morrow’s girl with his son’s sperm and rigging her womb to rupture if an abortion was performed. Morrow, outraged, finally thinks he has uncovered Nemesis’ lair and comes with a police squad, only to realize that it is a trap. Morrow is knocked unconscious when the structure explodes. Nemesis explains to Morrow when he awakens that Stuart has actually been working for him. Stuart admits that Nemesis offered him ten million for his services and informs Morrow that Nemesis’ minions retire after each job.
“Well, that is one way of saying it,” Nemesis jokes after shooting and killing Stuart. Nemesis admits that his elaborate “Matthew Anderson” tale was fabricated. He is merely wealthy and bored, spreading murder and destruction for his own delight. The actual Matthew Anderson, it turns out, perished in an Indian sex club after wasting his money. Nemesis reveals that they are in the Oval Office of the White House, where Morrow’s spouse Peggy and the President of the United States have explosives strapped onto their chests.
After killing the workers and Secret Service officials, Nemesis hands Morrow a detonation device and tells him that he has thirty seconds to murder the president’s family or the president himself. With four seconds remaining, the president approaches Nemesis and orders Morrow to detonate the explosive, which he then goes on to do.
Nemesis escapes the explosion, and in a last showdown, Morrow and him shoot each other. Morrow executes Nemesis with just a headshot, although he is injured by a gunshot to the abdomen and is brought to the hospital. During the surgery, he passes out but manages to live. Morrow’s child digs through his wallet, looking at family photographs and discovering the Nemesis card, as the clock strikes midnight. The scene concludes with a lifeless Nemesis with a piece of his head gone and a wide smile on his face. As the story finishes, Blake is on a beach with his entire family, which includes his newborn triplet granddaughters.
There he is presented with a letter, apparently given to the server ten years ago, praising Morrow and claiming to be from the president of a firm that arranges for affluent individuals to become supervillains. The comic concludes with the company’s owner lounging on the sand, enjoying the sunset. Despite the fact that Nemesis is no longer alive, a new supervillain is likely to emerge.
What Makes Nemesis So Deadly?
Nemesis does not have any recognized powers and abilities. He defeats his opponents with preparation, talent, and sheer willpower. Nemesis has demonstrated adequate Hand to Hand proficiency in using pressure points and easily beat 97 armored Riot jail guards. Overall, he is a really talented individual. He has also demonstrated that he is astute enough to plan everything meticulously.
Although Nemesis is not the only “Nemesis,” and had assistance with everything, it’s still astounding for the Agency to already have foreseen any difficulties he faces a number of years in advance. He is also exceptionally intelligent. Nemesis exhibits many instances of Superhuman endurance throughout the comic.
He was absolutely fine and showed no indications of exhaustion after a high-speed chase, rapidly swimming for a few hundred feet, being beaten up by cops, and taking on ninety-seven guards in H2H. He is also quite resilient. Nemesis employed a variety of weapons throughout the series, including a pistol, a torch with the capacity to transform into a tiny Lightsaber type device capable of cutting through steel, an assault rifle, C4, and a Rebreather that enabled him to survive underwater.
His other armaments include his suit, which had a mask that was supposed to kill him instantaneously and blast his face off if he slipped it off. This was devised to hide policemen from seeing his facial features if he ever realized they would not kill him. His car, which was bulletproof to any automatic fire, was able to split in two and transform into a motorbike when he wrecked it, and a Rocket Launcher that he used to fire a chopper out of the sky was most likely a component of his motorcycle.
The comeback of the most edgy Batman parody arrives at an ideal moment. A Nemesis film created by Emerald Fennell, who is the director of the movie “Promising Young Woman”, has been in the works for quite some time, so an adaptation of the original series might be on the way soon. Nemesis Reloaded might be a means to keep the character in the public’s attention.
Perhaps Millar simply felt it was time to revive one of the most outrageous Batman parodies ever done. Without a question, Batman is probably one of the most well-known comic book characters that has ever existed. As a result, he’s received a slew of parodies throughout the years that make light of his most famous qualities, such as Batman’s gadgets or his extreme degree of readiness.
While he may be buried in edginess, Nemesis exaggerates Batman’s edginess to the point of absurdity, resulting in a few fascinating criticisms of the cherished Dark Knight. It’s even more intriguing that Nemesis Reloaded should actually be running concurrently with Jiménez’s work on Batman, emphasizing the parody. Nemesis by Mark Millar may not be the purest comic, but it intends to milk the “Evil Batman” concept for all it’s worth.