Nemesis (comic book)

What if Batman was The Joker?

Nemesis follows the adventures of a rich playboy who enjoys the finer things in life: fast cars, beautiful women, and "dealing" with someone on a 28-day (violent) crime spree. Marketed as the comic that "Makes Kick-Ass look like shit!", this is Mark Millar's latest work for Marvel Comics with a movie adaptation already in consideration.

Hopefully DC Comics won't sue.


 * Awesomeness By Analysis: Blake's almost as prescient about what criminals will do as Nemesis is about what Law enforcement will do.
 * Composite Character: Of Batman and The Joker.
 * Dark Age: The first issue seems like an (albeit well drawn) throwback to early 90s comics: bad writing, pointless cursing and plenty of You Fail Physics Forever.
 * Executive Meddling: And thank God for it. First issue was supposed to end with Nemesis impaling Barack Obama's head on stake, but Marvel's editors stepped in on that one, so it was changed to completely different guy being a president, and only tied up.
 * For the Evulz: Nemesis tells Blake that he is the son of two complete psychos Blake busted and sent to their deaths
 * Gambit Roulette: Over the course of the book the ante is sequentially upped until the planners appear to have outright clairvoyant omniscience.
 * Light Is Not Good: Nemesis who is a villain in a pure white costume
 * Our Presidents Are Different:
 * Refuge in Audacity: The only way "Holy shit. I'm covered in old person." works at all.
 * Rule of Cool: How else is Nemesis able to stay on the outside of a plane mid-flight?
 * Sadistic Choice
 * Show, Don't Tell: The first issue breaks this rule.
 * Take a Third Option: See Our Presidents Are Different.
 * Villain Protagonist: Yes.
 * White Shirt of Death: Nemesis's costume is entirely white, leaving blood highly visible on it whenever he's slaughtering people.
 * Xanatos Speed Chess: This is what Blake's playing at least. Just as Nemesis planned he would.
 * War On Cops: Nemesis' main recreational activity. His main target isn't politicians or landmarks, but well known police commissioners.
 * War On Cops: Nemesis' main recreational activity. His main target isn't politicians or landmarks, but well known police commissioners.