MILLAR & McNIVEN’S NEMESIS Volume One (Titan Publishing, February 2012) Mark Millar, writer. Steve McNiven, art. Trade paperback, 112 pages. ISBN # 0857685929 / 97808085765926
Summary on the Goodreads website . . . . .
CIVIL WAR? Nothing. KICK-ASS? A warmup. What if the smartest, toughest costumed bad ass in the world was totally evil? Meet Nemesis. He's systematically been destroying the lives of every police chief in Asia, and he's now set his sights on Washington, DC. Between you and me, the police don't have a chance. Do not miss the book that EVERYONE will be talking about!
My Three Star Review On The Goodreads Website . . . .
This series has been dismissed by many reviewers as lacking substance, a cash grab hoping to snag a lucrative film offer (it did, and no film has materialized) and enjoy enough sales success to launch a continuing series or at least a second mini-series (it was mentioned as happening, but it hasn't).
For me, it serves as another guilty pleasure. I almost hate to admit enjoying it, the same way I hesitate to admit I love Garth Ennis' violent run on The Punisher (for Marvel Max) and The Boys (Dynamite Entertainment). If Mark Millar could only write one ultra-violent comic, then NEMESIS would win out over KICK-ASS and several other series by him. In fact, the cover blurb on Issue #1 reads "Makes Kick-Ass Look Like S#!T"
Steve McNiven's fabulous art is both stunning and gripping, a perfect enhancement to the carnage that Millar had in mind.
If you are disturbed by bloody displays of extreme violence, brutality, and inhumanity then NEMESIS is a book to stay away from. It is all of that 100%, but also an engaging story of a ruthless serial killer who preys on top cops around the world and the hunt by the top cop in the United States to hunt him down before he becomes the next victim.
There's an over-the-top assault on Air Force One and a prison break that are so excessive to make you amused since you can't take it seriously. Millar does give enough background on the super-villain through some flashback scenes to help us understand his vendetta. But that does not make him likable or seem valid enough for readers to empathize with the character.
If your reading tastes in the crime and horror genres runs towards the "extreme" examples, then this is a comic you should seek out. I make no apologies.
I read this comic in the original issues from Marvel/Icon.
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