A review by kennisn
Nemesis by Mark Millar

4.0

This comic is absolutely insane. In a good way mostly. It takes the idea of a super villain and blows it sky high! The only thing I couldn't get on behind were the character's motivations - Nemesis caused utter mayhem and chaos just because he was rich and bored... I don't buy it. I get it when the joker causes havoc because he's crazy and deranged and enjoys it. Other villains are out for revenge/retribution or even trying to improve the world in however sick and twisted manner. But just to do it out of boredom seems lacking. However, once I got over that, I thoroughly enjoyed reading Nemesis. It's very fast paced and explosive. The storyline was could have used some meat but the artwork was absolutely gorgeous (and extremely and brutally graphic!). However, I am still unsure about the choice of a white costume. It looks cool when complimented with blood red stains, but it was fairly bland and lacking in texture and hue. Though I get the idea behind the choice in color - toying with themes of purity, innocence, righteousness, etc. If you are a fan of Batman but which that maybe the joker were the rich one you will definitely enjoy Nemesis.

Stray commentary: Is it possible to root for the bad guy? After playing Bio-Shock, I wondered if it were possible to be able to read a comic book and hope the bad guy would win... That was more what I was expecting from Nemesis but I don't think it turned out that way. You ended up cheering for the police chief. Just a thought I had - feel free to comment.