Nemesis: Reloaded
{{Short description|2023 comic book limited series}}
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| publisher = Image Comics
{{no wrap|Dark Horse Comics (omnibus)}}
| startmo = January
| startyr = 2023
| endmo = May
| endyr = 2023
| issues = 5
| main_char_team = Matt Anderson / Nemesis
Wesley Gibson
| writers = Mark Millar
| artists = Jorge Jiménez{{Cite web|title=Mark Millar Shows Off New Jorge Jiménez Art For {{‘}}Nemesis: Reloaded{{’}} #1|url=https://comicon.com/2022/11/13/mark-millar-shows-off-new-jorge-jimenez-art-for-nemesis-reloaded-1|website=Comic Con|last=MacNamee|first=Olly|access-date=November 13, 2022|date=November 13, 2022|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Epps|first=Justin|title=Mark Millar's Nemesis Brings Back the R-Rated 'Evil Batman'|url=https://screenrant.com/nemesis-reloaded-mark-millar-evil-batman-millarworld|access-date=August 22, 2022|date=August 22, 2022|website=Screen Rant|language=en}}
| letterers = Clem Robins
| colorists = Giovanna Niro
| editors = Rachel Fulton
| creators = {{ubl|Mark Millar|J. G. Jones|Steve McNiven}}
| TPB = {{no wrap|Nemesis: Reloaded}}
| ISBN = 978-153439-9907
| subcat = Image Comics
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Nemesis: Reloaded is an American five-issue comic book limited series written by Mark Millar and drawn by Jorge Jiménez. Published by Image Comics,{{Cite web|date=December 8, 2022|title=15 Page Preview Of Jorge Jiménez Art From Nemesis: Reloaded #1|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/15-page-preview-of-jorge-jimenez-art-from-nemesis-reloaded-1|access-date=December 8, 2022|website=Bleeding Cool|last=Johnston|first=Rich|author-link=Rich Johnston|language=en-US}} the series is a continuation of Nemesis by Millar and Steve McNiven and Wanted by Millar and J. G. Jones. Set in the Millarworld, the series follows a new version of Matt Anderson / Nemesis who is recruited by Wesley Gibson to join the Fraternity of Super-Criminals.{{Cite web|last1=Millar|last2=Jiménez|first1=Mark|first2=Jorge|author-link1=Mark Millar|date=July 12, 2023|title=Nemesis, Vol. 2: Nemesis: Reloaded|url=https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/nemesis-vol-1-tpb|access-date=July 12, 2023|website=Image Comics}}
Published from January 11 to May 10, 2023,{{Cite web|last=Lyles|first=Jeffrey|title=Image Comics reviews 5/10/23 – Nemesis: Reloaded #5|url=https://lylesmoviefiles.com/2023/05/11/image-comics-reviews-5-10-23-nemesis-reloaded-5|access-date=May 11, 2023|date=May 11, 2023|website=Lyle's Movie Files|language=en}} and collectively as a graphic novel on July 12, 2023, the series was followed by Big Game by Millar and Pepe Larraz two months later,{{Cite web|author=Comical Opinions Staff|title=Big Game #2 – Comic Review|url=https://comicalopinions.com/big-game-2-comic-review|access-date=August 24, 2023|date=August 24, 2023|website=Comical Opinions|language=en}} and was republished as an omnibus by Dark Horse Comics in 2024, who published two more sequels, Nemesis: Rogues Gallery and Nemesis: Forever, in 2024 and 2025.
Premise
"Everything you heard before is a lie. This is my story. This is how it all began."
Following the events of Nemesis and the death of the first Nemesis, his benefactor, revealed to be Wesley Gibson, the leader of the multiverse-invading Fraternity of Super-Criminals, elects to create a new Nemesis, recruiting another young boy actually named Matt Anderson (unlike the previous Nemesis, who used the name as an alias) and grooming him to become the billionaire supervillain, after erasing the world's memories of the previous Nemesis as Wesley's father had previously done to all the world's superheroes in 1986. Seeking to avenge the execution of his parents, framed for serial killings they did not commit, Nemesis elects to kill every police officer in New York City, placing a $10,000 bounty on any one officer's head.{{Cite web|date=October 25, 2022|title=Mark Millar and Jorge Jiménez talk {{‘}}Nemesis: Reloaded{{’}} with cover art revealed|url=https://aiptcomics.com/2022/10/25/image-mark-millar-jorge-jimenezs-nemesis-reloaded|access-date=October 25, 2022|website=AIPT Comics|last=Brooke|first=David|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Matadeen|first=Renaldo|title=Nemesis: Reloaded Makes Joker's Twisted Games Even More Depraved|url=https://www.cbr.com/nemesis-reloaded-depraved-joker-image|access-date=January 24, 2023|date=January 24, 2023|website=Comic Book Resources|language=en}}{{Cite web|author=Brett|title=Nemesis: Reloaded #1 Delivers A Bloody Fantastic Reboot|url=https://graphicpolicy.com/2023/01/11/nemesis-reloaded-1-delivers-a-bloody-fantastic-reboot|access-date=January 11, 2023|date=January 11, 2023|website=Graphic Policy|language=en}}
Development
In January 2012, following the publication of the four-issue miniseries Nemesis, a sequel series entitled Nemesis Returns was announced for September 2012,{{cite web|first=Kiel|last=Phegley|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=36383 |title=Millarworld Exclusive: Spinning Off "Nemesis 2" & "Hit-Girl"|publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=12 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114025510/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=36383|archive-date=14 January 2012}} later delayed to January 2013,{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=40203|title=Millar & McNiven's "Nemesis Returns" Launches January 2013|publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=1 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024134417/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=40203|archive-date=24 October 2012}} then March/April 2013,{{cite web|first=Kiel|last=Phegley|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=42105|title=Mark Millar Builds Marvel Movies at Fox & Beyond|publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=9 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111170843/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=42105|archive-date=11 November 2012}} before ultimately entering development hell. By 2014, the events of Nemesis were referenced during the concluding chapter of Kick-Ass – The Dave Lizewski Years, in precedence of an eventual crossover between the properties of the Millarworld.{{cite web|last=Johnston|first=Rich|author-link=Rich Johnston|url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/08/06/mark-millar-explains-how-all-the-millarworld-books-tie-in-together-wanted-kick-ass-jupiters-legacy-superior-nemesis-mph-supercrooks-and-more-but-no-news-yet-on-the-unfunnies|title=Mark Millar Explains How All The Millarworld Books Tie-In Together — Wanted, Kick-Ass, Jupiter's Legacy, Superior, Nemesis, MPH, Supercrooks And More — But No News Yet On The Unfunnies|date=6 August 2014|publisher=Bleeding Cool|access-date=16 October 2019|archive-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617015434/https://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/08/06/mark-millar-explains-how-all-the-millarworld-books-tie-in-together-wanted-kick-ass-jupiters-legacy-superior-nemesis-mph-supercrooks-and-more-but-no-news-yet-on-the-unfunnies|url-status=live}} In 2017, a one-shot set during the events of Nemesis, subtitled We Are Nemesis, written by Steve Lawrence and drawn by Marcelo Salazo, was published by Image Comics as part of the Millarworld New Talent Annual 2017, an anthology annual consisting of one-shot specials containing winning entries from the online contest for up-and-coming creators held by Millar in 2016.{{Cite web|last=Folkard|first=Dana|url=https://www.impulsegamer.com/millarworld-annual|title=Millarworld: New Talent Annual 2017 Review|access-date=September 21, 2017|date=September 21, 2017|website=Impulse Gamer}} In August 2022, the second volume of Nemesis, now titled Nemesis: Reloaded, was officially announced, to be written by Millar and drawn by Jorge Jiménez.{{cite web |first=Brandon |last=Schreur |url=https://www.cbr.com/mark-millar-nemesis-returns-batman-jorge-jimnez-art/ |title=Mark Millar's Nemesis Returns with Batman's Jorge Jiménez on Art |publisher=CBR.com|date=1 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801232055/https://www.cbr.com/mark-millar-nemesis-returns-batman-jorge-jimnez-art/ |archive-date=1 August 2022 |url-status=live }} On the series' development, Millar stated:
"This is a soft reboot like [those] relaunches DC did every fifteen years. We don't reference the old series at all. As much as I love it, I just thought of a better way of doing this, and it really takes the idea to the max this time. In terms of what to expect, Nemesis has always been me turned up to eleven. The idea is really simple. It's, "What if that genius, billionaire playboy who lives in the big mansion outside of town is actually a city's worst nightmare? How would the cops deal with this highly-trained monster and all his high-tech gadgets?" This is a guy with infinite wealth and power and probably more like what one of those benevolent billionaires from comic books would really be like in real life. How would a cop with a badge and a gun deal with someone who operates at that level? I love flipping things and turning concepts on their head. Red Son is Superman landing in Russia. Night Club is vampires being good guys. This is that same fun basic idea carried to a logical conclusion. We also get an origin for him here, which I didn't have much room for before, and a really terrific mystery that begins in issue three. This book is not what you think it's about, and when you get to the last issue, it's such a forehead smack. I think people will love it."{{Cite web|last=Pereira|first=Sergio|title=Mark Millar and Jorge Jiménez Discuss Nemesis: Reloaded|url=https://www.cbr.com/mark-millar-jorge-jimnez-discuss-nemesis-reloaded|access-date=December 15, 2022|date=December 15, 2022|website=Comic Book Resources|language=en}}
The five-issue miniseries began publication in January 2023, and concluded in May, its ending (the aforementioned "forehead smack") revealing the story to also be a continuation of Millar's and J. G. Jones' Wanted,{{cite web|last=Johnston|first=Rich|author-link=Rich Johnston|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/mark-millar-image-comics-crossover-starts-in-todays-nemesis-reloaded/#google_vignette|title=Mark Millar's Image Comics Crossover Starts In Today's Nemesis: Reloaded|date=10 May 2023|publisher=Bleeding Cool|access-date=10 May 2023|url-status=live}} leading into the crossover miniseries Big Game two months later, drawn by Pepe Larraz.{{Cite web|date=July 18, 2023|title=Big Game: Mark Millar and Pepe Larraz on the Massive Crossover Event and Wanted Sequel|url=https://www.cbr.com/big-game-mark-millar-pepe-larraz-interview|access-date=July 18, 2023|website=Comic Book Resources|last=Pereira|first=Sergio|language=en-US}} In December 2023, Millar announced the Millarworld catalogue had been moved from Image to Dark Horse Comics, who would publish an omnibus of both volumes of Nemesis,{{Cite web|last=Weiss|first=Josh|title=Mark Millar Bringing ‘Millarworld’ Catalogue Over To Dark Horse Comics|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshweiss/2023/12/05/mark-millar-bringing-millarworld-catalogue-over-to-dark-horse-comics|access-date=December 5, 2023|date=December 5, 2023|website=Forbes|language=en}} as well as a third and final volume, Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery and Nemesis: Forever, in 2024 and 2025.{{Cite web|last=Salmon|first=Will|title=Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery heads up the first wave of Millarworld titles coming from Dark Horse in 2024|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/nemesis-rogues-gallery-heads-up-the-first-wave-of-millarworld-titles-coming-from-dark-horse-in-2024|access-date=December 6, 2023|date=December 6, 2023|website=GamesRadar+|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Tardive|first=Ambrose|title="Oh My God! This Is Amazing": Nemesis Cosplay Is So Good, Even His Creators Are Impressed|url=https://screenrant.com/nemesis-cosplay-impresses-creator-mark-millar|access-date=December 11, 2023|date=December 11, 2023|website=Screen Rant|language=en}}
Reception
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! Issue # ! Publication date ! Critic rating ! Critic reviews ! Ref. |
| 1
| January 2023 | 9.4/10 | 5 |
| 2
| February 2023 | 8.6/10 | 4 |
| 3
| March 2023 | 8.5/10 | 3 |
| 4
| April 2023 | 7.9/10 | 3 |
| 5
| May 2023 | 9.8/10 | 2 |
| Overall
| {{n/a |
| 8.8/10
| 17
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References
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External links
- [https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/nemesis-vol-1-tpb Nemesis: Reloaded] at Image Comics
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Category:Comics by Mark Millar