Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery
{{Short description|2023 comic book limited series}}
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| publisher = Dark Horse Comics
| startmo = July
| startyr = 2024
| endmo = January
| endyr = 2025
| issues = 5
| main_char_team = Matthew Anderson / Nemesis
Pedro Hernandez / Rookie
| writers = Mark Millar
| artists = Valerio Giangiordano{{Cite web|title=EXCLUSIVE: Dark Horse Reveals New Details of Mark Millar's Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery|url=https://www.cbr.com/dark-horse-millarworld-nemesis-rogues-gallery|website=Comic Book Resources|last=Fang|first=Sam|access-date=March 21, 2024|date=March 21, 2024|language=en-US}}
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| creators = {{ubl|Mark Millar|J. G. Jones|Steve McNiven}}
| TPB = Rogues' Gallery
| ISBN = 978-150674-4872
| subcat = Dark Horse Comics
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Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery (also written Nemesis: Rogues Gallery and Nemesis: Rogue's Gallery) is a British five-issue comic book limited series written by Mark Millar and drawn by Valerio Giangiordano. Published by Dark Horse Comics and set in the Millarworld, the series is a continuation of Nemesis: Reloaded and Big Game,{{cite web|first=Rich|last=Johnston|author-link=Rich Johnston|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/nemesis-rogues-gallery-sequel-to-big-game-out-in-july|title=Nemesis: Rogues Gallery, Sequel To Big Game, Out In July|publisher=Bleeding Cool|date=March 21, 2024|access-date=March 21, 2024}} following supervillain Matthew Anderson / Nemesis, who after recovering from being beaten to a pulp by the superhero team the Ambassadors, escapes from hospital to take on a protégé, Rookie, and regain his power.{{Cite web|last1=Millar|last2=Giangiordano|first1=Mark|first2=Valerio|author-link1=Mark Millar|title=Nemesis, Vol. 3: Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3014-905/Nemesis-Rogues-Gallery-TPB|access-date=February 17, 2025|website=Dark Horse Comics}}
Published from July 24, 2024 to January 8, 2025,{{Cite web|last=MacNamee|first=Olly|title=Sidekicks, Psychopaths And Sickos: {{‘}}Nemesis: Rogues Gallery{{’}} #5 Advance Review|url=https://comicon.com/2025/01/07/sidekicks-psychopaths-and-sickos-nemesis-rogues-gallery-5-advance-review|access-date=January 7, 2025|date=January 7, 2025|website=ComicOn|language=en}} and to be published as an omnibus in May 2025, the series will be followed by Nemesis: Forever in late 2025/early 2026.
Premise
Following the events of Big Game, the death of his mentor Wesley Gibson, and himself being beaten to a pulp by the superhero team the Ambassadors and imprisoned in hospital, Nemesis escapes to take on a protégé, serial killer Pedro Hernandez, as "Rookie", and regain his power, opposed by four fathers of people slaughtered by him, who get together with the Fraternity's super-tech technology (provided by Nemesis' original Rookie) in an attempt to take him down,{{Cite web|date=March 21, 2024|title=Brand new story arc begins in {{‘}}Nemesis: Rogues’ Gallery{{’}} #1 this July|url=https://aiptcomics.com/2024/03/21/nemesis-rogues-gallery-1-july|access-date=March 21, 2024|website=AIPT Comics|last=Brooke|first=David|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=MacNamee|first=Olly|title=Bustin’ Loose: {{‘}}Nemesis: Rogues Gallery{{’}} #1 Advance Review|url=https://comicon.com/2024/07/22/bustin-loose-nemesis-rogues-gallery-1-advance-review|access-date=July 22, 2024|date=July 22, 2024|website=ComicOn|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Zalben|first=Alex|title=Dark Horse Comics Preview: Nemesis: Rogues’ Gallery #2|url=https://comicbookclublive.com/2024/08/22/dark-horse-comics-preview-nemesis-rogues-gallery-2|access-date=August 22, 2024|date=August 22, 2024|website=Comic Book Club Live|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Cullen|first=Ian|title=In Review: Nemesis: Rogues’ Gallery #3|url=https://www.scifipulse.net/in-review-nemesis-rogues-gallery-3|access-date=October 12, 2024|date=October 12, 2024|website=SciFiPulse.Net|language=en}} while Nemesis enacts a heist on "Epstein's other island".{{Cite web|last=Terror|first=Jude|title=Nemesis: Rogues Gallery #4 Preview: Secret Identities on the Rocks|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/nemesis-rogues-gallery-4-preview-secret-identities-on-the-rocks|access-date=November 1, 2024|date=November 1, 2024|website=Bleeding Cool|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Lyles|first=Jeffrey|title=Dark Horse Comics reviews 1/8/25 – Prodigy: Slaves of Mars #5, Nemesis: Rogues’ Gallery #5|url=https://lylesmoviefiles.com/2025/01/09/dark-horse-rogues-gallery-5/3|access-date=January 9, 2025|date=January 9, 2025|website=Lyle's Movie Files|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Cullen|first=Ian|title=In Review: Nemesis: Rogues’ Gallery #5: Nemesis Strikes Billionaire Island in Shocking Finale|url=https://www.scifipulse.net/in-review-nemesis-rogues-gallery-5-nemesis-strikes-billionaire-island-in-shocking-finale|access-date=January 19, 2025|date=January 19, 2025|website=SciFiPulse.Net|language=en}}
Development
Following the release of the Millarworld crossover miniseries Big Game,{{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 Comics to Dark Horse Comics, who would publish an omnibus of the first two volumes of Nemesis (Nemesis and Nemesis: Reloaded),{{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 volume, Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery, to be illustrated by Valerio Giangiordano.{{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
| July 2024 | 8.1/10 | 5 |
| 2
| August 2024 | 9.2/10 | 4 |
| 3
| October 2024 | 9.2/10 | 4 |
| 4
| November 2024 | 9.3/10 | 3 |
| 5
| January 2025 | 8.9/10 | 3 |
| Overall
| {{n/a |
| 8.9/10
| 19
|}
Sequel
On the conclusion of Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery in January 2025, a further series, Nemesis: Forever, was announced to be in development, again written by Millar and to be published by Dark Horse Comics.{{cite web|first=Rich|last=Johnston|author-link=Rich Johnston|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/mark-millar-nemesis-forever-dark-horse|title=Mark Millar's Nemesis: Forever to be Published by Dark Horse Comics|publisher=Bleeding Cool|date=January 8, 2025|access-date=January 8, 2025}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3014-905/Nemesis-Rogues-Gallery-TPB Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery] at Dark Horse Comics
{{Millarworld}}
{{Dark Horse Comics}}
Category:Dark Horse Comics titles
Category:Comics by Mark Millar