NEMESIS: ROGUES' GALLERY #5 (OF 5)
DARK HORSE COMICS/Netflix
STORY: Mark Millar
ART: Valerio Giangiordano
COLORS: Lee Loughridge
LETTERS: Clem Robins
EDITOR: Daniel Chabon
EDITORIAL PRODUCTION: Sarah Unwin
COVER: Valerio Giangiordano with Lee Loughridge
40pp, Color, $6.99 U.S. (January 2025)
Age range: 14+
Nemesis created by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven
Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery is a five-issue comic book miniseries from writer Mark Millar. It is a sequel to the miniseries, Nemesis Reloaded (2023) and Big Game (2023). Published by Dark Horse comics, the new series finds the super-killer, Nemesis, on a mission of revenge. Rogues' Gallery is drawn by Valerio Giangiordano; colored by Lee Loughridge; and lettered by Clem Robins.
Nemesis: Rogues Gallery finds Nemesis on a mission to once again be the world's greatest super-villain. Now, out for revenge against everyone who wronged him, Nemesis must rebuild his empire and his fortune... this time with a sidekick, Pedro Hernandez, following him every step of the way.
Nemesis: Rogues Gallery #5 opens on an island where billionaires gather to indulge in the worst fantasies mankind can imagine outside the watchful eye of the authorities. That's where Nemesis is – using his Alton Albrecht identity, of course.
Nemesis is a guest of notorious billionaire, Adrian Zigo, and he plans on being a poor guest. Nemesis is on a mission that involves each and every one of these billionaires on the island and half their wealth. However, Nemesis' first sidekick, Sang, is also on the island, and he is leading an assault team in high-tech suits and bearing a hard-on for Nemesis. Is Nemesis finally trapped for real and looking at his demise or is his new sidekick, Pedro, also on the island?
THE LOWDOWN: This is the second time that I have been on any kind of list that provides PDF copies of titles published by Dark Horse Comics. The latest comic book to mark my return is Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery #5.
Writer Mark Millar offers an explosive finale for Nemesis: Rogues Gallery #5, as he did for the previous Nemesis series. His depiction of the billionaire class as plutocratic dullards who are always looking to indulge their depraved desires is timely. It is only a little ironic that a substantial portion of the readers for a comic book like Nemesis are chumps for the tech bros and would gladly serve the whims of the super-rich. Rogues Gallery is cathartic precisely because fiction is the only scenario in which the ultra-rich get their comeuppance.
Artist Valerio Giangiordano continues to deliver stellar storytelling with a gritty, crime-noir spin on violent superhero/fantasy action. If Nemesis is a take on an evil version of Batman, Giangiordano gets in on the spirit of things and draws several close ups of Nemesis that look like some of the close-ups of Batman that Frank Miller drew for his seminal graphic novel, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. Letterer Clem Robins captures the deranged narcissism of the title character by making us believe this comic book has a soundtrack.
Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery offers one of the best lines that I've read in a comic book in recent memory: “Do you kiss your cows with that mouth?” If you missed this series, dear readers, there should be a trade paperback available soon. That's how you can make up for this transgression... before Nemesis finds out.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Mark Millar's comic books and of Valerio Giangiordano's art will desire Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery.
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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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