Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery

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Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery
Publication information
Publisher Dark Horse Comics
Format Limited series
Publication dateJuly 2024 – January 2025
No. of issues5
Main character(s) Matthew Anderson / Nemesis
Pedro Hernandez / Rookie
Creative team
Created by
Written by Mark Millar
Artist(s)Valerio Giangiordano [1]
Collected editions
Rogues' Gallery ISBN   978-150674-4872

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, [2] the series is a continuation of Nemesis: Reloaded and Big Game , [3] 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. [4]

Contents

Published from July 24, 2024 to January 8, 2025, [5] and to be published as an omnibus in May 2025, [6] the series will be followed by Nemesis: Forever in late 2025/early 2026. [7]

Premise

Following the events of Big Game , the death of his mentor Wesley Gibson, and himself being beaten to a pulp by superheroes 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, [8] [9] [10] [11] while Nemesis enacts a heist on "Epstein's other island". [12] [13] [14]

Development

Following the release of the Millarworld crossover miniseries Big Game , [15] 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 ), [6] as well as a third volume, Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery, to be illustrated by Valerio Giangiordano. [2] [16]

Reception

Issue #Publication dateCritic ratingCritic reviewsRef.
1July 20248.1/105 [17]
2August 20249.2/104 [18]
3October 20249.2/104 [19]
4November 20249.3/103 [20]
5January 20258.9/103 [21]
Overall8.9/1019 [22]

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. [7]

References

  1. Fang, Sam (March 21, 2024). "EXCLUSIVE: Dark Horse Reveals New Details of Mark Millar's Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Salmon, Will (December 6, 2023). "Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery heads up the first wave of Millarworld titles coming from Dark Horse in 2024". GamesRadar+ . Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  3. Johnston, Rich (March 21, 2024). "Nemesis: Rogues Gallery, Sequel To Big Game, Out In July". Bleeding Cool . Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  4. Millar, Mark; Giangiordano, Valerio. "Nemesis, Vol. 3: Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery". Dark Horse Comics . Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  5. MacNamee, Olly (January 7, 2025). "Sidekicks, Psychopaths And Sickos: 'Nemesis: Rogues Gallery' #5 Advance Review". ComicOn. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  6. 1 2 Weiss, Josh (December 5, 2023). "Mark Millar Bringing 'Millarworld' Catalogue Over To Dark Horse Comics". Forbes . Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  7. 1 2 Johnston, Rich (January 8, 2025). "Mark Millar's Nemesis: Forever to be Published by Dark Horse Comics". Bleeding Cool . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  8. Brooke, David (March 21, 2024). "Brand new story arc begins in 'Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery' #1 this July". AIPT Comics. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  9. MacNamee, Olly (July 22, 2024). "Bustin' Loose: 'Nemesis: Rogues Gallery' #1 Advance Review". ComicOn. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  10. Zalben, Alex (August 22, 2024). "Dark Horse Comics Preview: Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery #2". Comic Book Club Live. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  11. Cullen, Ian (October 12, 2024). "In Review: Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery #3". SciFiPulse.Net. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
  12. Terror, Jude (November 1, 2024). "Nemesis: Rogues Gallery #4 Preview: Secret Identities on the Rocks". Bleeding Cool . Retrieved November 1, 2024.
  13. Lyles, Jeffrey (January 9, 2025). "Dark Horse Comics reviews 1/8/25 – Prodigy: Slaves of Mars #5, Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery #5". Lyle's Movie Files. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  14. Cullen, Ian (January 19, 2025). "In Review: Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery #5: Nemesis Strikes Billionaire Island in Shocking Finale". SciFiPulse.Net. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  15. Pereira, Sergio (July 18, 2023). "Big Game: Mark Millar and Pepe Larraz on the Massive Crossover Event and Wanted Sequel". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  16. Tardive, Ambrose (December 11, 2023). ""Oh My God! This Is Amazing": Nemesis Cosplay Is So Good, Even His Creators Are Impressed". Screen Rant . Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  17. "Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery #1 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  18. "Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery #2 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  19. "Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery #3 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  20. "Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery #4 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  21. "Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery #5 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  22. "Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery (2024–2025) Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved February 17, 2025.