Right from page one, the book hits you with an escape plan so wild, so disrespectfully clever, you’d swear the dude wrote the police manual just so he could violate every protocol in it. He turns Hamburg into a nightmare playground, smashing gas masks with ultrasonic chaos and letting his bio-weapon do a ten thousand person disappearing act. Ten thousand. As in, “this man just did a whole stadium dirty because he felt like it.” And when one of his own guys slips up? Instant termination. No HR meeting. No warnings. Just villain business done with villain efficiency.
Meanwhile, QUEEN KITTY TEPPER is out here undercover with a secret pregnancy, a CIA mission, AND this sleazebag Titus Lynch trying to act like he got a chance. Kitty got bigger problems like figuring out why Nemesis is running global terrorism like it’s a side hustle.
And then Kitty puts the puzzle together. The gas attacks, the chaos, the random devastation this was corporate shakedowns. Billionaires who wouldn’t sell their companies? BOOM. Nemesis out here doing “mergers and acquisitions” the same way Brooklynites do double-parked arguments: LOUD, AGGRESSIVE, AND FINAL.
But the twist hits Hans Berg isn’t just funding Nemesis; Hans Berg IS Nemesis. Man living a double life like a toxic dude juggling three girlfriends and still making it to the barber twice a week.
Then comes the supernatural hit. We get the “Reversal of Origin” ritual Nemesis making a pact with a dark deity. Immortality. Revenge. Resurrection. He basically unlocked New Game+ with all cheats activated.
The CIA starts feeling themselves, thinking they finally caught him. They set up a big ambush with The Ambassadors and undercover ops like they’re ready to roll credits on Nemesis. Except anyone who knows this man knows confidence is the appetizer before disaster. Everything about their setup screams, “Oh no, honey, this is exactly what he WANTED.”
This whole issue is a disrespectful masterclass. Millar writing like he chugged four Bustelo cafecitos back-to-back. Scalera drawing like someone dared him to fit three action movies into one comic. Giovanna Niro coloring like the apocalypse should look fabulous. Clem Robins lettering like your life depends on reading every word out loud in a dramatic voice.
Kitty shines. Titus Lynch makes your skin crawl. And Nemesis evolves from “genius psychopath” to “immortal corporate demon with a murder MBA and a god on speed-dial.” The man is basically if you mixed Batman, Bezos, and a Santería ritual inside a Nutribullet set to “Vibra Muy Fuerte.”
This isn’t just a thriller this is a villain opera. This is telenovela evil with Marvel level budget. This is “WHAT IF EL DIABLO HAD A TECH STARTUP?” This is peak chaos, peak carnage, peak WEPA storytelling.
SCORE:
4/5
Writer: Mark Millar
Artist: Matteo Scalera
Colorist: Giovanna Niro
Letterer: Clem Robins
Cover artist: Matteo Scalera
Publisher: Dark HorseComics
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