Supervillain team appearing in DC Comics
Dark Nemesis is asupervillain team appearing inAmerican comic books published byDC Comics.
Publication history
[edit]Dark Nemesis first appeared inTeen Titans (vol. 2) #7 and was created byDan Jurgens.
Fictional team biography
[edit]Dark Nemesis is a high-powered group who will work for anyone that will pay them. They first come in conflict with theTeen Titans when they are contracted by the Veil to test the Titans' abilities. After the battle, onlyScorcher evades capture.[1][2]
Scorcher later orchestrates a prison break. During the breakout,Risk detects a psychic connection with Scorcher and learns that she is partH'San Natall. Scorcher is abandoned by her teammates and saves the lives ofAtom and Risk.[3]
The members of Dark Nemesis later betray and kill Scorcher and frame Risk for her murder. However, the Titans find evidence to prove Risk's innocence.[4]
A mysterious boss later hires the Dark Nemesis to acquire a diet substance named Apex. The group recruits a new Scorcher as the replacement for the former Scorcher that they killed. Before they can acquire the files on Apex, they are thwarted by the Titans.[5]
InInfinite Crisis, Vault and Blizard appear as members ofAlexander Luthor Jr.'sSecret Society of Super Villains.[6][7]
- Axis - The blue-skinned leader of Dark Nemesis. She is a ruthless and cunning warrior who can detect weaknesses and compromises her opponents' ability to fight.
- Blizard - An armored reptilian man who possesses cold-based powers.
- Carom - A purple-skinned speedster who can ricochet at high speeds.
- Scorcher I - A H'San Natall/human hybrid who possesses heat-based powers.
- Scorcher II - The original Scorcher's successor.
- Vault - Axis's lover. He can create individual prisons that negate superpowers.
- ^Jurgens, Dan (w), Jurgens, Dan (p), Pérez, George (i), Loughridge, Lee;Digital Chameleon (col), Starkings, Richard;Comicraft (let), Berganza, Eddie (ed). "Dark Nemesis (Part I of II)" Teen Titans, vol. 2, no. 7 (April 1997). DC Comics.
- ^Jurgens, Dan (w), Jurgens, Dan (p), Pérez, George (i), Wright, Jason;Digital Chameleon (col), Starkings, Richard;Comicraft (let), Berganza, Eddie (ed). "Dark Nemesis (Part II of II)" Teen Titans, vol. 2, no. 8 (May 1997). DC Comics.
- ^Jurgens, Dan (w), ChrisCross (p), Von Grawbadger, Wade; Snyder, Ray (i), Wright, Jason (col), Comicraft (let), Berganza, Eddie; Kurtin, Dana (ed). "Turncoat!" New Year's Evil: Dark Nemesis, vol. 1, no. 1 (February 1998). DC Comics.
- ^Jurgens, Dan (w), Jurgens, Dan (p), Rapmund, Norm (i), Wright, Gregory;Digital Chameleon (col), Comicraft (let), Berganza, Eddie; Kurtin, Dana (ed). "Titans Hunt Part 1: The Lesson" Teen Titans, vol. 2, no. 21 (June 1998). DC Comics.
- ^Faerber, Jay (w), Kitson, Barry (p), Faber, Rich (i), Wright, Gregory; Heroic Age (col), Costanza, John (let), Richards, Harvey; Helfer, Andrew (ed). "Picking Up the Pieces" Titans, vol. 1, no. 39 (May 2002). DC Comics.
- ^Van Meter, Jen (w), Smith, Dietrich (p), Thibert, Art; Bird, Steve (i), Major, Guy (col), Lanham, Travis (let), Gluckstern, Rachel;Hilty, Joan (ed). "Deep Impact" Outsiders, vol. 3, no. 33 (April 2006). DC Comics.
- ^Johns, Geoff (w), Jimenez, Phil;Pérez, George;Reis, Ivan;Bennett, Joe (p), Lanning, Andy; Pérez, George; Reis, Ivan;Ordway, Jerry; Parsons, Sean;Thibert, Art (i), Cox, Jeremy; Major, Guy; Horie, Tanya;Horie, Richard (col), Napolitano, Nick J. (let), Schaefer, Jeanine;Berganza, Eddie (ed). "Finale" Infinite Crisis, vol. 1, no. 7 (June 2006). DC Comics.
