Millar & McNiven's Nemesis

Mark Millar and Steve McNiven teamed up for this four-issue Marvel miniseries (2010–2011), a high-concept thriller that flips the Batman formula: the world's greatest hero faces a brilliant, wealthy villain who is also the world's greatest detective. The story follows a British master criminal who targets the United States, systematically dismantling its institutions and forcing a lone lawman into a brutal game of cat and mouse. With McNiven's cinematic, detailed artwork and Millar's signature over-the-top action and dark humor, Nemesis stands as a taut, explosive genre exercise from two of the medium's most celebrated blockbuster creators.