Fictional team history

Dark Nemesis is a high-powered group who will work for anyone that will pay them. They first came in conflict with the Teen Titans when they were contracted by the Veil as a way to test the Titans' abilities. After the battle, only Scorcher was the one who evaded capture.

Scorcher later orchestrated a prison break. During the breakout, Risk

Risk (comics)

Risk is a comic book character appearing in publications from DC Comics.-Origins:Raised in the Colorado community of Cosmos, Cody Driscoll has lived alone with his mother in one of the worst trailer parks. His father died when he was just six months old...

 detected a psychic connection with Scorcher alerting them that she was a H'San Natall

H'San Natall

The H'San Natall are a fictional alien race that has appeared in various comic books published by DC Comics. This race exists in DC's main shared universe, known as the DC Universe....

 offspring. She was abandoned by her teammates. Before she can rondezvous with them, she saves the lives of Atom and Risk. Axis also detects Scorcher's link with the H'San Natall race.

When Dark Nemesis was under the employ of the Veil again, they killed Scorcher and framed Risk for her murder. Even though the Titans had been discredited, they were able to find evidence to prove Risk's innocence.

A mysterious boss later hires the Dark Nemesis to acquire a diet substance named Apex. They gain a new Scorcher as the replacement for the former Scorcher that they killed. Before they could acquire the files on Apex, they were easily taken down by a refocused Titans.

During the Infinite Crisis

Infinite Crisis

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, Blizzard and Vault popped up as members of Alexander Luthor, Jr.

Alexander Luthor, Jr.

Alexander Luthor Jr. is a DC Comics character who turned from a hero to a villain. Created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, Alexander has a prominent role in the DC Universe storylines Crisis on Infinite Earths and Infinite Crisis....

's Secret Society of Super Villains

Secret Society of Super Villains

The Secret Society of Super Villains is a group of comic book supervillains that exist in the DC Universe...

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Membership

• Axis - The blue-skinned leader of Dark Nemesis. She is a ruthless and cunning psi-warrior who can detect weaknesses and compromises their ability to fight.
• Blizard - A reptilian man who possesses extreme cold-based powers. Not much is known about him except that he was in a special orphanage with Scorcher.
• Carom - A speed demon who ricochets off walls at amazing speed.
• Scorcher - A H'San Natall/human hybrid who has heat-based powers that are a counterpoint of Blizard's powers.
• Scorcher II - She has the same powers as the original Scorcher.
• Vault - Axis' lover. Using energy-matter transference, Vault can create individual prisons that cancel out an opponent's power. Even though he is mute, he follows Axis' orders.