Nemesis (Marvel Comics)
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Nemesis is the name of three fictional
superhero
ines in the Marvel Comics
universe
.
All three women wore the same black and red costume, carried a mystical sword, and were capable of flight.
, vol. 1 #7, and was created by John Byrne.
superheroes Northstar and Aurora
in combat with him. Although she apparently killed Deadly Ernest, he did return. There, the Flight member Puck
used Nemesis's sword to fatally wound her father, who was then knocked in front of an oncoming subway
train and apparently killed. Nemesis then explained her relation to the villain to the heroes and disintegrated.
device. Nothing about her past has been revealed, save that she once led a cult called the "Children of the Night".
The second Nemesis was introduced as a member of Canada's new government sanctioned team, Gamma Flight
, and remained a member until the team was disbanded, at which point she fled to keep her teammate Wild Child
from being placed in government custody. After Alpha Flight was reinstated, Wild Child, now a full member of Alpha Flight, rescued her from Rok, the new leader of the Children of the Night. She accompanied him to the Alpha Flight headquarters and became a member of Alpha Flight.
. She was killed under unknown circumstances involving a building burning down and was buried in a shallow grave. Although Centennial never found her body, he had a proper funeral for "the one thing he ever loved".
Somehow, after having "been to Hell - twice" she was revived as "the living embodiment of retribution", her dead body animated by the connection to her Promethium
soulsword, Scell. When the sword is not held by her or sheathed close to her body, she can barely move.
Later, she was arrested by the Canadian Government as an anarchist terrorist and held until Sasquatch
made a bargain for her release to join his new Alpha Flight lineup to save the originals - initially under coercion, with Sasquatch injecting her with nanotechnology capable of severing her connection to her sword, effectively killing her, if she attempted to kill any Alpha Flight member. While only Nemesis herself was aware of their connection, Centennial was also independently recruited by Sasquatch to the team.
After they helped to rescue the original team, Nemesis herself was the member keenest for the new team to remain assembled, since, while long-lived, she was not immortal and her life was coming to an end - although, visibly, she had not aged since her original death - and there was a matter she needed to attend to, which she couldn't do from prison. She eventually convinced Sasquatch to allow her freedom in return for remaining a member.
When Flashback
then came to ask for help in preventing himself from being drawn back to his death in the past, Nemesis revealed she and her sword could time-travel - however, she didn't mention until after she'd done it that she would need to kill Flashback to do so. She justified it on the grounds that if they prevented the original problem - which Sasquatch identified as Guardian
's original death - then she would never have needed to kill Flashback in the first place. She then proceeded to kill the members of Alpha Flight one-by-one, as their attempts to solve the problem made the present increasingly worse and required someone else to go back to alter the past further. When she stabbed them, they went to a "weigh station" inside herself where they would exit in the past with no memory of the time spent there.
When it was Centennial's turn to be stabbed and enter the station, she revealed herself to him at last as the mistress he'd truly loved, but said she couldn't tell him after she exited to reality, and after she sent everyone else (bar Sasquatch) back, she spent time cradling his dead body. When the time finally came to kill herself, she met herself in the final moments of her original life, suffering a "slow and painful death" in a shallow grave at the foot of a hill, topped with a flaming building, and briefly comforted herself.
When she arrived in the past, she killed Heather Hudson
to prevent Guardian's death, which meant that the future Sasquatch became one where Guardian had spent ten years becoming the ruler of the world - and torturing Nemesis. Sasquatch, however, managed to persuade Shaman to reset the timeline so that the attempts at altering the past had never happened. The result was that Flashback came, not to prevent his own death, but to give Sasquatch Shaman's pouch, which yielded copies of the original Alpha Flight taken from shortly before Guardian's "death," with only Shaman and Nemesis herself remembering the erased timeline, whereupon Shaman convinced Nemesis to reveal herself to Centennial, so that when they died shortly after they were buried together.
When stunned, she starts talking about "fuzzy bunnies".
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All three women wore the same black and red costume, carried a mystical sword, and were capable of flight.
Isabel St. Ives
Nemesis (Isabel St. Ives) first appeared in Alpha FlightAlpha Flight
Alpha Flight is a fictional superhero team published by Marvel Comics, noteworthy for being one of the few Canadian superhero teams. Created by John Byrne, the team first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #120 ....
, vol. 1 #7, and was created by John Byrne.
Fictional character biography
Isabel St. Ives was the daughter of "Deadly" Ernest St. Ives, and used a magical sword "scarcely an atom's width thick," allegedly the only weapon capable of killing her father, to assist the CanadianCanada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
superheroes Northstar and Aurora
Aurora (comics)
Aurora is a fictional character, a Canadian superheroine in the Marvel Comics universe. She is the twin sister of Northstar and the former lover of Sasquatch. She has also been in a relationship with Wild Child....
in combat with him. Although she apparently killed Deadly Ernest, he did return. There, the Flight member Puck
Puck (comics)
Puck is the codename of two fictional characters, a father and daughter pair who are both members of Alpha Flight, in the Marvel Comics universe.-Puck :...
used Nemesis's sword to fatally wound her father, who was then knocked in front of an oncoming subway
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train and apparently killed. Nemesis then explained her relation to the villain to the heroes and disintegrated.
Jane Thorne
The second Nemesis, Jane Thorne, first appeared in Alpha Flight, vol. 1 #76 and was created by writer James Hudnall.Fictional character biography
Jane Thorne wore a costume identical to the first Nemesis, and used the original's sword and, on occasion, had used a teleportationTeleportation
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device. Nothing about her past has been revealed, save that she once led a cult called the "Children of the Night".
The second Nemesis was introduced as a member of Canada's new government sanctioned team, Gamma Flight
Gamma Flight
Gamma Flight is the name of two fictional Canadian teams of superheroes in the Marvel Comics Universe.-Flight tier level:They first appeared in Alpha Flight vol. 1, #1 ....
, and remained a member until the team was disbanded, at which point she fled to keep her teammate Wild Child
Wild Child (comics)
Wild Child alternately spelled Wildchild and also known as Weapon Omega and Wildheart, is a fictional character appearing in Marvel Comics publications. The character has been active as both a superhero and a supervillain. He has been a member of Alpha Flight, X-Factor, and Weapon X...
from being placed in government custody. After Alpha Flight was reinstated, Wild Child, now a full member of Alpha Flight, rescued her from Rok, the new leader of the Children of the Night. She accompanied him to the Alpha Flight headquarters and became a member of Alpha Flight.
Fictional character biography
The third Nemesis to be introduced was born in the early 19th Century under the name Amelia Weatherly. She became the mistress of CentennialCentennial (comics)
Centennial is a fictional character, a superhero featured in the publications of Marvel Comics, notably Alpha Flight. His whereabouts are unknown.-Fictional Character Biography:...
. She was killed under unknown circumstances involving a building burning down and was buried in a shallow grave. Although Centennial never found her body, he had a proper funeral for "the one thing he ever loved".
Somehow, after having "been to Hell - twice" she was revived as "the living embodiment of retribution", her dead body animated by the connection to her Promethium
Promethium
Promethium is a chemical element with the symbol Pm and atomic number 61. It is notable for being the only exclusively radioactive element besides technetium that is followed by chemical elements with stable isotopes.- Prediction :...
soulsword, Scell. When the sword is not held by her or sheathed close to her body, she can barely move.
Later, she was arrested by the Canadian Government as an anarchist terrorist and held until Sasquatch
Sasquatch (comics)
Sasquatch is a fictional character, a superhero in Marvel Comics' universe. He first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #120 and was created by John Byrne.-Fictional character biography:Dr...
made a bargain for her release to join his new Alpha Flight lineup to save the originals - initially under coercion, with Sasquatch injecting her with nanotechnology capable of severing her connection to her sword, effectively killing her, if she attempted to kill any Alpha Flight member. While only Nemesis herself was aware of their connection, Centennial was also independently recruited by Sasquatch to the team.
After they helped to rescue the original team, Nemesis herself was the member keenest for the new team to remain assembled, since, while long-lived, she was not immortal and her life was coming to an end - although, visibly, she had not aged since her original death - and there was a matter she needed to attend to, which she couldn't do from prison. She eventually convinced Sasquatch to allow her freedom in return for remaining a member.
When Flashback
Flashback (comics)
Flashback is a fictional mutant character in the . His first appearance was in Alpha Flight #1.-Publication history:Flashback first appeared in Alpha Flight #1 , and was created by John Byrne...
then came to ask for help in preventing himself from being drawn back to his death in the past, Nemesis revealed she and her sword could time-travel - however, she didn't mention until after she'd done it that she would need to kill Flashback to do so. She justified it on the grounds that if they prevented the original problem - which Sasquatch identified as Guardian
Guardian (Marvel Comics)
Guardian , also known as Weapon Alpha and Vindicator, is a fictional character, a Canadian superhero in the who was the leader of Alpha Flight. He was created by John Byrne, and first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #109 which was co-plotted by Byrne and his long-time collaborator Chris Claremont...
's original death - then she would never have needed to kill Flashback in the first place. She then proceeded to kill the members of Alpha Flight one-by-one, as their attempts to solve the problem made the present increasingly worse and required someone else to go back to alter the past further. When she stabbed them, they went to a "weigh station" inside herself where they would exit in the past with no memory of the time spent there.
When it was Centennial's turn to be stabbed and enter the station, she revealed herself to him at last as the mistress he'd truly loved, but said she couldn't tell him after she exited to reality, and after she sent everyone else (bar Sasquatch) back, she spent time cradling his dead body. When the time finally came to kill herself, she met herself in the final moments of her original life, suffering a "slow and painful death" in a shallow grave at the foot of a hill, topped with a flaming building, and briefly comforted herself.
When she arrived in the past, she killed Heather Hudson
Vindicator
Vindicator also known as Guardian, is a fictional character, a Canadian superheroine in the Marvel Universe, and a former leader of Alpha Flight...
to prevent Guardian's death, which meant that the future Sasquatch became one where Guardian had spent ten years becoming the ruler of the world - and torturing Nemesis. Sasquatch, however, managed to persuade Shaman to reset the timeline so that the attempts at altering the past had never happened. The result was that Flashback came, not to prevent his own death, but to give Sasquatch Shaman's pouch, which yielded copies of the original Alpha Flight taken from shortly before Guardian's "death," with only Shaman and Nemesis herself remembering the erased timeline, whereupon Shaman convinced Nemesis to reveal herself to Centennial, so that when they died shortly after they were buried together.
When stunned, she starts talking about "fuzzy bunnies".