Product Description

Continuing the collection of classic Nemesis stories. Written by 2000AD creator Pat Mills, this volume includes art by Bryan Talbot and Kevin O'Neill, plus cover gallery and intro by Bryan Talbot. One of the all-time great 2000 AD stories.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24933 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-15
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Customer Reviews

as good as book 1 - not likely!
what a crying shame that the great artwork from the first volume isnt carried through this one! i waited with baited breath for volume one as its some of the greatest work done by 2000ad(imho), but most of the art work in this voume just spoils what could have been the greatest series written in the galaxies greatest comic(ie 2000ad). the third series will be a good cheap way to complete my collection but i suspect it'll be a once only read unlike book one(cant get enough of mek - quake...big jobs indeed!)

Torquemada takes centre stage
Books five to seven of Nemesis the Warlock, along with some shorts, Torquemada the God and two Diceman "Fighting Fantasy" style games are presented in this second volume of the complete Nemesis the Warlock.

Nemesis has defeated Torquemada and looks set to rout the Termight Empire, so he now spends his time sunbathing by the pool. But then his son Thoth, whom he thought dead, sets about getting revenge on his mother's killer and summons Torquemada from the past to be murdered over and over again by his own men, and then travels into the past to kill Torquemada's previous incarnations. Nemesis goes looking for his son, knowing that his best bet for finding him is by using the time-displaced Torquemada as bait. Soon they're travelling to the far future to see the Earth after humanity has been destroyed before travelling into the past, where Torquemada meets his historical inspiration and namesake, Tomas de Torquemada of the Inquisition.

Logic takes a bit of a battering in this volume, as Pat Mills starts looking deeply into the abyss. It's clear that he's lost interest in Nemesis, as the character fades into the background to allow Torquemada to take centre stage and for Mills to examine evil. The device of having Torquemada plucked out of time for another resurrection looks to have some interesting ramifications, but these aren't examined half as closely as the despicable and deluded nature of the Grand Master. The humour is still there but the darkness gets ramped up and the vendetta between Nemesis and Torquemada increases to the point where it begins to be hard to see the differences between them. But that's good and dramatic for you.

The art in this volume is mostly provided by Bryan Talbot, who is an artistic God. Kevin O'Neill, series co-creator reappears too and his contributions have the same high energy Gerald Scarfe gone punk feeling as in the previous volume. Also contributing is Tony Luke with two photo strips, which are very interesting, and John Hicklenton. Mills makes a point of defending Hicklenton's work in the foreword to the volume, which I guess must mean that it has been criticised in the past. I think his art is definitely a talking point. The figures are tortured and extremely visceral, which fits the demented nature of the storylines and the characters, but the art is also lacking in consistency, clear storytelling and backgrounds. I can't say that I know instinctively that it is good art as I can with Bryan Talbot. But I do think it feels appropriate and I applaud its use in the context.

So another solid package. Presumably the Third volume will complete the story with books eight to ten, and I can't wait!