Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects (comics)

Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects
Cover of the 1st issue
Publication information
Publisher	Imperfect Universe
Format	limited series
Genre
Publication date	July. 2005 - Dec. 2006
No. of issues	6
Main character(s)	The Imperfects
Creative team
Written by	Greg Pak
Artist(s)	Renato Arlem

Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects is a six-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics. The series was written by Greg Pak and drawn by Renato Arlem. It was a tie-in and prequel to the Electronic Arts video game Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects.

Synopsis

An alien scientist named Doctor Niles Van Roekel performs a bizarre scientific experiment aboard a space ship. He injects a green serum into an animal test subject and watches it transform into a larger, stronger creature.

A second ship docks with the science vessel. One of the crew members alerts Doctor Roekel that an aggressive alien species has infiltrated the ship. Roekel injects one of his own men with his experimental serum, and sends the transformed individual after the alien. Roekel seals the two creatures off and continues with his research. He finds a suitable planet to carry out the next stage of his experiment – Earth.

Two thousand years later, The Thing is walking through New York City when he finds a group of children making fun of him. He goes over to them and gives them a heart-to-heart conversation concerning the finer points of being a celebrity superhero. Following the conversation, he is abducted by an unknown craft.

Twelve blocks away Wolverine and Elektra are abducted in a similar manner.

Later, The Thing wakes up to the sound of Spider-Man's voice. He discovers that Elektra and Wolverine have also been captured. Wolverine warns them of an unknown drug that they have been injected with that is attempting to corrupt them.