Murderer
Nemesis
Nemesis noun - One who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense.
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- This left Black Panther without an Arch-Nemesis or someone to yell You Killed My Father at, so the writers made Man-Ape into his father's murderer instead.
Source: Rogues-Gallery Transplant -
Vandal Savage, in this continuity, has the backstory of Hath-Seth, who in the comics, was the Egyptian priest-cum-murderer of the Hawks in their first incarnation, and serves as a nemesis to them in subsequent incarnations as well.
Source: Series / Legends of Tomorrow - Captain Nemesis crosses the line in "To Catch a Falling Star" by becoming the first successful hands-on murderer in the series.
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