The Incredibles (Boom! Studios)

A sequel comic series to The Incredibles was one of the launch titles for Boom! Studios' Disney line, beginning in March 2009 with the four part miniseries Family Matters before switching to an ongoing format. Written by Eisner-award winning comic writer Mark Waid and Landry Walker and drawn by Marcio Takara and Ramanda Kamarga, it expands the scope of the film universe with new characters and villains as well as re-introducing Xerek, the villain of early drafts of the movie. Unfortunately, the finale of the storyline has been indefinitely delayed by personal issues with it's writers and the shifting of the Pixar license over to Marvel Comics. Though with Marvel already planning on reprinting Boom's Cars stories, there is the possibility that they will conclude the storyline.

Story Arcs
Divided into four issues each, all storylines are published in trade-paperback and hardcover collected forms shortly after completion

Xerek
Xerek was supposed to be the main antagonist in The Incredibles, but was replaced by Syndrome due to the latter's popularity. However, Xerek is now being used in the Boom! Studios comic series, as the villain of the ongoing story and being revealed as an ex-boyfriend of Helen's in the old days, though having become decrepit from accelerated aging of a currently unknown source. Leading The Unforgivables, a new league of supervillains, Xerek's goals at the moment involve both taking out the family in addition to world conquest.



Mezmerella
Mezmerella is a villain from The Incredibles comic books that were published by Boom! Studios. As her name implies, she is a master of hypnosis.

The Incredibles comic book
Mezmerella first appears in issue 4. Fighting the family on a rooftop on a skyscraper in Metroville, Mezmerella has brought Violet under her spell to activate a powerful doomsday device called a Psy-Glane Inverter, which would send out a psychic shockwave that would kill numerous people down below. Dash acts quickly to destroy the machine and quickly catches Violet when Mezmerella pushes her off the building before Dash quickly beats her down. However, when Dash thought he defeated Mezmerella was actually a hypnotic illusion and Dash experiences such sensations as his parents removing his powers for his recklessness, the teachers in his school being disguised aliens and a battle between the aliens and Underminer where the illusion starts to crack and Dash sees that Violet is still falling. As the dream world Mezmerella created starts to break down and get crazier, Dash eventually finds his way out, which causes Mezmerella's goggles to shatter. Dash first rushes to catch Violet, and while Mezmerella gloats thinking she took care of both children, she is quickly rushed by Dash, growing more frustrated by his hit-and-run attacks before finally being knocked out. In the Metroville prison, Mezmerella receives an invitation to join the Unforgivables, a new villain organization that's been building up. Her first act after joining up is to take over the prison in order to use it as a base. A power amplifier is set up to increase the strength of Mezmerella's powers and create a hypnotic broadcast to bring Metroville under control in a plot to discredit the supers. But the machine's incredible power comes at the cost of putting Mezmerella into a state of unconciousness. However, covers for the delayed "Unforgivables" arc show Mezmerella actively fighting the family, so she presumably recovers.

Disney Parks
Mezmerella is featured on a villain "target practice" float in the ''Pixar Pals! The Incredibles Heroes in Training'' show/parade at Disney California Adventure. She is the only character from the comics to be featured in a Disney theme park.

Development
Mezmerella was created by comic writer Landry Walker and designed by Eric Jones. Originally named Hypnotica, her name had to be changed as it was already in use by a different character. Walker also wrote a tragic backstory to the character that has yet to be fully elaborated on in the comics and with the comic being in limbo, it remains to be seen if her history will be explored.

Rollergrrl
Rollergrrl is a character from The Incredibles comic books by Boom! Studios. She is a member of the Confederacy of Crime and eventually the Unforgivables.

Rollergrrl is one of the many confederacy members called in to retrieve the Alien Superpower Virus from the lab of Doc Sunbright. She actually gets a hold of the canister, but is attacked by Dash and eventually put into a forcefield by Violet. About two years later, after the events of the film, Rollergrrl and her fellow Confederacy members are still active, though their team has generally been falling apart. Going after Jack-Jack, who carries the virus now, the Confederacy of Crime has the key to power enhancement in their grasp, but the treachery of Shifty ends up causing them to lose the virus and the battle. Rollergrrl would be one of the members of the team to escape the NSA authorities and would join up as a member of the Unforgivables, being formed by Xerek, afterwards.