In what was apparently to be the last Sherlock Holmes story, The Final Problem, the famed detective and his nemesis Professor Moriarty, locked in struggle, plunge over the Reichenbach Falls to their apparent deaths. But that was only apparently the final Holmes story, because the great detective was later revealed to have survived. It turns out you can survive an encounter with your archenemy, though not without great struggle.
Nick Castellanos’ nemesis is the slider, low and away. Like any good rival it has doggedly pursued him through the years, gaining ground here and losing it there, but never giving up the chase.