Not that it’s, you know, real or anything. In a thread on Millarworld titled “MILLAR REVAMPS DC UNIVERSE, SERIOUSLY,” Mark explains:

Just back from my hols and had some mad notions. I woke up two nights ago and thought of something as big and as simple as Civil War for the DCU and spent two hours during the night writing it all down.

I’m obviously not going into details, but this is so bloody simple, screws with nobody, could be explained to a 4 year old and would ramp up DC’s sales as much my little Civil War book is working for Marvel. It would spin off into me doing Superman with Hitchy and JLA with McNiven and I worked out a cracking line-up of creator pals for all the other books this would influence. I said I was only doing a Marvel crossover if they let me rethink the whole MU and rejig a lot of books that needed a face-lift (some huge characters selling nothing for 5 years now). Similarly, I’d only do this if DC let me go the whole hog and, although I have a very good relationship with DC again, I’m under exclusive for almost 2 more years.

But these notes have been filed and this thing, if anything, will work BETTER a couple of years down the line. It’s incredibly exciting. I already had about 70 issues of Superman loosely worked out and a first eighteen months on JLA, but it all came together perfectly for me over the holidays. The end of the decade just got very exciting.

I love the way that he manages to make “I had some ideas about how I’d write some DC books if I ever had the chance” into “I’m revamping the entire DC Universe at the end of the decade!”

Apparently, some of the posters at Millarworld missed the part where it’s obvious that this is nowhere near a done deal – or even a deal at all, except in Mark’s mind – and responded as if this was actually going to happen:

“Mark is a big DC fan, isnt he? I cant wait till he finally gets a shot at Superman, he seems to have a great passion for the character, that can only translate into an amazing run. Anyway he seems to have touched upon most of the Marvel characters at this stage, so in another year or so it’ll be perfect timing to try a new playing field.”

“Given your impact on Marvel sales I’d say this would have a few of the Marvel men worried”

“I don’t even care what the history is, it will be brilliant. Millar was born to write DC, it’s easy to tell.”

Luckily, Mark Millar being Mark Millar, it didn’t take him long before he started talking more about his plans:

“[M]y idea is SO SIMPLE. I can’t believe nobody’s done this. But in one month– overnight really– the whole DCU would be instantly accessible. Like I said, it’s so simple and astonishing nobody’s thought of this. But it hit me the other night and now sits with all my Superman notes waiting for their day. Nobody will guess this, though. It’s an idea that first occurred to me as a ten year old, but took until a couple of nights ago to come together. But it’s perfect and just what DC needs. They have plenty to keep them going in the meantime, just like I have at Marvel. Things are good, but they’re going to get better.”

What Superman notes, you may ask? Well, Mark’s hinting at those, as well:

“[T]he fact that he DIDN’T reinvent everything from scratch means that Bryan Hitch and I CAN when we hopefully re-start the comic franchise in a couple of years time. Maybe the timing is just off right now and, like the comics, Superman just needs to get all the retro stuff out of his system so he can be great again and reach a huge new audience. I have to confess I was nervous about the production because I was worried that the three note-pads I have filled with seventy-plus loose issues of Superman ideas would be blown by this picture. But Singer didn’t touch what I planned at all and Hitchy and I can breathe a sigh of relief as our (very different) plans for the comics remain on course. I’ve never been more excited about this or more up for it, being in the fortunate position of coming out of a movie I would have done differently with a chance to do pretty much my own take in comic form.”

Again, those are plans for the comics that would be part of a run that isn’t even planned anywhere except in Mark’s hopeful imagination. But anyway, I meant to tell you, I’m revamping the entire Marvel Universe. I mean, it’s in a couple of years and no-one at Marvel knows about it, but I’ve got these ideas in these notebooks, okay…? It’s so groundbreaking your eyes would bleed if you could read it. I can’t believe no-one’s ever thought of my revolutionary idea before…

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