Mark Millar Discusses How He Would've Rebooted DC Comics

Millar is the man with a powerful Ego.

Lazy answer is lazy.

Ed Brubaker's Batman. Damn that would be awesome.

Neeed. Mooore. MAN WHO LAUGHS. AAAAHHHH

brubaker on batman or deathstroke with mcniven art,that would be good.

who cares what this joker thinks

Great lineup. Kevin O'Neill on Green Lantern would rock. Srsly.

Hmmm... I'd bet he would just recycle the ultimates for DC.

Superman: THIS FLAG I'M WAVING ISN'T FRANCE!

I would actually reboot it. Start over from scratch on every single character. Change a lot more than was changed so as to avoid comparisons with what came before. No crossovers for a year.

He'd probably show Batman's parents being sawn in half by a chainsaw and show every single person on Krypton being incinerated in its explosion. Plus Batman would probably kill people and everyone would be unlikable assholes =P

I like some of Millar's work, but when he's given free-reign he goes way over the edge. He's better on a leash, like his Marvel stuff (as in non-creator owned Marvel stuff)

LMAO, DC would be bankrupt if Mark Millar had his way

the guy is out of touch with everything outside of his inking studio

"Frank Miller doing anything he wants".... yeah have you read anything by Miller after the 80s? There's a reason why nobody gives Frank Miller anything he wants

I would have actually rebooted everything. Batman would go back to the beginning with him working alone. Damian would never exist because the idea of Batman having a biological son just screws the character in my opinion. The Justic League would come much later, giving all of the characters the time needed to actually be associated with one another. Pretty much, retell all of the origins in a new fashion. Batman's origin wouldn't need to be retold, but maybe do a different take on Superman or Wonder Woman.

@thanos83 are you serious? how in the hell did "squeamish fanboys" whine it away? do you know how well that freaking book sold?! regardless who was whining the reason it went away is because millar is incredibly unbeleivably late with his scripts (id probably put some of the blame on jim lee too),the funny thing is, no ones confirmed that the books even gone, its just "on-hold", this guy makes Kevin Smith look like Speedy Gonzales!

Wow, that sounds almost as bad as putting Geoff Johns and Jim lee in charge of things.

@Sparrowsabre7 "and everyone would be unlikable assholes =P" so, just like we have now in the DCnU? Ok.

I absolutely hate this man. I love how he thinks his opinions are relevant, because they are so hilariously NOT relevant.

But I can't hear him over the "CHA-CHING!" and oustanding praise of the DC's new 52.

Millar would have turned the whole universe into a bunch of deviants and perverts, such as Batman and Alfred molesting Robin and Nightwing working with them running a prostitution ring providing boys for pedophiles out of the Batcave. Luthor and the Joker would look like Boy Scouts in comparison.

The more interesting question here is how would I have revamped the DC universe. If it was up to me, I might have tweaked the costumes- lost the trunks on the outside and all. My biggest change would be going back to sound fundamental storytelling. There would be no crossovers, no events, no gimmicky 'deaths'. Sound stories with an all-ages approach confined to one title, with the best writers and artists that I can get, and I would drop some of the fancy coloring and paper and lower the cost of the books, targeting $2.00 as my selling price. I would also reduce the number of titles for major characters.

This would be followed by unveiling a new line of ten books featuring DC's biggest stars and teams, also priced at $2.00, that would be what the Ultimate universe was supposed to be: an all-ages book that tweaks the characters slightly, and sheds decades of continuity to get back to the essence of what made the characters great in the first place, and allow younger and newer readers to enjoy the characters without all the baggage of continuity. This way, all readers are happy- those who like darker and more adult stories and those who prefer an old-school all ages approach. Anyone with me here?