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Originally posted by King Krypton:
If you're referring to the "everyone gets mindwiped into forgetting the marriage" proposal reported by Wizard, I remember Mark Waid telling one of the comic sites that it wasn't true.
I don't know what you're referring to here, so no.

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What HAS been said was that Levitz told Waid and Morrison that DC didn't want to put big-name talent on Superman, feeling that the character should be the sole draw.
This is true. However, like I said, things aren't the same at DC. Dan DiDio has said on multiple occasions that he wants Superman(and Batman) to be top selling books again, and to do that, you need a big name creator or creative team.

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As for "complications," the only one I remember was that Eddie Berganza wasn't made aware of Waid and Morrison's proposal, and was led to believe they were just barging in on him. Beyond that, nothing else has been disclosed about their proposal and the shenanigans surrounding it. And what HAS come out sounds like this was a simple "we don't want you doing Superman" deal. Maybe there's more to it, but from what we've heard thus far, it doesn't sound all that mixed up.
Well, from what I've read from Rich Johnston's All the Rage/Lying in the Gutters columns, the move had more to do with DC calling for what I suppose can only be described as a "suspension". Morrison, Waid, Peyer and Millar had all been putting together a Superman proposal that they were pushing, but some of these creators were, at the time, in DC's doghouse(Millar for controversy related to The Authority, Morrison for some of his comments and clashes of interest with JLA editors, and Waid...for being Waid, really). So, the four were "suspended" from working on a mainstream DCU project for a year. Millar has confirmed as much, though one can never be sure with Millar.

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And as president of DC, Levitz could easily override DiDio if he wanted. Look at the way Bill Jemas walks all over everyone at Marvel. If Levitz wants to keep Superman free of name talent, he's got the clout to enforce it.
Yes, Levitz could, but if he wanted to, he would have a long, long time ago. If he wanted to, why would he allow Jim Lee to be on Batman(since that's another top tier character currently be sold by the creator attached to it)? If he wanted to, why would he allow an exclusive contract to be pitched to Morrison in the first place? If he wanted to, why wouldn't he step in and make DiDio aware of his intentions, since, again, DiDio has been very upfront about wanting Morrison?

And really, comparing Levitz to Jemas? Sure, Paul's done some screwy things, but....jeez, that's really cold.