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Originally posted by Animalman:
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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.
Around the time Loeb and McGuinness were starting up their Superman run, Wizard ran a sidebar story claiming that (a) the Waid/Morrison/Peyer/Millar proposal entailed everybody getting mindwiped into forgetting Lois & Clark were married, thus reinstating the infamous Love Triangle® and (b) Eddie Berganza was unaware of the group's proposal, and was misled to believe they were just barging in on him uninvited.

The "marriage gets mindwiped" bit became legend, shall we say, and Waid ultimately had to try and refute it...some years later.

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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.
So it was a giant pissing contest then.

No wonder DC's so screwed up.

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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?

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And really, comparing Levitz to Jemas? Sure, Paul's done some screwy things, but....jeez, that's really cold.
Well, Batman since 1986 has always attracted top-name talent in one form or another. DC's developed a habit of giving that character preferential treatment. So Lee's hiring is no big surprise for me. That was something that had been bandied about for years, as early as "No Man's Land." However, Superman has been a completely different situation, with DC going out of their way to AVOID big talent. Just because DC lets Batman get the red carpet treatment doesn't mean that's going to apply to Superman, especially in light of their past actions and the way they've just railroaded Birthright, a book written by a big-name talent who WANTS to do Superman. DiDio can talk about hiring Morrison till he's blue in the face. I won't believe it till I see it...and I highly question that we'll ever see it.

And I would still rather that Morrison took another character, since he would almost certainly get the same "black sheep" treatment Waid's getting. Put him on Green Lantern or Batman or Aquaman instead, and he'll be better off.