Millar breaks silence over 'Nemesis'

Writer Mark Millar has revealed that new project Nemesis will feature "a reversal of the Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark archetype".

Following the success of Civil War and Wolverine serial Old Man Logan, Millar teamed up with artist Steve McNiven to create Nemesis, which is to be released under Marvel’s Icon imprint.

Fans were left guessing as to the nature of the project after the mini-series was announced five weeks ago. But the creative duo have finally disclosed that Nemesis is the world’s only supervillain and will not feature in the mainstream Marvel Universe.

Millar told CBR: "Nemesis is a reversal of the Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark archetype.

"What if this genius billionaire was just this total s**t, and the only thing that stood between him and a city was the cops?

"It's Batman versus Commissioner Gordon, in a weird way. Or maybe a super-villain version of Se7en. A billionaire anarchist up against ordinary people.

"The Joker's the best thing in the Batman movies, so this guy is a bit of an amalgamation of all the stuff we like."

Nemesis #1 is due out in March 2010.