Mark Millar refutes DC lawsuit rumours

Mark Millar has denied that DC has made legal moves to prevent the publication of his forthcoming Icon miniseries Nemesis.

The rumours began when the original cover for the four-issue series - which Millar and Steve McNiven are working on for Marvel's creator-owned Icon imprint - failed to appear in March's solicitations.

Reports surfaced that DC objected to comparisons drawn between Nemesis and the legendary Dark Knight series when the comic was first announced.

"In all honesty, the story has been massively misreported," Millar told CBR. "There is no issue at all here. Someone simply saw that the image we had planned for the first cover had been removed and assumed DC had hit us with a writ or something.

"Nothing could be further from the truth, and the whole thing is much more informal. What happened was that someone in DC editorial was a little worried that we were casually mentioning two of their characters in interviews and asked legal to ask us not to.

"Steve and I both have a good relationship with DC, and I'm friends with about half the staff. So we chatted about it and as a courtesy removed the cover image we planned, which we both felt might just be a little too playful.

"DC knew this was a gesture of goodwill and appreciated it, but they absolutely didn't ask us to remove it. Everyone is on very good terms, and there is absolutely no issue here."

Nemesis will debut in March.