The Heart Is A Muscle,

For Years I've Wanted To Work With This Guy, So To Actually Write At The Top Of My Scripts "empress, Script By Mark Millar, Art By Stuart Immonen" Is An Absolute Pleasure.

If I'm Creating A New Superhero, It Shouldn't Be Any Different From Other Superheroes In Terms Of The Qualities. Obviously The Personality Can Be Different. I Think Traditionally In Comics Women Have Tended To Be A Girlfriend Or The Daughter Of Whoever, Whether It's Even Batgirl As Gordon's Daughter, Or Whatever. There Is That Relation Of The Hero, You Know, Like Superman's Cousin, Supergirl. And That's Great. It's Fantastic To Have A Link To These Amazing Characters, But I Kind Of Like The Idea Of Things Being Something In Their Own Right, Which Is Why I've Always Loved Wonder Woman.

I Love The Fact That They [girls ]are Into Superman And Green Lantern And Batman And Everything, And They Really Do Have All Those Toys As Well, But I Don't Want All Their Role Models To Be Men.

I Just Trust The People Involved. Marvel And Dc For The Last 16 Years - Is That 90 Percent Of The Time It's Incredible Top Talent. Like, This Is What Makes It Different From The Pre-2000 Superhero Movies. I Would Say, Except Tim Burton And Richard Donner, It Was Generally, Comic Book Movies Were Done By Guys Who Weren't That Into The Material And People Who Didn't Really Respect The Stuff. But As Everything, Whether It's Wolverine, X-men, Avengers, Batman, All These Things, It's Just Been Done By Top-tier People. I Have Total Confidence That They'll Continue That Tradition Of Being Great.

I Think Most People Know The Concept Of Difficult Family Situations. So I Try To Just Ground A Very Big Concept In Something We Can All Relate To On Some Level.