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Jim Lee (Korean: 이용철; born August 11, 1964) is a Korean-born American comic book artist, writer, editor, and publisher. As of 2023, he is the President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics.
- 15 Punisher: War Journal #19
- 14 Justice League #1
- 13 All Star Batman and Robin, The Boy Wonder #9
- 12 Uncanny X-Men #275
- 11 Batman #619
- 10 Uncanny X-Men #270
- 9 Infinite Crisis #1
- 8 X-Men Annual #1
- 7 Superman #205
- 6 Wolverine #24
Although it's not as celebrated as his later works, one of Jim Lee's earliest major runs was on "Punisher: War Journal"in the late 1980s. Along with Carl Potts, Lee helped launch the Punisher's second ongoing title during one of the character's commercial peaks in the late 1980s. Under that creative team, the Punisher continued his one-man war on c...
When DC Comics rebooted its universe with the New 52 in 2011, DC Comics Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns and Jim Lee teamed up on the company's flagship book, "Justice League."Thanks to their editorial positions, both creators helped shape the new DC Universe, and Lee designed costumes for several characters. Although the pair only worked togethe...
In 2005, DC Comics launched the All Star line as a venue for top tier creators to tell stories with heroes outside of regular continuity. Although that line only produced two titles, one of those comics, "All Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder,"paired Jim Lee with the legendary creator Frank Miller. Despite the pedigree of those two creators and...
Together, longtime X-Men writer Chris Claremont and Jim Lee created some of the X-Men's most iconic adventures. After filling in for penciller Marc Silvestri on 1989's "Uncanny X-Men" #248, Lee had a memorable guest stint during the "Acts of Vengeance" crossover before becoming the book's regular penciller with "Uncanny X-Men" # 267. During that er...
Even though DC bought his studio WildStorm Productions in 1998, Jim Lee's first major DC Comics work didn't come until his run with Jeph Loeb on "Batman"in 2002. That creative team reinvigorated the Dark Knight with "Hush," a 12-part mystery that featured almost every major Batman villain and introduced Hush, a villain who was Bruce Wayne's childho...
While the X-Men were scattered in the late 1980s, the original five X-Men continued to operate as X-Factor and the mysterious mutant Cable led the New Mutants. All of these disparate plot threads came together in "X-Tinction Agenda," the first X-Men crossover of the 1990s. With work from Jim Lee, Chris Claremont, Louise Simonson, Rob Liefeld and Jo...
By 2005, Jim Lee was firmly entrenched in DC's publishing line. After the commercial successes of "Batman," "Superman" and the first issues of "All Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder," Lee provided covers for every issue of the blockbuster miniseries "Infinite Crisis."In that influential crossover, by Geoff Johns, Phil Jimenez and several other ...
In 1991, Jim Lee and Chris Claremont made comic book history by launching "X-Men," the second ongoing monthly title starring Marvel's primary team of mutants. Together, they established the template for the X-Men's commercial peak throughout the 1990s and the basis for "X-Men: The Animated Series." Although creative differences drove Claremont off ...
Jim Lee and Brian Azzarello took over "Superman" in 2004 for the story "For Tomorrow." That story centered around Superman's guilt about an unseen event called the Vanishing, where half of Earth's population disappeared while he was in space. While that story eventually led to the Phantom Zone and an alternate reality General Zod, its more thoughtf...
Although Jim Lee never drew an issue of Wolverine's solo series, he still had plenty of opportunities to draw Marvel's most fearsome mutant. Before he started regularly penciling "Uncanny X-Men," Lee's first encounter with Logan came with "Punisher War Journal" #6-7, where the X-Man had a vicious jungle battle with Frank Castle. After the second on...
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Jim Lee is the Chief Creative Office and Publisher of DC—a WarnerMedia company and the former editorial director of WildStorm Studios (which he founded in 1992) and the artist for many of...
Jim Lee is a renowned comic book artist, writer, editor and publisher, who has worked on many DC and WildStorm titles, such as Batman, Superman, Justice League and Suicide Squad. He is also the Executive Creative Director for the DC Universe Online game and the co-founder of Image Comics.
May 24, 2023 · Jim Lee, the new president of DC Comics, talks about the history and future of superhero comics.
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