Wizard: Jim Lee, Millennium Edition [Hardcover]

Jim Lee (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2004

Fully authorized by Jim Lee, this 256-page hardcover book is lavishly illustrated with hundreds of pieces of Lee artwork from his entire career at Marvel Comics, Image Comics, WildStorm Productions and DC Comics along with a dazzling assortment of unpublished art from his personal collection. Learn how he first started to work at Marvel and follow his career through his smash success on Batman and Superman. Behold a gigantic art gallery of Lee’s greatest works, from X-Men to Batman and more as Lee unveils a tremendous collection of unfinished/unpublished art along with a sketchbook of seminal design work. Get a complete illustrated checklist of every piece of Jim Lee comic art ever published from 1987 to 2004, including hard-to-find items. Learn the background behind the move to DC Comics and get Lee’s behind-the-scenes commentary on his historic Batman: Hush comic book series.

Top it all off with an amazing cover featuring Batman with Wolverine and you have the ultimate official Jim Lee event that only the editors of Wizard: The Comics Magazine could publish!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Wizard Entertainment (May 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974325333
• ISBN-13: 978-0974325330
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #328,932 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Comic book illustrator Jim Lee is the editorial director of WildStorm Studios (which he founded in 1992) and the artist for many of DC Comics' bestselling comic book and graphic novels, including All Star Batman and Robin, Batman: Hush, and Superman: For Tomorrow. He also serves as the creative director for the upcoming DC Universe Online videogame. Prior to DC, he was one of the founding fathers of Image Comics and best known for his run on the X-Men for Marvel Comics during which he co-created such characters as Gambit and Agent Zero. In his spare time, Jim enjoys a good laugh or two.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wizard: Jim Lee, Millennium Edition, December 13, 2006

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"extreme_dig_cm" (Chicago, Il USA, Amazon.com Fan!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wizard: Jim Lee, Millennium Edition (Hardcover)

With Jim Lee's well-deserved, wide-reaching popularity, I'm a little surprised more people aren't writing reviews for this(!).
A 7-page interview/biography kicks this amazing book off; a fascinating summary of Lee's successful career. The 1st 3rd of the book mainly consists of previously published articles & interviews detailing just about everything we could need to know about this comics superstar's present & past. Details of recent DC projects seems to dominate, but Image & Marvel details are given too.

The 1st half of this volume finishes with random artwork & sketches, as well as a detailed checklist of Lee's entire body of work. Some of this artwork is pretty hard to find. Some of it's in pencil; some in ink; some in color; and still some in other media.

The 2nd half of this work is phenomenal: it's a collection of *every* cover, pinup, and poster Lee has drawn to date (2004)! Everything from Alpha Flight to Superman, and from independent comics to Heroes Reborn is displayed in full color. Designs for action figures, drawings from when he was a kid, finished posters & Wizard covers- all are included, reproduced at various sizes, on super slick, glossy white paper. His entire career in 250+ pages! It's highly recommended!

In short: Buying this book for the art alone, we're already getting more than our money's worth. The interviews detailing his amazing career seem like an extra special bonus. Now if I could only convince them to make a John Byrne, Millennium Edition! :)

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jim Lee Millenium Edition is a must have!!!, July 31, 2004

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This review is from: Wizard: Jim Lee, Millennium Edition (Hardcover)

Jim Lee Millenium Edition is a must have book!!! This book contains everything you have everything you wanted to know about comic book artist, Jim Lee. The book contains the following. Jim Lee's profile, A week in a life, Behind Jim Lee's Superman, Hush the Director's Commentary, Image: The True Hollywood story, Wildstorm A to Z, Wildstorm artists profiles, Wildstorm Alumni, Unfinished Business, private collections, Sketcbook, Jim Lee checklist, Gallery, and the last page, the evolution of Jim Lee. This book contains interviews,artwork,behind the scenes commentary and much more. This is definitly the Ultimate Jim Lee book to own! Highest Possible Recommendation!

9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The ultimate Jim Lee book!, June 25, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Wizard: Jim Lee, Millennium Edition (Hardcover)

I absolutely love Jim Lee, and helped put together the check list in the book, and this book has it all.

It has Jim's entire history in it and a checklist of every piece he has had a hand in. And the best part of this book is its gallery. It has the cover of every single comic Lee has ever done in it! From Alpha Flight to Xmen to his current Superman, every cover is in here! Its beautiful.

You cannot call yourself a Lee fan, or a real comic fan, if you dont own this wonderful book, from perhaps the most influential artist of the past 20 years.