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brand. Later asked about his motives for the sale, Lee said that he wanted to spend
more time creating comics again, and less time dealing with business concerns.
Lee has since worked almost exclusively for DC. Among other projects, he has
drawn a 12-part Batman story written by Jeph Loeb, a 12-part Superman run written
by Brian Azzarello, and the still ongoing, much delayed All Star Batman & Robin,
written by Frank Miller, all of which have been highly successful commercially. In re-
cent years, Lee’s style has taken on a somewhat more visceral and expressionist qual-
ity. In 2006, Lee committed to a 12-part Wildcats series written by Grant Morrison
that was meant to relaunch his WildStorm characters, but only one issue has been
published as of July 2009. Since 2006, Lee has also held a major creative and execu-
tive position in the development of DC Universe Online, a computer game based on
DC Comics characters, to be released in 2009 or 2010.
Selected Bibliography: Tantimedh, Adi. “New York Comic Con, Day One: Jim Lee
Spotlight.” Comic Book Resources (February 25, 2006). http://www.comicbookre
sources.com/?page=article&id=6523.
Marc-Oliver Frisch
LEE, STAN (1922–). Born Stanley Martin Lieber in New York City, Lee is argu-
ably the most prominent and infl uential writer and editor in comic book history. He
Jim Lee, attending Wizard Big Apple Comic Con at Pier 92 in New York City on October 16,
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