Despite these criticisms, Jim Lee’s Wildstorm titles maintained high sales. Most of the Image books were criticized for their high use of violence, sexuality, and their preference for art over story. Lee would eventually expand the Wildstorm universe with more titles and characters. He founded Wildstorm Productions and launched a number of successful titles, among them WildC.A.T.S.

In 1992, Jim Lee left Marvel Comics along with Todd McFarlane, Jim Valentino, Marc Silvestri and Rob Liefeld to form Image Comics. Their rivalry didn't last though, and the two would team up again on different projects. Harras sided with Jim Lee because of his popularity with the fans, and Claremont ended up leaving the book. This caused a power struggle that resulted in then X-Men editor Bob Harras stepping in. During their run on X-Men, Lee and Claremont had different ideas for the future direction of the title. X-Men #1 sold over 8 million copies and still holds the record for best-selling comic of all-time. When X-Men #1 released, it came out with multiple variants that connected together to form a complete poster drawn by Lee.

During his run on the X-Men, Lee helped co-create Gambit with Chris Claremont, and Omega Red with John Byrne. In 1991 Jim Lee and Chris Claremont launched a second series of X-Men comics, simply titled “ X-Men.” The scripts were co-written by Chris Claremont and Jim Lee, with Lee also doing the art. Scott would eventually become his inker of choice for many future projects. During his work on Uncanny X-Men, he met inker Scott Williams. Lee eventually went on to revamp the X-Men under a new title after ascending to popularity drawing and writing Uncanny X-Men. Jim Lee began his mainstream comics career working for Marvel on several projects including Punisher: War Journal and Alpha Flight. Jim received his first gig drawing the cover of Samurai Santa #1 from independent publisher Solson Publications. Jim eventually graduated in 1986 with a degree in psychology, but passed on a medical career to pursue a career as a comic book artist. Taking this class made him realize how much he loved to draw. During his time at Princeton, he decided to take an art class as one of his electives.

His original idea was to become a medical doctor like his father. His high school classmates predicted that he would pursue a career in the comic book industry, however, Jim instead enrolled at Princeton University where he majored in psychology. His family moved to America when he was young and he grew up in St.

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