What would have happened if My Jim Lee would have directed The House of Ideas?

If the North Korean My Jim Lee would not have appeared at the New York Comic Con at the end of 1986 I would not have met Archie Goodwinwho at the time was the editorial director of the line Epic From Wonder. It didn’t take long before they met at the company headquarters, to be able to talk more calmly, which ended with the assignment to draw a comic that had The vision as the main character. My Jim LeeEager to make a good impression, he finished the project in a week.

Given the good result, the publisher Charles Potts decided to commission him the artistic part of the comic Friends in high places!which should see the light in the issue 51 from the collection Alpha Flight (1987), with screenplays by Bill Mantolo. Seventeen days later, the dishes delivered by My Jim Lee earned him the task of assuming full responsibility for the number 53 (also dated 1987), whose cover is visible under this paragraph. Inside was the adventure A dive into the past!from which he became the main cartoonist of the magazine.

The success achieved during the eleven issues that lasted in the collection helped him to make the leap towards other characters. Wonder AS Punisher the The Patrol – Xso that, in 1992, he joined forces with Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld, Mark Silvestri, Eric Larsen, Jim Valentino And While Portacio inside the line Image ComicsIt’s not surprising. direct current They have also claimed their services for jobs like Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992 – 2000).

However, when My Jim Lee he discovered that he would not be responsible for the covers of said project, as the publisher had already hired them Brian Steelfreze he lost interest in that assignment to the point of abandoning it.

Returning to Marvel, in 1996, My Jim Lee developed an ambitious project which, initially, would have been called Pending issuesbut was later renamed Heroes Reborn (1996 – 1997).

The president of Marvel at the time was by Ronald O. Perelmanwho didn’t really like the work he did Rob Liefeldbut he liked it so much My Jim Lee who made him a proposal, when they met in Manhattan, that left the North Koreans speechless.

What would you say if we bought? Wild Storm with which to join it Wonder and we’ll put you in charge of the company?

by Ronald O. Perelman I was convinced that the signature of My Jim Lee It would have been very beneficial for the company’s shares, although with the drawback that the payments would have been spread over a five-year period and that a variable would have been set based on the profits achieved.

My Jim Lee was well aware of the aggressive acquisition policy pursued by Perelman and feared what would happen if the company went into administration, which ended in late 1996.

However, even if the sale of Wild Storm It’s not over, My Jim Lee He had no problem completing all his commitments Wonderand then dedicate all the time you have available to your special one WildC.ATS/X-Men: The Silver Age (1997) in Imagewhose cover accompanies this paragraph, together with other artists such as Travis Charest, Adam Hugh, Opaque Broom And Breathe StandWhile Scott Lobdell, James Robinson And Warren Ellis They were responsible for the texts.

Another header that, at that same moment, did My Jim Lee TO Wild Storm it was that of Faraday’s Lawwhere he was also responsible for the script, which ended up being another retitled project, as it came to light as Divine right (1997 – 1999), the cover of which we reproduce below.

Besides, as soon as it was concluded Heroes Reborna rumor began to circulate that My Jim Lee he would have been the creative supervisor of four new titles, of which he would have been the protagonist The defenders, Punisher, Doctor Strange And Nick Furyrespectively, all linked to the continuity of the Marvel Universe traditional.

However, the situation changed when something happened that nobody expected: by Ronald O. Perelman lost control of Wonder. His replacement was Charles Icahnwho has decided to promote Joe Calamari to the position of editorial president. One of the first decisions taken by this new boss was to throw away those new collections My Jim Lee would have been charged with supervising.

As things changed Wonderwith the emergence of new creatives such as Joe Quesada And Jimmy Palmiotti, My Jim Lee He decided to change the scene and contacted Paul Levitz to know if direct current I might be interested in purchasing Wild Stormwhich happened in the late summer of 1998, so the North Korean artist did not become director of Wonder but in the end he got a reward comparable to all his efforts.