Batman in the BatTunnel by Jim Lee (2000, pre-Hush)
Artist: Jim Lee (All)
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DescriptionThis was one of the more ridiculous stories in my comic art collecting career.One day Jim Lee posted to the Comicart-l trying to find an old Italian record album. He said he'd trade art for it. I started googling around and found a copy that was available for $50. Jim said he was interested, and a couple of emails later I'd bought the album and it was on its way. He said he'd do a drawing for me as a thank you; who was I interested in? I gave him a list of: Wolverine, Magneto, Batman, Gambit, & Psylocke He was busy for a while and told me he'd get to it soon. Then one day I got an email saying he'd finished the piece but needed to get it scanned before he mailed it off. When I received a package I had no idea what to expect. I was guessing it would be a 5x7 sharpie sketch or something. Instead it was this piece of Batman, 11x17, full pencils and inks by Jim Lee, including fingerprint-fog all over!! This was pre-Hush too, around 2000, and it's drawn in a more 'classic Jim' style of his X-days. An amazing thank you gift for a $50 record album! Jim is awesome:) Social/Sharing |
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G. C.
Member Since 2006
Posted on 9/13/2008
Amazing !!, Jim Lee is a modern comicart master, Congrats !!
Mike W
Member Since 2007
Posted on 2/28/2010
Love this early interpretation of the Bat! I'm guessing that this is pre-Hush; there is a heavy Miller "Dark Knight Returns" influence in this piece. Just love this piece.
aric shapiro
Member Since 2006
Posted on 1/30/2012
A piece like this is waaaay up on my list. Lee has catapulted to one of my favorite Bat artsists, and it is because of amazing pieces like this one
George H 
Member Since 2009
Posted on 4/19/2012
So neat to see Jim's Batman from this time. Stunning piece!
Frederic Lorge
Member Since 2007
Posted on 10/1/2012
I really don't want to piss off this guy.... It reminds me of the more muscular style of the 90's, very Whilce Portacio-like.
Thomas V
Member Since 2008
Posted on 4/16/2017
Wow! what a great story! This really shows what kind of quality person Jim is. He could have just done a quick sketch and it probably would have been really cool, but you can see he really put a lot of effort into this. As for the art, I love when Jim inks his own pencils. It's interesting how he reverts to a more traditional style, similar to his Punisher and early Uncanny X-men style of drawing. Good call asking for a batman, it's not a character i would have thought to ask for at the time.
Alex Johnson
Member Since 2006
Forum Moderator
Posted on 10/16/2019
Wow! What a story and what a thank you!
trip sulat
Member Since 2009
Posted on 10/17/2019
It looks like Batman when he was about to kick the Mutant Leader's a** in The Dark Knight Returns.
Thanks for sharing!
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