Rabid Ferret UNITED STATES
Member Since February 2005
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Location: Jim LEE changed the house style on the industry
Title: Batman in the BatTunnel by Jim Lee (2000, pre-Hush)
Artist:  Jim Lee (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Pin Up
For Sale Status: Too personal
Views: 12674
Likes on CAF: 3
Favorited on CAF: 2
Comments: 11
Added to Site: 7/13/2008

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This 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:)

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Member Since: February 2005
Last Login: April 2026
Country: UNITED STATES
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G. C. Member Since 2006
Posted On 9/13/2008

Amazing !!, Jim Lee is a modern comicart master, Congrats !!
Joseba Herrero Member Since 2009
Posted On 4/19/2009

Beautiful piece!!
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.
Javier Cuevas Member Since 2008
Posted On 12/9/2011

I envy you!
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
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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!

Phil H Member Since 2010
Posted On 10/17/2019

Absolutely AMAZING story!  Congrats!

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