Jae Lee

Jae Lee
Jae Lee at the February 7, 2007 signing of The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born No. 1 at Midtown Comics in Times Square, New York City.
Born	1972
Nationality	Korean
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker
Notable works	Before Watchmen: Ozymandias The Dark Tower Inhumans The Sentry
Awards	1999 Eisner Award for Best New Series for Inhumans

Jae Lee (born 1972) is a Korean American comic book artist known for his work for various publishers, including Marvel and DC Comics. He first rose to prominence in 1992 on Namor the Sub-Mariner. From 1993 to 1994 he produced artwork through Image Comics on titles such as Youngblood Strikefile, WildC.A.T.s Trilogy, and his creator-owned book, Hellshock, a story about a fallen angel that Lee wrote and illustrated. He later returned to Marvel, where he and writer Paul Jenkins produced Inhumans, which garnered the duo the 1999 Eisner Award for Best New Series. Lee later illustrated several of the titles in Marvel's The Dark Tower series of comics that were adapted from the novels of the same name by Stephen King. His subsequent work for DC Comics includes Before Watchmen: Ozymandias and Batman/Superman.

Jae Lee's first work for Marvel Comics was a Beast serial in Marvel Comics Presents #85-92 (1991). He first rose to prominence in the industry in 1992 for his work on Marvel's Namor the Sub-Mariner, taking over the art duties from John Byrne, who continued on the series as writer. Lee continued when Bob Harras became the writer, drawing issues #26-38 from 1992 to 1993, as well as Namor the Sub-Mariner Annual #3 in 1993. As penciller of X-Factor, Lee was one of the artists of the "X-Cutioner's Song" storyline which ran throughout the X-Men titles in 1992