Batman Illustration Original Art Icons The DC Comics & Wildstorm Art Of Jim Lee

This Jim Lee Batman illustration was published in the 2010 hardcover Icons: The DC Comics & Wildstorm Art of Jim Lee. Lee has become the most influential Batman artist of the past two decades and this piece is a strong representation of his important body of work on what is arguably the single most popular character in not only comics but in all of popular culture. In his 84 years as one of the most important and popular superheroes in the world, Batman has been associated with numerous esteemed artists -- his creator Bob Kane and assistants like Jerry Robinson, Dick Sprang, and Shelly Moldoff in the 1940s and 50s; Carmine Infantino during the Silver Age and then Neal Adams at the dawn of the Bronze; Frank Miller in the 1980s, bringing forth a new but familiarly dark version of the hero. In the 21st century, Jim Lee is the artist that has defined the look of Batman more than any other. His work on the Dark Knight recalls the past greats while bringing a fresh perspective on the character, garnering him further acclaim within an already esteemed career.