DC Comics’ Jim Lee Promoted to President

His comics bona fides have lengthy since been impeccable—for Marvel, he drew 1991’s record-selling X-Males No. 1, written by Chris Claremont and inked by Scott Williams—and now the great Jim Lee has one other hyperlink in his spectacular chain. He’s simply been promoted to president of DC Comics.

In accordance with the Hollywood Reporter, he’s additionally nonetheless the publisher and Chief Creative Officer (CCO) of the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned firm, the place he’s been since 1998. This gig includes heading up the artistic groups, in addition to “the artistic efforts to combine DC’s publishing portfolio of characters and tales throughout all media, supporting the manufacturers and studios of WBD.”

Because the commerce stories, Lee’s promotion is “seen as a throughline into the Warner Bros. Discovery period and the nascent DC Studios beneath James Gunn and Peter Safran.” In different phrases, he’s a vastly revered comics trade veteran, and his continued presence at DC—which is about to enter a daring new period in its pop-culture legacy—ought to solely assist with conserving the corporate on target.

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