Jim Lee's X-Men Artist's Edition

If you're a fan of Jim Lee, specifically his work on the X-Men - what child of the 90s isn't, though? This is a must own book. As with all Artist's Edition the original art has been reproduced at full size in magnificent full color scans that show details lost in the reduction process and approximate seeing this art in person as closely as is possible. Sadly because original art was often broken up during this period this book doesn't present full issues like many of the other volumes do. There's some incredible artwork contained here, but after having flipped through this several times, there's some glaring commissions. This likely isn't due to IDW not trying to get them, but I get the feeling there's just some stuff they couldn't get their hands on for this issue. This volume does contain some rarely seen originals, namely card art which was really nice. For interested parties who are more used to IDW other Artist's Edition books, this is much smaller and easier to handle than many of their other books. While it's far from "small" it's a fraction of the size of the much larger volumes from this series, especially the EC books. This is a great thing if you want to be able to put this on a book shelf, and honestly, the sheer size of some of the other books in this series make handling and storing them very prohibitive except for those of us that have entirely dedicated rooms in our house to store such objects. It's rare you see these books available for under list, and this is selling at a very reasonable price at this point. If you're interested I highly recommend jumping on this before it disappears and the prices sky rocket on it. The only thing I wish that would have been mentioned in the description for this is that it's a second printing. The first printing has long since sold out and while I definitely would have still bought this, I would really have liked to know I wasn't getting a first printing like I thought. There's no difference between printings, but if you're buying as a collector for resale this is something to keep in mind and I thought worth mentioning. If you're new to the Artist's Edition series, this is a wonderful place to start, though. Filled with 90s nostalgia from cover to cover, I can safely say if you grew up loving Jim Lee's work on the X-Men you will not regret getting this book. With it's smaller stature compared to many of the other Artist's Editions this is a prime example of good things coming in small packages. I do wish there were a few pages and even some issues that I wish were included, I highly doubt we ever see anything that approaches this level of attention to detail and quality ever again. In short, if you're on the fence about picking this up - don't wait. Pull the trigger and rediscover a part of your childhood that you'll experience all over again for the first time!

Holy Smokes !!!! These are filled w/ Oversized Prints on quality paper !!! If you are a Fan of Jim Lee and the early 90s Marvel Xmen this Oversized book is a MUST HAVE ! I originally wanted to post pics up but my phone camera will not do it justice no matter the phone . These are actually numbered and filled with Prints that run from 14 x 12.75 w/ border or 11.75 x 16.25 w / no border . These are Priceless to a Xmen and Chris Claremont and Jim Lee Fan ! I simply cannot wait to get some more of these artist edition hardcover books . There are 3 or 4 more Jim Lee books , One of them are a Dc Comics and another a Marvel edition that covers The Punisher and also Ghost Rider and Spiderman . The 3rd is an unwrapped edition which is just the black and white sketches that shos off Lee's Pencil Work and character sketches . I'm going to buy a multi pk of frames and line my apt walls with my FAV comic prints thanks to IDW comics . I got this for an AMAZING price and it said it was used and turned out to be an unopened overstock which was a welcome surprise ! I CAN'T wait to get the next book from Lee and also the largest of oversized books which is of course from Image comics own Todd Mcfarlane and features his Spiderman Run .

This book is BIG and beautiful! I pre-ordered back in April and after multiple delays, it finally got here. It was worth the wait. Jim Lee's art greatly influenced me as a youngster. I have most of these books tucked away in a closet and a few hanging up in my office. The details are wonderful to explore. There are covers, panels, and art from the card set. It just hit a nostalgic place from my childhood that I didn't know was there. Highly recommend.

If you're a fan of Jim Lee, or heck, just a fan of comics this is (IMHO) Jim Lee's best work, and to have it at this original scale complete with word balloons and all the fixin's this is amazing. The only other way to see these is to own the originals. And the fold outs!! The original X-Men 4 cover spread + more! Scott Williams, Whilce Portacio, and Art Thibert are among some of the other artists/inkers in here that you can just pour over and enjoy for hours. Love it! (And I also have the DC Artifact Edition as well for the Image and DC work Jim has done over the years with Scott Williams too!

This is a dream come true—-In black and white by one of the amazing artists, Jim Lee. I’ve always enjoyed his work ever since I was a kid so it’s nice to look back at this classic art.

I did not realize that the book was huge. It came with cardboard case that will ensure the storage security in the bookshelf. As a Jim Lee's fan who first took notice on his distinctive artistic style on X-Men and Punisher War Journal back in late 80's & early 90's, this book is a definite eye opener how those now-legendary early issues of Jim Lee's X-Men came to be. You can feel how the raw and yet meticulous details were put into the pages by Lee & the whole artistic team. A must have for Jim Lee's fans.

The book is great; but the image is misleading. The image used is a limited edition. You will not get this. The image needs to be change for those who know, know.

Love the book! However, I wanted to point out that this is the second print. I thought Amazon might have a few of the first print left as the listing has the date of February 23, 2021. I don't care, but there might be some people out there that do. I'd still pick it up.

Como fã de quadrinhos por quase 30 anos, sempre imaginei como seria ver os originais das páginas de quadrinhos de perto. Em se tratando da arte de Jim Lee então, mais ainda! Acompanho seu trabalho desde a época dos formatinhos da Editora Abril ( que ainda possuo), depois pela Panini saíram em formato americano, o qua já era um bom tamanho de se ler e apreciar a arte, com esta Artist Edition, se torna quase surreal o olhar! Isto porque a proposta deste material é justamente oferecer ao leitor a sensação de estar diante da página original, o que antes somente era possível em exposições ou adquirindo a página em leilão. Foi feito um trabalho junto a colecionadores e o arquivo pessoal do artista para que as páginas fossem reunidas nesta edição. Nelas você poderá ver as marcas do tempo, autógrafos, número de paginação, dicas para a arte final, dentre muitas outras curiosidades que se perdem na impressão final. Por todo este cuidado, o preço é bem elevado, o que torna estas edições bem raras e com o risco de esgotarem no mercado. A IDW está de parabéns por este projeto, muitos outros artistas já foram contemplados nesta incrível coleção, recomendo para os fãs de quadrinhos que se puderem, adquiram, vale muito a pena. A Amazon fez uma entrega perfeita, podem comprar sem medo.

First the good: this is a product of exceptional production value, huge size, beautifully packaged, plus it’s Jim Lee. That’s all you have to know on that. So why a low rating? It’s very thin for a start. Plus, it’s just a few choice pages from specific issues. The only full issue included is X-Men #1. A couple of pages in, it swaps from 248 (& I’d rather have had pencils than Dan Green’s sloppy inks) to 6 pages of Gambit & Storm; by Portacio! If I’m paying a premium for a Jim Lee X-Men book that’s designed just to showcase his art as opposed to being able to be read, I expect it to be a Jim Lee art only X-Men book. At first I thought these Whilce pages were included for story reasons, but since there’s no narrative content here, I’d have preferred an extra 6 pages of 268 or 277.

Die Originalseiten aus Jim Lee's Hochphase fast im Original! Gleiche Größe und songut eingescannt das man meint man hat ein Original in der Hand! Kleine Flecken möchte man mit der Hand wegwischen obwohl sie bloß teil des Scans sind. Das ist einfach Geschichte und für Fans eigentlich ein Muss. IDW hat hier etwas phantastisches geleistet! Mein Lieblingsstück in meiner Sammlung! Versand war recht flott und die Verpackung sehr gut!

Certes tout est dit mais je vais en rajouter une couche juste pour le plaisir. Pour faire simple ce livre m'a rappelé pourquoi, dans les années 80, j'étais un fan du Boss Jim Lee. Avec ses scans en couleur des dessins originaux encrés qui en respectent le format, ce livre est une véritable mine d'or pour les fans du dessinateur/auteur. Bien sûr les dessins encrés sont en noir et blanc mais les scans en couleur révèlent des détails de fabrication des comics, avec des annotations et autres collages que l'on ne discerne pas dans les comics finis. En plus de planches originales ce livre nous propose des dessins effectués pour des trading cards mais aussi des posters et des couvertures, sans oublier deux dessins présentés sur des pages à rabats (notamment la fabuleuse cover des X-men N°1) Juste pour remettre les choses en perspective j'aborde un sujet qui fâche, le prix de ce livre: il était de 150 euro à sa sortie en boutiques spécialisées. Ce qui vous permet de décider si le prix que l'on vous en demande ici est exagéré ou pas. Attention les livres venant de l'extérieur de la zone euro sont soumis aux droits de douane et à la TVA. Ceci dit, si vous êtes fans de Jim Lee et que vous décidiez de vous faire un gros cadeau, n'hésitez pas une seconde. Ce livre c'est le Graal.

No diré que los Artists sean ediciones definitivas del material que incluyen porque, como es el caso, no vienen todos los números completos y, debido a ello, no es un cómic para ser leído...sino para ser contemplado. Pero, dejando esa disquisición al margen, lo que IDW está haciendo con cada nuevo volumen de esta maravillosa colección, es permitir a los aficionados asomarse a las mejores reproducciones que se hayan podido ver de las planchas originales (siempre a tinta) del material de turno. En este caso, los 'X-Men' de Jim Lee nunca han lucido más épicos, y pasar las páginas de este enorme libro es babear, sí o sí, ante lo que el artista estadounidense ya era capaz de hacer antes de que se mudara de Marvel y fundara Image. Como punto álgido del libro, el desplegable con la mítica/legendaria portada cuádruple del primer volumen de tan mítico/legendario título. ASOMBROSO