WildC.ATS returns to the comics in November with an all-new series from DC Comics. This new series celebrates the 30th anniversary of the team, originally created in 1992 for Image Comics by DC Comics editor Jim Lee and writer Brandon Choi. They are among the most popular characters created by Lee in the comics, but perhaps not the most important.
Lee made a name for himself at Marvel Comics on strange x-men, and he helped create iconic modern characters like Gambit and Omega Red. He also contributed a major new character in Hush to the Batman mythos at DC Comics, showing that Lee’s influence extends across the entire superhero genre.
ten queen of dreams
Lee got his first big break from Marvel Comics drawing Alpha Flight in the 1980s. He co-created Dreamqueen in Alpha Flight #57, giving it a visually distinctive look that would become iconic for his later work. Daughter of Nightmare, among the most powerful villains in Doctor Strange in Marvel Comics, she can rewrite reality.
Although Nightmare himself stays away from the MCU, Dreamqueen has an equal chance of appearing thanks to her connection to him as well as Alpha Flight, part of the larger X-Men universe in the movies. comics.
9 Mortal Blow
Deathblow represented a bold new direction in Lee’s art style, drawing inspiration from Frank Miller’s brutal experimentation with strong contrast in city of sin. The character also forgoes the fun and color often associated with Lee’s X-Men work, but in doing so presents a unique and compelling figure.
A former soldier who gained superhuman abilities through involuntary experiments, Deathblow forged a dark and bloody path through Image Comics in his early adventures and later DC Comics after Lee sold his Wildstorm imprint to the company.
8 WildC.ATS
WildC.ATS includes many characters created by Lee for his first creator-owned comic, among the first wave of titles launched by Image Comics in 1992. Lee’s iconic sense for design spawned many memorable characters, including Warblade and Spartan, as well as a complex mythology involving the Kherubim and Daemonites.
Lee’s designs embody a 1990s aesthetic in their appearance, but many endure to the present day, now officially part of the DC Universe thanks to The New 52 reboot in 2011, which incorporated the two different continuities.
seven Scammer
Some WildC.ATS characters stand out above the rest, and Grifter certainly does. This mercenary and warrior Coda stood out from his first appearance in the comics with his unusual face mask. His appearance remains largely unchanged today, and more than the other characters on the team, he has had a constant role in DC Comics.
Grifter’s mysterious background as a soldier for hire meshes well with other established DC characters like Deathstroke, who, along with Grifter, is one of DC Comics’ finest martial artists.
6 The Acolytes
The Acolytes first appeared in x-men #1 from 1992 and played a key role in many X-Men stories of the era. Their blind devotion to Magneto, among the best X-Men villains of all time, made them far more short-sighted and zealous than the Brotherhood of Mutant Villains, which they ostensibly replaced.
Lee co-created the Acolytes with legendary writer Chris Claremont and some members remain important figures in X-Men lore today. Exodus sits on the Silent Council of Krakoa and holds a powerful position within the New Mutant Order.
5 Omega Red
Lee introduced another key 1990s X-Men villain in x-men #4. Omega Red made an instant impression with a unique visual appearance, dominated by its characteristic white tentacles. Omega Red grew out of a Cold War Soviet program that echoed Weapon X, deepening and expanding the backstory of Wolverine and the world.
Omega Red instantly became one of Wolverine’s most powerful villains in Marvel Comics and the two continue a bitter rivalry into the modern era. Omega Red has a good chance of appearing in the MCU when mutants finally make their way into the franchise.
4 Gen13
Comic book fans may think of J. Scott Campbell, among the best Spider-Man comic artists of all time, when they think of Gen13. But Jim Lee co-created the team of teenage superheroes with Campbell and Choi, crafting a fun, irreverent, and dynamic book that stood out in the mid-1990s when the comic book industry was suffering from the downturn. collapse of the speculative market.
Gen13 provided a major pillar in the Wildstorm universe by introducing the Gen Factor, a genetic component behind the superhuman abilities of many characters in many different Wildstorm titles.
3 silence
In the early 2000s, Lee drew silence, among the best Batman comic storylines, and it helped create a powerful new villain. Thomas Eliot enjoyed all the benefits of his best friend Bruce Wayne, but he harbored a deep hatred for his parents that turned him into a dark Batman reversal.
Lee created an intriguing visual for Hush with mummy-like bandages that hid his identity and challenged Batman’s own image in a gripping storyline that was adapted for animation and video games.
2 Fanatic
Zealot made an instant impression in 1992 when she debuted a dramatic two-page vertical splash in Wild Cats #1. Her distinctive white hair and red costume form a strong combination that remains a staple part of her style in DC Comics thirty years later, but her character plays just as much of a role in what makes her intriguing.
Zealot features an intricate backstory that involves ancient human history and dark magic and weaves in and out of DC Comics lore, making it one of the most compelling WildC.ATS and heroes in the world. DC universe.
1 Gambit
Jim Lee caused a stir when he took over the art duties on Weird X-Men in the late 1980s. He contributed new characters and ideas and none are more iconic than Gambit. Gambit first appeared in Weird X-Men #266 with a visual signature in his foil playing cards. The charming Cajun mutant quickly became a major force in the team.
Gambit’s relationship with Rogue has taken both characters to unexpected places and his journey through comics as a complicated character with questionable intent but strong awareness stems directly from Lee and Claremont’s early work on the character.