Fantastic Four by Morrison & Lee: 1234 (New Printing)

Grant Morrison

Glasgow-born Grant Morrison is one of the most original and widely respected writers in comics. He began his career in British indie comics in the late 1970s and early 1980s, working on Marvel UK features like Zoids. After co-creating the popular strip Zenith with artist Steve Yeowell for 2000 AD, Morrison made his mark in America with DC Comics. He achieved critical acclaim by reviving an obscure hero in his Animal Man series.

In 1989, he wrote the best-selling Batman graphic novel Arkham Asylum and began a memorably surreal run as writer for DC’s Doom Patrol. His subsequent DC projects include Kid Eternity, Sebastian O, Flex Mentallo, Kill Your Boyfriend, Aztek, Invisibles, DC One Million, Flash, and a hugely popular revamp of DC’s JLA.

Morrison then shifted focus to Marvel Comics, where he had already made a brief appearance co-writing Skrull Kill Krew with Mark Millar in 1995. In addition to his groundbreaking four-year run on New X-Men, Morrison’s Marvel credits include Fantastic Four: 1234 and Marvel Boy. He has since returned to DC, with later credits including Seaguy, WE3, Vimanarama, JLA: Classified, and Seven Soldiers. While serving as a special creative consultant to DC editorial, Morrison has written All-Star Superman, the flagship Batman title and its spin-off Batman Inc., co-written the event series 52, and served as the mastermind behind Final Crisis.

Jae Lee

Artist Jae Lee made a name for himself on Marvel’s Namor the Sub-Mariner, his gothic style a stark departure from traditional comic art. After a short X-Factor arc, Lee moved to the newly formed Image Comics, illustrating the Youngblood Strikefile and WildC.A.T.s Trilogy miniseries, and introducing his own creation in Hellshock. In 1998, he won an Eisner Award for his distinctive work with writer Paul Jenkins on the Marvel Knights series Inhumans. He and Jenkins reunited in 2000 for Sentry, the multilayered tale of a deliberately forgotten Silver Age hero.

Continuing his Marvel Knights work, Lee illustrated Grant Morrison’s Fantastic Four: 1234, an arc of Captain America, and the Hulk/Thing: Hard Knocks limited series. After drawing an arc of Ultimate Fantastic Four, Lee was tapped to lend his distinctive style to Marvel’s adaptations of Stephen King’s Dark Tower novels.

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