Brandon Choi is an American

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writer best known for his work for

WildStorm Productions Wildstorm Productions (stylized as WildStorm) is an American comic book imprint. Originally founded as an independent company established by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi to publish through Image Comics, Wildstorm became a publishing imprint of DC ...

, in particular for the series '' WildC.A.T.s'' and Gen¹³ artist/publisher

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Biography

Choi was born in

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, Korea and came to the U.S. when he was two years old. He formed a boyhood friendship with future comic book collaborator

, and began creating comics together when they were both in the sixth grade. Choi and Lee's 1986 comic ''Wild Boys'' landed Lee his first job at

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin G ...

. Choi studied entertainment law after high school, but changed careers after graduation. While making plans to attend graduate school to study screenwriting, Lee contacted Choi with an offer to work at Homage Studios, which later became

Wildstorm Productions Wildstorm Productions (stylized as WildStorm) is an American comic book imprint. Originally founded as an independent company established by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi to publish through Image Comics, Wildstorm became a publishing imprint of DC ...

. In 1992, Choi and Lee co-created the series '' WildC.A.T.s''with Lee, which would be their debut book from

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, the company Lee and several other popular artists formed to publish

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. In 1998 these properties were purchased by

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, and incorporated into that publisher's continuity. Choi is an uncle-in-law to Shammas Malik, the mayor of Akron, Ohio.

Bibliography

Image

* '' Darker Image'' #1 (1993) * '' Deathblow'' #0–15, 17–29 (1993–96) * '' Gen12'' #1–5 (1998) * '' Gen¹³'' vol. 1 #1–5 (1994) * ''Gen¹³'' vol. 2 #0–29 (1995–98) *'' The Kindred'' #1–4 (1994) * ''

Savage Dragon The Savage Dragon is the name of two superheroes created by Erik Larsen, published by Image Comics and taking place in the Image Universe. The comic initially follows the adventures of a superheroic police officer named the Dragon. The character ...

'' #13 (1994) * '' Stormwatch'' #0–8 (1993–94) * ''

Wetworks Wetwork () is a euphemism for murder or assassination that alludes to spilling blood. The expression and the similar ''wet job'', ''wet affair'', or ''wet operation'' are all calques of Russian terms for such activities and can be traced to crimi ...

'' vol. 1 #1–3 (1994) * '' WildC.A.T.s'' vol. 1 #0–9, #37–50 (1992–94, 1997–98)

Image/Valiant

* '' Deathmate'' Black (1993)

Marvel

* ''

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'' vol. 2 #1–12 (1996–97)

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