Lee Weeks (born October 21 1962) is an American

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known for his work on such titles as '' Daredevil''.

Career

Lee Weeks attended The Kubert School and made his professional comics debut penciling, inking, and lettering a short story ("Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk") in ''Tales of Terror'' #5 (March 1986), a horror anthology published by

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. He is best known for his work for

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on the '' Daredevil'' series (1990–1992), where he pencilled the ''Last Rites'' storyline. It featured the fall of the Kingpin and is a sequel of sorts to Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli's ''

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.'' He collaborated with writer Howard Mackie on the '' Gambit'' limited series in 1993–1994. At

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, Weeks drew the ''

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vs.

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'' and '' Tarzan vs. Predator: At the Earth's Core'' crossovers. Back at Marvel, he wrote and drew the ''Spider-Man: Death and Destiny'' limited series in 2000 and worked with

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on ''Spider-Man: The Mysterio Manifesto'' the following year. Other Marvel Comics titles he has contributed to include ''

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'' (1988–1989), '' The Destroyer'' (1989–1990), '' Spider-Man's Tangled Web'' (2002), ''

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'' vol. 4 #17-20 (with writer

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) (2003), '' The Incredible Hulk'' vol. 3 (2002, 2005) and the five-part '' Captain Marvel'' (2008) mini-series. In a brief period with DC Comics, Weeks penciled the 1997 48-page bookshelf format book, '' The Batman Chronicles: Gauntlet'', which was written by Bruce Canwell. He also worked as a storyboard artist for '' Superman: The Animated Series''. Weeks is the subject of the seventeenth volume of the ''Modern Masters'' series published by

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in 2008. Weeks is the writer and artist of "Angels Unaware", the opening three issue storyline of the eight-issue, Marvel anthology miniseries ''Daredevil: Dark Nights''. James Hunt of

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gave the first issue four and a half out of five stars. While Hunt praised Weeks' writing, he stated, "It's Weeks' art which really sells the story. Weeks is a very visual storyteller whose ideas translate fantastically onto the page, whether it's the ambiance of snow-covered streets or the fluid, weighty action scenes. The world looks grimy, yet ethereal. It's clear that the artists have a rock-solid grip on the character." The second issue was also given four and a half out of five stars by CBR's

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, who called it "hauntingly beautiful and surprisingly complex in the way it addresses the ideas of being a superhero", and that the storyline is a "fantastic" look at the character. He worked on '' Superman: Lois and Clark'' in 2015 with writer

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. In 2017, Weeks drew a ''

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'' one-shot.

Awards

In 2003, Lee Weeks shared the Haxtur Award for "Best Short Story" with Bruce Jones and

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. In 2019, Weeks was awarded the Inkwell Awards All-in-One Award, having received 31% of the votes for that category.

Bibliography

Dark Horse Comics

* '' Comics' Greatest World:

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'' (#3) (1993) * ''Comics Greatest World: Monster'' (#4) (1993) * ''Comics Greatest World: Pit Bulls'' (#2) (1993) * ''Comics Greatest World: X'' (#1) (1993) * ''Comics' Greatest World:

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'' (#9) (1993) * ''Comics' Greatest World: Catalyst: Agents of Change'' (#8) (1993) * ''Comics' Greatest World: Division 13'' (#13) (1993) * ''Comics' Greatest World: Hero Zero'' (#14) (1993) * ''Comics' Greatest World: King Tiger'' (#15) (1993) * ''Comics' Greatest World: Mecha'' (#6) (1993) * ''Comics' Greatest World: Motorhead'' (#12) (1993) * ''Comics' Greatest World: Out of the Vortex'' (#16) (1993) * ''Comics' Greatest World: Rebel'' (#5) (1993) * ''Comics' Greatest World: The Machine'' (#10) (1993) * ''Comics' Greatest World: Titan'' (#7) (1993) * ''Comics' Greatest World: Wolf Gang'' (#11) (1993) * ''

vs.

'' #1–2 (1992) * ''

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vs. Predator at the Earth's Core'' #1–4 (1996)

DC Comics

* ''

'' vol. 3 #50 (one page), 51–53, 67, ''Annual'' #2 (2018–2019) * '' Batman Black and White'' vol. 5 #5 ("Signals" story) (2021) * '' The Batman Chronicles'' #1, 7 (1995–1997) * ''The Batman Chronicles: The Gauntlet'' #1 (1997) * ''

'' #1 (2017) * '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #100 (1997) * '' Convergence: Superman'' #1 (2015) * ''

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'' #679–680 (1994) * '' Heroes in Crisis'' #3 (2019) * ''

Secret Origins ''Secret Origins'' is the title of several comic book series published by DC Comics which featured the origin stories of the publisher's various characters. Publication history ''Secret Origins'' was first published as a one-shot in 1961 and c ...

'' vol. 3 #1 (Superman) (2014) * '' Starman Secret Files'' #1 (1998) * ''

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: Futures End'' #1 (2014) * '' Superman: Lois and Clark'' #1–8 (2015–2016) * ''

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'' vol. 3 #7 (2017)

Eclipse Comics

* '' Alien Encounters'' #6, 9 (1986) * '' Miracleman'' #8 ("New Wave" backup story) (1986) * '' The New Wave'' #2 (1986) * ''Tales of Terror'' #5 (1986)

Marvel Comics

* ''

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'' vol. 2 #29 (2001) * ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #580, 627–629 (2009–2010) * '' The Avengers Annual'' #18 (1989) * '' Avengers Finale'' #1 (2005) * ''

'' vol. 3 #18 (1999) * ''Captain America'' vol. 4 #17–20 (2003–2004) * ''Captain America'' vol. 5 #10 (2005) * '' Captain Marvel'' vol. 6 #1–5 (2008) * '' Civil War: Front Line'' #3–9 (2006) * '' D.P. 7 Annual'' #1 (1987) * '' Daredevil'' #284–285, 287–288, 291–295, 297–300, 380 (1990–1998) * ''Daredevil'' vol. 2 #94 (2007) * ''Daredevil: Dark Nights'' #1–3 (2013) * '' The Destroyer'' #1, 3, 5, 8 (1989–1990) * ''The Destroyer'' vol. 2 #1 (1991) * ''

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, Sorcerer Supreme'' #21–23 (1990) * ''

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: A Death in the Family'' #1 (2006) * '' Gambit'' #1–4 (1993–1994) * '' Ghost Rider/Captain America: Fear'' #1 (1992) * '' Giant-Size Invaders'' #2 (2006) * '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' #107 (1990) * '' Hulk 1999'' #1 (1999) * '' The Incredible Hulk'' vol. 3 #40–43, 77–81 (2002–2005) * ''Iron Age'' #1 (2011) * ''

'' #15–23, 25–27, 29–31 (1988–1989) * '' Marvel Comics Presents'' vol. 2 #11 (2008) * '' The Mighty Avengers'' #20 (2009) * ''

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Deluxe Edition'' #17 (1987) * '' Peter Parker: Spider-Man'' vol. 2 #13 (2000) * ''

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: Who Do You Trust'' #1 (2008) * ''

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'' vol. 2 #38 (2007) * ''Shadows & Light'' #2 (1998) * ''

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'' #10 ( Doctor Druid) (1988) * ''Spider-Man'' #34 (1993) * '' Spider-Man's Tangled Web'' #7–9 (2001–2002) * ''Spider-Man: Death and Destiny'' #1–3 (2000–2001) * ''Spider-Man: The Mysterio Manifesto'' #1–3 (2001) * '' Stan Lee Meets the Thing'' #1 (2006) * ''

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'' vol. 2 #15 (1999) * ''

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'' #314 (1994) * '' What The--?!'' #11 (1991) * ''

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'' #2 (1990) * '' Winter Soldier: Winter Kills'' #1 (2007) * ''

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/ Punisher'' #1–5 (2004) * '' X-Man'' #9 (1995) * ''

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: The Magneto War'' #1 (1999)

References

External links

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Lee Weeks
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators {{DEFAULTSORT:Weeks, Lee 1960 births 20th-century American artists 21st-century American artists American comics artists American comics writers American storyboard artists DC Comics people Living people Marvel Comics people The Kubert School alumni