2017.11.18 NJ Comic Expo, Edison, NJ
Jae Lee has provided work for Marvel Comic, DC Comics, Image Comics and Dynamite Entertainment working on titles such as Action Comics, Batman: Jekyll & Hyde, Fables, Superman, The Darkenss: Prelude, WildC.A.T.s, Hellshock, Witchblade, Captain America, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Hulk & Thing, Spider-Man, Transformers/GI Joe and many others...
I was looking forward to obtaining a sketch from Jae, but was not sure what I should request. I did my usual and asked what he would like to draw. His response was he liked to draw monsters. I offered the Star Trek envelope and Jae immediately knew what he wanted to do...
When I went back to his booth to pick up the cover he handed me a Gorn. The Gorn appeared in 1967, Star Trek season 1, episode 18 The Arena. When 2 ships enter a guarded sector of space by the Metrons, they beam the captains of both ships to the surface of an unnamed planet. Here the Gorn, a reptilian creature, fights Captain Kirk in a trial by combat...
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