Jim Lee is a legend in the world of comics. He's earned many titles throughout his career: artist for Marvel Comics, co-founder of Image Comics, founder of WildStorm and currently co-publisher of DC Comics. He's also the executive creative director for DC Universe Online, which just launched three weeks ago after five years in development.

Editor-in-Chief Darryl "Togikagi" Gangloff got the chance to sit down with Lee to reflect on the game's release and why he enjoys interacting with players. Lee also hints that lucky players may get the opportunity to have their characters featured in the pages of the upcoming DC Universe Online Legends bi-weekly comic, which comes out in early February. While it's not a confirmed plan, he hopes to make it a reality.

Keep reading after the jump for the full interview, and check back with ZAM tomorrow for more DCUO news! (UPDATE: Game Director Chris Cao talked with us about DCUO's February content update. Check out the article for all the details.)

Yesterday, Sony Online Entertainment showed off DC Universe Online's introductory zone in a video on the game's Facebook page. The team switched gears today and decided to talk about the end-game content that awaits you once you hit the level cap. Game Director Chris Cao discusses three different group combat alerts:

Arkham Asylum: The inmates are running the asylum, including Mr. Freeze.

Ace Chemicals: T.O. Morrow has taken Joker's gas and is powering robots throughout the toxic plant.

Kahndaq: Face the pantheon of DC's magic characters, including Black Adam.

The Batcave: Stop Brainiac and save the world by making sure Batman's technology isn't used against humanity.

Check out the video for more details. What level have you reached in DC Universe Online?

Sony Online Entertainment has published a new video on DC Universe Online's Facebook page called "The Beginner's Journey." The short video gives you a glimpse at the game's introductory zone, which requires you to escape from Brainiac's ship with the help of Superman or Lex Luthor.

Head over to the game's Facebook page to see what's in store for you after you create your hero or villain in DC Universe Online.

Sony Online Entertainment President John Smedley announced on Twitter over the weekend that DC Universe Online is the fastest selling game in the history of the company:

"Working on out-of-stock problems for DCUO. It's our fastest selling game ever. Should have more inventory in Monday."

The tweet actually contained a minor typo since Smedley sent it from his iPhone, but he quickly quickly pointed out his mistake. He also mentioned that DC Universe Online was #1 in sales on Steam last week.

UPDATE: Massively noticed another Smedley tweet: "People are asking what the PS3 / PC split is on sales. It's 52% PS3 and 48% PC." It looks like console players are leading the pack.

DC Universe Online launched on Jan. 11. To see the game in action, check out episode 53 of the BFF Report.

This week's episode of the BFF Report has quite the story behind it. Mike B. aka Fony first attempted to check out DC Universe Online back in episode 51 prior to the game's launch. A bug involving teleporting enemies kept Fony from completely covering the game, which resulted in a very short episode.

In response, Sony Online Entertainment contacted Fony and attempted to pinpoint the cause of the bug. In the process, Fony and SOE President John Smedley became best friends forever. The bug was ultimately fixed and the live version of the game now works on Fony's computer.

That brings us to BFF Report episode 53. Fony is finally able to take a real look at DC Universe Online, so check out the video after the jump to hear his thoughts on questing, PvP, co-op instances and more!

SOE Podcast #101 was just released, and it's called the "Hero-Cast" thanks to its focus on DC Universe Online. Host Aimee "Ashlanne" Rekoske and co-host Joel "Raijinn" Sasaki discuss the newly released comic MMO and include an interview with DCUO Community Manager Tony "RaderX" Jones.

The hosts also talk about Magic: The Gathering - Tactics, which just launched on PC yesterday, and Dungeon Overlord, SOE's newest Facebook game. Give the podcast a listen for information on these games and more!

A quick look at the recent status messages on DC Universe Online's Facebook page will show that game has been suffering from bouts of server issues and downtime. Due to increased demand, Sony Online Entertainment has opened four new servers:

PS3

• Relentless (PvE)  US
• Justice for All (PvE)  EU
• Absolute Power (PvP)  EU

PC

• Last Laugh (PvE)  US

According to a recent tweet by SOE President John Smedley, the existing PlayStation 3 servers were literally filled to capacity earlier this week. He then tweeted again last night to announce these four new servers and revealed that SOE is preparing to add even more servers in the future.

As you may remember, Mike B. aka Fony ran into some technical difficulties while playing the DC Universe Online beta for BFF Report episode 51. A bug involving teleporting enemies kept Fony from completely covering the game, which resulted in a very short episode. This bug ultimately allowed Fony and Sony Online Entertainment President john Smedley to become best friends forever... at least that's how Fony puts it in the latest episode of This Week in MMO over at GameBreaker.TV.

Fony recently received a conference call from SOE tech support in an attempt to sqaush the bug, and he was surprised to discover that Smedley was on the other end of the line. The call lasted about an hour, and SOE decided to build an exact replica of Fony's machine to find out what was causing the error.

Upon further investigation, SOE was able to implement a fix for the teleporting mobs bug. Fony has confirmed that the live version of DC Universe Online works on his computer, and he will be featuring the game in a future episode of the BFF Report.

For more details on Fony's interaction with SOE tech support and Smedley, check out the first 15 minutes of TWIMMO episode 31 after the jump. Keep watching for discussions on League of Legends, Lord of the Rings Online, Champions Online and more!

Sony Online Entertainment has published a couple of interesting announcements on the DC Universe Online Facebook page. The first is that two new EU servers are now available: In Brightest Day (PvE) and Looking For Trouble (PvP). They're currently based in Sony Online Entertainment's US data center, but will soon be moved to their EU data center.

The second announcement is that a new Legends Rewards app has been added to the DC Universe Online Facebook page. Click the Legends tab and use the app to change your profile pic to a DCUO character once a week for the next three weeks to win in-game weapons for a limited time only. Do this for all three consecutive weeks to earn a surprise mystery reward. Here are the weapons you can win:

• Catwoman's Claw
• Penguin's Gun-brella
• Harley Quinn's Malicious Mallet
• Mystery Reward

You can also use the Facebook app to take a personality quiz and test your DC Comics knowledge.

It's time one again for another DC Universe Online group combert alert video! This one showcases the HIVE moon base instance, which requires players to fight the techno terrorists of the HIVE organization as they attempt to extract exobites from the moon. Exobites can turn a normal person into a superpowered being, so they can't fall into the wrong hands.

Head on over to the DC Universe Online Facebook page to listen to Game Director Chris Cao talk more about this alert. Have you tried out any of these group combat scenarios yet?