▁Advent ures ▁# 1 8 ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 . ▁ ▁After ▁this , ▁Ch ay kin ▁was ▁given ▁various ▁advent ure ▁stri ps ▁to ▁draw ▁for ▁Marvel , ▁including ▁his ▁own ▁creation , ▁Domin ic ▁Fort une ▁( in sp ired ▁by ▁his ▁Sc orp ion ▁character , ▁originally ▁drawn ▁for ▁Atlas ▁Comics ), ▁now ▁in ▁the ▁pages ▁of ▁Marvel ▁Pre view . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁he ▁wrote ▁and ▁drew ▁his ▁C ody ▁Star bu ck ▁creation ▁for ▁the ▁anth ology ▁title ▁Star ▁Re ach , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁independent ▁titles ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁These ▁stri ps ▁saw ▁him ▁explore ▁more ▁adult ▁them es ▁as ▁best ▁he ▁could ▁within ▁the ▁restrictions ▁often ▁im posed ▁on ▁him ▁by ▁edit ors ▁and ▁the ▁Comics ▁Code ▁Author ity . ▁The ▁same ▁year , ▁he ▁produced ▁for ▁Sch anes ▁& ▁Sch anes ▁a ▁six - plate ▁port folio ▁show c asing ▁his ▁character . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁Ch ay kin ▁land ed ▁the ▁job ▁of ▁drawing ▁the ▁Marvel ▁Comics ▁adaptation ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁Star ▁Wars ▁film , ▁written ▁by ▁Roy ▁Thomas . ▁Ch ay kin ▁left ▁after ▁ 1 0 ▁issues ▁to ▁work ▁in ▁more ▁adult ▁and ▁experimental ▁com ics , ▁and ▁to ▁do ▁paper back ▁book ▁covers . ▁▁ ▁In ▁late ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁Ch ay kin , ▁W alt ▁Sim ons on , ▁Val ▁May er ik , ▁and ▁Jim ▁Star lin ▁formed