ose " ▁for ▁insp iration . ▁Although ▁the ▁Leg end ▁im print ▁ceased ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁Mon ke yman ▁and ▁O ' B rien ▁continued ▁to ▁appear ▁in ▁print , ▁sometimes ▁in ▁c ros so ver ▁stories ▁with ▁other ▁com ics ▁characters , ▁as ▁in ▁Sav age ▁Dragon ▁# 4 1 ▁( Se ptember ▁ 1 9 9 7 ) ▁by ▁Erik ▁Lars en , ▁and ▁Gen ¹ ³ / Mon key Man ▁and ▁O ' B rien ▁( 1 9 9 8 ), ▁both ▁published ▁by ▁Image ▁Comics , ▁the ▁latter ▁of ▁which ▁Adams ▁wrote ▁and ▁drew ▁for ▁Wild st orm ▁Produ ctions . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁Dark ▁Hor se ▁Comics ▁published ▁Art ▁Adams ' ▁Cre ature ▁Fe atures , ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁Adams ' ▁previously ▁published ▁stories ▁that ▁paid ▁t ribute ▁to ▁various ▁B - movie ▁mon sters , ▁some ▁of ▁which ▁had ▁originally ▁been ▁published ▁in ▁black ▁and ▁white , ▁but ▁which ▁were ▁colored ▁for ▁the ▁collection . ▁They ▁included ▁Adams ' ▁Cre ature ▁from ▁the ▁Black ▁L ago on , ▁two ▁of ▁his ▁God z illa ▁stories , ▁and ▁the ▁" Tra pped ▁In ▁The ▁La ir ▁of ▁the ▁Sh rew man oid " ▁story ▁from ▁Dark ▁Hor se ▁Ins ider ▁# 2 7 . ▁The ▁collection ▁featured ▁an ▁introduction ▁by ▁Geoff ▁D arrow . ▁▁ 1 9 9 9 – present ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁Adams ▁returned ▁to ▁Wild st orm ▁to ▁draw ▁an ▁eight - page