▁Adams ' ▁samples ▁to ▁Marvel ▁edit ors ▁Dennis ▁O ' Ne il ▁and ▁L inda ▁Grant , ▁who ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁offered ▁Adams ▁the ▁chance ▁to ▁write ▁and ▁draw ▁" The ▁Return ▁of ▁Richard ▁B uz zn ick ", ▁a ▁short ▁story ▁for ▁the ▁black ▁and ▁white ▁anth ology ▁B izar re ▁Advent ures . ▁Though ▁Adams ▁completed ▁the ▁story , ▁the ▁series ▁was ▁can ce led ▁before ▁his ▁story ▁was ▁published , ▁and ▁Adams ▁returned ▁to ▁subm itting ▁samples ▁while ▁working ▁at ▁the ▁p iz zer ia . ▁Adams ▁later ▁dismiss ed ▁the ▁story ▁as ▁poor ly ▁drawn . ▁He ▁also ▁drew ▁" A way ▁Off ▁There ▁Am id ▁The ▁So ft ly ▁W inking ▁L ights ", ▁a ▁story ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁Pacific ▁Comics ▁anth ology ▁Three ▁Dim ensional ▁Ali en ▁World s . ▁ ▁Long shot ▁and ▁X - Men ▁Al ▁Mil g rom , ▁who ▁was ▁ending ▁his ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁Marvel ▁editor ▁to ▁go ▁fre el ance , ▁found ▁Adams ' ▁samples ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁clean ing ▁out ▁his ▁office ▁for ▁its ▁future ▁occup ant , ▁editor ▁Carl ▁Pot ts . ▁Pot ts ▁and ▁his ▁assistant ▁editor , ▁Ann ▁N oc enti , ▁sent ▁Adams ▁a ▁Def enders ▁script , ▁from ▁which ▁Adams ▁did ▁layout s ▁of ▁ 1 0 ▁to ▁ 1 5 ▁pages . ▁Adams ▁stated ▁that ▁while ▁his ▁action ▁scenes ▁were ▁not ▁rendered ▁very ▁well , ▁the ▁edit ors ▁pra ised ▁his ▁cas ual , ▁character - based