▁Cla rem ont ' s ▁discovery ▁of ▁Adams ' ▁work , ▁and ▁in ▁turn ▁to ▁Adams ' ▁frequent ▁association ▁with ▁that ▁franch ise ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁which ▁began ▁with ▁New ▁Mut ants ▁Special ▁Edition ▁# 1 ▁and ▁Un c anny ▁X - Men ▁Ann ual ▁# 9 , ▁which ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁" As g ard ian ▁Wars " ▁story line , ▁and ▁which ▁Adams ▁began ▁drawing ▁before ▁Long shot ▁# 1 ▁was ▁published . ▁N oc enti ▁also ▁asked ▁Adams ▁to ▁produce ▁a ▁cover ▁for ▁Hero es ▁for ▁Hope , ▁a ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁book ▁intended ▁to ▁benefit ▁fam ine ▁relief ▁in ▁Africa , ▁which ▁was ▁written ▁and ▁illustrated ▁by ▁do z ens ▁of ▁cre ators , ▁including ▁writers ▁Har lan ▁Ell ison ▁and ▁Stephen ▁King , ▁and ▁artists ▁John ▁By r ne , ▁Charles ▁V ess ▁and ▁Bern ie ▁Wright son . ▁N oc enti ▁asked ▁Adams ▁to ▁pattern ▁the ▁cover ▁after ▁Paul ▁Smith ' s ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁cover ▁of ▁Un c anny ▁X - Men ▁# 1 7 3 , ▁whose ▁focus ▁was ▁Wol ver ine ▁charg ing ▁the ▁vie wer . ▁This ▁in ▁turn ▁led ▁to ▁Bob ▁B udi ans ky , ▁who ▁was ▁in ▁charge ▁of ▁producing ▁Marvel ' s ▁post ers , ▁asking ▁Adams ▁to ▁produce ▁a ▁Wol ver ine ▁poster ▁with ▁the ▁same ▁type ▁of ▁pose . ▁The ▁image , ▁in ked ▁by ▁Terry ▁Austin , ▁became ▁not ▁only ▁a ▁best s elling ▁poster