- in - ch ief ▁Jim ▁Sho oter ▁as ▁providing ▁him ▁art ▁and ▁story t elling ▁advice . ▁Part ▁of ▁his ▁duties ▁involved ▁phot oc opy ing , ▁and ▁he ▁would ▁take ▁copies ▁of ▁John ▁Bus c ema ▁p enc iling ▁home ▁on ▁which ▁to ▁practice ▁in king . ▁While ▁working ▁for ▁Marvel , ▁Baker ▁attended ▁the ▁School ▁of ▁Visual ▁Arts , ▁in ▁Manh attan , ▁studying ▁graph ic ▁design ▁and ▁print making , ▁but ▁dropped ▁out ▁after ▁two ▁years . ▁Through ▁that ▁connection , ▁however , ▁he ▁began ▁fre el ancing ▁with ▁f amed ▁graph ic ▁designer ▁Mil ton ▁Glas er , ▁an ▁SV A ▁instruct or , ▁assist ing ▁him ▁on ▁a ▁set ▁of ▁children ' s ▁books . ▁ ▁Baker ' s ▁first ▁cred ited ▁work ▁at ▁Marvel ▁is ▁p enc iling ▁the ▁half - page ▁entry ▁" K id ▁Command os " ▁in ▁The ▁Official ▁Hand book ▁of ▁the ▁Marvel ▁Un iverse ▁# 1 3 ▁( F ebru ary 1 9 8 4 ). ▁After ▁a ▁hand ful ▁of ▁in king ▁assign ments ▁on ▁issues ▁of ▁Trans form ers , ▁The ▁Aven gers ▁Ann ual ▁# 1 4 ▁( 1 9 8 5 ) ▁and ▁elsewhere , ▁Baker ▁made ▁his ▁professional ▁story - ill ustration ▁debut ▁as ▁p enc iler ▁and ▁in ker ▁of ▁the ▁publish er ▁L od estone ▁Comics ' ▁C od ename : ▁D anger ▁# 2 ▁( Oct ober ▁ 1 9 8 5 ), ▁with ▁a ▁ 2 3 - page ▁story ▁written ▁by