in - ch ief ▁Jim ▁Sho oter , ▁who ▁further ed ▁Adams ' ▁understanding ▁of ▁story t elling ▁clar ity ▁by ▁sitting ▁down ▁with ▁him ▁and ▁showing ▁him ▁the ▁panel - to - panel ▁structure ▁in ▁an ▁old ▁Marvel ▁book . ▁He ▁would ▁take ▁two ▁years ▁to ▁draw ▁all ▁six ▁issues ▁of ▁the ▁min is eries . ▁Long shot ▁# 1 ▁was ▁published ▁with ▁a ▁cover ▁date ▁of ▁September ▁ 1 9 8 5 . ▁Review ing ▁the ▁first ▁issue ▁for ▁Ama zing ▁Hero es , ▁R . A . ▁Jones , ▁who ▁critic ized ▁the ▁writing , ▁stating : ▁ ▁Long shot ▁does ▁have ▁one ▁major ▁saving ▁grace , ▁and ▁that ▁is ▁the ▁p enc iling ▁of ▁Arthur ▁Adams . ▁I ' m ▁going ▁to ▁once ▁again ▁go ▁out ▁on ▁my ▁proph etic ▁lim b ▁and ▁predict ▁that ▁Art ▁will ▁soon ▁become ▁a ▁fan ▁favorite . ▁He ▁has ▁a ▁dynamic ▁style ▁that ▁gra bs ▁your ▁attention ▁and ▁won ' t ▁let ▁go . ▁To ▁be ▁sure , ▁he ▁exhib its ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁weak ness es ▁of ▁any ▁young ▁artist , ▁the ▁occas ional ▁awk ward ▁pose ▁or ▁cru de ▁drawing -- but ▁as ▁a ▁first ▁effort ▁this ▁is ▁incred ibly ▁impress ive . ▁In ▁fact , ▁this ▁limited ▁series ▁should ▁be ▁worth ▁bu ying ▁simply ▁to ▁watch ▁the ▁progress ▁Adams ▁makes ▁from ▁issue ▁to ▁issue . ▁ ▁N oc enti ' s ▁position ▁as ▁editor ▁on ▁the ▁X - Men ▁books ▁led ▁to ▁Un c anny ▁X - Men ▁writer ▁Chris