7 6 ▁sw im suit ▁poster , ▁which ▁he ▁submitted ▁to ▁the ▁letters ▁page ▁of ▁the ▁DC ▁Comics ▁series ▁Captain ▁Car rot ▁and ▁His ▁Ama zing ▁Z oo ▁C rew ! ▁That ▁series ' ▁editor , ▁Roy ▁Thomas , ▁paid ▁Adams ▁$ 1 0 ▁to ▁publish ▁the ▁piece ▁as ▁a ▁fan ▁pin up . ▁ ▁At ▁a ▁Cre ation ▁Convention ▁in ▁San ▁Francisco , ▁Adams ▁received ▁career ▁advice ▁from ▁Steve ▁Le ial oh a ▁and ▁Chris ▁Cla rem ont , ▁and ▁also ▁met ▁another ▁asp iring ▁illustr ator , ▁Mike ▁M ign ola , ▁with ▁whom ▁Adams ▁became ▁friends , ▁and ▁later , ▁business ▁partners . ▁Because ▁of ▁the ▁popular ity ▁of ▁the ▁X - Men , ▁Adams ▁included ▁a ▁Wol ver ine ▁story ▁in ▁his ▁port folio , ▁although ▁he ▁was ▁only ▁a ▁cas ual ▁fan ▁of ▁the ▁X - Men ▁himself . ▁He ▁would ▁later ▁become ▁closely ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁X - Men ▁in ▁his ▁early ▁career . ▁After ▁showing ▁his ▁port folio ▁to ▁editor ▁Bob ▁Sch reck ▁at ▁a ▁Cre ation ▁Convention , ▁he ▁gained ▁permission ▁to ▁set ▁up ▁a ▁table , ▁doing ▁draw ings ▁for ▁fans ▁for ▁$ 5 ▁– ▁$ 1 0 . ▁He ▁began ▁subm itting ▁samples ▁to ▁Marvel ▁Comics ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁ 1 8 , ▁taking ▁a ▁job ▁at ▁a ▁p iz zer ia ▁after ▁gradu ating ▁high ▁school . ▁ ▁Adams ' ▁first ▁professional ▁job ▁came ▁about ▁after ▁he ▁met ▁Joe ▁Rub in stein ▁at ▁a ▁Cre ation ▁Convention . ▁Rub in stein ▁took