▁however , ▁when ▁he ▁realized ▁that ▁the ▁extreme ▁clim ates ▁of ▁the ▁environments ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁would ▁be ▁required ▁to ▁work ▁were ▁not ▁appe aling ▁to ▁him . ▁ ▁Adams ' ▁desire ▁to ▁draw ▁drawing ▁com ics ▁profession ally ▁was ▁c ement ed ▁in ▁high ▁school , ▁when ▁he ▁bought ▁Marvel ▁Comics ' ▁Mic ron aut s ▁# 1 , ▁which ▁was ▁illustrated ▁by ▁Michael ▁Golden , ▁the ▁first ▁artist ▁Adams ▁noticed ▁significantly . ▁He ▁rel ates : ▁ ▁I ▁was ▁collect ing ▁com ic ▁books ▁from ▁the ▁ ▁mid - 7 0 s , ▁and ▁then ▁I ▁discovered ▁Michael ▁Golden ▁working ▁on ▁Mic ron aut s . ▁And ▁I ▁don ' t ▁know ▁exactly ▁what ▁it ▁is ▁about ▁the ▁very ▁first ▁issue ▁of ▁Mic ron aut s . ▁Something ▁about ▁it ▁just ▁ble w ▁me ▁away . ▁That ▁was ▁the ▁book ▁that ▁made ▁me ▁say , ▁' Y e ah , ▁this ▁is ▁what ▁I ' m ▁going ▁to ▁do ▁for ▁my ▁career , ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁my ▁life . ▁I ' m ▁going ▁to ▁find ▁a ▁way ▁to ▁draw ▁com ic ▁books , ▁man !' ▁ ▁Adams ▁would ▁subsequently ▁seek ▁out ▁work ▁by ▁other ▁artists , ▁and ▁names ▁as ▁influ ences ▁Barry ▁W inds or - Smith , ▁Mike ▁Kal uta , ▁Bern ie ▁Wright son ▁and ▁Terry ▁Austin . ▁Adams ▁also ▁c ites ▁Bill ▁S ien k iew icz ' s ▁" M oon ▁Knight " ▁work ▁in ▁The ▁H ulk ! ▁magazine ▁and ▁in ▁particular ▁Walter ▁Sim ons