6 3 ) ▁is ▁an ▁American ▁com ic ▁book ▁artist ▁and ▁writer . ▁He ▁first ▁broke ▁into ▁the ▁American ▁com ic ▁book ▁industry ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁Marvel ▁Comics ▁min is eries ▁Long shot . ▁His ▁subsequent ▁interior ▁com ics ▁work ▁includes ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁Marvel ' s ▁major ▁books , ▁including ▁The ▁Un c anny ▁X - Men , ▁Ex cal ib ur , ▁X - F actor , ▁Fant astic ▁Four , ▁H ulk ▁and ▁Ult imate ▁X , ▁as ▁well ▁books ▁by ▁various ▁other ▁publish ers , ▁such ▁as ▁Action ▁Comics , ▁V amp ire lla , ▁The ▁Rock ete er ▁and ▁The ▁Author ity . ▁Adams ▁has ▁also ▁illustrated ▁books ▁featuring ▁characters ▁for ▁which ▁he ▁has ▁a ▁personal ▁love , ▁such ▁as ▁God z illa , ▁the ▁Cre ature ▁from ▁the ▁Black ▁L ago on , ▁and ▁G um by , ▁the ▁latter ▁of ▁which ▁gar ner ed ▁him ▁a ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁E is ner ▁Award ▁for ▁Best ▁Single ▁Issue . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁Adams ▁joined ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁cre ators ▁that ▁included ▁Frank ▁Miller , ▁John ▁By r ne ▁and ▁Mike ▁M ign ola ▁to ▁form ▁Leg end , ▁an ▁im print ▁of ▁cre ator - owned ▁com ics ▁published ▁by ▁Dark ▁Hor se ▁Comics , ▁through ▁which ▁Adams ▁published ▁Mon ke yman ▁and ▁O ' B rien , ▁a ▁science ▁fiction ▁advent ure ▁series ▁featuring ▁arch et yp al ▁sci - fi ▁mon sters ▁that ▁Adams