![]() ![]() Nevertheless, Adams drew sample pages for Archie’s nascent superhero, the Fly, and some of the work was used. When he took it to Archie Comics, the editor Joe Simon (co-creator of Captain America) told him not to ruin his life in the business. He went to the School of Industrial Art (now the High School of Art and Design) in Manhattan, leaving in 1959, and then sent his work to DC, who rejected it. When his father left, Neal worked on the Coney Island boardwalk, near their home, to help support his mother. His mother, Liliane, worked in a shoe factory and for the national phone company, and ran a boarding house. He grew up on bases, including in Germany, but his father was not heavily involved in his upbringing. He was born on Governors Island, New York, where his father, Frank, was stationed with the US army. ![]() Photograph: Nicholas Roberts/AFP/Getty ImagesĪdams knew early he wanted to draw comics. ![]() Adams in his office at Continuity Studios, 2008. ![]()
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