It's possible my first "encounter" with the work of Wally Wood came by way of enjoying the work of his acolyte Dan Adkins. Adkins had been an assistant to Wood in some of his most potent Silver Age days, helping immensely on the THUNDER Agents from Tower. Adkins was drawing Dr. Strange when Marvel's mage was awarded his own magazine (taking over the numbering of Strange Tales).
Adkins produced pages with a bit more dynamic force than Wood at this time and his finishes, at least on his own work evoked the soft clarity of his mentor.
But Adkins only lasted as regular artist on the feature for its first few issues aside from several before the breakout, and he left to become mostly an inker for Marvel from that point on.
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