Anthologists probably shouldn't pick favorites, but my personal fave of the stories in Adventure Vol 1 was Marc Singer's paean to superheroics. Marc is primarily a nonfiction writer and critic, though, his story for Adventure a rare foray into fiction, and if anything I might even prefer his criticism to his story. Over on his blog, Marc shares his thoughts about Eddie Campbell's Fate of the Artist, which are far more insightful than my own maunderings on the topic.