In 1976, Gustovich joined a consortium of fans and would-be professionals" — including Stu Fillmore[5] — in Detroit "who adopted the company name" Noble Comics,[6] and published The Lands of Prester John, a 64-page one-shot of Gustovich's superhero, science fiction, and horror stories.
[9] In 1981, Gustovich returned to Noble Comics,[12][7] creating the superhero team Justice Machine, publishing five issues of the title over two years.
[14] (By happenstance, Bill Willingham's The Elementals also debuted in Justice Machine Annual #1, an association which became important later on in both feature's histories.)
First Comico published four issues of Justice Machine Featuring The Elementals, with Gustovich providing the art and Willingham the scripts.
[16] The ongoing book became one of Comico's best-selling series, selling upwards of 70,000 copies of each issue at its peak.
For instance, Gustovich inked most of the 1990s Milestone Media series Icon (written by Dwayne McDuffie and penciled by M.D.