The first Creation comic book convention was held on November 26–28, 1971, at the New Yorker Hotel, New York City, produced by 14-year-old Queens schoolboys Adam Malin and Gary Berman. The official guest was star comics creator Jim Steranko. Creation Con II took place at the Statler Hilton Hotel in New York City on November 24–26, 1972. The guests of honor were Philip José Farmer and Frank Kelly Freas. Other guests included Vaughn Bodé, Jim Steranko, Gray Morrow, Michael Kaluta, Neal Adams, Howard Chaykin, John Severin, Frank Brunner, Isaac Asimov, Ron Goulart, Roy Krenkel, and Hans Stefan Santesson. From that point, Creation Entertainment continued producing large annual conventions in New York City (under such colorful names as "Big Comicon Creation Convention," "Creation Comic Book & Pop Culture Convention," and "Creation '78"), usually taking place over the weekend following Thanksgiving. A popular venue for the Thanksgiving cons was the Statler Hilton Hotel. In the mid-1970s, attendance at the New York Creation conventions averaged around 5,000 fans; the admission was around $5/day. Beginning around 1980, Creation expanded their conventions beyond New York, producing cons in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. By 1983, Creation Entertainment was the leading producer of comic book conventions nationwide. According to long-time comics editor Diana Schutz, "Creation, at that time, used to run a comic book show virtually every weekend in some part of the country. It was then [c. 1983] that I met my future . . . husband, Bob Schreck, who was working for Creation in those days." In 1984, Creation branched out from the comics world into the horror and science fiction genres. They teamed up with "Fangoria" to produce annual horror movie conventions in Los Angeles, New Jersey, and Chicago known as the Weekend of Horrors. From 1984–1986, Creation produced regular conventions dedicated to "Doctor Who" and other science fiction shows and movies. in 1984, Creation produced "Doctor Who"-focused conventions in Philadelphia (February 11–12, June 9–10, and Nov. 3–4), Rochester (May 26–28), San Francisco (June 2–3 and Oct. 6–7), Washington, D.C., (June 16–17), Boston (June 22–23, July 14–15, and Oct. 6–7), Detroit (June 30–July 1), Denver (July 7–8), Chicago (July 21–22 and Sept. 29–30), New Orleans (Sept. 22–23), Atlanta (Oct. 13–14), and St. Louis (Oct. 20–21).