History

Epic Comics was started in 1982 by by then-editor-in-chief Jim Shooter as a spin-off of Marvel magazine Epic Illustrated. The line focused on creator-owned titles, but occassionally published series for Marvel heroes. The first title was Dreadstar, from Jim Starlin.

The company ran steadily from its founding in 1982 until its first closure in 1994 as a casualty of the burst of the comic-buying bubble. The line was again utilized for a short time in 1995-96 to publish closing issues of Akira.

The line was revived again in 2003, focusing solely on Marvel properties. The line was again shut down in 2004, with the last release being the sole issue of Epic Anthology.

Titles

• 67 Seconds (1 issue)
• A1 (4 issues)
• Abraham Stone (2 issues)
• Airtight Garage (4 issues)
• Akira (38 issues)
• Alien Legion, Vol 1 (20 issues)
• Alien Legion, Vol 2 (18 issues)
• Alien Legion: Binary Deep (1 issue)
• Alien Legion: Jugger Grimrod (1 issue)
• Alien Legion: On the Edge (3 issues)
• Alien Legion: One Planet at a Time (3 issues)
• Alien Legion: Slaughterworld (1 issue)
• Alien Legion: Tenants of Hell (2 issues)
• Atomic Age (4 issues)
• Black Dragon (6 issues)
• Blood: A Tale (4 issues)
• Blueberry (5 issues)
• Clive Barker's Book of the Damned (4 issues)
• The Bozz Chronicles (6 issues)
• Brats Bizarre (4 issues)
• Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (6 issues)
• Captain Confederacy (4 issues)
• Car Warriors (4 issues)
• Chiller (2 issues)
• Coyote (16 issues)
• Crash Ryan (4 issues)
• Crime and Punishment: Marshal Law Takes Manhattan (1 issue)
• Crimson Dynamo (6 issues)
• Dinosaurs, A Celebration (4 issues)
• Dragon Lines (4 issues)
• Dragon Lines: Way of the Warrior (2 issues)
• Dreadlands (4 issues)
• Dreadstar (26 issues)
• Elektra: Assassin (8 issues)
• Elektra Lives Again
• ElfQuest (32 issues)
• Epic Anthology (1 issue)
• Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser (4 issues)
• Feud (4 issues)
• Groo the Wanderer (120 issues)
• Gun Theory (2 issues)
• Clive Barker's The Harrowers (6 issues)
• Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown (4 issues)
• Clive Barker's Hellraiser (20 issues)
• Hellraiser vs. Nightbreed: Jihad (2 issues)
• Hollywood Superstars (5 issues)
• Idol (3 issues)
• Incal (3 issues)
• Iron Man: Crash
• Lance Barnes: Post Nuke Dick (4 issues)
• The Last American (4 issues)
• Last of the Dragons (1 issue)
• Lawdog (10 issues)
• Lawdog & Grimrod: Terror at the Crossroads (1 issue)
• Marshal Law (6 issues)
• Midnight Men (4 issues)
• Mœbius (6 issues)
• Moonshadow (12 issues)
• Mutatis (3 issues)
• Clive Barker's Nightbreed (25 issues)
• The One (6 issues)
• Onyx Overlord (4 issues)
• The Olympians (2 issues)
• Clive Barker's Pinhead (6 issues)
• Pinhead vs. Marshall Law (2 issues)
• Sachs & Violens (4 issues)
• Sam & Max: Freelance Police (1 issue)
• Sam & Max: Special Color Collection (1 issue)
• Shadowline Saga: Critical Mass (7 issues)
• Silver Surfer: Parable (2 issues)
• The Sisterhood of Steel (8 issues)
• Six From Sirius, Vol 1 (4 issues)
• Six From Sirius, Vol 2 (4 issues)
• The Sleeze Brothers (6 issues)
• Spyke (4 issues)
• Stalkers (12 issues)
• Starstruck (6 issues)
• Strange Combat Tales (4 issues)
• Swords of the Swashbucklers (12 issues)
• William Shatner's TekWorld (24 issues)
• Terrarists (4 issues)
• Timespirits (8 issues)
• The Tomb of Dracula, vol 3 (4 issues)
• Trouble (5 issues)
• The Trouble with Girls (4 issues)
• Untamed (3 issues)
• Video Jack (6 issues)
• Void Indigo (2 issues)
• Clive Barker's Weaveworld (3 issues)
• Wild Cards (4 issues)

Sources

• "Marvel to tell 'Epic' stories once again", Comic Book Resources
• "Epic Comics", International Catalog of Superheroes
• "The Trouble with Marvel", The Comics Journal
• "Epic publishing timeline", Maelmill.com

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