Epic Comics - Dreadstar, a Space Opera

The year was 1982 when the first of many Epicsales and soon more main stream Marvel super
Comics came off the printing press. This was aheroes were being made by Epic Comics. The
series of comics that had a targeted the olderMeltdown miniseries followed shortly after the
audience more than most comic books. For thisintroduction of Electra. This miniseries had some
reason the paper was of higher quality. Theof the most famous of the X-men involved
creator was employed by Marvel Comics andincluding Wolverine and Havok. Ironman made an
they were the parent company to this new lineappearance and was also very popular. Another
of comics.Marvel character that made it to Epic comics was
This line of comics started with the super heroSilver surfer. These characters were very good
Dreadstar. The story line followed a war thatchoices and their popularity has since grown.
occurred in outer space far from earth. Also inEvery one of them has been a character in a
the early days of Epic comics was a Sci Fi thrillerrecent movie in the past 10 years that had great
that involved super women warriors named "Sixrevenues in sales.
from Sirius".The late 1980's saw a decline in sales not only at
At first the sales lacked the volume that wasEpic Comics but most other comic book printers.
expected so new writers and artist were broughtBy the mid 1990"s with a almost total collapse in
in and a ninja assassin character from thesales, they closed their doors. There was a brief
Daredevil comic book was developed. Theresurgence in the 2000's but was again out of
character decide on was Electra. This boastedprint by 2007.