| The year was 1982 when the first of many Epic | | | | sales and soon more main stream Marvel super |
| Comics came off the printing press. This was a | | | | heroes were being made by Epic Comics. The |
| series of comics that had a targeted the older | | | | Meltdown miniseries followed shortly after the |
| audience more than most comic books. For this | | | | introduction of Electra. This miniseries had some |
| reason the paper was of higher quality. The | | | | of the most famous of the X-men involved |
| creator was employed by Marvel Comics and | | | | including Wolverine and Havok. Ironman made an |
| they were the parent company to this new line | | | | appearance 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 hero | | | | Silver surfer. These characters were very good |
| Dreadstar. The story line followed a war that | | | | choices and their popularity has since grown. |
| occurred in outer space far from earth. Also in | | | | Every one of them has been a character in a |
| the early days of Epic comics was a Sci Fi thriller | | | | recent movie in the past 10 years that had great |
| that involved super women warriors named "Six | | | | revenues in sales. |
| from Sirius". | | | | The late 1980's saw a decline in sales not only at |
| At first the sales lacked the volume that was | | | | Epic Comics but most other comic book printers. |
| expected so new writers and artist were brought | | | | By the mid 1990"s with a almost total collapse in |
| in and a ninja assassin character from the | | | | sales, they closed their doors. There was a brief |
| Daredevil comic book was developed. The | | | | resurgence in the 2000's but was again out of |
| character decide on was Electra. This boasted | | | | print by 2007. |