Follow

    Epic

    Concept » Epic appears in 831 issues.

    A Marvel imprint initially formed in 1982 that went defunct in the mid-1990s, but saw a mild resurgence a decade later. The Epic imprint catered to mature audiences and published mostly creator owned work.

    Short summary describing this concept.

    Epic appears in 831 issues
    View all

    Epic last edited by gravenraven on 05/27/23 03:09AM View full history

    With the success of Marvel's Epic Illustrated Magazine, Editor-in-Chief at the time Jim Shooter launched the Epic Comics imprint. This imprint was one of the first places comic creators in the American industry could release a comic and still retain creative rights over it. This imprint also allowed for more mature comics released at Marvel. The comics had better production value and were only available at direct comic markets, not at places like grocery stores where comics were still common.

    Jim Starlin's Dreadstar was the imprint's first project, published in November of 1982. Because of Marvel's bankruptcy problems and the decline in the market, the Epic Imprint has phased in and out of usage. Many of these once published creator owned comics have found new homes at other publishers such as J.M. DeMatteis' Blood: A Tale and Moonshadow which both were reprinted at DC's Vertigo.

    Marvel revived the imprint in the early 00's but became overshadowed by Icon because of the creator-owned nature of both imprints, Icon effectively became the replacement for Epic (before it too ended).

    Titles

    sizepositionchange
    sizepositionchange
    ×

    Edit Image Title

    ×

    Embed Image

    1. What size image should we insert? (This will not affect the original upload)

    2. How do you want the image positioned around text?

    ×

    Link to Comic Vine Content

    You can search for any Comic Vine content.

    ×

    Link to a page

    You can search for any Comic Vine content.

    positionchange
    positionchange
    positionchange
    bordersheaderpositiontable
    ×

    Insert Table

    positionchange
    ×

    Embed tweet

    Enter the URL for the tweet you want to embed.

    ×

    Pick a List

    Close

    This edit will also create new pages on Comic Vine for:

    Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Make sure this is what you intended. This will likely increase the time it takes for your changes to go live.

    Comment and Save

    Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Comic Vine users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved.

    ×

    Thanks, we're checking your submission.

    OK, RefreshHelp