In the 1980s Marvel Comics founded a "creator-owned" comics imprint called Epic Comics. The whole purpose of the line was basically to attract fans of indie comics and non-superhero titles (like the then fairly popular Heavy Metal). To motivate writers/artists to produce for the line they were allowed to (usually) own the IPs (a relative rarity at the time). It was essentially a precursor to DC's more famous imprint, Vertigo.
The line was discontinued in the early 90s, but not before producing an absolute treasure trove of cool shit. Outside of hits like Groo, Blueberry, Alien Legion, Akira, and the early issues of Dreadstar (before it went indie), there were several underrated titles, which are honestly too many to mention here.
One of the most obscure ones I've been able to find (so obscure that I only recently became aware that it even existed) is Last of the Dragons, one of the few non-Moebius related titles in the "Epic Graphic Novel" line.
It's basically a simple story of asian fantasy, written by Carl Potts (of Alien Legion and Punisher War Journal fame) and DENNIS O'NEIL of all people! Potts also did the art with inks by Terry Austin and colors by Marie Severin (James R. Novak handled the letters).
Anyway, it's an interesting little piece of 80s Marvel, and well worth reading.
So, let's check it out.
This is...
LAST OF THE DRAGONS
STORYTIME
>>91931615
BUMP IF YOU'RE READING
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>>91931712
I'm in, is this like Marvel Graphic Novels stuff? lots of good books there
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>>91931774
>is this like Marvel Graphic Novels stuff?
More or less. Except technically published under the Epic Comics imprint. I'd also assume that Carl Potts probably owns this and not Marvel themselves.
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And that's that.DOWNLOAD:
Epic Graphic Novel Last of the Dragons (1988) (Bchry-DCP).cbz
http://www19.zippyshare.com/v/Gvj6nfgp/file.html
bumping for others
>>91931712
Wait, Carl Potts is asian?
>>91931741
The chapter title cards is a cool touch.
>>91932584
this dude is butthurt as fuck
>>91933209
That's a weird ending.
>>91931615
Marvel's "Epic" line was the good shit that you know will not survive because it isn't cheap designed-by-committee horseshit. So good.
>>91933367
Thank you
I always found Epic Comics to be a better imprint than Vertigo.
>>91931615
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No problem.
>>91931690
Glorious.
thanks op
>>91935665
Vertigo has Sandman, Preacher, 100 bullets, y: the last man, Lucifer, Death: The High Cost of Living, Enigma, Black Orchid, the Invisibles, V for Vendetta reprint, American Vampire, Astro City, Sheriff of Babylon, Morrison's Animal Man reprint, The Books of Magic, Daytripper, Doom Patrol, Hellblazer, Scalped, Alan Moore's Swamp Thing reprint, Sweet Tooth, The Unwritten, Prince of Cats, Shade, the Changing Man.
Epic has Illustrated, Akira, Alien Legion, Elfquest, Groo the Wanderer, Moebius stuff, Silver Surfer: Parable.
While Epic did produce a lot of nice comics I think Vertigo still comes out on top. Also Epic put out trouble.
>>91934369
Totally. Thanks, OP.
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>>91940312
Half those are shit though.
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"No"
>>91940312
Epic also did Lawdog, Steelgrip Starkey, Spyke, War Man, Seven Block, Sachs & Violens, The One, Video Jack, Stalkers, Feud, Coyote, Midnight Men, Swords of the Swashbucklers, Sisterhood of Steel, The Everyman, Untamed, Starstruck, Stray Toasters, Memories, Neuromancer, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Car Warriors, Transmutation of Ike Garuda, Crash Ryan, Last of the Dragons, Atomic Age, Strange Combat Tales, The Light and Darkness War, etc.
You're DRAMATICALLY underestimating how much stuff they put out.
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No problem.
>>91940312
>Epic put out trouble.
That was a revival of the imprint years later, it wasn't the same thing at all.
Epic also put out a lot more books than you listed. I quite liked The Trouble With Girls at the time.
>>91931629
Nice cover.
>>91940312
>Epic put out trouble
That was basically a totally different imprint using the same name.
>>91942814
Don't forget the Sleeze Brothers lol!
thanks OP that was neat
>>91953550
No problem.
>>91931615
Speaking of "Asian Fantasy" OP, love me some Dragon Lines
>>91963596
What was that about?
>>91966473
Basic gist of it was "Cyberpunk Journey To The West"
>>91966848
Well that actually sounds wild.
>>91966848
There needs to be more 80s style cyberpunk without falling into the "neo-80s"/"vaporwave" trap. The original stuff worked wonderfully when it was about revolutionary characters and the theoretical possibilities of computers.
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>>91931615
looks interesting
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It's well worth checking out.
>>91963596
There should be more American made asian themed comics.
>>91931615
This line really wasn't good, it mostly produced fantasy shit.
>>91979765
this is an objectively false post
This has kinda made me wonder why Marvel doesn't really publish anything through their creator owned line anymore. Icon's only put out Empress and Powers in the past couple of years, I believe? It would have made more sense if their Marvel exclusive writers like Charles Soule, Mark Waid, and Jason Aaron released their series through Icon but that didn't happen. What's the point of having the Icon imprint if none of your employees are going to use it?
>>91981408
Do they even still have that imprint?
>>91982433
I don't think Marvel does imprints anymore.