Voltage (Epsilon)

Voltage is an American ongoing comic book series created and published by Epsilon Comics and later Epsilon Publishing, beginning publication in 1991 alongside the series The Word, Dash, Spartan, Paragon, Fear of the Dark, and The Immortal Zombie. The series has been published monthly ever since its creation.

Publication History
Voltage was the creation of former writer B.M. Ryan and artist Keith Spencer. Ryan was only 18 when Marvel accepted him as an assistant, where he read over comics for spelling mistakes or artistic fumbles. After a while, he was eventually hired as a fill-in writer, creating issues for comics when the actual writers couldn't finish in time. This left Ryan depressed, as he had wanted to become a full-time writer for the company but was repeatedly rejected. Believing that his job was stagnating, Ryan spoke with an unidentified member of Marvel editorial, who gave him the advice to quit and search for a writing job, as Marvel wouldn't hire him until he proved he could handle his own ongoing series. Ryan took this advice to heart and when then Marvel editor Kirsten Swore announced she was leaving to form her own company, he jumped at the chance and was hired as one of Epsilon Comics's first writers. Teaming up with then art school graduate Keith Spencer, who was scooped up by Swore for his talents, the two created the character Voltage, who took inspiration from the Spider-Man comics of the 70s and 80s, when Ryan grew up. Because of this, Voltage was presented as being a college student who fought for the greater good but had selfish tendencies or whose superheroics got in the way of him living an everyday life.