Pacific Comics

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Pacific Comics

Industry	Comics
Founded	1971 (as mail order retailer) 1981 (as comics publisher)
Founder	Bill Schanes, Steve Schanes
Defunct	1984 (ceased publishing) 1985 (liquidated)
Headquarters	San Diego, California
Key people	Steven E. Schanes, Christine Marra, Paul "Pablo" Schanes, Chris Schanes
Services	Mail order service, Retailer, Distributor, Publisher
Revenue	c. $1 million (1980)
Owner	Blue Dolphin Enterprises

Pacific Comics was a comic book distributor and publisher active from the 1971 to the 1984. The company began as a San Diego, California, comic book shop owned by brothers Bill and Steve Schanes, later moving into comics distribution and then publishing.

As a publisher, starting in 1981, Pacific took early advantage of the growing direct market, attracting a number of writers and artists from DC Comics and Marvel Comics to produce creator-owned titles, which were not subject to the Comics Code, and thus were free to feature more mature content.