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{{Short description|American comic book publishing imprint}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{distinguish|Star Trek: Defiant}}
{{Infobox publisher 
| name = Defiant Comics
| logo = 
| founded  =1993
| defunct =1995
| founder = [[Jim Shooter]]
| publications = [[Comics]] 
| headquarters = New York City
| country = United States
}}
'''Defiant Comics''' was a comic book publishing imprint of Enlightened Entertainment Partners, LP. Defiant was established in 1993 by former [[Marvel Comics]] and [[Valiant Comics]] editor-in-chief [[Jim Shooter]].<ref>"Newswatch: Shooter Forms New Comics Company: Defiant Comics is New Imprint" ''The Comics Journal'' #155 (January 1993), p. 23.</ref>

== Publication history ==
Defiant was founded in the wake of Jim Shooter's departure from Valiant. After attempting unsuccessfully to retain his partial ownership of [[Voyager Communications]] (Valiant's parent company) Shooter founded a new company that included some Valiant artists and writers on its staff. He formed a business venture with [[The River Group]] to help finance Defiant.{{Citation needed|date=November 2007}}

In early 1993, Defiant announced that its first title, ''Plasm'', would be released as a series of trading cards that could be put together in an album to form "issue #0".<ref>"Newswatch: Defiant Shooter to Produce Plasm," ''The Comics Journal'' #158 (Apr. 1993), pp. 25–26.</ref> Upon hearing the news, [[Marvel Comics]] threatened a lawsuit against Defiant, claiming the new title violated a [[Marvel UK]] trademark for their book/character [[Plasmer]]. Though Defiant changed the title to ''[[Warriors of Plasm]]'', Marvel continued its lawsuit. While the court eventually ruled in favor of Defiant,<ref>"Legal News: Defiant Wins Judgement on Plasm," ''The Comics Journal'' #163 (November 1993), p. 14.</ref> the legal process depleted the company's [[Financial capital|capital]], having cost over $300,000 in [[legal fees]].<ref name=cbr>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=146 Jim Shooter Interview: Part 2], [[Comic Book Resources]], October 10, 2000</ref> Defiant ceased publication in Summer 1995.

== Announced plans ==
Shooter had originally planned to publish an intracompany "crossover" featuring all the characters and titles in the self-contained Defiant universe,{{Citation needed|date=November 2007}} similar to the ''[[Secret Wars]]'' crossover [[miniseries]] he had done at Marvel and the [[Unity (Comics)|Unity]] crossover [[miniseries]] he had also completed before his dismissal at [[Valiant Comics|Valiant]]. To have been titled "Schism", the crossover was intended to take place in a four-issue miniseries, with the regular ongoing titles retelling the parts relevant to the respective characters of each. Only two crossover-related issues (''Dogs of War'' No. 5 and ''Warriors of Plasm'' #13) were published before the company went out of business. The plots for the miniseries were eventually posted online.<ref name=ShooterWorks>[https://www.shooterswork.com/mirror/Defiant_Timeline.html Defiant Timeline], Shooterswork</ref>

== Titles ==

=== Initial ===
* ''[[Dark Dominion]]''
* ''[[The Good Guys (comics)|The Good Guys]]''
* ''[[Warriors of Plasm]]'' (originally ''Plasm'')

=== Second wave ===
* ''[[Charlemagne (comics)|Charlemagne]]''
* ''[[Dogs of War (Comics)|Dogs of War]]''
* ''[[Prudence & Caution]]''
* ''[[War Dancer]]''

=== One-shots ===
* ''The Birth of The Defiant Universe''
* ''Glory''
* ''Great Grimmax''
* ''The Origin of The Defiant Universe'' aka ''Defiant Genesis'' 
* ''Splatterball''

=== Graphic novels ===
* ''Warriors of Plasm – Home For the Holidays'' (officially titled as ''Warriors of Plasm Graphic Novel'' # 1 in the comic's legal indicia)

=== Trade paperback ===
* ''Warriors of Plasm: The Collected Edition'' (Feb. 1994) (reprints ''Warriors of Plasm'' #0–4 and ''Splatterball'')

==Notes==
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==References==
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*{{comicbookdb|type=publisher|id=207|title=Defiant Comics}}
* [http://www.comics.org/publisher_details.lasso?id=733 Defiant Comics] at the [[Grand Comics Database]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060321091554/http://www.worldtalkradio.com/archive.asp?aid=2619 World Talk Radio: Interview with Jim Shooter]
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