The Unofficial Defiant Comics Archive: The Reading Room


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DEFIANT Story Pages:

Birth of The Defiant Universe - Read the Birth of the Defiant Universe (9534 KB) Promotional Comic

Glory - Issue# 0

The Good Guys - Issue# 1.5

Plasm #0 - Page 1, Page 2

Warriors of Plasm #14 (Unpublished) - Art Pages Only (3.0 MB)

Defiant Scripts (Published & Unpublished):

The DEFIANT UNIVERSE

The DEFIANT/Schism Timeline - A chronological timeline of events leading up to the Schism crossover.

DARK DOMINION #0 Script

Fatale 16 Page Special - "A Christmas Story" (Unpublished script from 1996)
DEFIANT Comics' character Michael Alexander meets Broadway Comics' character Fatale!!!!

SCHISM #1 Plot Notes - Read the unpublished plot notes to Schism #1!
SCHISM #2 Plot Notes - Read the unpublished plot notes to Schism #2!
SCHISM #3 Plot Notes - Read the unpublished plot notes to Schism #3!
SCHISM #4 Plot Notes - Read the unpublished plot notes to Schism #4!

Wardancer #5 "beat outline" - Submitted by DEFIANT Comics creator Pauline Weiss! According to Pauline, "This outline is
the first piece of writing that I produced for Defiant, well before I was hired as an editor. I recorded the plot sessions and took notes,
then developed a format for the beat outline that isolated the flow of the story and preserved the detail, flavor, bits of dialog and visual
notes that were discussed in the plot session." She also added "The notes sidebar later evolved into the cover page format on the Broadway scripts"

DEFIANT Related Magazine Articles:

Amazing_Heroes Interviews #3 (1993) - 29 Pages

Arena Magazine #10 (June 1993, DEFIANT Article) - 3 Pages

Arena Magazine #14 (November 1993, Jim Shooter Interview) - 13 Pages

Capital Internal Correspodence Magazine (May 1993, Jim Shooter Interview) - 4 Pages

Comic Book Collector #7 (DEFIANT Article) - 4 Pages

Comic Buyers Guide #997 (December 25, 1992) - 1 Page (Added 5/27/2019)

Comic Scene #36 (DEFIANT Article) - 6 Pages

Comic Scene #41 (Wardancer Article) - 4 Pages

Comics Shop News #318 (Dark Dominion Article) - Click Here

Comics Shop News #328 (Dark Dominion Article) - Click Here

Comics Shop News #366 (Schism Article) - Click Here

Diamond Dialogue (April 1993, "DEFIANT: Beginning A New Storytelling Odyssey" Article) - Click Here (Added 9/24/2019)

Diamond Dialogue (April 1994, "Quantum Leap: DEFIANT's Videophone Debuts On Television" Article) - Click Here (Added 9/24/2019)

Diamond Dialogue (May 1994, "DEFIANT's Reality-Fracturing Schism" Article) - Click Here (Added 9/24/2019)

Diamond Dialogue (May 1994, "Doing Something About It" Article) - Click Here (Added 9/24/2019)

Diamond Dialogue (May 1994, "DEFIANT Newsletter" & "Multilingual Market" Articles) - Click Here (Added 9/24/2019)

Diamond Dialogue (June 1994, "DEFIANT Updates Canadian Cover Prices" Article) - Click Here (Added 9/24/2019)

Diamond Dialogue (June 1994, "DEFIANT Offers Inside Look Via Video" Article) - Click Here (Added 9/24/2019)

Diamond Dialogue (June 1994, "DEFIANT Trades Comics For Guns" Article) - Click Here (Added 9/24/2019)

Diamond Dialogue (October 1994, "DEFIANT's Last Act?" Article) - Click Here (Added 5/28/2019)

Hero Illustrated #2 (Jim Shooter Interview) - 4 Pages

Hero Illustrated #8 (Good Guys Article) - Click Here

Internal Correspondence Magazine (November 1993, DEFIANT Article) - 2 Pages

Mile High Comics Hit Parade #67 - Click Here

Overstreet Comic Book Monthly #16 - Click Here

Overstreet Comic Book Monthly #18 (Glory Article) - ~~Page #1~~ (418 KB), ~~Page #2~~ (463 KB) (Bad Link disabled 2/19/05)

Scoop ("Warriors of Plasm: The Collected Edition" Review posted May 2020) / Internet Based Column) - Click Here

Tripwire Magazine Article (Schism Article Posted March 12, 2019 / Internet Based Magazine) - Click Here

Vantage #1 ("DEFIANT Shuts Down" Article) - 1 Page

Vantage Magazine (Chris Claremont Interview) - 4 Pages

Vantage Magazine (3 DEFIANT Articles) - 2 Pages

Vantage Magazine (Schism Article) - 1 Page

Wizard #24 (3 DEFIANT Articles) - 4 Pages

DEFIANT Comic Solicitations:

Full List

Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. Memos:

March 30, 1993 - Diamond introduces DEFIANT.

DEFIANT Memos:

Defiant Newsletter - Read the Defiant Comics Newsletter.

Early 1993 - Jim Shooter introduces DEFIANT Comics and talks about Stan Lee.

Mid 1993 (2374 KB) - Good Guys Casting Call Contest Memo to retailers.

May 19, 1993 - A Defiant Memo scanned from the back cover of Chromium Man #0 (Triumphant Comics).

MARVEL vs. DEFIANT Legal Brief:

September 30, 1993 - MARVEL vs. DEFIANT Legal Decision (66 KB) - Here is a copy of the legal decision made in favor of DEFIANT Comics.

The Newlin Company, Inc. Memos:

March 8, 1993 - Newlin Press Release - A very early press release announcing DEFIANT Comics and Plasm.

Jim Shooter "DEFIANT DREAMER" Memo- A very early press release from Newlin.

Jim Shooter Illustrated Biography - 4pgs - This is an illustrated biography of Jim Shooter released in early 1993.

The River Group Memos:

January 10, 1994 (140 KB) - The River Group apologizes for their inability to ship product on time by blaming the creative process. They also announce a reduced shipping schedule. This memo officially announces a distributed and signed version of Dark Dominion #1.

Other DEFIANT Interviews:

Greg Boone

David Lapham (Magazine Source Unknown)

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