[1] 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] 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".
Though Defiant changed the title to Warriors of Plasm, Marvel continued its lawsuit.