Defiant - where to begin?

[Mikey Anni-Padda]

Afternoon all

I've been thinking of reading some Defiant books but I'm not sure where to jump in - is there a particular title which ties the universe together or should I just pick a title and get stuck in?

Your views are most welcome....

Cheers

[Chiclo]

There are only what, about 36 issues in the whole Defiant set? I don't remember any one series binding the whole set together. They were going to have a Unity-style crossover that sounds very interesting called Schism but the whole company folded after only two tie-ins were published. The bad guys were going to win and the good guys were going to have to start an underground resistance.

[mcf]

Can't go wrong with Warriors of Plasm, as well as the Origin of the Defiant Universe one-shot. You should be able to find them cheap at your LCS or eBay or even Mile High Comics

[StarBrand]

Last time I visited, shooters work.com had the order of release for this line. That would be cool to do it that way.

[rasputin9977]

There are 58 Defiant issues (+ a Dark Domain #0 that was only cards) and you can start off with Warriors of Plasm. Most of them are stand alone except for Dogs of War and Prudence & Caution that spun off Warriors of Plasm. There are also two one-shots that spun off Warriors of Plasm (Great Grimmax and Splatterball).

[Mikey Anni-Padda]

Thanks to all for the replies - I'm definately going to start tracking these down.

[Draco]

Thanks to all for the replies - I'm definately going to start tracking these down.

Pretty sure we have a stack of these in the boxes in storage dude if you can wait a tad longer

[Mikey Anni-Padda]

Thanks to all for the replies - I'm definately going to start tracking these down.

Pretty sure we have a stack of these in the boxes in storage dude if you can wait a tad longer

Ah happy times indeed my man - thought you may have. I picked up a few issues for pennies online just to give them a go so will have a chat with you at some point

[Crow331]

You should start with Dark Dominion and end with Dark Dominion Loved that book! Didn't care much for the rest

[rasputin9977]

You should start with Dark Dominion and end with Dark Dominion Loved that book! Didn't care much for the rest

Dark Dominion is my favorite too. Took me awhile to find the cards for the #0 issue though. I think I'm only missing one.

[Newton]

Dark Dominion was fantastic - had a great, old-school Dr. Strange vibe to it. Anyone who likes Shadowman should check out this book. I enjoyed DD + Good Guys and Warriors of Plasm to a much lesser degree.

[The Dirt Gang]

I loved the Defiant titles. I started collect them when they first came out and was very disappointed that we never saw the completion of Schism. Warriors of Plasm was one of my favorites when it was coming out and Dark Dominion was great as well. The is message board - http://defiant1.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; used to have some great info on Defiant and where the stories were going. (It probably still does, I just haven't been on it in a long time). They had some unfinished pages and text for future issues and rumors of what was to happen. Shooter was working on some really great plot lines that unfortunately never saw print. The guy that set up the message board also has the following site - http://www.angelfire.com/comics/defiant ... Index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Sorry if this is redundant info that has been posted elsewhere.
I might have said this before but I saw some parallels between the Vine and Plasm, specifically when Aric was their slave on the ship. Also, I think Brandon Graham's Prophet has had some interesting parallels to Warriors of Plasm. It was a really unique concept.

[grendeljd]

Dark Dominion was fantastic - had a great, old-school Dr. Strange vibe to it. Anyone who likes Shadowman should check out this book. I enjoyed DD + Good Guys and Warriors of Plasm to a much lesser degree.

I should track down more of them - I only have the first 4 issues. It was my favourite of the Defiant stuff too.