''Plasmer'' was a short-lived

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, created by Glenn Dakin and

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Biography

Plasmer was about a shapeshifting, artificial lifeform created by Doctor

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. Dr. Mullarkey used both science and magic to separate the good and evil parts of her personality as a means of increasing her abilities. The good parts of her were placed in a formless protoplasm that developed a life of its own, and became the superhero Plasmer.

Controversy

Plasmer was the subject of a Marvel lawsuit against

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' ''Plasm'' due to alleged similarities in name. Defiant changed the name to ''

Warriors of Plasm ''Warriors of Plasm'' was the flagship title of Jim Shooter's Defiant Comics comic book company. Besides the original first issue (#1) of the comic (1993), there was also a zero issue (#0) of ''Warriors of Plasm'' which was released as an insert i ...

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Jim Shooter Interview: Part 2

, October 10, 2000

Notes

References

Plasmer
at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe * *

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