Plasmer was a short-lived 1993

1993 in comics

-January:* Doom Patrol #63: " The Empire of Chairs," Grant Morrison's final issue as Doom Patrol writer.-February:* Action Comics, with issue #686, suspends publication following "The Death of Superman."...

 comic book series from Marvel UK

Marvel UK

Marvel UK was an imprint of Marvel Comics formed in 1972 to reprint US produced stories for the British weekly comic market, though it later did produce original material by British creators such as Alan Moore, John Wagner, Dave Gibbons, Steve Dillon and Grant Morrison.Panini Comics obtained the...

, created by Glenn Dakin

Glenn Dakin

Glenn Dakin is a British cartoonist and author of children's books. He was a contributor to a number of British comics magazines including Escape and Deadline and was part of the British small press comics scene in the 1980s...

 and Pascual Ferry.

Fictional character biography

Plasmer was about a shapeshifting, artificial lifeform created by Doctor Oonagh Mullarkey

Oonagh Mullarkey

Doctor Oonagh Mullarkey is a fictional character from the Marvel UK imprint of Marvel Comics. She first appeared in Motormouth #1, and was created by Gary Franks and Graham Marks.-Fictional character biography:...

. 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 Defiant Comics

Defiant Comics

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.- Publication history :...

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

Warriors of Plasm

Warriors of Plasm was the flagship title of Jim Shooter's Defiant Comics comic book company.Besides the original first issue of the comic , there was also a zero issue of Warriors of Plasm which was released as an insert in Previews magazine, and as a trading card set that could be put together...

but went bankrupt soon after.