Vigilante is the name used by several fictional characters appearing in DC Comics. The original character was one of the first DC Comics characters adapted for live action film, beating Superman himself by one year. Superman is a fictional character and comic book superhero , originally created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian artist Joe Shuster and published by DC Comics. ...

Greg Saunders

The original Vigilante was a western-themed hero who debuted in Action Comics #42 (November 1941). The origin of the Vigilante was fairly straightforward, as was typical of 1940's mystery men. Greg Sanders (the spelling was changed to "Saunders" in the 1990's) grandfather was an Indian fighter, and his father was a sheriff in Wyoming. As a young man, he moved east to New York City and became a country singer, radio's "Prairie Troubadour". Greg returned to his home after his father was killed, bringing to justice the gang of bandits that had killed the sheriff during a stagecoach hold-up. Afterwards he devoted his life to battling criminals in the same manner, taking the Western-themed identity of the Vigilante. One slight revision to this came a few months later, when it was explained that the stagecoach was used to transport gold from a mine, and that the bandits were actually Easterners, since the idea of a stagecoach heist in modern times was a little absurd. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to first comic book to feature a character. ... Cover of Action Comics #1, which featured the debut of Superman. ... Mortimer Weisinger (1915-1978) was an American magazine and comic book editor. ... Morton Meskin (May 1916 - May 1995) was a prolific comic book artist who worked on many recognizable characters through the Golden Age of Comics, well into the Silver Age of Comics. ... The Seven Soldiers of Victory (also known as Laws Legionaires) is a fictional team of comic book superheroes in the DC Comics universe. ... The All-Star Squadron was an American comic book (1981-1987) created by Roy Thomas and published by DC Comics about the adventures of a large team of superheroes which comprised of most of the feature characters owned by the company that appeared in the Golden Age of Comic Books... Cover of Action Comics #1, which featured the debut of Superman. ...

The Vigilante, like many heroes of the era, acquired a sidekick to aid him in his crime fighting. Stuff the Chinatown Kid, was introduced in Action Comics #45. He assisted the Vigilante when a Japanese spy known as the Head framed his grandfather for provoking a Tong war. Stuff worked with the Vigilante until his apparent retirement. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

For the most part, the Vigilante's solo adventures were pretty down-to-earth. He was an excellent brawler, trick shooter, sharpshooter, horseman and motorcycle rider, and an expert with the lariat, all skills that put him to great advantage over his adversaries in his entertaining, but often-mundane adventures, which centered primarily in New York City.

The Vigilante fought few foes that could be considered real "super-villains". His arch-foes were the Dummy, a brilliant weapons inventor and professional killer who resembled a ventriloquist's dummy in both size and facial features, and the Rainbow Man, who always committed crimes with some sort of a color motif. He also encountered The Rattler on several occasions, as well as The Fiddler and The Shade, though the latter two villains are not the same foes that battled the Golden Age Flash. Dummy is a fictional character, a DC Comics supervillain. ... The Flash. ...

The Vigilante was also a member of the Seven Soldiers of Victory (also known as the Law's Legionnaires), one of the earliest super-hero teams (appearing in Leading Comics). In these adventures, his sidekick Stuff never appeared, being replaced by an old, somewhat crotchety man named Billy Gunn. The Vigilante was also one of the few super-hero features to survive the end of the "Golden Age" of super-hero comics, lasting as a solo feature until Action Comics #198 (1954), when he was permanently replaced by Tommy Tomorrow. The Seven Soldiers of Victory (also known as Laws Legionaires) is a fictional team of comic book superheroes in the DC Comics universe. ... Tommy Tomorrow was a long-running science fiction hero published by DC Comics in several of their titles from 1947 to 1963. ...

The Vigilante was revived in the seventies in the pages of Justice League of America, when the Seven Soldiers of Victory were brought back into active continuity. World's Finest Comics #214 had him teaming up with, and saving the life, of Superman. He also got a periodic feature in the pages of Adventure Comics, drawn by both Mike Sekowsky and Gray Morrow, and also in World's Finest Comics. The Justice League, sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short, is a fictional DC Universe superhero team. ... Worlds Finest Comics was a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1941 to 1986. ... Superman is a fictional character and comic book superhero , originally created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian artist Joe Shuster and published by DC Comics. ... The cover of Brave and the Bold #28, 1960, featuring the first appearance of the Justice League and art by Mike Sekowsky. ... Gray Morrow (March 7, 1934 - November 6, 2001) was an American illustrator of paperback books and comics. ...

The short-lived series in World's Finest culminated in the Vigilante coming to Gotham City to meet his old partner Stuff, only to find his friend murdered by his old enemy, the Dummy. At the end of this series, our hero rode off with Stuff's son (who had been trained by Richard Dragon). Richard Dragon is a fictional character created by Dennis ONeil and Jim Berry in the novel Dragons Fists (1974). ...

Vigilante continued to appear in the DCU until recently, having been established as running a dude ranch in Mesa City (the former home of Western hero Johnny Thunder). Dude Ranch is a Blink-182 album that was released on June 17, 1997 by Cargo Music/MCA. This was Blink-182s second album, containing songs such as Dammit and Josie that helped the group gain popularity. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers # 0, the Vigilante establishes a new Seven Soldiers of Victory to battle the monstrous spider of Miracle Mesa. He is apparently killed alongside the rest of the team, only to re-appear as a ghost in Bulleteer # 3 (also part of the Seven Soldiers series). Grant Morrison (born January 31, 1960) is a Scottish comic book writer and artist. ... The Seven Soldiers of Victory (also known as Laws Legionaires) is a team of comic book superheroes in the DC Comics universe. ...

Note: Pre-Crisis, there were both an Earth-1 and an Earth-2 Vigilante. Both were Greg Saunders from their respective Earths. Earth-1's Vigilante was revealed to exist in the pages (and cover) of the JLA issue where the superteam moved to their classic headquarters on an orbiting satellite. In Detective Comics #493 it was revealed that Greg Saunders had a nephew, Michael Carter, who became a costumed crimefighter too, the Swashbuckler. Crisis on Infinite Earths was a 12-issue comic book limited series (identified as a 12-part maxi-series) and crossover event, produced by DC Comics in 1985 in order to simplify their fifty-year-old continuity. ... The Earths of the Multiverse and the different variations of the Flash inhabiting each one. ... Cover of Detective Comics #27 (May 1939). ...

Appearances

• Action Comics #42-198, 403 (reprint), 405 (reprint)
• Action Comics Souvenir Edition (1947)
• Adventure Comics #417, 422, 426, 428, 438-443 (as part of the Seven Soldiers of Victory feature)
• All-Funny Comics #16
• All-Star Squadron #1 (cameo), 29, 31(cameo), 50 (cameo), 56, 60 (cameo)
• Anthro #5 (text feature)
• The Brave and the Bold #81 (text feature)
• Crisis on Infinite Earths #5, 12 (cameos)
• DC Comics Presents #38 (cameo in "Whatever Happened to the Crimson Avenger?")
• DC 100-Page Super Spectacular #6
• Detective Comics #140, 496 (cameo)
• El Diablo #12
• Four Star Spectacular #4 (reprint)
• The Golden Age #1, 4 (cameos)
• The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told
• Impulse Annual #2
• Infinity, Inc. #11
• JLA Year One #11, 12 (cameos)
• JSA #49-51
• Justice League of America #78-79, 100-102, 144
• Leading Comics #1-15
• Legion of Super-Heroes V4 #45 (cameo as part of Mordru's undead army)
• Real Fact Comics #10
• Secret Origins V1 #4 (reprint)
• Secret Origins V2, #9 (cameo)
• The Spectre V1 #6 (text feature)
• Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #0, 1 (cameos), 9
• Super DC Giant S-15 (reprint)
• Superman and Batman: World's Finest (cameo)
• Vigilante: City Lights, Prairie Justice #1-4
• Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Super-Villains #3 (reprint)
• Western Comics #2
• World's Finest Comics #214, 225 (reprint), 227 (reprint), 228 (reprint), 244-248
• The Young All-Stars #1, 3 (cameo), 4 (cameo), 5 (cameo), 25 (cameo), 27, Annual #1
• Seven Soldiers of Victory #0
• Bulleteer #2,3, 4

Other Vigilantes

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Adrian Chase, Alan Welles, Dave Winston

Cover of Vigilante #17.

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His identity this time was Adrian Chase, a New York district attorney whose family was killed by mobsters. This caused Chase to seek justice in his own way as the Vigilante. The character was one of the first amoral comic characters and influenced by the Punisher from Marvel Comics and The Executioner series of novels. “NY” redirects here. ... A district attorney is, in some U.S. jurisdictions, the title of the local public official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminals. ... The Punisher (Frank Castle) is a Marvel Comics anti-hero. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... An executioner is a person with legal sanction to commit capital punishment. ...

After his initial appearance he gained his own ongoing series initially written by Marv Wolfman but later included writers such as Alan Moore and Paul Kupperberg. In the early issues of Vigilante, it was shown that Adrian took pains to make sure he didn't kill his enemies (unlike the Punisher) - he would regularly use non-lethal weaponry to disable his opponents. However, in issue 37, Vigilante allowed a police officer to die as a direct result of his actions. Vigilante then became more violent and cared less about who was caught in the crossfire. Cover to Crisis on Infinite Earths #1, which was written by Wolfman. ... Alan Moore (born November 18, 1953, in Northampton) is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. ... Paul Kupperberg is an editor for DC Comics, and a prolific writer of comic books and newspaper strips. ...

Throughout the series Chase was tormented over the justice of his actions and the pain it had brought to others. As early as the second issue of the series Chase flirted with abandoning his costumed identity after he savagely beat an ex-convict who turned out to be innocent. Eventually Chase abandoned his identity as Vigilante, believing that he could be both more effective and also more happy as a judge. However, during his absence the identity of Vigilante was assumed, in succession, by two of his friends without his knowledge.

The first of these was fellow judge Alan Welles, who operated in a much more violent manner, even executing petty thieves. Chase eventually tracked down and killed this incarnation of Vigilante, without realizing it was his friend. The incident led to increased guilt on Chase's part and also increased scrutiny from a law enforcement task force headed by Harry Stein, as he attempted to cover up Alan Welles' role as Vigilante. King Faraday is a fictional policeman and secret agent feature in DC Comics. ...

Shortly after this Dave Winston, Adrian Chase's bailiff assumed the Vigilante identity. Refusing to kill, Winston traded on the fierce reputation of Vigilante to intimidate information out of thugs. He was murdered by Peacemaker while attempting to stop the hijacking of a plane which Chase was on. In the wake of Winston's death, Chase once again assumed the role of Vigilante, feeling that it was the only way to protect those he loved. Seeking revenge on Peacemaker, the out of shape Chase was beaten in a fight and unmasked on live TV, thereby ending his secret identity and forcing him even further into the role of Vigilante. The Peacemaker is the name of a series superheroes originally owned by Charlton Comics and was later acquired by DC Comics. ...

As the series progressed Chase became ever more conflicted over his role as Vigilante, the violence he engaged in, and the harm he caused to those around him. He also became increasingly mentally unstable -- alternating between bouts of enraged violence, paranoia, and terrible remorse for his actions. Near the end, he even resorted to murdering innocent police officers who got in his way. His mounting guilt culminated in the final issue of his series (#50) where, after contemplating the course of his life, Chase committed suicide.

Before his death, he frequently battled Cannon and Saber and Electrocutioner. Cannon and Saber are fictional characters who appear in the DC Universe. ... Electrocutioner is a character from DC Comics. ...

Adrian makes an appereance in the Day of Judgement limited series, as one of the dead heroes in Purgatory. He and the others run inteference, battling the guardians of the realm, so other living heroes can escape with the soul of Hal Jordan. Day of Judgment was a DC Comics miniseries and fictional crossover event during the autumn of 1999. ...

Pat Trayce

The next Vigilante was Patricia Trayce, a rogue cop who teams up with Deathstroke the Terminator in the Deathstroke the Terminator series written by Marv Wolfman and George Perez. Trayce found the gear of the second Vigilante (Adrian Chase) and adapted the guise. She was also Deathstroke's lover. She first appeared in Deathstroke the Terminator #6. In Deathstroke the Terminator #11, with covers by Mike Zeck at the time, Pat Trayce takes up the uniform of the Vigilante. She was trained by Deathstroke, and soon started to worked alone Slade Wilson, also known as Deathstroke the Terminator, is a fictional character appearing in the DC Comics universe. ... Cover to Crisis on Infinite Earths #1, which was written by Wolfman. ... George Pérez (born June 9, 1954 in The Bronx, New York) is a Puerto Rican-American illustrator and writer of comic books. ... Mike Zeck in an American comic book illustrator. ...

Justin Powell

Late in 2005, DC began to publish a Vigilante limited series written by Bruce Jones. The identity of the title character is initially left mysterious, but apparently this is a new incarnation of the character. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bruce Jones is an American comic book writer, novelist, illustrator, and screenwriter possibly best known for writing Marvel Comics The Incredible Hulk from 2001-2003. ...

His name was Justin "Jay" Sutter. When he encountered a murderer as a child, he created a second personality in his mind, The Vigilante. Jay at some point changed his name to Justin Scott Powell and would become the Vigilante subconsciously. While Powell was unaware of the Vigilante personality, the Vigilante knew about Powell. At the end of the mini Powell was able to reconcile the two personalities.

This Vigilante was last seen, alongside Wild Dog and the current Crimson Avenger, on a rooftop in the great battle of Metropolis, raining bullets down on the Trigger Twins, the Madmen, the second Spellbinder, and others in Infinite Crisis #7. This article is about the DC Comics vigilante Wild Dog. ... The Crimson Avenger is the name of three separate fictional characters, superheroes who exist in the DC Comics universe. ... The Battle of Metropolis is a fictional DC Comics event. ... The Trigger Twins was a Western themed comic book series published by DC Comics. ... The Madmen are a team of villains in the DC Comics. ... Infinite Crisis was a seven-issue limited series of comic books published by DC Comics, beginning in October of 2005. ...

A Vigilante recently appeared in Nightwing #133,no further information as of yet is given as to whether he is a previous Vigilante or someone new. Nightwing is a name used by at least six fictional characters in the DC Comics Universe. ...

Trivia

• Greg Sanders is also the name of a fictional character featured on the US crime drama television show, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
• In the Justice League Unlimited episode Patriot Act, Vigilante states that he could have really impressed the crowds if he brought his guitar, a possible reference to his past as a Country Singer.
• Nathan Fillion, who provides the voice for the character in Justice League Unlimited was one of the stars of the sci-fi western TV series Firefly and its accompanying movie Serenity.

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Other versions

In Kingdom Come, Alex Ross portrays the cowboy version of the Vigilante fighting alongside the rogue metahumans as a steampunk cyborg with a pinwheel/steam engine arm with a gatling gun on the end. The cover to Absolute Kingdom Come by Alex Ross (2006) Kingdom Come was a 4-issue comic book limited series published in 1996 by DC Comics. ... Nelson Alexander Alex Ross (born January 22, 1970) is an American comic book painter, illustrator and plotter, acclaimed for the photorealism of his work. ... For the comic book, see Steampunk (comics). ... For other uses, see Cyborg (disambiguation). ... Pinwheel (TV show), a childrens show on Nickelodeon that ran from 1979-1989 Pinwheel (origami), a piece of folded paper used in the Tamatebako Pinwheel (cryptography), a device for producing a short pseudo-random sequence of bits Pinwheel (band), a band created by Death Cab for Cutie singer Ben... // The term steam engine may also refer to an entire railroad steam locomotive. ... An 1865 Gatling gun. ...

Other media

In 1947 Columbia Pictures released a 15-chapter serial loosely based on the original Greg Sanders character, called The Vigilante. It starred Ralph Byrd in the title role but changed several aspects. In the serial, The Vigilante is a masked government agent undercover as a playboy actor starring in Westerns. His mission in the serial is to investigate the disappearance, and possible smuggling into America, of a string of rare blood red pearls. The costume has been slightly changed as well but The Vigilante still rides a motorcycle and wields a gun. This serial makes Vigilante one of the first DC Comics characters adapted to live action film. Batman was adapted into a serial in 1943 but Superman was not made until 1948. The Fawcett Comics characters, Captain Marvel and Spy Smasher, which were later bought by DC, had serials in 1941 and 1942 respectively. The year 1947 in film involved some significant events. ... The Columbia Pictures logo from 1993 to the present Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Ralph Byrd (22 April 1909 - 18 August 1952) was an American Actor. ... Batman was a 15-chapter serial released in 1943 by Columbia Pictures. ... The year 1943 in film involved some significant events. ... The Superman serial was a 1948 15-part black-and-white movie serial starring Kirk Alyn as Superman and Noel Neill as Lois Lane. ... The year 1948 in film involved some significant events. ... Whiz Comics #2, the first appearance of Captain Marvel, the companys most popular character. ... The Adventures of Captain Marvel is an acclaimed film serial directed by John English and William Witney for Republic Pictures in 1941. ... Spy Smasher (1942) is a Republic Movie serial. ... The year 1941 in film involved some significant events. ... See also: 1941 in film 1942 1943 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Carole Lombard is killed in a plane crash when returning from a War Bond tour. ...

The original Vigilante appeared in Justice League Unlimited in the traditional style cowboy hat and costume, usually alongside Shining Knight. He mentioned that he was imprisoned by the Thanagarians during the invasion during the episode "Hunter's Moon" and also appears in episodes like "Dark Heart" and "Task Force X". Vigilante was voiced by Nathan Fillion in the episodes "Hunter's Moon" and "Patriot Act". He rides a motorcycle and appears to use a pair of revolvers that have special bullets with extra penetrating power. Justice League Unlimited (or JLU) was the name of an American animated television series that was produced by and aired on Cartoon Network. ... Shining Knight is the name of three fictional superheroes in the DC Comics universe. ... Thanagar is a fictional planet in the DC Comics universe. ... Nathan Fillion (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian actor, known for his lead role in the television series Firefly. ...

External links

• DCU Guide: Vigilante (Greg Saunders)
• DCU Guide: Vigilante (Adrian Chase)
• Titans Tower Profile: Vigilante II (Adrian Chase)
• DCU Guide: Vigilante (Pat Trayce)
• DC Western Comic Books profile: Vigilante (Greg Saunders)
• Vigilante at the DC Animated Universe Wiki
• Bio of Swashbuckler, the Greg Saunders's nephew