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Post by urrutiap on Nov 27, 2016 23:48:13 GMT -5
Earlier today I went to Dollar General and bought a grab bag of a pack of comics that are from some Cardsone comic shop from somewhere.
One of the comics in the grab bag is DC's Vigilante issue 22
Anyone here that grew up with the Vigilante comic from the 1980s?
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Post by batlaw on Nov 28, 2016 0:27:17 GMT -5
Yes. Always had a fondness for the character. Have maybe just more than half the original series. Actually been buying some back issues lately of that and teen titans where he's featured. Didn't remember vigilante and the titans (specifically nightwing) had such a history. So I've been going after those issues.
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Post by urrutiap on Nov 28, 2016 1:08:31 GMT -5
I think there's more than just one Vigilante character in the old comic book.
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Post by foxley on Nov 28, 2016 5:48:42 GMT -5
I bought the last two issues I needed to complete my run this year. It's a fun a title and I enjoyed, with a slightly deeper look at what being a vigilante would actually mean.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2016 9:33:22 GMT -5
I remember buying issue #1,2 & then #3 because it had an appearance by Cyborg. The first issue had nice art by Keith Pollard & inked by Dick Giordano, perfect tone for the book, what a shame the art team changed so quickly. I think Alan Moore wrote a few issues. I didn't know there were multiple Vigilante characters...no wonder the series tanked after only 50 issues, sounds like a convoluted mess.
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Post by Cei-U! on Nov 28, 2016 10:24:35 GMT -5
I was not a big fan of the '80s Vigilante, who always struck me as DC and Marv Wolfman's attempt to grab some of the Punisher's fans. Now the motorcycle-riding cowboy from the original Seven Soldiers of Victory, him I like, in his original '40s incarnation drawn by the great Mort Meskin, in the short-lived '70s World's Finest back-up series illoed by Gray Morrow, and in the 1995 "City Lights, Prairie Justice" mini-series by James Robinson and Tony Salmons.
Cei-U!
I summon Billy Gunn!
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 28, 2016 10:29:18 GMT -5
Enjoyed the character in New Teen Titans, then picked up the first issue. Wasn't impressed and didn't continue, though I picked up the Peacemaker appearance. By this point, my interest in gun-toting vigilantes had waned. I had given up reading the Mack Bolan (and related series) and tended to laugh at the Punisher. At that point in time, Mike Grell was doing better material with Jon Sable and the Eclipse Airboy and Scout titles had better material, in that line of things. That's what I was reading.
The James Robinson mini, with the original Greg Saunders cowboy hero, was fantastic!
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Post by Prince Hal on Nov 28, 2016 12:16:54 GMT -5
My Vigilante  |
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Post by rom on Nov 28, 2016 13:30:35 GMT -5
Wow - what a blast from the past. I haven't read Vigilante in 30 years. I was a moderate fan of the '80's title at the time - this was a direct-market DC title, printed on the at-the-time very high quality paper. I found the title decent, even though I see it as being somewhat of a Punisher rip-off - but much more violent/disturbing. Very urban/grim/gritty, and some of the stories were extremely hard to stomach. I would definitely be onboard with buying reprints of the first '80's series, i.e. the 50 regular issues & Annuals - this would probably work best as a series of color Trades. Here's an article & a great cover gallery: dc.wikia.com/wiki/Vigilante/Coversdcinthe80s.tumblr.com/post/52397854250/vigilante |
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Post by chaykinstevens on Nov 28, 2016 17:36:16 GMT -5
I can remember reading about half of the first 18 issues of Marv Wolfman's series. It was usually decently written, with some good plot twists, but often the artwork wasn't strong enough to justify the superior paper and inflated price. My favourite issues were #12 & 13 (drawn by Gil Kane), #14 (drawn by Trevor Von Eeden) and #17-18 (Father's Day by Alan Moore & Jim Baikie). I've not sampled any of the issues by Paul Kupperberg, as he's one of my least favourite writers. Vigilante may have been derivative of the Punisher, but DC must have stolen a march on Marvel as I see it had already been running for two years by the time Steven Grant and Mike Zeck's Punisher limited series was launched.
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Post by foxley on Nov 28, 2016 18:50:06 GMT -5
This is the only series I know that ends with {Spoiler: Click to show}
the suicide of the main character . |
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Post by rom on Nov 28, 2016 19:04:34 GMT -5
Had no idea re: that spoiler, since I didn't collect the series that long. The title definitely pulled no punches re: the horrific subject matter.
Again, I wish DC reprints this title at some point, but given their track record re: reprinting their obscure '80's comics, it may never happen.
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Post by Pól Rua on Nov 29, 2016 1:42:54 GMT -5
Count me down as a HUGE Greg Saunders fan, too.
I dug Adrian Chase at the time, but I was in my early teens. I've found that as I've aged, it really hasn't done as well.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Nov 29, 2016 2:09:14 GMT -5
I was a nut for the Seven Soldiers as a kid so was always a fan of the original Vigilante, with the bandanna mask n all.
I remember buying the 80s series for a while when it started but it never really did it for me.
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Post by Cei-U! on Nov 29, 2016 11:34:25 GMT -5
By the way, folks, it's Greg Sanders, or was until the '90s. It was also Shiera Sanders until James Robinson decided she should be the cousin of creaky old Detective Comics backup character Speed Saunders.
Cei-U!
I summon the superfluous "u"!
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