History ComicBook / Vigilante

!''Vigilante'' Vol 1

!''Vigilante: City Lights, Prairie Justice'' Vol 1

!''Vigilante'' Vol 2

!''Vigilante'' Vol 3

!''Vigilante: Southland'' Vol 1

* CutShort: The book ended up canceled three issues in due to poor sales.

* OffModel: For a panel in issue #4 Theresa has a mono-brow.

-> Because I'm her old man, Chase. That's the whole story.
** Fortunately Chase is saved when Louise's friend Fever gives Carl a CruelAndUnusualDeath by chewing him up with her 4-wheel-drive vehicle.

* Fortunately Chase is saved when Louise's friend Fever gives Carl a CruelAndUnusualDeath by chewing him up with her 4-wheel-drive vehicle.

* ProtectedByAChild: in #17 and 18, "Father's Day" and its continuation, Chase has hunted down and beaten up the villain Carl Linnaker after the latter has murdered his estranged wife, kidnapped his daughter Jodie with the intent to rape her [[note]]having just gotten out of prison for raping Jodie when she was eight[[/note]], and has also murdered Jodie's SurrogateParent Louise. Given all this backstory it's a shock to Chase when the child grabs his gun and shoots him to stop him from hurting her father any more. But as Carl explains, as he pulls his own gun and prepares to kill Chase, it's

Fortunately Chase is saved when Louise's friend Fever gives Carl a CruelAndUnusualDeath by chewing him up with her 4-wheel-drive vehicle.

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Deconstructed. Adrian has been living on his inheritance from his mother since his family was murdered, and when he starts reconnecting with people outside of the group that's helping him as Vigilante he acts like he just wants to have fun and avoid work, but he's already almost out of money by the end of the first issue and where he's going to get more quickly becomes one of his major concerns.

* FightingWithChucks: Adrian's weapons are guns and nun-chucks.

* NonIndicativeName: Adrian occasionally fought a pair of assassins named Cannon (who [[KnifeNut wielded blades]]) and Saber (who used guns).

* {{Hypocrite}}: Adrian monologues about how those who avoid the lawful repercussions of their crimes need to be killed while breaking about every traffic law in existence while outrunning cops, and while shooting Titans who have been been called in as backup by law enforcement in order to murder criminals being transported between prisons while yelling that he can't allow them to take him in. [[SarcasmMode Really an upstanding guy]].

Both Adrian Chase and Vigilante debuted in the fifth season of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', but as [[DecompositeCharacter separate characters]]. Another live-acion Adrian will appear as Vigilante in ''Creator/HBOMax's'' ''Series/{{Peacemaker|2022}}''.

* DrivenToSuicide: After the deaths of several friends attempting to take up his mantle during a period of retirement and being unmasked on live TV lead to him becoming more angry, violent, paranoid and obsessed with dispensing justice not caring if he murders even innocent cops who get in his way, Adrian Chase reaches this point by the end of the series. The the final issue ends with Adrian shooting himself in his apartment.

* DrivenToSuicide: After the deaths of several friends attempting to take up his mantle during a period of retirement and being unmasked on live TV lead to him becoming more angry, violent, paranoid and obsessed with dispensing justice not caring if he murders even innocent cops who get in his way, Adrian Chase reaches this point by the end of the series. He the final issue ends with Adrian shooting himself in his apartment.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Vigilante shoves brands own brand into his face and shoves him off the scaffolding they're fighting on with it, killing him.

Both Adrian Chase and Vigilante debut in the fifth season of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', but as [[DecompositeCharacter separate characters]]. Adrian will appear as Vigilante in ''Series/{{Peacemaker|2022}}''.

Both Adrian Chase and Vigilante debut in the fifth season of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', but as [[DecompositeCharacter separate characters]]. Adrian will appear as Vigilante in ''Series/{{Peacemaker}}''.

Both Adrian Chase and Vigilante debut in the fifth season of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', but as [[DecompositeCharacter separate characters]].

Vigilante is the name of several different Creator/DCComics characters, the very first and most famous one an old west hero who first appeared in ''Action Comics'' in 1941 and the others a line of deadly anti-heroes in the more modern age. The three volumes under the title have followed the more modern line of DC's "Vigilantes" starting with lawyer turned vigilante Adrian Chase, while DC's longest lasting and most iconic user of the title has had most his tales told in {{Anthology Comic}}s and alongside the various teams he's been part of, though he did have a limited series in the 1990s titled ''Vigilante: City Lights, Prairie Justice''.\\\

''Vigilante'' volume 1 was an ongoing series that ran for fifty issues from 1983 to 1988, starred the disenfranchised former district attorney Adrian Chase as the title character and acted as a brutal deconstruction of seeking escapism through a killer vigilante. Adrian left his job as D.A. after his family was murdered in retaliation for putting a mob boss away and decided the legal system was broken and too many criminals were getting off too lightly. He quickly started to run out of money and let himself be talked into putting in his name for an open judge seat, which he received around the same time he chose to put away the costume. After the two men who took up the Vigilante costume and name after him were killed he felt the need to don it for one last assassination, which went horribly wrong and left him publicly unmasked forcing him to give up his civilian life entirely and live only as the Vigilante. The writers on the book were Marv Wolfman and Paul Kupperberg.\\\
Volume 2 was a six issue limited series published from 2005 to 2004 featuring Justin Powell. Volume 3 returned to the Chase family, with Adrian's brother taking up the costume and title to try and prove that his brother's idea was sound, and not connected to the more violent and horrific actions of those who were inspired by him.

* TheJudge:
** Judge Harold J. Warner is a judge in Mr. Quilt's pocket, who sentences Mr. Raynolds to a year in prison for shooting at Mr. Quilt's enforcer who broke into his home and was holding a branding iron to his wife's temple.
** Judge Wells is a friend of Adrian's from his days as a D.A. who talks Adrian into accepting the role of Judge temporarily ot fill an empty position.

''Vigilante'' volume 1 was an ongoing series that ran for fifty issues from 1983 to 1988 and starred the disenfranchised former district attorney Adrian Chase as the title character. Adrian left his job as D.A. after his family was murdered in retaliation for putting a mob boss away and decided the legal system was broken and too many criminals were getting off too lightly. He quickly started to run out of money and let himself be talked into putting in his name for an open judge seat, which he received around the same time he chose to put away the costume. After the two men who took up the Vigilante costume and name after him were killed he felt the need to don it for one last assassination, which went horribly wrong and left him publicly unmasked forcing him to give up his civilian life entirely and live only as the Vigilante. The writers on the book were Marv Wolfman and Paul Kupperberg.\\\

* VigilanteMan: As per usual Vigilante is a man who hunts down and kills criminals who he feels the justice system did not punish properly. There's a reason the Teen Titans want to bring him in, and he and ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} butt heads; unlike the legally sanctioned heroes in the DC Universe Dorian is a murderer playing dress up who decided on his own he had the right to act as JudgeJuryAndExecutioner.

Vigilante is the name of several different Creator/DCComics characters, the very first and most famous one an old west hero who first appeared in ''Action Comics'' in 1941 and the others a line of deadly anti-heroes in the more modern age. The three volumes under the title have followed the more modern line of DC's "Vigilantes" starting with lawyer turned vigilante Adrian Chase, while DC's longest lasting and most iconic user of the title has had most his tales told in {{Anthology Comic}}s and alongside the various teams he's been part of, though he did have a limited series in the 1990s titled ''ComicBook/VigilanteCityLightsPrairieJustice''.\\\

Vigilante is the name of several different Creator/DCComics characters, the very first one an old west hero who usually used a "The" before the word "Vigilante" who first appeared in ''Action Comics'' in 1941 and the others a line of deadly anti-heroes in the more modern age. The three volumes under the title have followed the more modern line of DC's "Vigilantes" starting with lawyer turned vigilante Adrian Chase, meaning that DC's longest lasting and most iconic user of the title has never starred in his own book, instead having his tales told in {{Anthology Comic}}s and alongside the various teams he's been part of.\\\

''Vigilante'' volume 1 was an ongoing series that ran for fifty issues from 1983 to 1988 and starred the disenfranchised widower former district attorney Adrian Chase as the title character. The writers on the book were Marv Wolfman and Paul Kupperberg.\\\

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[[caption-width-right:349:Volume 3]]

* RememberTheNewGuy: Dorian Chase didn't make a single appearance once during his brother's tenure as Vigilante, nor the subsequent years of his brother trying to distance himself from the mask he'd created and trying to discourage the others who kept taking it up.

* AnyoneCanDie: Except the ComicBook/TeenTitans, and other big name cameos. Not only do most one-off characters end up dead of the three main characters J.J. and [[TheHeroDies Adrian]] are both dead by the time the story is finished.

* OffModel: For a pannel in issue #4 Theresa has a monobrow.