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The Vigilante
Two-fisted, trick-ropin', crime-fightin', straight-
shootin', motorcycle-ridin' modern cowboy.
Also: Giant varmint killer.
From Leading Comics #2 (1941)
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February 26, 2009
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But I thought "real" heroes didn't use guns? Isn't that what "they" keep telling us? Sure, they're full of it, but still...
Justice League Unlimited so dropped the ball not teaming him with Batman in at least one story.
Posted by: ShadowWing Tronix | February 26, 2009 at 08:44 PM
"But I thought "real" heroes didn't use guns?"
Hey...if a 10 ft. rabbit is heading my way, those guns are gonna be blazin'.
Posted by: Comic Coverage | February 26, 2009 at 08:53 PM
Why do I suddenly think DeForest Kelley would've made a great Vigilante? Great find!
Posted by: Lloyd White | February 27, 2009 at 12:37 AM
Oddly enough, this very thing once happened to Jimmy Carter.
Posted by: David Morefield | February 27, 2009 at 07:29 AM
Why would sudden enlargement unleash predatory instincts in a rabbit? I'll confess, I don't know much about rabbits -- do they defend the herd aggressively, the way bulls will?
Now, if I had an embiggening ray, I'd embiggen cats. The only difference between a housecat and a tiger is 500 pounds.
Posted by: John Nowak | February 27, 2009 at 08:12 AM
-Make T-shirts and teeth glow
-Make invisible ink turn visible
-Turn a gin & tonic neon blue
-Make a disco incredibly cool
-Make rabbits 10ft tall
Is there anything black lights can't do?
Posted by: greyman24 | February 27, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Black light also seems to give Vigilante the ability to fire his guns while doing the limbo.
Posted by: Mark Engblom | February 27, 2009 at 01:09 PM
So was blacklight like a Golden Age variation of radiation in the Silver Age or genetic engineering today?
"Magic Science" that can just do anything?
Posted by: Chris Mullen | February 28, 2009 at 12:28 PM