Also, I haven't seen the Peacemaker show yet, and don't really know anything about the Vigilante on it. Which is almost fitting, since I do remember him showing up on Arrow, and they somehow botched it? On that show, there was a fake-out in there somewhere, with Adrian Chase taking the role of Prometheus. Sure, why not.
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Look, I've already posted all my Peacemaker comics, so...
Technically, that may be a lie; I did buy Garth Ennis's stab at it last week, along with duplicate quarter-bin copies of Peacemaker's demise in Eclipso. But today, some quarter-bin Vigilante, because who saw that coming? From 1985, Vigilante #16, "Under the Sidewalks of New York" Written by Paul Kupperberg, pencils by Alex Saviuk, inks by Rick Magyar.
Vigilante may be about to hang it up--or so he thinks. Adrian Chase planned on giving up his alter-ego after he's sworn in as a judge, and while he's still doing a bit of leg-work searching for the Electrocutioner, he feels like he's just killing time. But when his friend Marcia is assaulted by a band of subway pirates, then it's personal again, and Vigilante is back on the case.
I hadn't read a ton of this, so was surprised at the lack of gunplay in this issue: only one of the subway pirates is killed, the one that attacked Marcia, in a crash. The rest are just beat down. I know Chase would try repeatedly to give up Vigilante, but just couldn't quit, until the end. The next issue box teases something more people have probably read: a two-parter written by Alan Moore!
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Watched all of the Peacemaker show and really enjoyed it, which I didn't think I would based off the trailers & promos.
Because it's Gunn behind it, the whole thing's mostly played for laughs, but there are legit moments of seriousness & drama thrown in there to at least attempt to balance everything. There is character growth & progression, so I can't say there's not. John Cena plays him pretty decently so no major complaints there, other than the origin story is slightly different (ok A LOT different) but the father-hating part remains and for good reason too as you'll soon see. It's the stuff with THEIR Vigilante that made it the hardest to adjust to; he's REALLY played for laughs. Sure he's a psychopath, but more in a comical sense than as the more serious character we all know Vigilante is.
Overall I so recommend watching it, but ONLY if you really enjoyed Gunn's version of Suicide Squad.
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