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Cover Credits |
Artist: Tod Smith |
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Comic Title: Vigilante #45
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: September 1987
On Sale Date:
June 2, 1987 Newsstand Date June 2, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #40
Shipping Date May 12, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #118
Newsstand Date June 2, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #702, #704
Copyright Date May 12, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates
Shipping Date May 12, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #702, #704
Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mike Gold
Story |
Title: "Black Thorn"
Pages: 27
Feature(s):
Vigilante (Adrian Chase Post-Crisis)
Writer: Paul Kupperberg
Penciller: Tod Smith
Inker: Rick Burchett
Letterer: Albert Tobias De Guzman
Colorist: Robert K. LeRose
Feature Character(s)
- Vigilante (last appearance in Vigilante #44; next appearance in Vigilante #46)
Supporting Character(s)
- Negative Woman (last appearance in Secret Origins Annual #1; next appearance in Vigilante #46)
- Harvey Bullock (last appearance in Vigilante #44; next appearance in Vigilante #46)
- Black Thorn (next appearance in Vigilante #46)
- Harry Stein (last appearance in Vigilante #44; next appearance in Vigilante #46)
Villain(s)
- Reimer and his men (arms dealers; no further appearances)
- Juke (a criminal; dies in this story; no further appearances)
Other Character(s)
- An unnamed police chief (no further appearances)
Comments:
This story continues in part in Vigilante #46.
Synopsis:
Vigilante returns to New York City to investigate a series of murders committed by a villain known as Black Thorn. His questioning leads him to an arms dealer who is murdered by Black Thorn. Vigilante does not see the killer, who then follows him to a safe house.
Later that night, Black Thorn knocks on Vigilante's door and introduces herself. Adrian is surprised that she is a woman. Instead of fighting, the two have sex. Black Thorn then leaves while Vigilante is sleeping.
In the morning, Vigilante is conflicted about Black Thorn. She is a killer, but so is he. He finds her again on a rooftop where she kills another criminal. They proceed to fight this time. Vigilante is paralyzed by a toxin and left for the police while Black Thorn escapes.
Back in Washington, Harry Stein conducts an anti-terrorism conference and meets Harvey Bullock from Gotham City.
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