Comic Title: Vigilante #46
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: October 1987
On Sale Date: July 2, 1987 Newsstand Date July 2, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #41

Shipping Date June 9, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #41

Shipping Date June 9, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #120

Shipping Date June 9, 1987
Source: Focus, #1, Page BC

Copyright Date June 9, 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

Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mike Gold

Title: "Busted"
Pages: 27

Feature(s):
Vigilante (Adrian Chase Post-Crisis)

Writer: Paul Kupperberg
Penciller: Tod Smith
Inker: Rick Burchett
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Robert K. LeRose

Feature Character(s)

• Vigilante (last appearance in Vigilante #45; next appearance in Vigilante #47)

Supporting Character(s)

• Negative Woman (last appearance in Vigilante #45; next appearance in Vigilante #47)
• Black Thorn (last appearance in Vigilante #45; next appearance in Vigilante #48)
• Harvey Bullock (last appearance in Vigilante #45; next appearance in Vigilante #47)
• Harry Stein (last appearance in Vigilante #45; next appearance in Vigilante #47)

Villain(s)

• Don Carlos (a crime lord; next appearance in Vigilante #47)
• Katia (a Russian smuggler; next appearance in Vigilante #47)
• Neil Baker, Lewis Nelson, and Jake Crawley (police officers; no further appearances)
• Several prison inmates (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Leslie Crawford (a reporter; last appearance in Vigilante #38; no further appearances)
• Bernard Price (a lawyer; no further appearances)
• Scott Jameson (last appearance in Vigilante #43; next appearance in Vigilante #47)
• Philip Kramer (last appearance in Vigilante #44; next appearance in Vigilante #47)
• Antonio (a waiter; no further appearances)
• Several prison guards (Mitch named; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Wally Jackson (a dead police officer; in a photo)

Comments:
This story is continued in part from Vigilante #45 and continues in Vigilante #47.

Synopsis:
Adrian Chase has been incarcerated after his arrest. The secret government agency run by Valentina Vostok wants to prevent him from revealing any connection to their organization. Vostok herself has been reassigned, and Harry Stein takes over in her place as the agency prepares for restructuring. Stein and Harvey Bullock also track done the Russian known as Katia.

Several New York cops are upset that official charges against Chase are being delayed. They sneak into the prison to kill him themselves, as they blame Vigilante for the death of their partner Wally Jackson. While they are infiltrating the prison, Black Thorn has also managed to get inside disguised as a guard. She runs into one of the cops and a fight ensues. Agents Kramer and Scott, sent by Vostok, stop the fight and break out Chase. When the real guards arrive only the unconscious cops remain.