Vigilante

VIGILANTE VII

Real Name: Dorian Chase, aka Joe Flynn

Class: Human technology-user

Occupation: Vigilante

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: Marsha Bennett (wife, deceased), Adam Chase (nephew, deceased), Adrian Chase (Vigilante II, brother, deceased), Charles Chase (father), Doris Chase (sister-in-law, deceased), Drew Chase (niece, deceased), unnamed father-in-law

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: New York City, New York

First Appearance: Nightwing II #133 (August,2007)

Powers: Vigilante was a skilled combatant, and wore bullet-proof body armor. He was a trained marksman, and employed an arsenal of weapons, including guns, knives, and grenades.

History: Chase as a criminal whose misdeeds made him indirectly responsible for the death of his wife. He assumed the identity of Vigilante, an identity created by his deceased brother Adrian Chase, to bring down the mob, and make amends for his evil past.

(Titans II #12) - Cyborg recovered from the injuries Jericho caused him, and the Titans decided to ask for Vigilante for help, because he was after Jericho as well, even though Changeling balked at the idea of working with a killer. Cyborg knew Vigilante had surveillance equipment monitoring Titans Compound, so if he thought Jericho was still inside Cyborg that could work as bait to lure him in. Cyborg staged a fight against the Titans right outside the Compound, and Vigilante soon arrived. Before Cyborg could explain the situation Vigilante blasted him in the head with one of his firearms.

(Vigilante III #5) - The Titans restrained Vigilante, and he assured them Cyborg was alive, he’d used an EMP gun to force out Jericho. The Titans rushed Cyborg to his repair chamber, and revealed that Jericho was gone, and they’d used Cyborg as bait to bring Vigilante to them. They unmasked him, and fingerprinted him, telling him his short career was over. Vigilante set off concussive bombs attached to his security cameras in Titans Compound to create a diversion and free himself. Before the Titans could find him, Jericho, possessing a police officer, contacted them and asked for help with a hostage crisis at Union Federal. They headed to the bank, and Vigilante contacted his techie J.J. to wipe the memory banks of the Titans computer system containing his fingerprints. He knew the Titans would still eventually realize he was Adrian Chase’s brother since they’d seen him unmasked. The Titans disarmed mobsters armed with experimental government weaponry at Federal, and realized they’d been baited in. Vigilante was close behind them, and spied Jericho, who set off explosives inside the bank, killing his hired thugs and a number of police officers. Vigilante attacked Jericho, but Jericho kept jumping bodies, and then threw a grenade, damaging Vigilante’s suit, and made his escape. Vigilante reflected that it was no skin off his teeth if Jericho succeeded or failed in his maniacal plans, he wasn’t trying to save the world, only himself. J.J. patched up Vigilante, and warned him to not go after Jericho. Vigilante pledged to finish what he started. He felt he had to, after all the people he’d hurt in his past, if he didn’t his past five years of crusading would mean nothing.

(Teen Titans III #70) - The Titans and Teen Titans managed to disable the T-Wing and crash it into the East River without anyone getting injured. The Titans spotted Vigilante, who was following them, and subdued him, though Ravager wanted to keep beating him for trying to kill Jericho. Vigilante promised to not kill Jericho if they promised that Jericho’s killing days were over.

(Titans II #13) - Jericho entered the Hamilton Grande, prepared for a slaughter. He announced that he had rigged explosives throughout the restaurant, and every wealthy patron was his hostage. Using a cellphone video, he recorded himself shooting the hotel manager in the head, and promised to kill a patron every two minutes, unless the Titans arrived to stop him. The Titans confronted Jericho, and tried to reason with him, but he as having none of it, telling them he’d succeed in killing them here his father failed, finally allowing him to overshadow his dad. He’d strapped explosives to his hostages, and held the trigger, guaranteeing that the Titans would die trying to save them. Jericho set off the detonator, and escaped. Vigilante had been monitoring the situation from across the street and saw news crews film what appeared to be the dead Titans. Vigilante spotted Jericho in Central Park, and promised he’d never hurt anyone else again.

(Vigilante III #6) - Vigilante knew Jericho had to be stopped, but before he could intervene Captain Washington of the NYPD snuck up on him, gun drawn. He as convinced that Vigilante was not a cop-killer, but he didn’t care about Vigilante’s motivations, he still wanted him under arrest. Vigilante said he as surprised to find an honest cop, and elbowed Washington in the nose, effecting his escape. Vigilante called J.J. to ask how his new identity was going, and J.J. assured him was working on it. Vigilante knew the F.B.I. suspected Joe Flynn of being the Vigilante, and that Whale had amole in the bureau. J.J. suggested he lay low to avoid being killed, but Vigilante told him he’d come to New York to take out the mob from the top down, including his father-in-law. Vigilante had Jericho in his sights hen the Titans appeared. Raven created the illusion of their deaths, and Miss Martian shape shifted into Deathstroke to distract him. They defeated him, but Vigilante made his presence known, and drew his guns, saying Jericho would kill again if not stopped. Ravager reminded him of his promise, and he slipped away. He later ambushed Jericho’s police convoy, and cut out his eyes so he could never use his power again. Vigilante was pleased that he could fix a problem in a ay the Titans could and would not.

Comments: Created by Marv Wolfman & Jamal Igle.