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Vigilante

Vigilante

The brother of Adrian Chase, the first vigilante. Dorian followed his brother steps and became the latest Vigilante.

Name:
Vigilante
Publisher:
Real name:
Dorian Chase
Aliases:
  • Dorian Chase
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Male
Powers:
First issue:
cover

Origin

The younger brother of Adrian Chase, Dorian would take over the mantle as the new Vigilante.

Before donning the mantle, Dorian Chase married a woman named Marsha Bennet. He would eventually be informed that his wife was pregnant with a different man named Orrin Taylor. Unfortunately with no questions asked, he murdered his wife out of anger and jealousy from an affair she never actually had. Dorian would be charged with first degree manslaughter, and was sent to prison for five years. Adrian Chase and Jonathan Davis visited Dorian, telling him that he had a second chance, that he can turn his life around. The guilt-ridden Dorian would ignore this and would tell the both of them to get out of his life. Four years later, Jonathan would tell Dorian devastating news about Adrian's suicide, which puts him to his breaking point. When he was released, he became the Vigilante, with Jonathan Davis as his information broker. Initially, he took down thugs and goons around Europe. But would eventually head to New York to wage war against organized crime.

Major Story Arcs

In his war against organized crime, he undermined several mobs and trafficking rings such as: Tobias Whales' mob, Penguin's mob, Solomon Bennet's mob, and etc. With the help of his colleague and close friend, Jonathan Davis. In one peculiar occasion, he discovers that there is a rogue superhero that instilled the election bombings and mob killings, the suspect possibly being in the Titans. He tries to discover who the superhero is, but cannot discern his identity. He then infiltrates Tobias Whales' organization as muscle, let's himself get arrested, and is sent to Stryker's Island Penitentiary. Which there was an informant he needed to find.

However, before he can get to him, the informant is killed by the Electrocutioner. Vigilante then gets released out of Stryker's from one of Tobias Whales' lawyers. When he was back on the field, he extensively continued his search. Gathering information and data through his colleague, and undergoing espionage in Whales' crime syndicate. Eventually, he found Jericho to be the prime suspect, apprehending and stopping him alongside the Titans. In the process when Jericho gets taken to custody, Vigilante would raid the police van, knocking out the driver, taking his uniform, and knocking out the other two officers in the back with tranquilizers. Before finishing the job, he promised Rose that he wouldn't kill Jericho, so he went with an alternative: by gouging his eyes out with a knife instead. Leaving the area, nowhere to be found.

After his conflict against Jericho, his identity as Joe Flynn was soon to be discovered. Fifteen potential men that were sent to Stryker's, including himself were pinpointed for assassination. Vigilante would step into their soon-to-be ambush and remained in cover until he was coerced to fight back for his life. When the ambush commenced, all of the fourteen men were shot down, but Vigilante was prepared. He'd fight off his pursuers until they were all dead, ceasing the massacre. He'd soon remove his guise of Joe Flynn permanently.

Later that night, he broke in inside of Tobias Whales' headquarters, vandalizing his office and giving him an official declaration of war. In that same night, both the FBI and Tobias Whales' goons would be on his tail. But the FBI would see his goons and would apprehend them instead, giving Vigilante time to escape.

The next day, Vigilante would use a new identity by the name of Gordon Picardo, a deceased drug runner from Seattle. He would use this identity to cover his tracks once again. Vigilante then reluctantly decided to work with Marsha's father, Solomon Bennett, one of New York's crime lords. Requesting assistance in order to destabilize Tobias Whale's operations. Once forming the unlikely alliance, Vigilante was given ten mobsters from his organization to back him up against Whale. Vigilante would use Solomon's goons as cannon fodder, commanding them to look around the perimeter, subduing one of the thugs due to one of them tailgating Vigilante instead of letting him go alone.

Once everyone regrouped, the mobsters that were assisting Vigilante would see the mobster that was assigned to keep close watch of him was gone. They would instantaneously realize that Vigilante wasn't actually on their side, causing a swift fight between the group of Solomon's mobsters and Vigilante; Vigilante prevailing against the group of borrowed mobsters. Shortly after the fight, Tobias Whale would finally encounter the Vigilante, carrying out a rigorous battle between the two. But the fight would be cut short when the FBI invaded the premise. Unbeknownst to Tobias and the FBI, Vigilante had C4 rigged inside of the building. The FBI would evacuate and Tobias Whale would be caught in the explosion, miraculously knocking him out instead of killing him. He would soon be arrested by the FBI.

Vigilante on the other hand, left the vicinity. And proceeded to head to Gotham.

Powers and Abilities

Dorian's equipment included black skintight clothing, a kevlar vest fitted with holsters, white gloves and boots, and a polymer/steel helmet with a trademark v shaped visor. He carries a pair of Berreta 92fs' as his sidearms. He uses a simple mini grapple to move around rooftops and other hard to reach places. He carries a comlink.

Issues

January 1996

May 1997

November 2009

December 2009

January 2010

Volumes

1991

1996

2009

Authors