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Examples of vigilantes have been featured in the Marvel comic The Punisher, specifically the characters Mr. Payback, Elite and The Holy, who featured prominently in the Welcome Back, Frank mini-series, which was written by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, the creators of the popular Vertigo series Preacher. Vigilantism is the basic concept from which many contemporary fictions are derived, including stories published in dime novels and comic books. Many of the heroes of pulp fiction, such as Doc Savage and The Shadow, and c ...

Vigilante: Encyclopedia II - Vigilante - Vigilantes in Comic Books

Vigilante - Vigilantes in Comic Books

Examples of vigilantes have been featured in the Marvel comic The Punisher, specifically the characters Mr. Payback, Elite and The Holy, who featured prominently in the Welcome Back, Frank mini-series, which was written by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, the creators of the popular Vertigo series Preacher.

Vigilantism is the basic concept from which many contemporary fictions are derived, including stories published in dime novels and comic books. Many of the heroes of pulp fiction, such as Doc Savage and The Shadow, and comic book superheroes, such as Batman, Daredevil, and Spider-Man, are considered to be vigilantes due to their actions being self-motivated, and generally aimed at a good result, rather than being duly-appointed officers of the law. The extreme of the vigilante-type superhero is Marvel Comics' character The Punisher, who used flagrantly illegal methods such as mass murder and torture to fight criminals, while second up being Daredevil who after the Frank Miller age, began killing certain enemies in cold blood.

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