Greg Sanders
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- Greg Sanders was a country singer known as "The Prairie Troubadour". When his father, a sheriff, was murdered by robbers holding up a stagecoach, Greg disguised himself and brought the criminals to justice. He decided to continue fighting crime as The Vigilante.
Golden Age: The Vigilante's first sidekick was Billy Gunn. He was soon replaced by a teen nicknamed Stuff.
Pre-Crisis Earth-One: When his sidekick Stuff was murdered, the Vigilante was joined by his son, Stuff Jr.
Post-Crisis New Earth/Earth-0: The Vigilante's first sidekick was Billy Gunn, his second was Daniel Leong (Stuff), and his third was Victor Leong (Stuff, brother of the original). - Notes:
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Created by Mort Weisinger and Mort Meskin.
The Vigilante first appeared in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #42 (November 1941).
The Golden Age version appeared in the following issues: Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #42 (November 1941) through #198 (November 1954), Leading Comics (DC, 1941 series) #1 (Winter 1941) through #14 (Spring 1945), Western Comics (DC, 1948 series) #1 (January-February 1948) through #4 (July-August 1948), and Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #438 (March-April 1975), #442 (November-December 1975), #443 (January-February 1976).
The Pre-Crisis Earth-One version appeared in the following issues: Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #78 (February 1970), #79 (March 1970), Adventure Comics (1938 series) #417 (March 1972), #422 (August 1972), World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #214 (October-November 1972), Adventure Comics (1938 series) #426 (February-March 1973), #427 (April-May 1973), World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #244 (April-May 1977), #245 (June-July 1977), Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #144 (July 1977) (flashback), World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #246 (August-September 1977), #247 (October-November 1977), #248 (December 1977-January 1978), and Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #493 (August 1980) (flashback).
The Pre-Crisis Earth-Two version appeared in the following issues: Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #100 (August 1972) through #102 (October 1972), #193 (August 1981) (flashback), All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #1 (September 1981) (flashback), DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #38 (October 1981) (flashback), All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #13 (September 1982) (image), #29 (January 1984) (flashback), #31 (March 1984), Infinity, Inc. (DC, 1984 series) #11 (February 1985) (flashback), America vs. the Justice Society (DC, 1985 series) #2 (February 1985) (flashback), #4 (April 1985) (flashback), and All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #56 (April 1986).
Post-Crisis New Earth: First appeared in Crisis on Infinite Earths (DC, 1985 series) #12 (March 1986).
New 52 Earth-0: First appeared in The Shade (DC, 2011 series) #4 (March 2012).
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Saunders - Keywords
- Bronze Age; Golden Age; Mainstream Universe; New 52; New Earth; Post-Crisis Earth-0; Pre-Crisis Earth-One; Pre-Crisis Earth-Two; Prime Earth; Silver Age
Disambiguation: Vigilante
First published in: 1941
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- secret identity of - Vigilante [Greg Sanders / Saunders] (p. 1941)
- generalization of - Greg Sanders [Pre-Crisis Earth-Two, Vigilante] (p. 1972) - Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)
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