DC's Vigilante Returns

Writer Gary Phillips and artist Elena Casagrande will transfer the Vigilante identity to a new bearer and locale for "The Vigilante: Southland," a new six-issue miniseries from DC Comics that takes place in Los Angeles. The Vigilante mantle will pass from Greg Saunders and Adrian Chase to Donny Fairchild, who becomes a masked crusader after the death of his girlfriend and his attempted murder.

"This take on Vigilante incorporates current social and political issues, making 'The Vigilante: Southland' both relevant and contemporary, which sounds like an incredible direction to take new stories featuring this character," DC Entertainment Co-Publisher Dan DiDio said in a statement. "Gary's experience with crime fiction will give Vigilante an edginess and grittiness that hasn't been seen before."

"'The Vigilante: Southland' is incredibly relevant to our times," added Phillips. "It's a politically tinged story that touches on a myriad of contemporary issues, such as gun violence, class struggle and Black Lives Matter. The book also provides me an opportunity to contemporize classic issues/tropes, like the fight over water rights in Southern California. I'm very excited to show readers this character, reimagined for the 21st century."

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Written by GARY PHILLIPS—Art by ELENA CASAGRANDE—Cover by MITCH GERADS

Donny has landed in hot water. Both literally and figuratively. The trail of his girlfriend’s killer has led him into a dangerous conspiracy, and the cops now think he’s a murderer himself. The only way out is to take a jump in the Pacific Ocean, but the mysterious assassin Spectros is going to make sure that the Southland Vigilante never comes up for air.