DC's Vigilante Returns

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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."

The Vigilante: Southland" is the story of Donny Fairchild, a failed NBA player who's just making ends meet as a maintenance man. When his girlfriend stumbles on a conspiracy to steal water rights through a series of shady land-development deals, she's mysteriously murdered. Once Donny starts getting too close to the cause of her death, his house is blown up and he's left for dead. Determined to bring the killers to justice, Donny undergoes training from an urban legend known as the Eastsider to become a masked vigilante.

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http://www.newsarama.com/30069-dc-s-vigilante-reimagined-for-new-title.html
 
Isn't there a DC heavy on the west coast who could mentor him?
Who is Eastsider?
 
http://comicvine.gamespot.com/artic...eals-death-of-hawkman-3-he-manth/1100-156051/

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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.
 

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