So our 2005 Vigilante, Justin Sutter did not set the world on fire and Marv Wolfman the creator of Adrian Chase brought in a new Vigilante - this one was a cool and mysterious foe for Nightwing in his title.
Then the new Vigilante appeared in Gotham Underground where Batman handed him his ass.
It was a little later that we fianlly got a new Vigilante series that ran for 12 issues. The series really brought up more questions than answers and it wasn't until issue 7 that we discovered his name was Dorian. Issue 9 we discover that he was Adrian Chase's brother and issue 12 that we discovered his backstory.
I bitched and moaned about this series back in 2010 when I first read it and its realiance on living in the DC shared universe. Several issues were tied in with "Faces of Evil" issued 2, Origins and Omens issue 3 (with visit from Nightwing), Titan's Deathtrap (4,5 and 6) with reference to another miniseries (DC Universe Decides) and Batman appearing in issue 10.
I'm even more frustrated with this series now than I was then. The idea of a hero searching for redeption to atone for his sins is an interesting one.
It seems like story lines chopped and changed as the book was written and it felt like a heap of filler and tie-ins to get to an end result.
And questions - JJ is alive? How did that happen? but he died in issue 10 of the 1980s series he was definately dead. I know DC likes to rewrite their universes history but this was jarring.
Adrian has a younger brother? One that was never mentioned before even when Adrian confronted his father about being a disappointment because he became a DA instead of joining the family law firm?
(i should mention this is not the first mysterious Chase relative to turn up the TItans had Danny Chase a psychic and son of spies who made reference to his uncle Adrian)
Perhaps if the story had the chance to find its feet free of the confines of the DCU proper it would have been better.
Dorian hasn't been seen since but he is still alive. Who know he could get another shot but I wouldn't be holding my breath on this.
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