Vigilante

A lean three appearances in the catalog barely hints at the corner of the DC Universe this Copper Age Vigilante occupies. Debuting in 1986 courtesy of creators Paul Kupperberg and Denys Cowan, this iteration stepped into a gritty, morally complex era of DC storytelling that suited the Vigilante name perfectly. Turning up across titles like The Vigilante, The Shade, and Batman Beyond Unlimited, this character has kept some genuinely intriguing company over a publishing span that stretches a remarkable 26 years — a quiet kind of staying power worth noticing.