The Vigilante #28

In "Rebirth," the 1986 issue of The Vigilante, writer Paul Kupperberg and artist Tod Smith craft a tense, layered mystery as the city grapples with the aftermath of two dead vigilantes—both assumed to be one and the same. With the police closing in and the truth buried beneath lies, Adrian Chase finds himself entangled in a web of guilt and deception, especially after a new Vigilante emerges, targeting a contract killer and reigniting old suspicions. Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz captures the issue’s noir edge with stark, expressive lines that mirror the story’s moral ambiguity.