Subject Matter
Genres:
crime, mystery, superhero
Character(s):
Vigilante [Adrian Chase]; Marcia King; Alan Welles; Billie (junkie); Rod (Marcia King's co-worker); Keith Pitkin (ringleader of the thieves and disgruntled former New York City Transit Authority employee); gang of subway robbers; various subway employees
First Line:
"Perhaps his years of drug addiction had wasted away Billie's body until he weighed no more than 90 pounds...
Synopsis:
Vigilante takes on a band of thieves who derail subway trains, specifically targeting the "D Train", and rob the people on board. He goes after them mercilessly after Marcia becomes one of their victims.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
23
Job Number:
I-134
Notes:
The D Train is an actual line of the New York City Subway System, stretching from The Bronx to Coney Island in Brooklyn - and traveling along Sixth Avenue in Manhattan. It is depicted accurately for the time. Stops along this line include Yankee Stadium and Rockefeller Center.
New York locations mentioned in this story include: Washington Square Park and its great arch, Sixth Avenue (also known at the time as "Avenue of the Americas"), Manhattan Bridge, East River, and Grand Street.
Paul Kupperberg begins his lengthy writing stint on The Vigilante with this issue. He is credited both on the front cover and in the story's credits box. Previous indexer had Marv Wolfman as writer of this story,E