Vigilante Vol 1 50

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"A Life!"

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Vigilante Vol 1 #50
February, 1988

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It's funny. Somewhere, I knew I wasn't going to live out this night. God knows I was giving Death every opportunity... but the body wouldn't cooperate with the mind. The organism wanted to live. What the Hell did it know?

-- Adrian Chase

Appearing in "A Life!"

Featured Characters:

Vigilante (Adrian Chase) (Final appearance; Dies)

Supporting Characters:

Arthur Hall (Final appearance; Dies)
Black Thorn
Harry Stein
Harvey Bullock
Marcia King (In flashback only)

Villains:

None

Other Characters:

Checkmate
Peacemaker (In flashback only)
Vigilante (Alan Welles) (In flashback only)
Vigilante (Dave Winston) (In flashback only)
Adam Chase (In flashback only)
Doris Brinkley Chase (In flashback only)
Drew Chase (In flashback only)
Dyer (a police officer)
J.J. Davis (In flashback only)
Marty (a police officer)
Matt (a police officer)

Locations:

New York City

Manhattan

Items:

None

Vehicles:

None

Synopsis for "A Life!"

Adrian Chase reminisces about all of the things that have brought him to this moment. He gets into an argument with Black Thorn in his apartment and backhands her across the face.

He goes out and takes in a movie to clear his head. During the show, a group of rowdy teenagers irritates him and he attacks them. Police raid the theater during the fight, but Adrian fights them off and escapes custody.

Black Thorn meets with Harry Stein in a diner to discuss Adrian's declining mental health. Harry has no idea where Chase is, and tells Thorn to calm down.

Adrian dons his Vigilante disguise and raids an opium den. The police track his movements and raid the house seconds after the Vigilante slaughters everyone in the room. Captain Hall gives chase and gets the drop on Chase. Surprised, Adrian instinctively fires upon Captain Hall, and accidentally kills him.

Burdened by the weight of his own sins, Adrian Chase can no longer endure the guilt of the lives he has taken. Alone and despondent, he returns to his apartment, loads his magnum and takes his own life.

A small funeral service is held, and Black Thorn takes possession of the urn containing Adrian's ashes.

Notes

Final appearance of the Vigilante. The spirit of Adrian Chase makes a cameo appearance in Day of Judgment #2 and #3.

Black Thorn appears next in Checkmate #1.

Harry Stein appeared last in Doom Patrol (Volume 2) #3. He appears next in Peacemaker (Volume 2) #1.

Harvey Bullock appears next in Action Comics #598.

Final appearance of Arthur Hall; dies in this issue.

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