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Vigilante characters in comics

  • BatmanIn early 1939, Bob Kane drew a character with red tights and bat wings. Bill Finger suggested a cowl and cape instead. They watched a bat fly through the…
  • Spider-ManIn August 1962, the comic book Amazing Fantasy #15 hit newsstands with a cover featuring a young man in a red and blue suit swinging through New York City.
  • Flash GordonOn the 7th of January 1934, a new comic strip titled Flash Gordon appeared in newspapers across America. The strip was created by artist Alex Raymond and…
  • April O'NeilIn the opening pages of the 1984 Mirage comic, a computer programmer named April O'Neil flees her employer Baxter Stockman's workshop.