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29-579: Joseph or Joe Flynn may refer to: Joe Flynn (comics) Joe Flynn (American actor) (1924–1974), featured in the American sitcom McHale's Navy Johnny Flynn (born 1983), British actor, musician and singer-songwriter Joe Flynn (baseball) (1861–1933), 19th century baseball player Joseph C. H. Flynn (1892–1941), American lawyer, politician, and judge Joseph V. Flynn (1883–1940), U.S. representative from New York Joseph P. Flynn , Chief Judge of

58-603: A unlockable playable character in Lego DC Super-Villains via the "DC Super-Villains TV Series" DLC pack. An original incarnation of Vigilante named Jake Chill appears in Batman Beyond (vol. 2). He is the great-grandnephew of Joe Chill and a former member of Derek Powers ' "Quiet Squad", a small team of Wayne-Powers security guards who served as Powers' personal hit and intimidation squad. Additionally, Jake murdered Warren McGinnis, father of

87-479: A backup series and later a low reprint run on the Modern Comics imprint. Some of penciler - inker Pat Boyette 's artwork for a projected sixth issue later appeared online. Following Charlton Comics' demise in the mid-1980s, DC Comics acquired The Peacemaker and released a four-issue mini-series (January–April 1988). The Peacemaker is Christopher Smith, a pacifistic diplomat so committed to peace that he

116-516: A long investigation to take down Vigilante, until Chase found out he was Welles, forcing Chase to kill him. The fourth person to assume the Vigilante identity was Dave Winston , Adrian Chase's bailiff. He refused to kill and traded on the fierce reputation of Vigilante to intimidate information out of thugs. He debuted in Vigilante #23 and later as Vigilante in Vigilante #28. He believed that

145-708: A mentor to Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) . Peacemaker appears in Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape as a detainee and potential recruit of the Global Peace Agency . In Infinite Frontier , Peacemaker joins the Suicide Squad . Another operative using the name Peacemaker appears in Justice League International #65 as a member of the "League-Busters". Mitchell Black, a surgeon, was recruited by

174-557: A new identity of a dead and forgotten criminal. It is also revealed that Dorian is the brother of the late Adrian Chase in Vigilante #9. Little is known about his past, but his wife is dead and he served time in prison for his work with the mob. The Vigilante plays an important role in the "Deathtrap" crossover with the Teen Titans and the Titans . He targets the unbalanced Jericho for assassination, bringing him into conflict with

203-484: Is a new depiction under the mask. The Vigilante also appears in Gotham Underground , set after his initial encounter with Nightwing . He is shown to be a formidable fighter, but is defeated easily by Batman . Following the events of Vigilante (vol. 3) #1 (February 2009), the Vigilante is seen out of costume for the first time and is referred to by his ally JJ as "Dorian". He initially operates under

232-467: Is a new incarnation of the character. His name was Justin "Jay" Sutter . When he encountered a murderer as a child, he created a second personality in his mind, The Vigilante. At some point, he changed his name to Justin Scott Powell and would become the Vigilante subconsciously. While Powell was unaware of the Vigilante personality, the Vigilante knew about Powell. At the miniseries' end, Powell

261-820: Is among the Earth-Four heroes who are mind-controlled by Psycho-Pirate . After being freed, he battles the Anti-Monitor before being killed and replaced with his main universe counterpart. Peacemaker makes a minor appearance in flashbacks in Kingdom Come #2 as a member of Magog 's Justice Battalion. Peacemaker was used as an inspiration and influence for the Comedian in Alan Moore 's Watchmen . The Earth-Four incarnation of Peacemaker appears in 52 and The Multiversity . A group called

290-603: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Joe Flynn (comics) An original incarnation of Vigilante named Vincent Sobel appears in the television series Arrow , played by Clayton Chitty and Johann Urb and voiced by Mick Wingert . Freddie Stroma plays the Adrian Chase incarnation of Vigilante in the DC Extended Universe television series Peacemaker . The original version of Vigilante

319-462: Is introduced: Donald Fairchild , a former professional basketball player. Fairchild moonlights as a janitor and by night fights crime in Los Angeles . The Vigilante is a superb hand-to-hand combatant, a brilliant marksman, and a master of the lariat . Pre- Crisis , there were both an Earth-1 and an Earth-2 Vigilante. Both were Greg Saunders from their respective Earths. Earth-1's Vigilante

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348-484: Is willing to use force as a superhero to advance the cause. He uses an array of special non-lethal weapons and also founded the Pax Institute. Most of the villains he battles are dictators and warlords. The post-Crisis version of Peacemaker differs greatly from the pre- Crisis version of the character. Smith learns that his peace-through-violence efforts were the result of a serious mental illness brought on by

377-775: The Peacemakers appear in Armageddon 2001 #2. An unnamed female A.R.G.U.S. agent known as Peacewrecker was introduced in Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #7. The Christopher Smith incarnation of Peacemaker appears in Suicide Squad Isekai , voiced by Takehito Koyasu in Japanese and Seán Patrick Judge in English. This version is a member of the Suicide Squad . An unidentified Peacemaker makes

406-602: The "Peacemaker Project", an organization unaffiliated with the Pax Institute and the US government's "Project Peacemaker". Black would reappear in the miniseries titled The L.A.W. , reunited with the other heroes acquired from Charlton. He is later killed by Prometheus in Infinite Crisis . On Earth-Four, Christopher Smith is the son of an unnamed diplomat who built a special body armor and fought in troubled areas as Peacemaker. In Crisis on Infinite Earths , Peacemaker

435-633: The Connecticut Appellate Court Joseph T. Flynn , American lawyer and politician from New York [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe_Flynn&oldid=1235420333 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

464-524: The Swashbuckler the nephew of the Vigilante because he did not have enough space to present the entire backstory he had created for the character in the fanzine. In the series Kingdom Come , artist and writer Alex Ross portrays the cowboy version of the Vigilante fighting alongside the rogue metahumans as a steampunk cyborg with a pinwheel / steam engine arm with a gatling gun on the end. The Vincent Sobel incarnation of Vigilante appears as

493-407: The Vigilante's efforts were noble and worthwhile. When Alan Welles was killed after ruining the Vigilante's reputation, Winston took up the mantle believing that the city needed the Vigilante. When Chase found out about Winston's actions, he chose to wash his hands of the affair. When Chase and girlfriend Marcia King boarded a plane for Europe, it was hijacked; Winston and Peacemaker both responded to

522-520: The auspices of Checkmate , a special-forces unit, hunting terrorists until his own behavior becomes too extreme. Peacemaker plays a part in the Janus Directive and battles Adrian Chase / Vigilante . Although he is seen as an ally, some of the other heroes think that he is too extreme to be helping them. He eventually crashes a helicopter to destroy tanks controlled by Eclipso and is reported dead. Years later, Peacemaker resurfaces and becomes

551-520: The emergency, but Winston was killed by Peacemaker in front of Chase, making Chase believe he was unable to escape the Vigilante's legacy. The next Vigilante was Patricia Trayce , a rogue Gotham City police detective who teams up with Deathstroke the Terminator in the Deathstroke the Terminator series written by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez . Trayce found Adrian Chase's gear and adapted

580-487: The guise. She was also Deathstroke's lover. She first appeared in Deathstroke the Terminator #6. In Deathstroke the Terminator #11, Pat takes up the Vigilante uniform. She was trained by Deathstroke, and soon started to work alone. Late in 2005, DC published a Vigilante limited series by writer Bruce Jones and artist Ben Oliver . The identity of the title character is initially left mysterious, but apparently this

609-472: The identity of Joe Flynn, a small-time criminal with a rap sheet, but it is later revealed that the real Joe Flynn is dead. Dorian has the technology to graft another person's face to his own and his assistant changes the police records so his fingerprint and DNA point back to his fake identity. At the end of the first story arc, Dorian abandons the Joe Flynn identity and begins to make preparations to assume

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638-556: The new Batman, Terry McGinnis . Seeking to atone for his misdeeds, he uses his Wayne-Powers security equipment to become the Vigilante and works alongside Batman until he is killed by the Jokerz . Peacemaker (character) Peacemaker is the name of a series of fictional characters originally owned by Charlton Comics and later acquired by DC Comics . The original Peacemaker first appeared in Fightin' 5 #40 (November 1966) and

667-472: The shame of having a Nazi death camp commandant for a father, Wolfgang Schmidt. He believes his father's spirit haunts him continually and criticizes his every move, even as he tries to live down his past. Smith later becomes a vigilante, believing that his helmet contains the ghosts of the people he killed or were killed in his vicinity. For a time, the Peacemaker serves as a U.S. government agent under

696-513: The various heroes. Vigilante succeeds in tracking down Jericho but, having promised Rose Wilson not to kill him, instead gouges out Jericho's eyes to stop him from using his powers. The Vigilante had been operating unseen in Europe for several years before moving back to the U.S. and going after local mobs and criminals. In the DC Rebirth miniseries Vigilante: Southland , a new Vigilante

725-599: Was a District Attorney in New York City who went rogue after his wife and children were killed by a gang boss. The third person to assume the Vigilante identity was Alan Welles , a fellow judge and friend of Adrian Chase. His first appearance was in Vigilante #7, and later in Vigilante #20 as Vigilante. He secretly operated in a much more violent manner, even executing petty thieves. His mental instability eventually led him to gun down police officers and civilians. Chase though felt responsible for this threat and began

754-606: Was a western-themed hero named Greg Sanders (later retconned in the 1990s to "Saunders") who debuted in Action Comics #42 (November 1941). The Vigilante had a teen sidekick introduced in 1942, Stuff the Chinatown Kid. Adrian Chase first appeared as the second version of Vigilante in The New Teen Titans Annual #2 (August 1983) by writer Marv Wolfman and penciler George Pérez . Chase

783-594: Was able to reconcile the two personalities. The Vigilante was last seen, alongside Wild Dog and the current Crimson Avenger , on a rooftop in the great battle of Metropolis , raining bullets down on the Trigger Twins , the Madmen , the second Spellbinder , and others in Infinite Crisis #7. The most recent Vigilante appeared in Nightwing #133–137. While he wears a costume similar to Adrian Chase's, it

812-666: Was created by writer Joe Gill and artist Pat Boyette . John Cena portrayed the Christopher Smith version of Peacemaker in the 2021 DC Extended Universe film The Suicide Squad and the eponymous 2022 television series on HBO Max . The Peacemaker first appeared as a backup series in Charlton Comics ' espionage-team title Fightin' 5 #40 (November 1966). When that series was canceled with issue #41, Peacemaker received his own title lasting five issues cover-dated March to November 1967, with Fightin' 5 as

841-507: Was shown for the first time in the pages (and cover) of the JLA issue where the superteam moved to their classic headquarters on an orbiting satellite. In Detective Comics #493 (August 1980) it was revealed that Greg Saunders had a nephew, Michael Carter , who became a costumed crimefighter too, the Swashbuckler. The Swashbuckler was created by the issue's writer, Cary Burkett , for a fanzine he published in middle school. Burkett said he made

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