Who are The Vigilant? Meet Thunderbolt the Avenger!

By day he’s a mediocre policeman, laughed at by his colleagues. But by night he is the electrically-charged muscleman Thunderbolt the Avenger!

With just three days until The Vigilant hits shelves, we’re giving readers the chance to discover the first appearances of some of the classic characters revived in this brand new title!

Debuting in Buster in 1965, Constable Mick Riley is a bit of a laughing stock but he lives a double life as the superheroic Thunderbolt the Avenger after he was given a special wristwatch containing a mysterious substance which gives him incredible powers!

Read the first appearance of Thunderbolt the Avenger >>

Thunderbolt the Avenger is just one of the classic charcters being revived and rebooted in The Vigilant, out on 15th August!

When the evil forces of Von Hoffman and Dr Mesmer team up and pluck the immortal Adam Eterno from the winds of time, all of reality is under threat! Only The Vigilant; a mighty team composed of super-beings, warlocks, warriors and monsters stand between us and total chaos!

Join The Leopard from Lime Street, Steel Commando, Dr. Sin, Pete’s Pocket Army, Blake Edmonds, Yao, and Thunderbolt the Avenger on their premiere adventure!

This much-anticipated US-format reboot and reinvention of classic British characters from the 1970s and 1980s features the work of Simon Furman (Transformers), Simon Coleby (Judge Dredd), DaNi (Judge Anderson), Henrik Sahlstrom (Vice Press), Staz Johnson (Catwoman) and many more!

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Watch out for more firsts from the cast of The Vigilant as we had towards V-Day on 15th August!