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An Exploration of the DC Comics character, the Vigilante, first published in Action Comics 42, in September 1941. Greg Sanders, the Prairie Troubador, leads a double life as the Vigilante, a crime fighter who uses the tactics and weapons of his Wyoming upbringing against a plethora of super-villains and criminals.
Episodes

Saturday Mar 25, 2023
Episode 42 - All-Star Squadron 57, 58, 59, 60.
Saturday Mar 25, 2023
Saturday Mar 25, 2023
Following Vig's chronology and his very brief role in the last regular story arc of the All-Star Squadron - and the mystery of Mekanique

Thursday Mar 02, 2023
Thursday Mar 02, 2023
Ep 41 – Leading Comics #4, Autumn 1942, Chapter 7 of 7, The Seven Soldiers of Victory, “Seven Steps To Conquest,” (Conclusion)
Introduction
Original Radio Play of Chapter 7 of 7, Leading Comics #4, Autumn 1942; with examination of Roy Thomas’ free adaptation in All-Star Squadron #56, Apr 1986
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Music Excerpts Used
- Opening Stinger– “Nashville Just Wrote Another Cheatin’ Song” – Midnight Rodeo Band
- “Magnificent Seven Theme” – Elmer Bernstein
- “Sirius” – Alan Parsons Project
- “Mr. Roboto” – Styx
- “It’s A Living Thing – ELO
- “Bumble Boogie” – Jools Holland
- “Showdown” -ELO
- “Magnificent Seven” – 2016 remake version – James Horner and Simon Franglen

Monday Feb 27, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Ep 40 – Leading Comics #4, Autumn 1942, Chapter 6 of 7, The Green Arrow, “The Man with the Miracle Eyes”
Introduction
Original Radio Play of Chapter 6 of 7, Leading Comics #4, Autumn 1942; with examination of Roy Thomas’ free adaptation in All-Star Squadron #56, Apr 1986
Feedback for Prairie Justice can be left on:
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email: vigilantecast@gmail.com
Twitter: @ToltonGord
Music Excerpts Used
- Opening Stinger– “Nashville Just Wrote Another Cheatin’ Song” – Midnight Rodeo Band
- “Magnificent Seven Theme” – Elmer Bernstein
- “These Eyes” – The Guess Who
- “The Show Must Go On” – Three Dog Night
- “Anothdr One Bites the Dust” – Queen
- “Sirius” – Alan Parsons Project
- “Bette Davis Eyes” – Kim Carnes
- “Arrow Theme” – Blake Neely
- “Magnificent Seven” vocal – cast of “Cheers”

Friday Feb 24, 2023
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Ep 39 – Leading Comics #4, Autumn 1942, Chapter 5 of 7, The Vigilante, “The Man Who Was Afraid To Eat”
Introduction
Original Radio Play of Chapter 5 of 7, Leading Comics #4, Autumn 1942; with examination of Roy Thomas’ free adaptation in All-Star Squadron #56, Apr 1986
Feedback for Prairie Justice can be left on:
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email: vigilantecast@gmail.com
Twitter: @ToltonGord
Music Excerpts Used
- Opening Stinger– “Nashville Just Wrote Another Cheatin’ Song” – Midnight Rodeo Band
- “Magnificent Seven Theme” – Elmer Bernstein
- “Constant Craving” – k.d. lang
- Ba Dum Da Dum – A&W Rootbear Commercial
- “Country Corn Flakes” Commercial
- “Sirius” – Alan Parsons Project
- “Magnificent Seven” vocal – cast of “Cheers”

Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Ep 38 – Leading Comics #4, Autumn 1942, Chapter 4 of 7, The Star Spangled Kid, “The Man Who Followed His Nose”
Introduction
Original Radio Play of Chapter 4 of 7, Leading Comics #4, Autumn 1942; with examination of Roy Thomas’ free adaptation in All-Star Squadron #56, Apr 1986
Feedback for Prairie Justice can be left on:
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email: vigilantecast@gmail.com
Twitter: @ToltonGord
Music Excerpts Used
- Opening Stinger– “Nashville Just Wrote Another Cheatin’ Song” – Midnight Rodeo Band
- “Magnificent Seven Theme” – Elmer Bernstein
- “Love Stinks” – J. Geils Band
- “Sailor’s Hornpipe – Carlos Núñez y Popeye
- “Sirius” – Alan Parsons Project
- “Magnificent Seven” vocal – cast of “Cheers”

Saturday Feb 18, 2023
Saturday Feb 18, 2023
Ep 37 – Leading Comics #4, Autumn 1942, Chapter 3 of 7, The Shining Knight, “Don Quixote Rides Again”. RETRY
Introduction
Original Radio Play of Chapter 3 of 7, Leading Comics #4, Autumn 1942; with examination of Roy Thomas’ free adaptation in All-Star Squadron #56, Apr 1986
Feedback for Prairie Justice can be left on:
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email: vigilantecast@gmail.com
Twitter: @ToltonGord
Music Excerpts Used
- Opening Stinger– “Nashville Just Wrote Another Cheatin’ Song” – Midnight Rodeo Band
- “Magnificent Seven Theme” – Elmer Bernstein
- “After the Gold Rush” – Prelude
- Medieval Fair – Renaissance Music
- “Don Quixote” – Gordon Lightfoot
- “All Touch” – Carole Pope and Rough Trade
- “Sirius” – Alan Parsons Project
- “Magnificent Seven” vocal – cast of “Cheers”

Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Ep 36 – Leading Comics #4, Autumn 1942, Chapter 2 of 7, The Crimson Avenger, “Music Soothes the Savage Beast”
Introduction
Original Radio Play of Chapter 2 of 7, Leading Comics #4, Autumn 1942; with examination of Roy Thomas’ free adaptation in All-Star Squadron #56, Apr 1986
Feedback for Prairie Justice can be left on:
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email: vigilantecast@gmail.com
Twitter: @ToltonGord
Music Excerpts Used
- Opening Stinger – “Nashville Just Wrote Another Cheatin’ Song” – Midnight Rodeo Band
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- “Magnificent Seven Theme” – Elmer Bernstein
- “Honky-Tonk Train Blues” – Michael Kaeshammer
- “Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 "Pathétique" II. Adagio cantabile (Ashkenazy)” – Beethoven
- “Same Old Blues” – Michael Kaeshammer
- “Swanee River” – Michael Kaeshammer
- “Sirius” – Alan Parsons Project
- “Magnificent Seven” vocal – cast of “Cheers”

Sunday Feb 12, 2023
Sunday Feb 12, 2023
Ep 35 – Leading Comics #4, Autumn 1942, Chapter 1 of 7, The Seven Soldiers of Victory, “Seven Steps To Conquest” (Introduction)
Introduction
Original Radio Play of Part 1 of 7, Leading Comics #4, Autumn 1942;
Examination of Roy Thomas’ free adaptation in All-Star Squadron #56, Apr 1986
Feedback for Prairie Justice can be left on:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Vigilante41
email: vigilantecast@gmail.com
Twitter: @ToltonGord
Music Excerpts Used
- Opening Stinger– “Nashville Just Wrote Another Cheatin’ Song” – Midnight Rodeo Band
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- “Magnificent Seven Theme” – Elmer Bernstein
- “Sirius” – Alan Parsons Project
- “Ray’s Bar and Grill” – Ray Griff
- “Eye in the Sky” – Alan Parsons Project
- “Cheer March” – National Symphonic Band
- “Magnificent Seven” vocal – cast of “Cheers”

Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Ep 34 – Action Comics #54, “The Rookie Who Fought A Ghost” - November 1942
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Ep 34 – Action Comics #54, “The Rookie Who Fought A Ghost” - November 1942
Introduction
Discussion and Original Radio Play adaptation of Vigilante feature appearing in Action Comics #54, November 1942
Greg Sanders Radio Rodeo
Notes
Feedback for Prairie Justice can be left on:
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Music Excerpts Used
- Opening Stinger– “Nashville Just Wrote Another Cheatin’ Song” – Midnight Rodeo Band
- “The Night Chicago Died” - Paper Lace
- “Theme from the Untouchables” -Ennio Morricone
- “Old Corrals and Sagebrush” - Ian Tyson
- “Switchblade” – Link Wray
“Fingers on Fire” – Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith - “What Do You Do With A Drunken Sailor” – Captain Tractor
- “Theme from Police Story” – Ray Conniff
“Turn Me Round” – k.d. lang - Closing Stinger – “Four Strong Winds” Marshall Tucker Band - Ian Tyson

Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Ep 33 – Bonus New Year’s Eve 2023 and a Brief Tribute to Ian Tyson
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Ep 33 – Bonus New Year’s Eve 2023 and a Brief Tribute to Ian Tyson
A Potpourri of Odds and Songs from and for winter’s night.
But a day before publication, we learned of the passing of a hero of this podcast.
This episode is dedicated to the memory and rich musical legacy of Ian Tyson.
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Music Excerpts Used
- Opening Stinger– “Nashville Just Wrote Another Cheatin’ Song” – Midnight Rodeo Band
- “Lone Star and Coors” - Ian Tyson
- “Alberta’s Child” - Ian Tyson
- “Waiting for a Chinook” Wilf Carter
- “Let the Good Bus Win” – Murray McLaughlin, Paul Hyde and Tom Cochrane
- Closing – “Four Strong Winds” Marshall Tucker Band - Ian Tyson