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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 Jan 13, 2024
Saturday Jan 13, 2024
Ep 47 – Leading Comics #5, Winter 1942, Chapter 2 of 7, “The Case of the Criminal Vigilante” with The Vigilante
https://prairiejustice.podbean.com/e/ep-46---leading-comics-46-winter-1942-chapter-2-of-7
Introduction
Original Radio Play of Chapter 2 of 7, Leading Comics #5, Winter 1942 (& 1943)
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Music Excerpts Used
- Opening Stinger– “Nashville Just Wrote Another Cheatin’ Song” – Midnight Rodeo Band
- “Magnificent Seven Theme” – Elmer Bernstein
- “Cow Patti” – Jim Stafford
- “Bearcats! theme” – Hal Hopper/John Andrew Tartaglia
- “Wyoming Bound” (Pursuit of D.B. Cooper theme) – James Horner
- “Magnificent Seven” vocal – cast of “Cheers”

Saturday Jan 06, 2024
Saturday Jan 06, 2024
Ep 46 – Leading Comics #5, Winter 1942, Chapter 1 of 7, “The Miracles That Money Couldn't Buy” with The Seven Soldiers of Victory
https://prairiejustice.podbean.com/e/ep-46---leading-comics-46-winter-1942-chapter-1-of-7
Introduction
Original Radio Play of Chapter 1 of 7, Leading Comics #5, Winter 1942 (& 1943)
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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
- “Untouchables” theme –– Ennio Morricone
- “Harlem Nocturne” – Charlie Musselwhite & Duane Eddy
- “Magnificent Seven” vocal – cast of “Cheers”

Friday Nov 10, 2023
Ep 45 – Action Comics #57, “The Feud of Rimfire Ridge” - February 1943
Friday Nov 10, 2023
Friday Nov 10, 2023
Ep 45 – Action Comics #57, “The Feud of Rimfire Ridge” - February 1943
Introduction, Discussion and Original Radio Play adaptation of Vigilante feature appearing in Action Comics #57, February 1943
Greg Sanders Radio Rodeo
Notes
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Music Excerpts Used
- Opening Stinger– “Nashville Just Wrote Another Cheatin’ Song” – Midnight Rodeo Band
- Take Me Home, Country Roads (Karaoke Style after John Denver)
- “Family Feud Theme”
- “Thunder Road” – Robert Mitchum
- Various Scores from “Silverado” – Bruce Broughton
- “Celtic Wedding” – Trad.
- Closing Stinger – “The Last of the Singin’ Cowboys” Marshall Tucker Band

Monday Oct 02, 2023
Ep 44 – Action Comics #56, “Melody of Menace” - January 1943
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Ep 44 – Action Comics #56, “Melody of Menace” - January 1943
https://prairiejustice.podbean.com/e/ep-44-%e2%80%93-action-comics-56-melody-of-menace-january-1943/
Introduction
Discussion and Original Radio Play adaptation of Vigilante feature appearing in Action Comics #56, January 1943
Greg Sanders Radio Rodeo
Notes
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Music Excerpts Used
- Opening Stinger– “Nashville Just Wrote Another Cheatin’ Song” – Midnight Rodeo Band
- Buffy Sainte-Marie - Starwalker
- Closing Stinger – “The Last of the Singin’ Cowboys” Marshall Tucker Band

Saturday Jun 10, 2023
Ep 43 – Action Comics #55, (December 1942 ) – “Bullets For Breakfast” -
Saturday Jun 10, 2023
Saturday Jun 10, 2023
Ep 43 – Action Comics #55, “Bullets For Breakfast” - December 1942
Introduction
Discussion and Original Radio Play adaptation of Vigilante feature appearing in Action Comics #55, December 1942
Greg Sanders Radio Rodeo
Notes
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Music Excerpts Used
- Opening Stinger– “Nashville Just Wrote Another Cheatin’ Song” – Midnight Rodeo Band
- Tommy McKay – “Cripple Creek”
- W. McCall – Old Home Fill ‘er Up and Keep On a Truckin’ Cafe
- Closing Stinger – “The Last of the Singin’ Cowboys” Marshall Tucker Band

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
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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
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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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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”