Comic Title: Vigilante #42
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: June 1987
On Sale Date: March 5, 1987 Newsstand Date March 5, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #37

Shipping Date February 10, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #37

Shipping Date February 10, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #111

Shipping Date February 10, 1987
Source: Comics Journal, #114

Copyright Date February 10, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Newsstand Date March 5, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #690, #692

Shipping Date February 10, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #690, #692

Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mike Gold

Title: "Matters of Life and Death"
Pages: 27

Feature(s):
Vigilante (Adrian Chase Post-Crisis)

Writer: Paul Kupperberg
Penciller: Tod Smith
Inker: Rick Burchett
Letterer: Albert Tobias De Guzman
Colorist: Liz Berube

Feature Character(s)

• Vigilante (last appearance in Vigilante #41; next appearance in Vigilante #43)

Supporting Character(s)

• Negative Woman (last appearance in Vigilante #41; next appearance in Vigilante #43)
• Harry Stein (last appearance in Vigilante #41; next appearance in Vigilante #43)
• Marcia King (last appearance in Vigilante #41; next appearance in Vigilante #47)

Villain(s)

• Peacemaker (last appearance in Vigilante #41; next appearance in Vigilante #43)
• Stringer (a hired killer; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Irv (a killer; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Connie Blaine and Lois Williams (newscasters; no further appearances)
• Scott Jameson (Vostok's underling; last name not revealed in this story; next appearance in Vigilante #43)
• Philip Kramer (Vostok's underling; first name not revealed in this story; next appearance in Vigilante #44)

Comments:
This story continues in Vigilante #43.

Synopsis:
The Peacemaker attacks Harry Stein and Valentina Vostok when they are exiting the Capitol Building. Vigilante hears about the attack on the news and catches a train to Washington. On the way, he is assaulted by a killer from Pittsburgh known as the Stringer. Vigilante escapes alive, but his foe dies. Back in Washington, Stein and Vostok fend off another attack by the Peacemaker. They survive, but Peacemaker escapes.