vigilante
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In the show, Nicolas Cage's character is a former vigilante known as The Spider, who is working through issues from his past life, following a deeply personal tragedy, as the city's only superhero.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Conway’s time on “The Amazing Spider-Man” included the introduction of the vigilante antihero Punisher, also known as Frank Castle, whom he co-created with artists John Romita Sr. and Ross Andru.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
He insists that he isn’t “a one-man vigilante committee, going around trying to get people to take their feet off train seats. I suppose I’ve done it only about 10 times.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Indeed, a nemesis dismisses John Cena’s namesake vigilante, whose real name is Chris Smith, as “a jingoistic garbage person with the musical taste of the next-door bully from ‘Toy Story.’”
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025
“Say, Hello! Immie wants to grow up to be a vigilante, rather than a captain of industry. See how it goes.”
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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