The Vigilante

Issue
Cover Appearance?
Comment
Reprinted In
Action #42
No
 (no title) - Origin, 1st Appearance - Greg Sanders, I:Billy Gunn, captures Killer Kelly, a murderer who fakes death at his own execution Secret Origins Volume #1, #4
Action #43
No
 (no title) - vs. The Shade, a criminal after a pitchblende min owned by Billy Gunn, Part 1
Action #44
No
 (no title) - captures the Shade, revealed to be radio reporter Keyhole Carter, Last Billy Gunn
Action #45
No
 (no title) - I:Stuff, in New York City, Vigilante breaks up the gang of the Head in Chinatown with the help of Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
Action #46
No
 (no title) - I:The Rainbow Man, vs. Rainbow Man, a villain using a Rainbow-Globe
Action #47
No
 (no title) - I: The Scorpion, vs. the Scorpion, a crook that robs only benefits
Action #48
No
 "Crime Caravan" - vs. The Lash, a wheel-chair bound, whip-wielding criminal
Action #49
No
 (no title) - vs. the Rainbow Man
Action #50
No
 "The Man Who Came Back" - vs. Spud Gorliss and gang when they try to coerce an alderman who is tough on crime
Action #51
No
 "Guns, Gold and Glory" - vs. crook in Greg Sanders birthplace of Avalanche Junction
Action #52
Yes
 "Sing A Song of Six Guns" - reveals secret ID to Stuff, recovers a kid's stolen violin
Action #53
No
 "The Blackout Blues" - vs. The Rainbow Man
Action #54
No
 "The Rookie Who Fought A Ghost" - helps rookie cop make a name for himself
Action #55
No
 "Bullets for Breakfast" - rescues childhood sweetheart from racketeers
Action #56
No
 "Melody of Menace" - captures crooks and clears the name of Hummin' Hank
Action #57
No
 "The Feud of Rimfire Ridge" - settles feud by arranging marriage
Action #58
No
 "The Dummy and the Dumbell" - vs. the Dummy
Action #59
No
 "The Fiddler's Fee" - I: The Fiddler (not Isaac Bowin), vs. The Fiddler
Action #60
No
 "Rainbow over Crimeville" - prevents Rainbow Man from hijacking armored car
Action #61
No
Action #62
No
Action #63
No
Action #64
No
Action #65
No
Action #66
No
Action #67
No
 "The Academy of Musical Crime" - vs. The Fiddler
Action #68
No
 "The Duke Goes to the Dogs" - captures "Duke Dagget at a dog show
Action #69
No
 "The Little Men Who Were There" - vs. The Dummy Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Super-Villains #3
Action #70
No
 "A Challenge from the Pyramids" - defeats underhanded museum curator
Action #71
No
Action #72
No
Action #73
No
 "Dirge on a Bull-Fiddle" - vs. the Fiddler
Action #74
No
 "Wheels of Jeopardy" - thwarts crooks
Action #75
No
 "Blunderbuss Booty" - vs. The Dummy and the Lash
Action #76
No
 "The Mountain Without A Top" - vs. crooks hiding in a mountain
Action #77
No
 "The Rainbow Man Sees Red" - vs. The Rainbow Man
Action #78
No
 "Portraits of Plunder" - vs. the Yeggs Gang
Action #79
No
 "Birds of Ill Omen" - vs. the Fiddler 
Action #80
No
 "The Pillager of the Parthenon" - vs. crooks stealing Greek jewels
Action #81
No
 "The Chinatown Kid, Magician" - Stuff learns magic tricks which he uses to help the Vigilante corral some crooks
Action #82
No
 "Magnet for Mobsters" - outraces crooks to recover prototype device
Action #83
No
 "A Fortune for a Fossil" - captures Big-Time Bennis when he gets involved in a fossil chase
Action #84
No
 "Tree's a Crowd" - captures crooks who have stolen Supergrow, a formula for advanced plant growth
Action #85
No
 "Old Wyoming" - vs. crooks disguised as cowboys robbing the theater where Greg Sanders is performing
Action #86
No
Action #87
No
Action #88
No
Action #89
No
Action #90
No
 "Picayune Pilferers" - stops a gang of jewel thieves
Action #91
No
 "The Fiddler's Jam Session" - vs. The Fiddler
Action #92
No
Action #93
No
Action #94
No
Action #95
No
 "The Burgling Bookman", defeats crooks smuggling payoffs inside books
Action #96
No
Action #97
No
Action #98
No
 "Treasure of the Ancients", safeguards museum pieces from robbers
Action #99
No
 "The Tiger's Skin" -Helps out Nick the Gambler when the Slasher sets his sights on a lucky tiger skin
Action #100
No
 "The Book That Was Too Real!", rescues crime author J. Scrivner Tome when crooks use his books for ideas
Action #101
No
 "When East Goes West" - Defeats a press agent with a gang disguises as Western outlaws
Action #102
No
 "Swan Song for Outlaws!" - Breaks up the Rope Raider gang while a busted amplifer improves his voice
Action #103
No
 "The Rainbow Man's Return"
Action #104
No
 "Marshall Vigilante" - The Vigilante dreams that he goes back in time to 1872 to defeat counterfeiters
Action #105
No
 "Truth Comes to Gila Gap" - Helps out newspaper man against crooks
Action #106
No
 "Penthouse Pirates" - Vigilante fakes a break-up with Stuff to corral crooks
Action #107
No
 "Ride Him, Vigilante!"
Action #108
No
 "The Town that Roared Again!" - Defeat crooks after gold in an old ghost town
Action #109
No
Action #110
No
Action #111
No
 "Pop Gunn Shoots the Works" - Defeats crooks operating out of an amusement shooting gallery
Action #112
No
 "The Vigilante's Double" -  thwart Rip Morrison, a criminal disguising himself as The Vigilante
Action #113
No
 "Gold Rush, 1947", helps Dan Jeffers realize last wish - to live out life in Gold Rush town
Action #114
No
 "Wheels of Danger", vs. villains using race car to make getaways
Action #115
No
Action #116
No
Action #117
No
Action #118
No
Action #119
No
 "The Birthday That Backfired!" - vs. the Rainbow Man
Action #120
No
 "The Horse Nobody Could Ride" -defeats outlaws and tames wild horse while visiting an Indian Reservation
Action #121
No
Action #122
No
Action #123
No
Action #124
No
Action #125
No
Action #126
No
Action #127
No
 "El Bolaadoro!" - defeats criminal disguised as a giant bola expert in Argentina
Action #128
No
 "The Lonesome Kangaroo" The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told
Action #129
No
Action #130
No
 "The Singing Bandit of the Black Hills", vs. criminals brothers taking turns as a singing bandit
Action #131
No
 "The Pampas Troubadour" - Defeats Don Jose on an adventure in South America
Action #132
No
Action #133
No
Action #134
No
Action #135
No
Action #136
No
Action #137
No
Action #138
No
Action #139
No
Action #140
No
Action #141
No
 "A Day at the Rodeo" - Vigilante recovers some stolen receipts from a rodeo
Action #142
No
Action #143
No
Action #144
No
Action #145
No
Action #146
No
 "The Galleon In The Desert" DC 100-Page Spectacular #6
Action #147
No
Action #148
No
Action #149
No
Action #150
No
Action #151
No
 "The Battling Buckaroo of Gila Gap" - The Vigilante has to perform great feats to help out an aspiring songstress
Action #152
No
Action #153
No
Action #154
No
Action #155
No
 "The Gun That Killed Vigilante" - captures a crooked lawyer who collected murder weapons from criminals he acquits
Action #156
No
 "The Riddle of the Rainbow-Man" - vs. The Rainbow Man
Action #157
No
Action #158
No
Action #159
No
 "The Trigger Trail of Wild Eddie Meeks" - defeats a lawman deliberately failing to bring them criminal in alive
Action #160
No
 "The Capture of the Four Aces" - captures crooks and helps out magazine illustrator
Action #161
No
 "The Duplicate Crimes" - captures ex-con Yates who is repeating old crimes which he "improves" World's Finest #225
Action #162
No
Action #163
No
 "Strangest Posse in the World" - Breaks up gang of cattle rustlers
Action #164
No
 "The Vigilante vs. The Prairie Troubadour" - clears the name of Greg Sanders after a prison break out
Action #165
No
 "The Second Vigilante" - an impostor assumes the guise of Vigilante after Sanders loses his memory
Action #166
No
 "The Trickster of Deep Blue County" - uncovers a string of inside-job robberies by a crooked bank examiner
Action #167
No
 "The Outlaw Editor" - Thwarts a crime spree by a crooked newspaper man using the ID "The Black Baron"
Action #168
No
 "Outlaws for Sale" - breaks up a training program for criminals
Action #169
No
 "The Phantom Sheriff" - helps long-lost sheriff recover memory
Action #170
No
 "The King of Handcuffs" - captures a crooked handcuff collector
Action #171
No
 "A Cell for Vigilante" - Vigilante is tricked into riding into a Mexican County where the law favors the criminals
Action #172
No
Action #173
No
 "The Vigilante Museum" -vs. crook educating themselves about the Vigilante
Action #174
No
Action #175
No
Action #176
No
 "The Impossible Legend"- captures criminals while blindfolded  Action #403
Action #177
No
Action #178
No
Action #179
No
Action #180
No
Action #181
No
Action #182
No
Action #183
No
Action #184
No
 "The Crime Rhymes" - vs. "Shakes", a criminal poet who publishes clues to his crimes in rhyme in the newspaper
Action #185
No
 "The Treasure of Get-Rich Creek" - Defeats crooks trying to intimidate an heiress on a worthless claim that turns out to not be so worthless after all
Action #186
No
Action #187
No
Action #188
No
 "The Reformed Owlhoots Club" - captures crooks taking advantage of reformed convicts World's Finest #227
Action #189
No
Action #190
No
 "Vigilante's Adopted Tribe" - Tries to convince aging Indian clan to get along with white men
Action #191
No
Action #192
No
 "The Red-Dust Bandit" - defeats crook impersonating Greg Saunders Action Comics #405
Action #193
No
 "The Broadway Posse" - prevents a man from being framed World's Finest #228
Action #194
No
 "The Unlucky Horseshoe" Four-Star Spectacular #5
Action #195
No
Action #196
No
Action #197
No
Action #198
No
 "Stand-In for the Prairie Troubadour" - defeats crooks on a movie set
Detective #140
No
 "The Reluctant Annie Oakley" - rescue sharpshooter from criminals forcing her to work for them
Western Comics #1
No
Western Comics #2
No
 vs. Dirk Bigger
Western Comics #3
No
 vs. Pecos Kid
Western Comics #4
No
 vs. Pecos Kid
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