Does DC Comics or Vertigo have any character equivalent to The Punisher or Daredevil?

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Does DC Comics or Vertigo have any character in their universe that is the equivalent to Punisher or Daredevil, that could be adapted for an HBO type series? (Excluding Batman)
 

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How are the punisher and daredevil the same? The punisher routinely kills ppl and dare devil is like batman (at least in the comics I've read) but I think preacher and hitman would both fit the bill for punisher type ( never actually read the comics though) and there are tons of daredevil types
 

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When I compare Punisher and Daredevil, I'm not talking like their story lines are exactly the same. I'm looking for a character/story in DC comics or Vertigo that takes place in a very gritty/realistic world, like The Punisher and Daredevil, that can be adapted into a HBO type series. Do you know of any? And I mean realism like Punisher and Daredevil. The only one i can think of is Batman.
 

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Deathstroke, Cassandra Cain(Batgirl), Tim Drake, Nightwing, Jason Todd, Deadshot, Catwoman, Midnighter, Wildcat, Huntress, Lady Shiva and The Question.

All have gritty and dark storylines that would fit in a gritty and dark HBO show. But the thing is DC has less street level characters like DD and Punisher compared to Marvel...
 

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Ok thanks. If you have anymore like the ones above, please name them.
 

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Also when I mean "street level" I'm just talking powers/abilities, but also storyline. Batman may be street level in abilities but he like Cap dont have "street level" storylines if you catch my drift. Unlike Marvel DC doesn't for the most part focus their storyline on Earth, but around the universe. Meanwhile Marvel if its not a cosmic story likes to focuses the main story lines on Earth(specifically NYC). That's ONE of the reasons why Marvel has more street level characters than DC imo. Plus DC characters face large threats at a constant base.
 

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Does DC Comics or Vertigo have any character in their universe that is the equivalent to Punisher or Daredevil, that could be adapted for an HBO type series? (Excluding Batman)

Batman Family, Green Arrow Family, & etc. Folks in this thread pretty much have already said it. I've been saying for a couple of years on this forum that what Christopher Nolan did with the The Dark Knight Trilogy you could do that with Daredevil & The Punisher.



:heh: I thought you were trolling with the thread title & OP, because it's such an obvious answer.
 
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Also when I mean "street level" I'm just talking powers/abilities, but also storyline. Batman may be street level in abilities but he like Cap dont have "street level" storylines if you catch my drift. Unlike Marvel DC doesn't for the most part focus their storyline on Earth, but around the universe. Meanwhile Marvel if its not a cosmic story likes to focuses the main story lines on Earth(specifically NYC). That's ONE of the reasons why Marvel has more street level characters than DC imo. Plus DC characters face large threats at a constant base.

I disagree, the majority of batman stories are based on street crime. He has multiple stories of him and the bat family dismantling mobs and designer drugs. I would say night wing, arrow, and batgirl do the street level crime the most though. Vertigo has X I believe..
 

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I disagree, the majority of batman stories are based on street crime. He has multiple stories of him and the bat family dismantling mobs and designer drugs. I would say night wing, arrow, and batgirl do the street level crime the most though. Vertigo has X I believe..

Besides Batman and Batman related characters, who else in DC? And plus Batman over the years have done stuff that question if he's even a street level character.
 

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Besides Batman and Batman related characters, who else in DC? And plus Batman over the years have done stuff that question if he's even a street level character.
1. Bat family
2. Green Arrow family
3. The question
4. The secret six
5. The birds of prey
6. Black canry
7. Wildcat
8. The oustiders
 
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