Before Walter Simonson's work with Marvel and DC, there was Star Slammers, a series first devised by Simonson during his college days. The Slammers would later be resurrected as a Marvel graphic novel, and then a miniseries. Simonson describes it thus: "Once upon a time, there was a race of men who could out-shoot, out-fight, and out-kill anybody.

In New York City , crime is on the rise , and terror fills the streets . Gang warfare is escalating, and metahumans are being prepared to fight. Through the corruption and lawlessness , one man leaves to correct errors as soon as he can. Therefore, when a super hero story plot comes to light , Vigilante returns to find the traitor and administer