avenger

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As mentioned earlier, there’s a lot to chew on here, including, most notably, the blurring of the boundaries between hero and villain, victim and avenger.

From Washington Post

Television’s favorite serial killer returns for a 10-part revival of “Dexter,” with Michael C. Hall reprising his role as the awkwardly charming forensics expert by day, deadly avenger by night.

From Los Angeles Times

“Summer Under the Stars” continues with a daylong salute to Tyrone Power that includes the onetime matinee idol as the titular masked avenger in the 1940 swashbuckler “The Mark of Zorro.”

From Los Angeles Times

“We’re going to get even. We’re going to get ours back. He’s like the avenger now, the revenge machine,” she said.

From Washington Post

That ambiguous DNA connects the gunslingers of classic westerns with the urban avengers of the 1970s and then with the sometimes antiheroic superheroes of our own time.

From New York Times