''O Doutrinador'' (English: ''The Awakener'') is a Brazilian

comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...

series created by Luciano Cunha. The main character, "Doutrinador" is a

vigilante Vigilantism () is the act of preventing, investigating and punishing perceived offenses and crimes without Right, legal authority. A vigilante (from Spanish, Italian and Portuguese “vigilante”, which means "sentinel" or "watcher") is a pers ...

who aims to kill corrupt politicians who are harming Brazilian society.

Publication history

The comics were first conceived by Luciano Cunha in 2008, but only in 2013 the project begun to be developed and publicized on social networks. The first independent publication sold out in 2014 and soon after, Luciano teamed up with musician and activist Marcelo Yuka to write a new story called ''Dark Web''. The English translation was published by Arkhaven Comics and is available as a free webcomic.

Plot

''O Doutrinador'' is a vigilante named Miguel, a highly trained federal agent who lives in a

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whose government has been hijacked by a gang of politicians and businessmen. A personal tragedy leads him to select endemic corruption as his greatest enemy. He begins to take revenge upon the political elite in the run up to Brazilian presidential elections, in a no-holds-barred crusade against corruption.

Publications

Adaptations

Films

In 2018, ''

O Doutrinador ''O Doutrinador'' (English: ''The Awakener'') is a Brazilian comic book series created by Luciano Cunha. The main character, "Doutrinador" is a vigilante who aims to kill corrupt politicians who are harming Brazilian society. Publication histor ...

'' was released, directed by Gustavo Bonafé.

Series

The television series '' O Doutrinador: A Série'' was released on September 1, 2019 on

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and complements the events of the original film.

References

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