[4][5][6] Written by veteran British comic writer Simon Furman, who revealed his involvement via his Twitter account in April 2018,[7] the series featured both classic characters and some introduced in recent Rebellion material.

However, it was later announced the storyline would be finished in Judge Dredd Megazine #421, which would be bundled with a separate giveaway one-shot called The Vigilant Origins, reprinting classic adventures of the team members.

In order to prevent the Blood Rapture bringing the demon Mazoul, mystic hero Doctor Sin leads the Vigilant - Robot Archie, the Steel Claw, Tri-Man, Tim Kelly and Cat Girl - into battle against the Sludge.

[15] A cabal of villains led by Doktor von Hoffman, Doctor Mesmer and the Dwarf plots to use the energies of the cosmic hero Adam Eterno to conquer the world by imprisoning him in a Zenga automaton.

Observing their battles from his base on the thirteenth floor of Maxwell Towers, Sin has computer Max assemble them along with Death-Man, Pete Parker and the Steel Commando.

[16] The Sludge returns and menaces Birmingham before the team defeats it, but the attack is merely a distraction so Von Hoffman's minion Iron Major can steal the Sun Stone, which the villain plans to use to trigger the Blood Rapture.

The villains then attack Sin, Death-Man and Steel Commando at a nightclub to cause a distraction for an attempt to steal the Heart of Ra, and Max gathers the rest of the team to save them and thwart the theft, destroying Mesmer's mummy minion Angor in the process.

Stacey Baugher of Major Spoilers praised the initial one-shot's fast pace, surmising it "introduces a new class of superhero to the stands, and it’s British enough to make you want to take a look".

[21] Andy Oliver of Broken Frontier praised the collected edition of the story, feeling reading the storyline in one volume allowed it to be more coherent, noting that "It’s an incredibly difficult line to walk in appealing to the nostalgists wanting those nods to the past and the new audience discovering these characters for the first time, but Furman largely navigates it with a careful balance of due reverence and accessibility".