the question recommendations?

[mata-leao]

vic sage seems like an incredible character, for the 50th time, i'm new to DC so i haven't read anything yet w/ mr. sage.

i was just exposed to the character through the DC animated series...any reading recommendations? whether it's the questions own title or a team title...thanks!

[JumpingJupiter]

I've been reading the original run in trade paper back (http://www.dccomics.com/dcu/graphic_novels/?gn=8061). I love it! It's a classic run by Dennis O'neil who eventually became editor at DC and wrote the DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics. (http://www.amazon.com/DC-Comics-Guide-Writing/dp/0823010279)

Dennis sure rocks a comic book!

[Maestro]

^ yes. Read Denny's run. It's still the only ongoing Question series to date as far as I can remember

[Pól Rua]

I think 'Huntress: Cry for Blood' was the one I'm thinking of with the great Rick Burchett art. If so, that's a great miniseries with a very heavy focus on Vic.

[Lester C.]

I think 'Huntress: Cry for Blood' was the one I'm thinking of with the great Rick Burchett art. If so, that's a great miniseries with a very heavy focus on Vic.

Only as he relates to Huntress.

[dancj]

Yup - Definitely the O'Neil + Cowan run. Great stuff!

[FanboyStranger]

Definitely read the O'Neil/Cowan run. Two tpbs are already out, Zen and Violence and Poisoned Ground, and the third volume, Epitaph for a Hero, is scheduled to be released next Wednesday (Nov. 5th) in the United States.

[celticguy]

^ yes. Read Denny's run. It's still the only ongoing Question series to date as far as I can remember


I think there is a really old Charlton series but in DC it is this series and the quarterly one.

He has never been on a team although he did work with the Birds of Prey a few times I think. In his Charlton days he would team up with the Blue beetle now and then.

Oh and the JLU series.

[Pól Rua]

The Question was originally a Charlton hero created by Steve Ditko. As a result, he was fairly typical of Ditko's work at the time. Basically, a mouthpiece for Ditko's objectivist political philosophy though not to the extent of his later 'Mister A' character.
Writers since have pretty much put his own spin on the character, from O'Neill's zen mystic/martial artist and the JLU's paranoid conspiracy theorist.

Another reference, though it's extremely tangential, is the TV series 'Life' about a police officer, framed for murder, who spends years in prison, only to get out.
The main character studied zen during prison, and, if you squint, you can almost see it as Vic Sage, the live action TV show.