The Question

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discuss Vic Sage and his successor Renee Montoya.
What you think of the recent miniseries?

[beetlebum]

The only time I've ever cared about Vic Sage is when he's mentioned in the same sentence as Helena Bertinelli.

Still, I did enjoy reading the interaction between him and Renee Montoya in 52.

I haven't read the mini-series yet. I'll put it on the list of titles I need to read.

Random fact: The producers of JLU partially based their version of the Question both on Fox Mulder, and Carl Kolchak (which was fitting, considering Kolchak The Night Stalker is the antecedent of The X-Files.)

I also thank God they moved The Question away from his objectivist origins, as I find it hard to understand why anyone would adhere to that 'philosophy'.

[Reptisaurus!]

discuss Vic Sage and his successor Renee Montoya.

Folding two perfectly good characters into one character: Generally a bad idea.

[The Ray]

Folding two perfectly good characters into one character: Generally a bad idea.

Generally…

[Spiffy]

Generally…

It was a bad idea, because Montoya worked best as a non-super. But there's this ongoing tendency by BOTH big comic companies to inevitably super-ize many characters in Montoya's position--the non-essential unpowered who float between titles and (in their better times) act as observers from a slightly external point of view. So they give them superhero identities and then ruin this.

True, all she has is a face melty thing, and some super kung fu she just conveniently was able to pick up successfully from Richard Dragon, but still... its the principle of the thing. One year, she's the outsider grumbling about costumed vigilantes, the next she IS one, and hangs out with Batwoman, and her ex-partner is suddenly The Spectre. ICK.

[KevinTBrown]

I'd rather they did not kill off Vic Sage and just have Montoya working with him as a partner. Making her the Question is a questionable move, IMO.

As for the Crime Bible mini-series: Piece o' crap. Though with some nice artwork....

[scout1279]

Yeah, that seemed so shortsighted to me. They had two awesome characters who worked awesomely together in Vic Sage and Renee Montoya. And frankly, I didn't like Renee as much after the whole dragging the dying man out of Nanda Parabat and then back. I know Vic said he was going to die anyway, but it really did read like he could have lived if she didn't make him go to Gotham with her.

[Mr.EZ]

I miss Vic and I hope for a resurrection sooner, rather than later.

[K-DoG7p7]

discuss Vic Sage and his successor Renee Montoya.

Sir Yes Sir!

What you think of the recent miniseries?

I Think it was one of the better minis DC has published in the last few years sir!
Only problem with it was the lack of "The Question" in the title Sir!

[Corrina]

It was a bad idea, because Montoya worked best as a non-super.

One year, she's the outsider grumbling about costumed vigilantes, the next she IS one, and hangs out with Batwoman, and her ex-partner is suddenly The Spectre. ICK.

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But I'm buying the O'Neil/Cowan Question trades and I LOVE them to pieces. Great work.

[Infra-Man]

Loved the O'Neil/Cowan series (still looking for those quarterlies), don't really care about Montoya as The Question because, frankly, she was a whole lot cooler as one of Gotham's finest.

[Erik Burnham]

I tend to just avoid Rucka's stuff.

I won't dump criticism, but he typically makes choices (either in content or execution) that doesn't appeal to me.

So I avoided this.

For entertainment, please find Sarah Beach and ask her for a detailed, literary interpretation of Ruck'a work.

[Erik Burnham]

O'Neil/Cowan:

I just read one recently. Cathy!

[Mr.EZ]

Speak of The Question, and he shall appear.

http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/main/?p=854

[Reptisaurus!]

I miss Vic and I hope for a resurrection sooner, rather than later.

I give it two years or less. Besides the dumb-ass-osity of wiping two good characters to get one, eh, sorta marginal one The Question (A) garners some respect from his neat '80s series, and even MORE respect 'cause he's a Steve Ditko character, and (B) is just, inherently, flippin' cool.

Plus there's a thousand reasons why Vic would fake his own death. :)

Basically: If it's a dumb move to kill a character off, he/she gets un-killed fairly quick.