Check out ‘The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage #1’ Review

Writer: Jeff Lemire / Artists: Denys Cowan, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Chris Sotomayor / DC Comics VIC SAGE IS BACK I don’t know about the rest of you, but I have been waiting for Vic Sage (a.k.a. the original Question a.k.a. the reason I have a deep-seated love for all things film noir) to make a comeback in printed comics for a minute. I have adored the character ever since his introduction in Justice League Unlimited and both Double Date and A Question of Authority will go down in my memory as two of the greatest episodes in animation history. Both Vic Sage and his protege Renee Montoya have had passing presences in the latest iterations of the DC Comics’ canon, so it’s very nice to see that the Black Label has taken advantage of The Question’s lack of screen time and given him a chance to shine with The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage. The Question is a character that has evolved in myriad ways since his creation, most notably in the fact that he served as the inspiration for another benchmark character in fiction: Watchmen’s Rorschach, a character explicitly designed because the Question wasn’t available at the time. This circular feedback is apparent, and Lemire’s Vic Sage lands a little north of cynical, but the core of the character remains very much intact. There is good. There is evil. And if you’re unsure which side you stand on, then chances are it’s the wrong one.

There is a lingering air of brutality in The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage #1 right from the jump. T…