LGBT Character Of The Week: The Question
Since we did her ex last week, this week we take a look at one of DC's newest gay heroes, The Question.
In some ways, Renee Montoya (now known as The Question) is similar to Harley Quinn. Both characters were created specifically for the Batman Animated Series. However, Renee was introduced into the DC comics universe before the series aired, intentionally. (Harley got her spot in official canon due to her overwhelming popularity).
Renee spent many years as a detective with the Gotham Police, until she lost her partner in an investigation of a crooked cop named Corrigan. She attempts to kill him in revenge, but finds she cannot pull the trigger. In disgust she quits the GCPD and becomes an alchoholic, obsessing over the loss of her partner and her girlfriend, Kate Kane.
Renee is next seen as one of the primary characters of the groundbreaking weekly series 52, following the (now) former Question, Vic Sage, across the world to uncover a plot by Intergang. Eventually she finds out Vic is in fact dying, and attempts to save him. She fails, but not before he reveals to her that she is supposed to carry on his legacy. After some time in grief and some internal turmoil, she comes to terms with this and takes up the faceless mask, returning to Gotham City in time to save her ex-lover from being sacrificed by a cult.
Currently, she is still fighting crime as the Question, and most recently appeared in the Crime Bible miniseries.
Sgt. Sausagepants
Posted to Comics on 26 April 2008
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So does she represent the Q in LGBTQ?
Omg lame i know. sry
If anyone's interested, I'm trying to get some articles together on Montoya for the June release of the Crime Bible hardcover, one of which would focus on gender/sex roles. I'd love input on what folks would like to see discussed. Visit the site's forum, or drop me an e-mail if you have any interest....