History Awesome / TheQuestion

--> ''The mind of man must be reclaimed--if not by this generation or by the next, then'' some ''day. Some'' decade.-->

** When The Question [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim decides to let Rev. Hatch live]] in the fourth O'Neill issue, Myra (who has suffered blackmail, manipulation, and threats to [[spoiler: her ''own daughter'']] at the "reverend's" hands) takes a knife and cries out, "I WON'T!"--stabbing the villain. The Question lets her, concluding, "Better you than me."

!! How awesome is the question? [[CrazyAwesome Just ask his eccentric charm]].

'''Spaulding moves away from The Question, takes a shot of alcohol'''

'''Spaulding takes the needle to himself, committing suicide'''

** Keep in mind that ''this happened in TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks!''

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* Creator/FrankMiller gives The Question a speech-length BadassBoast as the hero's introduction in ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'', essentially summing up everything that makes him so appealing. It's sampled for The Question's page quote, but the complete speech runs thus:

--> ''The human spirit is a shattered pane of glass--wrapped in soft velvet and soaked in sugary poison. Evil has seduced mankind. And mankind has shown all the chastity of a three-dollar whore.''
--> ''Yet I will not yield. I will not bend. I will not accept the corrupt new way of things. Nor will I be martyred. I will gather evidence--document every foul lie. I will forge my manifesto. My challenge to every free mind that may find it. Like a note in the bottle. Cast into the ocean.''

--> ''Yet I will not yield. I will not bend. I will not accept the corrupt new way of things. Nor will I be martyred. I will gather evidence--document every foul lie. I will forge my manifesto. My challenge to every free mind that may find it. Like a note in the bottle. Cast into the ocean.

** When The Question [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim decides to let Rev. Hatch live]] in the fourth O'Neill issue, Myra (who has suffered blackmail, manipulation, and threats to [[spoiler: her ''own daughter'']] at the "reverend's" hands) [[MomentOfAwesome takes a knife and cries out, "I WON'T!"]]--stabbing the villain. The Question lets her, concluding, "Better you than me."

* When [[MyRealDaddy Dennis O'Neil]] began to write the Question monthly series he had the title character [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown defeated]] by [[DarkActionGirl Lady Shiva]], beaten afterwards by a gang of thugs, [[BoomHeadshot shot in the head]] and then [[LeftForDead left for dead]] in a frozen river. The BigBad, Reverend Hatch, explains that "if he arises singing ''Danny Boy'', I shall give him anything he wants." When the Question makes his return [[TookALevelInBadass after training with Richard Dragon]]...

* During the Blackest Night, a black ring chose Vic as its host, and the Black Lantern attacked a lighthouse where Lady Shiva and Renee Montoya were fighting, with old ally Aristotle Rodor nearby. Shiva proceeded to deduce, from clues the Black Lantern had dropped, what it was what it wanted (their emotion-filled hearts) and proceeded to shut down her emotions to the point she became invisible and undetectable to the monster. Rodor and Montoya, pained as they were by Vic's resurrection as a Black Lantern, followed suit, maddening the superpowered zombie. It was one of the first instances of a Black Lantern successfully routed if not defeated.

TheQuestion is a CharltonComics character created by SteveDitko that was incorporated into the DCUniverse in the 1980s after DC purchased Charlton. In the 2007 series ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' the original Question, Vic Sage, died of lung cancer [[LegacyCharacter and was replaced by]] [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Renee]] [[ComicBook/GothamCentral Montoya]].

* During the Blackest Night, a black ring chose Vic as its host, and the Black Lantern attacked a lighthouse where Lady Shiva and Renee Montoya were fighting, with old ally Aristotle Rodor nearby. Shiva proceeded, from clues the Black Lantern had dropped, what it was what it wanted (their emotion-filled hearts) and proceeded to shut down her emotions to the point she became invisible and undetectable to the monster. Rodor and Montoya, pained as they were by Vic's resurrection as a Black Lantern, followed suit, maddening the superpowered zombie and driving it away. It was one of the first instances of a Black Lantern successfully routed if not defeated.

* During the Blackest Night, a black ring chose Vic as its host, and the Black Lantern attacked a lighthouse where Lady Shiva and Renee Montoya were fighting, with onld ally Aristotle Rodor nearby. Shiva proceeded, from clues the Black Lantern had dropped, what it was what it wanted (their emotion-filled hearts) and proceeded to shut down her emotions to the point she became invisible and undetectable to the monster. Rodor and Montoya, pained as they were by Vic's resurrection as a Black Lantern, followed suit, maddening the superpowered zombie and driving it away. It was one of the first instances of a Black Lantern successfully routed if not defeated.

* During the Blackest Night, a black ring chose Vic as its host, and the Black Lantern attacked a lighthouse where Lady Shiva and Renee Montoya were fighting, with onld ally Aristotle Rodor nearby. Shiva proceeded, from clues the Black Lantern had dropped without even realizing it, what it was what it wanted (their emotion-filled hearts) and proceeded to shut down her emotions to the point she became invisible and undetectable to the monster. Rodor and Montoya, pained as they were by Vic's resurrection as a Black Lantern, followed suit, maddening the superpowered zombie and driving it away. It was one of the first instances of a Black Lantern successfully routed if not defeated.

* During the Blackest Night, a black ring chose Vic as its host, and the Black Lantern attacked a lighthouse where Lady Shiva and Renee Montoya were fighting. Shiva proceeded, from clues the Black Lantern had dropped without even realizing it, what it was what it wanted (their emotion-filled hearts) and proceeded to shut down her emotions to the point she became invisible and undetectable to the monster. Rodor and Montoya, pained as they were by Vic's resurrection as a Black Lantern, followed suit, maddening the superpowered zombie and driving it away. It was one of the first instances of a Black Lantern successfully routed if not defeated.

* During the Blackest Night, a black ring chose Vic as its host, and the Black Lantern attacked a lighthouse where Lady Shiva and Renee Montoya were fighting. Shiva proceeded, from clues the Black Lantern had dropped without even realizing it, what it was what it wanted (their emotion-filled hearts) and proceeded to shut down her emotions to the point she became invisible and undetectable to the monster. Rodor and Montoya, pained as they were by Vic's resurrection as a Black Lantern, followed suit, maddening the superpowered zombie. It was one of the first instances of a Black Lantern successfully routed if not defeated.

* A later O'Neill issue has Hub City being hit by a huge crime wave, even by its standards. One encounter that the Question has here involves an innocent bystander being held over the edge of a skyscraper by a gang of thugs. Question: "If you drop him, you follow him." The poor bystander is dropped. The Question then proceeds to kerbstomp all but the actual one who did the dropping, and knocks him over the edge, leaving him hanging by his fingertips..."I told you what would happen if you dropped him, didn't I?...Bye." He then actually starts walking away...only to abruptly return and save the thug. But then: "One thing." *WHAM* "Don't thank me." *SMASH* "Don't EVER thank me." *MEGA-KERBSTOMP*. He then walks away from the thoroughly whipped gang leader musing to himself, "I'll never be played by Chuck Norris. Or Charles Bronson."

TheQuestion is a CharltonComics character created by SteveDitko that was incorporated into the DCUniverse in the 1980s after DC purchased Charlton. In the 2007 series ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' the original Question, Vic Sage, died of lung cancer [[LegacyCharacter and was replaced by]] [[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Renee]] [[ComicBook/GothamCentral Montoya]].

TheQuestion is a CharltonComics character created by SteveDitko that was incorporated into the DCUniverse in the 1980s after DC purchased Charlton. In the 2007 series ''FiftyTwo'' the original Question, Vic Sage, died of lung cancer [[LegacyCharacter and was replaced by]] [[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Renee]] [[GothamCentral Montoya]].

** "I want you to pray."

TheQuestion is a CharltonComics character created by SteveDitko that was incorporated into the DCUniverse in the 1980's after DC purchased Charlton. In the 2007 series ''FiftyTwo'' the original Question, Vic Sage, died of lung cancer [[LegacyCharacter and was replaced by]] [[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Renee]] [[GothamCentral Montoya]].

* When [[MyRealDaddy Dennis O'Neil]] began to write the Question monthly series he had the titular character [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown defeated]] by [[DarkActionGirl Lady Shiva]], beaten afterwards by a gang of thugs, [[BoomHeadshot shot in the head]] and then [[LeftForDead left for dead]] in a frozen river. The BigBad, Reverend Hatch, explains that "if he arises singing ''Danny Boy'', I shall give him anything he wants." When the Question makes his return [[TookALevelInBadass after training with Richad Dragon]]...

--> ''O Danny boy, the pipes the pipes are calling...''