NOTICE! Spoilers for question: Along the Watchtower #1An iconic Gotham vigilante left the city streets behind as the Justice League Promotes her to a prominent role on the team. THE Questionaka Renee Montoya, is joining the Justice League in a big way, and her new mission is a bold departure from her previous status quo in Gotham City.
The question: throughout the entire Watchtower #1 by Alex Segura, Cian Tormey, Romulo Fajardo Jr. and Willie Schubert marks the beginning of Renee Montoya’s latest – and most ambitious – venture as the Question. In a preview of this first issue, Renee wakes up in the Watchtower and reflects on past events that led her to join the ranks of the Justice League before becoming her vigilante alter ego.
Now that she is no longer the Gotham City Police Commissioner, Renee Monyota has been given a new job among the heroes of the Justice League to investigate a threat within their base of operations.ushering in a bold new era for the Question.
Renee Montoya leaves Gotham to protect the Justice League’s Watchtower
How did Gotham’s iconic vigilante make it to the Justice League?
Renee Montoya made her DC Universe debut in Batman: The Animated Series before migrating to comics in Batman #475 by Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle. Since then, she has risen to prominence among Gotham’s detectives and even rose through the ranks of the GCPD to replace Jim Gordon as Commissioner. In accepting this role, Renee attempted to leave behind her past as the Question, but she couldn’t give up the vigilante lifestyle so easily. In a three-part story of Batman: The Brave and the BoldRenee becomes the Question again and begins the journey that takes her back to the Justice League.
Batman: The Brave and the Bold #15-17 introduces Segura and Andy MacDonald’s “Duality” storyline, in which people close to Renee are targeted by a mysterious enemy called Zero. She acts as the Question to thwart Zero’s plans and preserve his double life, only for Zero to reveal his secret identity to the people of Gotham in a shocking twist. After the exposure of his alter ego, Renee is discharged from the GCPD and forced to start a new life. Fortunately, the reformed Justice League team seeks her detective services and recruits her to leave Gotham for the Watchtower.
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A Justice League murder mystery puts Renee Montoya to the test as a detective
With her identity exposed, Renee Montoya has no choice but to uproot her life and carve out a new path for herself in the Justice League. This detective work will not be an easy task for the former commissioner, as a murder mystery will soon unfold in Justice League that only the Question can uncover. She’ll need to prove she’s a Batman-caliber detective if she wants to keep this job after losing her last one, but if her investigative track record is any indication, then the Question will certainly be a valuable asset to the Justice Leaguethe list.
The question: throughout the entire Watchtower #1 is available November 20, 2024 from DC Comics.