The Question | Vic Sage | Renee Montoya

Check it out at Massively.com.

Thanks to reader Sean for pointing this out to us!

We here at VicSage.com are fans of Fred Hembeck and his swirly-knee’d versions of superheroes. We’re happy to report that he’s drawn the Question as part of his Across the Page series, this one a tribute to Ditko’s Charlton and DC creations.

We knew in advance that this was coming because a few weeks ago, we stopped by the Albany Mini-Con and asked Mr. Hembeck to draw his version for us. As soon as our house is unpacked, and our scanner hooked up, we’ll let you see the awesomeness that he provided.

(And yes, we mean “we” in the royal sense.)

Amazon.com now has a listing for The Question: Welcome To Oz which will be the fourth volume collecting the classic Dennis O’Neil & Denys Cowan series.  The site has it listed to be released on April 7, 2009 and running at 176 pages.

From Action-Figure.com:

From the Justice League Unlimited Line:

From the DCU Infinite Heroes line:

For more images visit Action-Figure.com’s complete SDCC 2008 toy coverage, here.

First off, from Action Figure Times, the Giganta SDCC exclusive figure advertises the Question figure as coming this fall as part of Mattel’s Justice League Unlimited Fan Collection.

Secondly, as posted by “Superfriend,” an exchange between the author and DC President Paul Levitz on the potential for a Question figure, with Levitz briefly addressing the financial factors that prevented a Question figure until now:

There are different contractual and business concerns relative to each of those characters, and it’s certainly possible that at some point Mattel will want to do them and we will let them. Unfortunately, the relative demand for a single action figure isn’t a major economic factor (no one figure in a line like JLU other than the key characters of Superman and Batman is able to sell enough to generate enough royalties to resolve almost any imaginable business obstacle), but we do try to clear enough of the great characters to keep our collectors excited and interested in the line.

In honor of the wide-release of the hardcover The Question: The Five Books of Blood by Greg Rucka and accomplices, we’re presenting a week of (long overdue) content related to the new Question, Renee Montoya. Stay tuned, as we’ll be uploading new content every day!

MONDAY, June 23 –

• A History of Renee Montoya - Part I: Secret Origins
• Crime Bible Wrap-Up Interview with Greg Rucka
• Crime Bible Cover Inspiration

TUESDAY, June 24 –

• A History of Renee Montoya - Part II: From Screen to Page
• Crime Bible #3 From Script to Page with Matthew Clark
• Face to No-Face with Costumer Jessica Smith

WEDNESDAY, June 25 –

• A History of Renee - Part III: On the beat
• The Question of Gender and Sexuality with Scott Anderson, Joe Palmer and Amy Reads

THURSDAY, June 26 –

• A History of Renee Montoya - Part IV: Losing Face
• Steve Lieber reveals technique behind Crime Bible engravings
• Behind the Scenes of the Montoya Journal with Eric Trautmann
• Nick “Holiday” Hartz breaks the Crime Bible code
• Becoming Darkseid’s Bitch

FRIDAY, June 27 –

• The (Not Quite) Complete Renee Montoyagraphy
• Final Crisis: Revelation Lightning Round with Greg Rucka
• Final Crisis: Revelation Talk with Philip Tan

Just a reminder — the hardcover edition of the Crime Bible comes out today.

The brain-weary owner of this site could’ve used the reminder awhile back. Everyone stay tuned for our Renee Montoya-themed week, which will take place during the week when the hardcover hits the GENERAL market, June 23-27th.

For those needing assistance with today’s New York Times crossword puzzle, specifically this clue:

“[Blank] Montoya, DC Comics heroine known as the Question.”

The answer: Renee.

From Comic Book Resources:

Rucka confirmed both The Spectre and The Question figure into Morrison’s “Final Crisis” but couldn’t share many details on that front. The Question was already seen in #1. “The Question is actually very prominent in ‘Final Crisis.’ Grant’s using her pretty extensively,” Rucka teased. “Geoff [Johns] and I have talked about how to use The Spectre following this, There are some plans in development. I think both The Question and The Spectre come out of all the ‘Final Crisis’ stuff in very strong position as far as character visibility goes.”

Greg Rucka posted this piece of Philip Tan art at his blog today, along with news that he unfortunately won’t be coming to HeroesCon this year.