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Renee Montoya is a GCPD officer and the vigilante known as The Question.
History
Originally trained by Harvey Bullock, she transferred to the Blüdhaven Police Department before returning to Gotham five years later.
As a Gotham rookie, she had a brief romantic relationship with Kate Kane. This relationship later rekindled after Renee's return to Gotham City and well after Kate had become Batwoman; Renee accompanied Kate on at least one mission after they got back together.[1][2]
Just before Bane's takeover of Gotham, Renee was involved in a police standoff with Black Mask that ended with him escaping (aided by Apex Lex) and killing two GCPD officers. Renee vowed to track Black Mask down.
About a month later, she had tailed him to Atlanta, where Kate Kane also happened to be living at the time, having been displaced by Bane's capture of Gotham. Renee enlisted her girlfriend's help to capture Black Mask, but once again he was able to escape, this time after wounding Renee.[3]
Sometime later, Renee turned in her badge and became a vigilante in her own right, assisting Lois Lane as the Question to solve the murder of Russian journalist Mariska Voronova, and later to help discover the identity of Leviathan.[4][5][6]
While investigating Mariska's death, she re-encountered Vic Sage, whom she had believed to be dead.[7]
Around the time of A-Day, Renee rejoined the GCPD as a detective, and soon accepted Mayor Christopher Nakano's offer of the position of Police Commissioner, replacing Harvey Bullock.[8]
Powers and Abilities
Abilities
- Criminology
- Firearms
- Investigation
- Martial Arts
- Multilingualism: Renee is fluent in English and Spanish, and speaks some Russian.[4]
- Stealth[4]
Paraphernalia
Weapons
- Handgun
Notes
- Renee Montoya was created by Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, and Mitch Brian, first appearing in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Pretty Poison". However, in the Prime Earth continuity, Renee Montoya first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in Batwoman (Volume 2) #1 by J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman.
Trivia
- Renee watches the Canadian sitcom Letterkenny.[9]
Related
- 81 Appearances of Renee Montoya (Prime Earth)
- 11 Images featuring Renee Montoya (Prime Earth)
- 1 Quotations by or about Renee Montoya (Prime Earth)
- Character Gallery: Renee Montoya (Prime Earth)
Footnotes
  This character is or was an officer of, or held a title in the Gotham City Police Department, in any of its various incarnations. This template will automatically categorize articles that include it into the "GCPD members" and "Police Officers" categories. |
 This character is or was an incarnation of or an ally of Batman, and a member of the Batman Family. This template will automatically categorize articles that include it into the "Batman Family members" category. |
