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The Question is a vigilante member of the Justice League Reserves and the Checkmate organization.
History
Early Years
Victor Sage operated as the vigilante the Question in Hub City, developing a reputation as a paranoid thrill-seeker. Returning to Gotham City after a prior encounter, the Question worked with Gotham's protector Batman to investigate Bruce Wayne, a billionaire industrialist and Batman's secret identity, in a ploy to confirm his suspicions that they were one and the same. Having discovered the financial maneuvers used by Wayne to finance Batman's operations, the Question disguised himself as a Waynetech security guard and infiltrated a distribution center to gain access to the corporation's files. Though his investigation was clandestinely blocked by Batman and he was attacked by Waynetech personnel, the Question uncovered exploitation of Wayne's loopholes by corrupt guards to steal inventory. After revealing his identity to Sage and reevaluating his judgment of the other vigilante, Batman joined the Question in raiding and capturing the thieving guards.[1]
The Question also operated within a team of heroes that included the Blue Beetle, Peacemaker, Judomaster, and Nightshade,[2] and he saved the life of former Gotham City Police Department detective Renee Montoya. They struck up a deep friendship, together encountering Black Adam of Kahndaq, before Sage succumbed to disease and cold and died in Montoya's arms. With his death, she took on his legacy as the new Question. He was later revived, and memory of his life was warped and altered,[3] following the erasure of ten years of history.[4]
The New 52
Main article: New Suicide Squad Vol 1
Vic Sage was named the head of the Suicide Squad, working directly above Amanda Waller after her perceived failure in foreseeing and preventing the Trinity War and the villain uprising.[5]
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DC Rebirth
Vic was re-established as the Question due to the various alterations to the timeline causing Prime Earth to begin resembling its Pre-Flashpoint state.
After Superman was framed and rendered comatose, Question joined the group of heroes heading towards Mars to confront their mysterious enemy. The heroes met and engaged Doctor Manhattan, but they were easily defeated.[6] The Question was a member of the Guild of Detection, a secret society of detectives dedicated to the unsolved mysteries of the world, and participated in Batman's career-long induction rite.[7] He was a patient at the Sanctuary, a superhero mental health facility,[8] and with other mystery-oriented heroes, worked to locate the Hall of Doom on behalf of the Justice League.[9]
Event Leviathan
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In Hub City, the Question investigated the deaths of three members of the Mikhailov Brotherhood, a crime syndicate. He tracked their killer—who wore a faceless mask like his own—to the penthouse of Narcisse Mikhailov, son of the brotherhood's head, where Sage tackled the assailant to keep him from shooting Mikhailov. Unmasking his opponent, Sage discovered that he shared his target's face. Mikhailov revealed that the killer, Valentino, was a lookalike hired for his protection who had become his lover. Upon discovering his son's homosexuality, Mikhailov's father had a arranged for Valentino to be killed turning him against the family. Motivated by the sense of missed opportunity his one-time lover aroused in him, Mikhailov shot Valentino himself despite the intervention of the Question, striking Valentino in the head and knocking him off the penthouse balcony to death. Though Sage wished to take Mikhailov's life in retaliation, he determined that the city desired him to live with the knowledge of his action.[10]
Infinite Frontier
Main article: Checkmate Vol 3
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Notes
- Vic Sage was created by Steve Ditko, first appearing in Blue Beetle (Volume 5) #1. However, in the Prime Earth continuity, Vic Sage first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in New Suicide Squad #1 by Sean Ryan and Jeremy Roberts.
Related
- 54 Appearances of Victor Sage (Prime Earth)
- 16 Images featuring Victor Sage (Prime Earth)
- 5 Quotations by or about Victor Sage (Prime Earth)
- Character Gallery: Victor Sage (Prime Earth)
Footnotes
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Checkmate Member This character was a member of the top secret government organization Checkmate. This template will automatically categorize articles that include it into the "Checkmate members" and "Government Agents" categories. |
Justice League member This character has been a member of the Justice League of America, or the Justice League in any of its various incarnations, sworn by a duty to act as guardians of America and the world by using their skills and/or superpowers to protect Earth from the clutches of both interstellar and domestic threats. |