STARRING HEROES FROM THE PRE-FLASHPOINT DCU! Two-Face is fighting another world’s Harvey Dent, and it’s up to Renee Montoya as The Question to help him beat the odds.
Greg Rucka, is an American comic book writer and novelist, known for his work on such comics as Action Comics, Batwoman: Detective Comics, and the miniseries Superman: World of New Krypton for DC Comics, and for novels such as his Queen & Country series.
(B) 74% | More than Satisfactory Notes: Read in trade paperback. Collective review for issues #1-2 and other tie-ins can be found here: Convergence: Flashpoint, Book One.
Note that this review is for the both Convergence tie-in issues, not just the first issue.
This was easily my favorite of the handful of Convergence tie-ins I read, which isn't surprising considering I have been a fan of Greg Rucka since Gotham Central, Book One: In the Line of Duty. In general, I would say these two-issue stories are great introductions to some of the lesser known DC characters, and the end of the first issue of each even has a useful infographic with some history and other information to help get the reader up to speed on the characters in the story.
I don’t know a lot about Convergence, but this was a cool issue. I love The Question, be it Vic or Renee, which is really the only reason I picked this issue and the second part up.
I initially picked this up because I had heard Renee Montoya as The Question mentioned at various places around the internet and thought I might give it a try. I found the artwork pretty good but the story just left me a little confused.
I've not read a comic with The Question, Two Face or Huntress before and had to actually google to discover that the character named Helena was Huntress. Also, this is part of DC's Convergence and since I've not read any other Convergence comics I actually had no idea what was going on in terms of the overall story arc.
That said, I did enjoy the conversation between Two Face and The Question. This comic intrigued me enough about Renee Montoya that I would like to read more comics about her. But for an intro to The Question/Renee it was the wrong comic for me to pick up. (Which is probably obvious now that I think about it.) Its probably better suited to someone familiar with the Convergence storyline, and the characters involved.
I had no interest in Convergence until I read that Greg Rucka would be writing a The Question tie-in. As if that wasn't enough, he would be writing Renee Montoya in a team-up with Huntress/Helena Bertinelli and Batwoman/Kate Kane!?!? I went ballistic. Sometimes fantasies do become reality, folks.
So does part one of the two-part series deliver? Ohoho, yes!I absolutely love it! The writing is wonderful, with a fantastic complexity to Renee's relationship with Two-Face, balanced with her delightful friendship with Helena. I can't ask for more. And then Batwoman comes in with that dark, mysterious, badass way she has, and I can't help biting my lip at the tension and anticipation.
Uuughhnnnnnnnnnggggggg!
GET IT. I can't wait for part two. I wish it were longer... If DC could let Rucka do another The Question run that'd be great. And keep Batwoman and Huntress as continuous guest stars because neither of them has their own title (anymore).