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The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage #1
The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage (2019-) #1
For years, Vic Sage has worn the faceless mask of the Question to clean up the streets of Hub City by sheer force of will. He knows right from wrong. He knows black from white. But what happens when he is drawn into a conspiracy that reaches from the heights of Hub City power to the depths of its underground tunnels? What happens when things stop being black-and-white and start getting a little gray? And what happens when, in a secret chamber deep beneath the city, Vic Sage meets his own end...and his new beginning? Eisner-winning writer Jeff Lemire joins forces with the legendary art team of Denys Cowan and Bill Sienkiewicz to resurrect Vic Sage, only to destroy him all over again...and again...
49 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 20, 2019
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Jeff Lemire
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Jeff Lemire is a New York Times bestselling and award winning author, and creator of the acclaimed graphic novels Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Trillium, Plutona, Black Hammer, Descender, Royal City, and Gideon Falls. His upcoming projects include a host of series and original graphic novels, including the fantasy series Ascender with Dustin Nguyen.
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
Jeff Lemire is a New York Times bestselling and award winning author, and creator of the acclaimed graphic novels Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Trillium, Plutona, Black Hammer, Descender, Royal City, and Gideon Falls. His upcoming projects include a host of series and original graphic novels, including the fantasy series Ascender with Dustin Nguyen.
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March 7, 2020
DC are cowards for not having had a Question on going series recently tbh. This issue was great, and I like that it hints at some of the past (?) continuity.
November 25, 2019
4.5 stars. Man this was good! I have no idea who the question is. I purchased this because of Lemire and The DC Black Label imprint. The other Black Label books, the Last God, Harleen and the Hill house stuff have all been great so I figured I’d keep this thing going. So far so good. I love a good noir detective mystery kind of story and this hits that vibe. I’m just sad it will be almost 2 months before issue two comes out. Can’t wait.
November 22, 2019
A little bit of Rorschach, The Question, Spirit, Sandman Mystery Theater vibes on this one...which I guess that’s just the genre.
I’m not sure why but something about these grittier noir detective stories really stick with me.
This was interesting in that it felt like a throw back pulp detective story, while at the same time updated with cell phones and commentary on politics.
And this is just the first of four books. I’m really looking forward to this story and hopefully them reviving the Question 90s run release.
I’m not sure why but something about these grittier noir detective stories really stick with me.
This was interesting in that it felt like a throw back pulp detective story, while at the same time updated with cell phones and commentary on politics.
And this is just the first of four books. I’m really looking forward to this story and hopefully them reviving the Question 90s run release.
November 24, 2019
Me ha gustado muchísimo. Ojalá más de Sienkiewicz que simplemente entintar pero está pero está muy bien. En guión creo que Lemire hace una mejor historia que en la de Joker y muestra bastante bien el objectivismo del personaje pero rápidamente se lo lleva a su terreno, veremos en el siguiente número.
November 20, 2019
Closer to a 4.5
I have been so excited for this, and I got almost everything I wanted.
Story was a little slow at first, but the last 5-10 pages were insanely good! I can't wait to see where Lemire takes this next. Obviously the art is gorgeous, and I love the sketch-heavy style.
It's the first time I'm buying one issue at a time, and it's a little pricey, but I'm glad to follow what looks to be a great story about one of my favourite DC heroes.
I have been so excited for this, and I got almost everything I wanted.
Story was a little slow at first, but the last 5-10 pages were insanely good! I can't wait to see where Lemire takes this next. Obviously the art is gorgeous, and I love the sketch-heavy style.
It's the first time I'm buying one issue at a time, and it's a little pricey, but I'm glad to follow what looks to be a great story about one of my favourite DC heroes.
August 5, 2024
Beautiful to read and feast my eyes on.
this is my first read of anything related to The Question, but I used to love his appearance in Justice League animated show.
this is my first read of anything related to The Question, but I used to love his appearance in Justice League animated show.
November 25, 2019
4 stars!
My first encounter with The Question was in the Justice League Unlimited series, a staple of my childhood cartoon experience. From the few episodes he was featured in I found myself very interested in the character. I was happily surprised to see that DC Black Label will be featuring a storyline for him, glad to know that the label is expanding just beyond Batman and his rogues.
I would call this first book a success. Not only does it introduce the character and flesh him well given just 49 pages, but it does present a plot that I'm really interested in. I'm not familiar with the history of Vic Sage/The Question but I feel like this first book does a fairly good job at introducing established characters well, without confusing the readers. The story starts off with this gritty, political tone but introduces a metaphysical or supernatural element by the end and I'm genuinely curious how Lemire will take the narrative further.
Similar to Harleen I will be looking forward to following The Question with each book :)
My first encounter with The Question was in the Justice League Unlimited series, a staple of my childhood cartoon experience. From the few episodes he was featured in I found myself very interested in the character. I was happily surprised to see that DC Black Label will be featuring a storyline for him, glad to know that the label is expanding just beyond Batman and his rogues.
I would call this first book a success. Not only does it introduce the character and flesh him well given just 49 pages, but it does present a plot that I'm really interested in. I'm not familiar with the history of Vic Sage/The Question but I feel like this first book does a fairly good job at introducing established characters well, without confusing the readers. The story starts off with this gritty, political tone but introduces a metaphysical or supernatural element by the end and I'm genuinely curious how Lemire will take the narrative further.
Similar to Harleen I will be looking forward to following The Question with each book :)
December 22, 2019
This is an interesting start to this story. I don't know much about The Question in the comics, my exposure to him being limiter to the animated series I've watched that featured him. However, so far this first book is full of political intrigue and a complicated relationship between Vic and his mentor, Dragon. I have a feeling Dragon knows something Vic doesn't and give is going to find out about it the hard way. Too bad Book 2 doesn't come out until January. The wait is going to be agonizing. Great start so far. It has my attention and I need answers to a lot of questions!
December 27, 2019
A power team of renowned author Jeff Lemire, powerhouse artist Denys Cowan, and inker extraordinaire Bill Sienkievicz give us The Question in DC new Black Label format.
The Question is Vic Sage again. The place is Hub City again. Corruption is everywhere anew. But when we thought we were back in familiar territory (no offense to Renee Montoya), Vic Sage makes a quite confusing discovery, leading him to a new question : his own identity.
Book #2 can’t come fast enough.
The Question is Vic Sage again. The place is Hub City again. Corruption is everywhere anew. But when we thought we were back in familiar territory (no offense to Renee Montoya), Vic Sage makes a quite confusing discovery, leading him to a new question : his own identity.
Book #2 can’t come fast enough.
December 8, 2019
Wow! I was in love with this as soon as I saw it in the store. Definitely worth picking up a physical copy. The oversize magazine format of the comic is heaven for fans of Denys Cowan and Bill Sienkiewicz. Jeff Lemire spins a Question story straight out of Dennis O'Neil's mind and doesn't miss a beat. This felt like the 80s in fantastic way. Long live The Question!
January 3, 2020
A good start. The art is pretty scratchy but it works with the rough style of writing. I love Vic Sage and I think this story captures his fractured voice really well so far--so long as it doesn't follow the same plot as Hawkman--hunting down his past lives at the expense of the drama going on in the current world that this book claims are all connected to his occult discovery.
July 9, 2025
I can’t think of a reason to give fewer than all the stars. Great writing, which I have come to expect and love in Lemire’s work, good artwork that fits the story, which raises many questions, and an end that answers nothing. Word.
November 2, 2020
This was a letdown for me... my least favorite of the large format Black Label books so far...
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November 13, 2022?
This is an odd one. I'm not sure if this good or just very convaluted the art is sub-par but the dialouge is ok.
This is an odd one. I'm not sure if this good or just very convaluted the art is sub-par but the dialouge is ok.
March 21, 2025
In true Jeff Lemire fashion, this got pretty trippy. Also like his comment about computers taking the fun out of detective work.
February 8, 2021
Be it as a gritty reexamination of a classic hero, or a meta/high-concept love letter to a classic hero, I can't help but think of Jimmy McGill's answer to the would-be inventor in the "Alpine Shepherd Boy" episode of Better Call Saul:
I may have seen one of these before.
Having said that, it's not a *bad* story by any fair metric. More bowed somewhat by rather workmanlike craft and rather shopworn subject matter (I'm speaking somewhat more with the script/story in mind, here; if you're an admirer of the art team, there is plenty to admire; Denys Cowan and Bill Sienkiewicz respond as gamely & professionally as usual to the task of art for a noir-ish tale as you'd expect).
I may have seen one of these before.
Having said that, it's not a *bad* story by any fair metric. More bowed somewhat by rather workmanlike craft and rather shopworn subject matter (I'm speaking somewhat more with the script/story in mind, here; if you're an admirer of the art team, there is plenty to admire; Denys Cowan and Bill Sienkiewicz respond as gamely & professionally as usual to the task of art for a noir-ish tale as you'd expect).
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