2005 Question mini-series Vic Sage And Superman Interaction.

[superfangirl1]

The Question "walks in two worlds" when sent into visionary trances by Rodor's gas, now retconned as a hallucinogen. In these trances, cities (Chicago, where he is a TV anchor, and then Metropolis, where the series takes him) "speak" to him through visual coincidences and overheard snatches of street conversation. Regarding himself as a spiritual warrior, he is now comfortable killing his enemies when this seems useful and poetically just. He uses his skills and his alternate moral code first to detect and then to foil a plot by Lex Luthor not only to assassinate Superman (using chi energy which Sage can detect) but to prevent his return from the dead (which Superman had recently achieved following his death in DC's notorious Doomsday event) by damning his soul upon death. Sage is revealed to have a lifelong infatuation with fellow journalist Lois Lane, which he does not divulge to her.


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Comments

[bewareofgeek]

I always liked this mini, as sort of an in-continuity Elseworlds.

This interpretation of Vic would never have worked in an ongoing, but as a standalone? Not bad at all.

[filthysize]

That's exactly how I feel about it. Part of why it works is the story, I think, with Superman acting as the general traditional superhero who's not in tune with this kind of threat, whereas the urban shaman is.

For some reason I like the idea of a malleable Question. He's distinctly different every time a writer gets a hold of him, but somehow fits into the story and makes it feel right. This is as perfect to a Rick Veitch story as the grim-zen Vic was to O'Neill's philosophical crime stories, and as an objectivist Vic was to Ditko's morality tales, and as conspiracy nut Vic was to McDuffie's shadow government epic, and as humorous mentor Vic was to Rucka's Montoya's transitioning.

[jkcarrier]

This was a great miniseries. The Question seems to be one of those characters that invites wildly different interpretations -- Ditko's, O'Neil's, and Veitch's have little in common -- but I dig them all. I also enjoyed how they played off of Superman's status as the alpha male of the hero community ("Ok, here's the speech I give to all the newbies..."). And the way the Subterraneans manage to avoid Superman's notice by doing all their deals in bathrooms and bedrooms, which Supes is too polite to eavesdrop in.

Edwards' art is terrific -- it looks like he's incorporating a lot of photographic and/or CGI elements, but it's all blended together so organically that it works beautifully.

[outlawpoet]

I like Superman being supremely powerful, his only problem being knowing what to hit. We've seen hints of his being quite uncomfortable with magic elsewhere, but I imagine he's even more strongly uncomfortable with oracular magic.

[shadowpsykie]

... Morrison? is that you?

[weber_dubois22]

I'll forever thank Justice League Unlimited for introducing me to The Question. (But on a side note, Superman's resemblance to Christopher Reeve here is completely intention, no?)

[icon_uk]

I should imagine it is, Superman looking like Christopher Reece ALWAYS works for me.