Warning: Spoilers for Batman: The Brave and the Bold #16TheDCUniverse is full of vigilantes, and one vigilante in Gotham City has just been caught red-handed. Renee Montoya juggles two lives as the commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department and the vigilante known as theQuestion, but a shocking turn of events has put both lives in jeopardy. The Question’s identity has been revealed to the public, and her status quo will never be the same.
As Renee Montoya chases down a mystery in Gotham that’s become personal in the second part of “Duality” by Alex Segura and Andy MacDonald fromBatman: The Brave and the Bold#16, she finds herself slipping back intodoing detective work as the Questionafter she’d attempted to leave it behind. After believing she’s succeeded in concealing her dark secret, Renee is faced with a news headline that turns her world upside down,officially revealing her secret identity as the Question to the public.
This identity reveal has major implications for the Question moving forward, potentiallychanging the trajectory of Renee Montoya’s careerin a big way that ties into the broader DCU.
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The Question’s Secret Identity Has Been Exposed
Nothing Will Ever Be the Same for Renee Montoya
In the first installment of the “Duality” storyline,the Question discovered that someonewas coming after her by targeting people close to her. Now, she’s met face-to-face with the culprit: a new foe who calls himself Zero and claims to know about her double life. It seems that Zero has found a way to expose the truth to the public, and Renee’s career as GCPD Commissioner hangs in the balance as a result. Luckily, DC Comics has provided a clue aboutwhere the Question might be headedin the aftermath of this game-changing reveal.
Renee Montoya first followed in Vic Sage’s footsteps and took up the mantle of the Question in52#48 by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Keith Giffen, and Darick Robertson.
This November, Renee Montoya will lead her own solo series,The Question: All Along the Watchtower. Written by Segura and drawn by Cian Tormey, the story follows the Question as she solves a Justice League mystery. Since “Duality” and this upcoming series are both written by Segura, it’s likely that they’re connected. According to the solicitation, Renee no longer works with the GCPD when she’senlisted by the Trinity. Her identity being exposed could lead to herlosing her job as commissioner, sending the Question on a path that will land her at the Watchtower.
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Who watches the Watchtower? In the wake of Absolute Power, the Justice League Unlimited has created a haven for all heroes — but can they keep it secure? Enter Renee Montoya, reeling from an abrupt end to her time in Gotham and looking for a place to hang her hat. But the Trinity didn’t bring her up to the Watchtower to relax — there’s a dark threat bubbling underneath the surface, and only the Question and her ad hoc support team stand a chance of figuring out who the problem is before it’s too late.
With her identity known to the people of Gotham, Renee Montoyamust leave her old life behind and begin a new journeyto help thenewly reformed Justice League. Segura clearly has big plans in store for the Question, which will become clearer in the third installment of “Duality” and in her solo series this November. Whatever comes next for theQuestion, her life will never be as it was before, and there’s no telling where she’ll land now that she will be leaving Gotham to find her new place in theDCUniverse.
Batman: The Brave and the Bold#16is available now from DC Comics.
BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #16 (2024)
