Anthony & Dr. Issues examine the predecessor to Rorschach, THE QUESTION! Of course, it was all part of the plan that they did Rorschach first… or was it?
SHOW NOTES:
- Introduction
- Background (02:44)
- Created by Steve Ditko in the Blue Beetle #1 (June 1967)
- Originally a Charlton Comics hero
- Vic Sage was investigative journalist who used Pseudoderm, a fake skin in a spray can, to cover his face and investigate things Vic couldn’t without being exposed
- Frequent foe of the Banshee, a flying circus performer
- Charlton Comics bought by DC in 1985, brought into their universe
- Was originally to be used by Alan Moore in Watchmen, but DC editorial had bigger plans and forbade Moore from using Question, so he created Rorschach
- Got solo series in 1987 by Dennis O’Neill and Denys Cowan
- Learned martial arts from Richard Dragon to help him fight better
- Primarily focused on rooting out corruption in Hub City (based on East St. Louis)
- Helps noble Myra Fermin win mayor seat – they have relationship as Vic Sage, but she doesn’t know he’s the Question
- Later has relationship with Huntress while working in Gotham
- Trains Renee Montoya to succeed him since he’s dying of lung cancer
- New 52 reboots character – Government agent recruited to help Amanda Waller run Suicide Squad
- Grant Morrison creates Earth-4 Question – similar to Mr. A and Rorschach, a murderous vigilante
- Issues (14:17)
- Paranoia – everything is a conspiracy
- Privacy – he can’t be seen, but he investigates everyone else
- Philosophy – Ditko’s objectivism personified
- Treatment (37:32)
- In-universe – Difficult because of the conspiracy theories
- Out-of-universe – Find truth in conspiracies, and then challenge the rest, coping with possibility of failure
- Couch skit (48:56)
- Ending
References in episode:
- Skin gun – Mentioned by Anthony at 4:10
- Manipulative Bastard – TV Tropes entry, used by Anthony at 12:33
- Justice League: Doom – Movie referenced by Anthony at 12:44
- GDPR – Mentioned by Anthony at 23:51
- “No man is an island” – from Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, paraphrased by Dr. Issues at 25:47
- Creator Avatar – TV Tropes entry, mentioned by Anthony at 27:09
- Paranoid personality disorder – Mentioned by Dr. Issues at 47:52
- Delusional disorder – Mentioned by Dr. Issues at 47:56
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