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The Question Omnibus by Dennis O'Neil and Denys Cowan Vol. 1
by Denny O'Neil
This was one of my favorite Omnibus I ever had the privilege of reading.
The Question always was interesting but I haven't had a chance to read a lot of his stuff. But now I finally got to read his first major by the late great Dennis O'Neil I now know why people love this character so much.
During 1986 we had Watchmen come out and it changed the comic game. Some comics got ALOT darker, and some worked really well with it. Green Arrow was one of them but luckily the Question was born of this, and it was a smash hit (Least in my opinion).
Dennis O'Nel and Cowan really put their best work here with creating Vic into a TV station spokesman to trying to uncover crime and stop it. It's similar vibes from Watchmen, and maybe Batman, mixed with a little Green Arrow for politics. A lot of these issues are one shots, with a overarching main story of voting for a new mayor in a broken city.
The best issues for me involved The Question being tortured by US Soldiers gone crazy, really hit the nail on patriotisms. I also loved the racism issue, as Vic was about to lose his mind with this piece of shit racist only for a crazy twist to happen. The stories get even darker as we go along this book with assassination attempts, racism, and common political warfare you still see today.
I really can't recommend this Omnibus enough. Despite few bumps or weaker issues here or there this one totally consumed me and I hope we really do get a volume 2 down the line.
A 4.5 out of 5.
The Question always was interesting but I haven't had a chance to read a lot of his stuff. But now I finally got to read his first major by the late great Dennis O'Neil I now know why people love this character so much.
During 1986 we had Watchmen come out and it changed the comic game. Some comics got ALOT darker, and some worked really well with it. Green Arrow was one of them but luckily the Question was born of this, and it was a smash hit (Least in my opinion).
Dennis O'Nel and Cowan really put their best work here with creating Vic into a TV station spokesman to trying to uncover crime and stop it. It's similar vibes from Watchmen, and maybe Batman, mixed with a little Green Arrow for politics. A lot of these issues are one shots, with a overarching main story of voting for a new mayor in a broken city.
The best issues for me involved The Question being tortured by US Soldiers gone crazy, really hit the nail on patriotisms. I also loved the racism issue, as Vic was about to lose his mind with this piece of shit racist only for a crazy twist to happen. The stories get even darker as we go along this book with assassination attempts, racism, and common political warfare you still see today.
I really can't recommend this Omnibus enough. Despite few bumps or weaker issues here or there this one totally consumed me and I hope we really do get a volume 2 down the line.
A 4.5 out of 5.