Issue The Question 1 Subtitle The Bad News Date February 1987 Writer(s) Dennis O'Neil Artist(s) Denys Cowan, Rick Magyar storyline A man in a hat and overcoat burst in on some men. He asked for a cassette recording ,and received it after a bit of a brawl. The man didn't have a face. Lady Shiva stood by and did not enter the fight. After getting the tape, the man got in his car and drove away. He pulled off his mask to reveal himself as news reporter Vic Sage. He headed to the studio and made a report on the corruption in Hub City - the commissioner of schools was shown doing cocaine with a woman for political favors. A man who was believed to have tipped off the location of the tape to Sage was killed. Vic met with Dr. Aristotle Rodor ("Tot"), who called him "Charlie" (Sage's real name was Charles Victor Szasz). His mask was getting loose (it was held on his face by adhering his special after shave lotion with some gas). While working with the mask, Tot complained about Charlie's smoking. He believed it may be affecting the mask. Vic later talked to one of his informants, a homeless man named Moe. A cop tried to break them up and was shot by a bullet meant for Sage. He chased down the shooter and handed him over to the police. Walking away, Sage bumped into Reverend Dr. Jeremiah Hatch. Hatch knew Sage's real name and promised he knew much more. Moe got a false lead and passed it on to Sage. Vic knew it was a setup, but went anyway. Shiva was there and took him down. Two other thugs beat on him a while, then he was shot in the head and dumped into the river.

Issue The Question 2 Subtitle Butterfly Date March 1987 Writer(s) Dennis O'Neil Artist(s) Denys Cowan, Rick Magyar storyline Charlie woke up in Tot's care - Shiva had saved him. He didn't remember Tot or much of anything else. The bullet had been tiny, partially blocked by his skull, partially blocked by his mask. With Vic Sage missing for 6 days, his enemies came to the conclusion that he was the Question. While slipping into and out of consciousness, Vic dreamed of Batman. He told him he must either stop doing what he was doing or take it more seriously. Tot gave him some maps that Shiva had left. Though dealing with several dozen broken bones, he took the trip. A helicopter arrived for him and delivered him to Richard Dragon, a warrior with links to Shiva. He was in a wheelchair. While and as he healed, Vic learned the way of the warrior. In time, Richard told him it was time for him to go. As he walked away, Shiva appeared and tested his skill. After their brief spar, she walked away. Vic asked her why she saved him, but she gave no answer. Back in Hub City, the Question went after his murderers, including Reverend Hatch.

Issue The Question 3 Subtitle Suffer the Children... Date April 1987 Writer(s) Dennis O'Neil Artist(s) Denys Cowan, Rick Magyar storyline The Question had Rev. Hatch on the ground when a woman entered the room: Myra, Sage's girlfriend. Hatch got up and attacked, but ended up catching himself on fire and leaping through the window. Myra pulled the Question into her room. He learned from overhearing the guards that she was the mayor's wife (she'd been blackmailed into marrying him - she had a child and had given it up to the orphanage where Sage grew up). Mrs. Fermin asked him to help - Hatch was planning on blowing up a school bus full of children. She helped him escape; he promised to help her. The Question went into action. Being a holiday, only two buses were in service. He tracked a bus down and saw a van he remembered from the garage at the mayor's mansion. He crashed his own car into it and sprung into action. He stopped the bomb and one of the men from using dynamite as a back up plan. After he made his escape, he removed his mask and visited Myra's daughter at the orphanage.

Issue The Question 4 Subtitle The Sacrifice Date May 1987 Writer(s) Dennis O'Neil Artist(s) Denys Cowan, Rick Magyar storyline Reverend Hatch sent some of his pocketed cops after the Question. They spotted him at the orphanage building a snow man with the children. Sage spoke with one of the nuns who'd recognized him and knew he'd once lived there. Two cops attacked - Sage stopped one, but the other held the nun at gunpoint. He took Myra's daughter and split in his squad car. Sage gave chase, but his car died from the collision earlier. Vic headed to Tot's place to plan his next attack. Hatch confided in one of his men (Jacob / Jake) that he planned on becoming President, then starting a war. Jake told him he was quitting and leaving the next morning. Sage saw a limo drive out of the mansion's gate and into a tree. One of the guards pulled the always-drunken mayor out of it and dragged him back to the house. Jake began to break into a safe in the house as a police car pulled in - Sage had stolen it and told the guards he was there to take the mayor to detox. The Question took down the first two men he faced, but gunfire started a fire in the house. He grabbed the unconscious thugs and continued on his way. He stopped Hatch from "sacrificing" Myra's daughter, but refused to kill him. Myra got free and stuck a dagger through his back. He got Myra and her daughter outside to the firefighters.

Issue The Question 5 Subtitle Cityscape Date June 1987 Writer(s) Dennis O'Neil Artist(s) Denys Cowan, Rick Magyar storyline The Question stopped three muggers from preying on an old lady. He hopped in the car with Aristotle and they talked about the city. Since the mayor's mansion had burned down, police, etc. had gone on strike - there was no chain of command (all paperwork and records had been kept in the mansion instead of city hall). The drunken mayor gave a press conference and blamed the civil unrest on "the commies." Bad things were happening all over the city. Striking along with the firemen and police were bus and taxi drivers. A woman was sexually assaulted by a coworker because she couldn't get a ride home. The old lady Vic saved from the mugging continued to wait on a bus that would never arrive. Myra thought about the night she'd killed Hatch. The rapist jumped from the top of a building only to regret it on the way down. A dirty cop named Izzy O'Toole tried to stop two men from looting the body, but the overtook him. The Question stopped them from going too far, but left O'Toole injured on the street. Tot took Charlie home; the National Guard arrived in town in hopes of keeping down the rioting and looting.

Issue The Question 6 Subtitle ...That Small Rain Down Can Rain... Date July 1987 Writer(s) Dennis O'Neil Artist(s) Denys Cowan, Rick Magyar storyline The man who'd failed to blow up the school bus poured acid on his face in hopes of gaining his father's love. Vic went out looking to hit the McVey Company - they were not only causing pollution, but also thought to be in league with terrorists. Looking through a skylight, he saw a man about to vandalize another's face with a knife. He jumped in and stopped them. Musto - the man who'd been contracted for the school bus job (and the father of the man who'd scarred himself with acid), was the would-be cutter. Vic took a knife to the back and retreated. He bumped into Myra at the station, but she brushed him off. Musto's son, now wearing bandages over his face, over heard him talking about taking down the father of one of his "employees." He took it upon himself to kill the man without his father's permission. Vic and Tot headed out to the McVey ranch in hopes of saving him from Musto's gang. When they stopped to ask directions, they found out that they were probably too late - both Musto and his son (separately) had already asked the same man where the place was. They arrived in time to hear a gunshot - Musto had fired in on who he believed to be the Question, but it was actually his son bandaged up (he was inside having coffee with the man he planned to kill). The son shot Musto as he barged in, then took off his bandages.