The Question: Epitaph for a Hero
The Question #13
Cover Date: February 1988
Subtitle: Be All that You Can Be
Writer(s): Dennis O'Neil
Artists(s): Denys Cowan, Rick Magyar
Storyline:
Vic got a call from the station - a bridge had collapsed. On the scene, he learned that six had died. He jumped into the river when he saw a vehicle with a boy inside go down. He got the boy out, but he died. Myra Fermin arrived on the scene and was informed by an engineer that he'd turned in a report that the bridge was about to fail.
Myra questioned the man who failed to act on the report, but she couldn't fire him due to his union credentials.
The next day, an elite armed forces team was doing a demonstration. They were all killed by a group of men dressed as ninjas. They escaped in a helicopter.
Vic began putting things together - a man on the bridge scene was a military man who had been against the public display and was pushed out of the service. His men went with him. The Question tracked him down and followed him. After putting up a fight, he was captured by DeBeck's men.
The Question #14
Cover Date: March 1988
Subtitle: Saving Face
Writer(s): Dennis O'Neil
Artists(s): Denys Cowan, Rick Magyar
Storyline:
Vic found himself buried up to his neck near a tree stump. He was told he'd be killed when he screamed. To be honorable, DeBeck and his men said they'd dig him up if he lasted longer than he did. He succeeded, and the group turned on itself, his mask had fallen off and they knew he was a reporter. DeBeck killed himself and only one was left standing. He helped dig Vic out, then died from his wounds. br>
Myra had her first press conference as a mayoral candidate.
The Question #15
Cover Date: April 1988
Subtitle: Epitaph for a Hero
Writer(s): Dennis O'Neil
Artists(s): Denys Cowan, Rick Magyar
Storyline:
While Vic waited for his camera man to set up, a private investigator named Loomis McCarthy approached him. They were both working the case where some black men had been found hanged. Sage, though he disapproved of the man's hatred of non-whites, agreed to meet him for dinner and discuss the case.
After his report, the met the man, but lost his appetite after several racist comments. He did learn where the man was staying. The Question later paid a visit to the man's room. He found magazines depicting white supremacy and sexual bondage. A black man burst into the room and opened fire. The Question escaped.
Vic talked to Tot, he suspected McCarthy was behind the killings. He soon got a call that there'd been another murder. McCarthy was at the scene first. The Question followed him and overheard the true plot - McCarthy was in town checking to make sure people from his client's group weren't beind the murders. He was speaking with a Mr. Figlia, who was behind the murders. Figlia had his partner, the man who'd attacked the Question in McCarthy's motel room attacked the PI, but he was shot and killed.
Vic Sage reported on the situation that night. Figlia was on site and opened fire after the piece. McCarthy, though hated by Sage, jumped in front of him and took the bullet. The PI died.
The Question #16
Cover Date: May 1988
Subtitle: --
Writer(s): Dennis O'Neil
Artists(s): Denys Cowan, Rick Magyar
Storyline:
The Question once again saved Izzy O'Toole's life. It proved members of the fire department were in on the corruption. Vic Sage reported on the incident later that evening. The Question visited O'Toole after Vic heard that the national party wasn't going to sponsor Myra for mayor.
An outside interest - a duo believing they were the grandsons of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - made a move to take over Hub City. Their first step was to kill the only "good" cop, O'Toole. They failed. Vic ran another report that made O'Toole look like a hero. Izzy then recorded an endorsement for Myra's campagne.
The Question #17
Cover Date: June 1988
Subtitle: A Dream of Rorschach
Writer(s): Dennis O'Neil
Artists(s): Denys Cowan, Rick Magyar
Storyline:
Sundance, the man who'd tried to kill O'Toole, received a visitor in jail. It was his partner. Vic was there to interview the "lawyer," but instead gave chase when the two escaped, guns a-blazin'. He grabbed onto their helicopter, but fell. He broke his fall on an old man, killing him.
Charlie tracked the "lawyer" back to Seattle and headed that direction. A man in a bar got him drunk, then fought him outside. Vic was able to win the fight and snatch the guy's ID. He paid the man a visit later and was ambushed. They took him to the woods to leave him, but Green Arrow showed up to lend a hand.
The Question #18
Cover Date: July 1988
Subtitle: Desperate Ground
Writer(s): Dennis O'Neil
Artists(s): Denys Cowan, Rick Magyar
Storyline:
Green Arrow got his three hostages and headed in to the camp. He didn't trust the Question until they neared their destination. The pair stole two snowmobiles and crashed them into Butch and Sundance's helicopter. The good guys waited out the blizzard with their hostages.