Renee Montoya
Renee Montoya is a comic book character that first appeared in Batman #475
Renee Montoya was created by Paul Dini for the Batman: The Animated Series. Renee was brought to the DCU from the animated series as detective in the Gotham City Police Department. She is a very firm believer in Batman, and after the death of Vic Sage, became the new Question.
Characteristics
Height: 5'8"Weight: 145lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
History
Renee Montoya is a police officer at the Gotham Police Department. She would eventually be promoted to homicide detective by Commissioner Gordon, where she would be partnered with Harvey Bullock. While they were working together Harvey and Renee became close friends.
During No Man’s Land, Renee befriends Two-Face. She is able to surface the good Harvey Dent personality to help aid the city after the earthquake. Two-Face would eventually fall in love with Renee while they help the people of Gotham.
During War Games, Montoya and Crispus Allen were ambushed by the Black Spider and her partner shoots and kills him. Jim Corrigan stole the bullet used to shoot Black Spider during the crime scene investigation and tries to sell it on the Internet. Montoya needed the bullet to prove Allen only killed in self-defense. Renee was able to buy the bullet and clears the name of Allen. Renee becomes obsessed with trying to expose Corrigan that Allen decides to bring him to justice to stop Renee’s obsession. Allen is killed by Corrigan during the investigation and it fueled Renee even more to bring Corrigan in. She is able to track him down and has him in front of her gun. In the end Renee could not kill him and she quits the GCPD right afterwards.
52
Renee has become an alcoholic drinking at bars. She has started to obsess over her former job and losing her girlfriend. The Question would hire her to help him investigate Intergang and find out what they are planning to do in Gotham City. They uncover alien like weapons at their warehouse and tracked them to Kahndaq. During the wedding of Black Adam there was a child girl strapped with bombs ready to do a suicide bombing. Renee stops her with the only way possible which is shooting the girl and killed her. Black Adam would award the Question and Renee with the highest honor in Kahdaq, but Renee did not attend. Black Adam finds Renee in bed with another woman drinking her guilt away. Later Renee and Question find Intergang and discovers they are using children to operate things.
The Crime Bible
As the new Question, Renee became obsessed with finding answers about the Crime Bible and its Religion of Crime. With every piece of information she found, she came to also find something seductive about the dark religion's teachings. Kate saw the effect her investigation was having on her. When Kate helped her get a rare copy of the Crime Bible, the two lovers came to blows over it, because Kate did not want to give it to Renee. But Renee had to have it and told Kate why. It was because she had to know as much as she could about them so she could protect Kate from them. That answer was not good enough for Kate. She never asked to be protected. But she did leave Renee with the copy of the Crime Bible.
All the time Renee was investigating the Religion of Crime, she was also chasing a man called Flay, leader of the religion's Order of the Stone. What she did not realize was that he was making sure she learned the Crime Bible's lessons of blood, because she was part of the prophesied Parable of the Faceless. When it was time, he threatened to murder all those she cared about if she did not come to meet him. She of course complied. He forced her into a death match with him and said whoever survived would lead the order. She was able to maintain the upper hand over him but continued to refuse to kill him. She had no interest in being part of their faith. He would not surrender though. Soon, she had no choice but to inadvertently kill him. The Order of the Stone then bowed before their new master.
Final Crisis
Renee refused the Order of the Stone and learned from their religions prophecies and agendas details of the coming Final Crisis. She passed information along to Dan Turpin about a missing children case he was working, because it tied into what she knew about the Dark Side Club targeting metahuman kids. Leaving him to that, she took off after the Order of the Stone's attempt to acquire the Spear of Destiny. She failed to keep them from it due to the Spectre's interference. But it wasn't simply the Spectre. It was her dead partner Crispus Allen, the new host to the Spectre, who had been sent to kill her for being the leader of the Order of the Stone. He allowed her a final kindness, transporting her back to Gotham so she could see Kate one last time. Before her divine execution could be carried around, the Radiant appeared and granted her God's mercy.
Asking the Question
Renee went into business as a private detective, working out of the lighthouse left to her and Tot by Vic Sage. Those who needed her help could reach her through her website and ask her the questions they needed her to find answers for. Tot worked along with her out of obligation to the memory of Vic. Her first job was to find a missing girl who had supposedly been smuggled into the country but her brother never saw her arrive.
Accessories
Question MaskA masked composed of a light-weight substance made from puedoderm that is used to conceal the features of the wearer. With the mask on the wearer is still able to see and breathe.
Question Gas
A chemical compound released from a container stored in her belt that is used to change the color of hair or clothing. It can be also used to react with a mask temporarily attaching it to the users face
| Super Name: | Renee Montoya |
| Real Name: | Renee Maria Montoya |
| Aliases: |
Detective Montoya Montoya The Question |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Gender: | Female |
| Character Type: | Human |
| 1st Appearance: | Batman #475 |
| Appears in: | 176 issues |
| Birthday: | |
| Died: |
