Characteristics

Origin

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.

Police Work

Renee did not love Two-Face back and he thought the only way to have her was to take everything away from her. Two-Face reveals to the public that Renee is a lesbian and he frames her for murder. Renee is taken in by the police and held in jail pending her trail. Two-Face would proceed to kidnap her and made it look like Renee escaped. Renee and Two-Face would get into a fight and they both struggle for the gun Two-Face is holding. Batman comes to save her and clears her of the murder and returns Two-Face to Arkham Asylum. Renee’s life would take a spiral downwards though, her parents were very religious so in response to her sexuality, they disowned her.

Sexy Renee

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.

The Fifty-Two Weeks

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.

Renee would be taken to Nanda Parbat by Question. He introduces her to Richard Dragon who would train Renee. She discovers that Question has cancer and is dying, the Question wants Renee to replace him. They discover that Intergang is reading about prophecies that involved sacrificing Batwoman. Batwoman is Katherine Kane who is Renee’s ex-girlfriend. They return to Gotham to help her fight against Intergang. The Question became weaker and weaker by the day and eventually he had to be hospitalized at Kane’s. Renee began to act more the Question day after day and she would stay by his side while he was ill. Renee and Kate seem to have rekindled when they celebrated Hanukkah and Christmas while also kissing each other. Renee would decide to take Question back to Nanda Parbat in hopes they could help him. The journey was long and difficult due to blizzards. They get nearer to the city and Question finally awakens to tell Renee one last thing, that she needs to figure out who she will become. Question dies shortly after and Renee continues to the city. Renee would meditate for a long time until she finally returned to Gotham. Upon her return she discovers that Batwoman was kidnapped already and she teams up with Nightwing to try and save her. Eventually Renee would figure herself out and she becomes the new Question.

Now wearing Charlie’s (the former Question) mask and acting as the Question, she continues to investigate the kidnap. She discovers where they were going to perform the ritual and she busts in to stop them. Kate is stabbed for the ritual by Bruno and Renee jumps him, while Bruno was distracted Kate pulls out the knife and throws it at Bruno killing him. Kate later recovers. Renee puts up the question signal in the sky, shining through the window into the room in which Kate is recovering. Kate knows what it means. Renee is asking. "Are you ready?"

Accessories

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