'The Question' ('Vic Sage') created by writer/illustrator Steve Ditko, debuted in Charlton Comics' Blue Beetle #1 (June 1967), followed by Charlton's "Mysterious Suspense" (October 1968) .
The character was then acquired by DC Comics in the early 1980's...
...and incorporated into the 'DC Universe', with former 'Gotham' police officer 'Renee Montoya', a protégé of Sage, becoming the new 'Question'.
"...in 'Hub City', TV investigative journalist 'Vic Sage' looking into criminal activities by a 'Dr. Twain', was approached by 'Aristotle Rodor', a former college professor, telling Sage about an artificial skin he had developed with Twain called 'Pseudoderm' with sometimes fatal side effects.
"Rodor and Twain agreed to abandon the project and parted ways, but Rodor discovered Twain had decided to proceed with an illegal sale of the invention to Third World nations, regardless of the risk to human health…”
