Shankie's House of Guns & Spandex

So I was talking about Vic hanging out with Ted all the time this morning, which reminded me of an issue of The Question I'd never shared... but meant to. And with Watchmen being out now, I suppose it's timely.

"A Dream of Rorschach" is The Question #17 (the late 80's-ish series) and I've found has been a lot of people's first reading of that series just because of the reference. It begins at a senior citizen's home, where an old guy refuses to come down from the roof, because he's dreamt the "Angel'a Death" is going to fall from the sky. And lo, Vic falls out of a helicopter and crushes him to death a few minutes later... and Vic is pretty messed up about it, with all kinds of guilt... so he goes on a trip to try and solve the crime that had him swinging from a helicopter in the first place.



And that's what he picks up to read on the plane. :D

( What Would Rorschach Do? )

I mostly threw in the last page there because I like that drawing of Ollie. I totally wasn't even planning on having another post with Green Arrow in it, I'd forgotten he was even in this story yet. But he is; he and Vic go on an adventure together. Heck with it, I'll throw in a page from #18 just because Ollie is awesome.

( It keeps my beard company. )

He stays tied up until page 16. XD

Most, but not all, of this series has been collected as 3 trades; this one is from Volume 3: Epitaph For a Hero. I'm hoping they release the rest of the series later on, because it may not be perfect, but it dealt with issues of morality in a good way and had a wonderfully flawed Vic Sage treading the line between hero and total madman. I thought it was pretty awesome, one of those runs I re-read a lot.

Throughout The Question volume 1, Vic spends a lot of time being zen-like in his underwear. Often meditating cross-legged, what he calls "going inside" to find answers. Other times, he's discussing cases with an unfazed Tot that mostly ignores Vic's crazy bendy poses.



That one doesn't look as hard as it actually is; I'm pretty flexible, but I tried it and failed failed failed. My thighs mostly demanded to know what the heck I was trying to make my back do. In general, Vic takes the skill of putting one's foot behind their head to new levels.

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Las one, I have to say, impressed me the most. Especially since he's prolly putting all of his weight on his hands, to avoid sitting right on his package. The way he pulls out of it seems to suggest that, too. And apparently he held it for hours. That's crazy.

Yep. I'm impressed. This is about as impressive as the time Vic made himself invisible, then pulled a Darth Vader choke on a bad guy, all with his mind.