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Issue: The Question #17
Publication Date: June 1988
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Issues: #17 of 37 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Suggested for Mature Readers
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/08/1988
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.50 CAD
$1.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Suggested for Mature Readers
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Shipping date of February 9, 1988 per Direct Currents #1 (January 1988). Corrected shipping date of March 8, 1988 per Direct Currents #2 (February 1988), confirmed from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
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Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, superhero
Character(s): The Question [Vic Sage]
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Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Answer...
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3158
Disclose Notes: Recommended Reading List: "The Watchmen" by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.
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A Dream of Rorschach

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, superhero
Character(s): The Question [Vic Sage]; Rorschach (guest from Watchmen); Aristotle Rodor (guest); Butch (villain); Sundance (villain); Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (cameo)
Synopsis: After failing to foil their prison break, The Question follows Butch and Sundance to Seattle where they get the better of him. Green Arrow intervenes. The Question draws comparisons between himself and Rorschach after reading "The Watchmen."
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Pages: 28
Job Number: G-3626
Disclose Notes: In Watchmen's original conception, the Charlton heroes were to be used as the players, but DC changed its mind. The Question became Rorschach in the story, making this issue a hotbed of internal irony.

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