The Question: All Along the Watchtower #1 was announced today via Polygon. Written by Alex Segura with art by Cian Tormey, the story follows Renee Montoya’s after Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman call her up to the Justice League’s orbital Watchtower headquarters to solve a murder. It’s a murder mystery, y’all!
On the influences for the series, Segura told Polygon they include “Sherlock Holmes or Agatha Christie: plot-driven novels that feature colorful characters and situations, often outside of the expected or mundane. But I’d also have to tip my hat to more modern PI novels, like the work of Walter Mosley, Laura Lippman, and George Pelecanos — stories about flawed protagonists in over their heads, trying to do the right thing.”
So what’s The Question: All Along the Watchtower about?
Renee Montoya investigates a murder mystery on the Justice League Watchtower.
Who watches the Watchtower? In the wake of Absolute Power, the Justice League Unlimited has created a haven for all heroes—but can they keep it secure? Enter Renee Montoya, reeling from an abrupt end to her time in Gotham and looking for a place to hang her hat. But the Trinity didn’t bring her up to the Watchtower to relax—there’s a dark threat bubbling underneath the surface, and only the Question and her ad hoc support team stand a chance of figuring out who the problem is before it’s too late.
Segura continued, “The Watchtower is as much a character in this as Renee herself, but, it’s a noir story when all is said and done — so you’ll have to trust me when I say, there’s a lot of thought put into all those backgrounds you won’t be able to see under all the blood and shadows!”
Expect to find the first issue in comic shops sometime in November. Check out covers by Tormey and variants by Danny Earls, Lucio Parrillo, and Jorge Fornés below.
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