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THE QUESTION: ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER six-issue mini-series launches in November from DC Comics!

Oh, hi! It’s me again.

Now, I wasn’t expecting to write two newsletters in two days, but this can definitely be filed under “a good problem.” As you may have already read via Susana Polo at Polygon, DC Comics just announced that I’m writing The Question: All Along the Watchtower - a new mini-series series starring Renee Montoya, with amazing art by the great Cian Tormey! Huge thanks to my editors, Paul Kaminski and Jillian Grant for entrusting me with this!

We haven’t shown any interior art yet, but check out this lovely Jorge Fornes cover for #1 -

If the title didn’t tip you off, All Along the Watchtower chronicles Renee/The Question’s story about the JL Watchtower, after she’s enlisted by Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman to get to the bottom of a series of deadly events. And yes, there might be a murder or two. It’s a noir murder mystery on the biggest DC stage, featuring, hands down, my favorite DC Comics character. To say I’m thrilled would be an understatement.

The Denny O’Neil/Denys Cowan run on The Question, along with Greg Rucka’s work on Renee in Gotham Central, 52, and with Cully Hamner as the Question, are seismic influences on me as a writer, period, and on this book in particular. It’s not a job I take lightly, and I’m definitely trying to do my best to perfect that potent blend that makes Renee stories sing: weaving through the tenets of classic noir crime fiction and mixing them with the wide-eyed wonder of superheroics. It’s been a blast so far.

As some of you know, I’ve had the honor of writing a few Renee/The Question shorts over the last few years, including a one-off in Lazarus Planet: Legends Reborn with the amazing Clayton Henry, and a three-part story currently running in the pages of Batman: Brave and the Bold with old friend/top-flight artist, Andy MacDonald. I love the complexities of Renee’s character, and her ability to overcome her personal demons to do the right thing - which will be at the heart of this new series. Expect lots of fun cameos, surprises, and some unexpected deep cuts. This is a love letter to Renee, the work of O’Neil and Rucka, and the DC universe as a whole.

For more details and a killer array of variant covers, visit Polygon - and keep your eyes on this space for more soon! See you on the Watchtower!

Alex