The Question #14

Denys Cowan and Bill Sienkiewicz deliver a quietly striking cover for this March 1988 issue: a figure seen from behind, head bowed, with an American flag draped across their face — stars, stripes, and what appears to be a dark bloodstain all rendered in Sienkiewicz's textured, painterly line work. It's a somber, thought-provoking image that captures the morally complex tone Dennis O'Neil brought to this series. With a story titled "Saving Face," the flag's presence here feels anything but celebratory — this is the kind of mature, politically charged superhero work that made The Question stand apart from its contemporaries.