The Question Quarterly #3

Styled like a strip of film noir celluloid, Denys Cowan's cover for this 1991 DC quarterly presents the Question in three stark, shadowy panels — trenchcoat billowing, fedora low, fist thrusting forward in a forceful, rhythmic sequence that feels equal parts pulp detective and street-level vigilante. The design is genuinely arresting, using the filmstrip motif to give the faceless hero a cinematic weight that suits the Hub City setting perfectly. With a complete story — "Hell in Hub City" — written by Dennis O'Neil and drawn by Joe Quesada, this oversized quarterly delivers a full dose of the Question's gritty philosophical intensity in a single sitting.