Television reporter Vic Sarge was determined to rid Hub City of its corruption, utilizing a mask and color-changing gas created by his friend Aristotle Rodor, to become the Question. 

When a tape acquired by The Question was aired by Sage, Mayer Wesley Fermin and his men swore to kill Sage. 

Fermin had hired Lady Shiva as an agent of death and she battered The Question to near senselessness. Fermin then had him shot and dumped into the harbor. 

Sage awakened in the home of Aristotle Rodor, having been saved from drowning by Shiva. He was then taken to a mountain retreat where he was trained by a crippled martial artist named Richard Dragon. When his training was complete, he returned to Hub City to take care of Fermin and his crew. The Question remains a combatant against Hub City's political corruption. His lonely battle is a long one with no guarantee of success. 

The Question is able to change the color of his hair and clothes and with the gas created by Rodor. In addition, the mask that attaches to his face is a combination of two chemicals that form an adhesive and is virtually unremovable without the proper chemical.  

His training by Richard Dragon has made The Question a master of martial arts, superior in hand to hand combat.