Helltown (DC Universe)

Focused on the events that led Vic Sage to take on the mantle of The Question this is basically a novelization of Denny O’Neil’s critically acclaimed comics run on the character. However several changes were made during this adaption including some character swaps and a noticeable toning down of the political reflections that made the original so compelling. The prose style is surprisingly flat, and combined with a couple of major editorial errors (like a minor character suddenly changing names), results in a tale that isn’t as engaging as it should have been given its source material.