Author: Ron

The Question was the winner of Mattel’s first Fan Choice poll, and he makes his appearance in DC Universe Classics Wave 11. Fwoosher studmuffin found him at his local comic book store, where they had received their order for solid cases.

When pictures of the Question’s two-up were shown, like back at Wizard World Philly, many people wanted to know how Mattel would construct the double-breasted suit.  At WWP, the suit was a separate piece from the trench coat, with notable gaps on either side.  In production, the trenchcoat and suit front are a single piece, with the suit front made as a “flap” that is glued in on the right underside of the trenchcoat.

When I first saw pictures I thought that the Question shared a lot of parts with the Joker from the Wal-Mart exclusive Wave 10. After seeing these comparison pics I think they may have shared some of the initial sculpt but it could be completely new tooling. The upper arms and entire legs look very similar, but the lower arms are distinguished by the number of buttons and the feet have different shoes.

The torsos are very obviously different, and the Question has a waist swivel whereas the Joker does not. While the trench coat with the suit flap removed looks fine on the Joker (for another iconic Marshall Rogers Joker look) you can see that the Question’s shoulders are a bit broader as the trench fits him more snugly.

Thanks to studmuffin for these pics!

Fwoosher trs has got his hands on one of the earliest shipments of DC Universe Classics Wave 11. Of the cases he had access to, he reported that the Deadman variant was in abundance, and the Super Powers version of Steppenwolf were more rare. Earlier Mattel had said that the Deadman variant would be a chase, and the Steppenwolf figures would be 50:50 – so we’ll have to wait and see how this plays out at retail.

I think the entire wave came out looking great, but my most anticipated here would have to be John Stewart and the Question.

Big thanks to trs for sharing his pictures!