Renee Montoya is a detective with the Major Crimes Unit of the Gotham City Police Department.

After the Question's money had run out, Renee noticed an overlooked connection between the abandoned warehouse and Kate Kane, a millionaire socialite and Renee's ex-girlfriend. Renee announced her intent to retire from costumed heroics during the Final Crisis events, feeling such actions were affecting her sanity.[25]. [11] A few hours later, the abduction of Mayor Krol was revealed and Montoya, along with Bullock, went to the man's home looking for clues. Montoya and Two-Face.

Renee Montoya was originally created by Bruce Timm, Paul Dini and Mitch Brian for Batman: The Animated Series in the DCAU, premiering in the episode "Pretty Poison" (1992). The Question recounting the Final Crisis on Earth-Zero and her retirement.

Putting on the Question's fedora, Montoya goes and attempts to console Black Adam, since she understands what its like to lose loved ones. [24] Darkseid's death made this impossible, and instead Renee assisted in the gathering of Supermen from all the worlds, which returned the Earth, and Renee, to their rightful place in the Multiverse. He is stopped by Radiant, the Spirit of Mercy, embodying the merciful aspect of Christianity introduced by Jesus.

After speculation on how Black Adam and Osiris are taking her death, she is urged to go to Khandaq by Aristotle Rodor and Richard Dragon, both friends of the Question. In the Batman: Gotham Knight and The Dark Knight, there is a similar character named Anna Ramirez, in the commentary for Batman: Gotham Knights, Gregory Noveck alludes to the similarity and notes the reason for the name difference is Ramirez's actions in Dark Knight as a corrupt cop on the mob's payroll. Renee told Kate that she was doing this to save her life, since the Crime Bible demands the death of Batwoman.

She went undercover and allowed herself to be taken by the mental influence of the cult's leader, a being calling herself Korrigan.

Instead, Radiant makes sure that Renee can't be brainwashed, and teleports her away.

As the series progressed, the character developed from a uniformed police officer to a plainclothes detective who ended up becoming Harvey Bullock's partner.

This version of Renee Montoya actually appeared before the original television version, because of the shorter lead time in comic book production.

She partnered up with Bullock, and though they were quite different, they got along well. She had to return to Gotham and make sure she did not lose someone else she cared about.

The Spectre is not able to hold them off for long, because they are protected by the same force that protected Libra. She is considered to be a great fighter; even without super powers.

Her partner is Crispus Allen.

Babs was able to give them what they needed, plus the technological means to track down the network to its source. Renee Montoya was born and raised in Burnley, just off Van Buren Avenue. any Comic Vine content.

As the Question lies in hospice care at Kate's, Montoya begins to adopt some of his traits, such as meditation. [2], Montoya was always loyal to Commissioner Gordon. However, she continued to puzzle over a conversation between the thugs she had half-heard as she entered. At the start of the New 52, she had moved from Gotham to nearby Blüdhaven to work for their police department. Her skills as a hardened and sharp-witted cop prove very valuable in the fight and the entire group makes it out alive, the Black Mask meets a watery and grisly end.

09:31AM Kate asks Montoya to stay, but Montoya says she owes everything to Charlie, and has to try to save him. She has built an extensive case against the Black Mask, but Captain Patrick Erickson refuses to consider bringing the case to the D.A.

Renee Montoya was voiced in the series by Ingrid Oliu and created specifically for the show.

Bruce had brought his new Batman Incorporate franchise to France, where a cult known as the Golden Portal was causing violence. In 52, Montoya, now an alcoholic ex-cop, spends her days in bars and her nights obsessing about the loss of her job and girlfriend.

Two-Face mistook Renee's concern and attention as romantic and fell in love with her.

While trying to stop members of the Religion of Crime from obtaining a mystic weapon, Renee is confronted by the Spectre (whose current host is Crispus Allen, Renee's former partner), who states that Renee is about to receive judgement.

In the aftermath of the fiasco, Montoya, along with Wilkes and Bullock, was suspended from duty. When Commissioner Gordon was shot three times in the back on his birthday, the case fell to Renee and her new partner Detective Crispus Allen.

View full history. Renee removes her mask, confirming that she does indeed carry the mark, but refuses to let him take it. Renee is a highly skilled martial artist, having been trained by Richard Dragon and the first Question. He covered his bases well enough that Internal Affairs could not touch him, and Cris was going to go down for the shooting without that bullet.

As a young patrol cop, Renee pulled over Kate Kane one night for speeding. The two discover a prophecy written in Intergang's "Crime Bible" about the death of Batwoman, Montoya's former lover Kate Kane.

But Renee had to have it and told Kate why. Now burdened with the Mark of Cain, Renee journeyed back to Nanda Parbat for help.

Despite this, Oracle calls upon the Question and Batwoman's assistance alongside her Birds in Gotham Underground #2. The Junior's deadly interns take Hawk as their hostage and lead him to the roof of the firm where a helicopter is waiting. This was too much for Renee. While there, she learned the truth about Question. Renee flies solo on this issue, and appears to imply a previous romantic relationship between herself and Barbara.

The character was initially created for Batman: The Animated Series, and was preemptively introduced into mainstream comics before the airing of her animated debut in 1992.[1].

The women make for a safer vantage point and begin to interrogate the corrupt cop. With every piece of information she found, she came to also find something seductive about the dark religion's teachings.

He begged for his life, and Montoya ultimately couldn't pull the trigger. ", Uncredited writer & Uncredited director (September 24, 2002).

Montoya and Bullock were assigned to find Abattoir's victim and they eventually found his dead body, which could've been prevented if the killer was alive and taken in for questioning. But this happened just as Darkseid's Anti-Life Equation was spreading through the world. Catman meets Huntress and Question in front of the firm.

The deal apparently is supposed to take place in Gotham’s sewers. Montoya noticed that this was the second time Batman had to be restrained and she started to doubt the Batman's purpose. For the first person to use the name Question, see Vic Sage. Her training as a police officer leaves her with a proficiency with firearms and a willingness to use them. She was able to prevent a suicide bombing at the wedding of Black Adam and Isis, an action that earned her the Order of the Crescent, however she was haunted by the fact that she had to kill a young girl to do so.

Renee Montoya last edited by Allegedly, the reason the character was not outright called Renee Montoya was due to the unheroic plot twist the Anna Ramirez character takes in the film. While passing the docks in a commuter train, she realized they had been referring to a warehouse there. Without the mark, he would be free to move on to other things besides the network of human suffering he currently ran.

Renee Montoya was created for Batman: The Animated Series, in which she is voiced by Ingrid Oliu and then by Liane Schirmer as a uniformed officer partnered with Harvey Bullock.

Detective Renee Montoya is a former member of the Gotham City Police Department, whose obsession with Black Mask leads her to build a case against the crime lord, but then joined the Birds of Prey to help take him down. When Kate helped her get a rare copy of the Crime Bible, the two lovers came to blows over it, because Kate did not want to give it to Renee. Montoya appears in Countdown #40 where Oracle solicits her help in capturing the Trickster and the Pied Piper, who have been offered partial sanctuary by the Penguin following the murder of Bart Allen. The Question takes Montoya to Nanda Parbat to train with Richard Dragon. Despite her years of service to the Gotham City Police Department, she ultimately has it within her to quit when she realizes that she can no longer be effective as a force for good there. Renee returned to Gotham City as the Question to help Batman, now Dick Grayson, with a child abduction case. They escaped, however, after being imprisoned only a few days.

After four days in darkness, Montoya lights a candle and looks at the reflection on the ice and sees a reflection of herself without a face.

Despite using Oracle's services, Montoya reminds Oracle that this does not make her one of "her Birds".

She is given a more extensive history in the comics.

Even though Gordon was recovering, the idea of Reynolds walking free after what he did was too much for Renee.

Shop with confidence. They return to Gotham and join Batwoman's fight against Intergang, preventing her death. Tragically, Corrigan found out about Cris' investigation and lured Renee's partner into a trap, shooting him in the back.

Renee refused the Order of the Stone and learned from their religions prophecies and agendas details of the coming Final Crisis. Montoya sets Whisper A'Daire on fire, but is about to be killed by Mannheim when Kate stabs him with the sacrificial knife and collapses in Montoya's arms.