Comic Title: Question #12
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: January 1988
On Sale Date: October 6, 1987 Shipping Date October 6, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #44

Shipping Date October 6, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #126

Copyright Date October 6, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987

Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mike Gold

Title: "Poisoned Ground"
Pages: 27

Feature(s):
Question (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Dennis J. O'Neil
Penciller: Denys B. Cowan
Inker: Rick Magyar
Letterer: Gaspar Saladino
Colorist: Tatjana Wood

Reprinted In:
Question:Poisoned Ground TPB (2008)
Question by Dennis O'Neil and Denys Cowan Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2022)

Feature Character(s)

• Question (last appearance in Question #11; next appearance in Question #13)

Supporting Character(s)

• Aristotle Rodor (last appearance in Question #11; next appearance in Question #13)
• Finch (last appearance in Question #9; next appearance in Question #13)
• Myra Fermin (last appearance in Question #8; next appearance in Question #13)
• Wesley Fermin (last appearance in Question #8; next appearance in Question #19)

Villain(s)

• Pete Carstairs (a land developer; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Bill Channing and Jerry Bolger (both die in this story; no further appearances)
• Colonel Rory (a security guard; no further appearances)
• Baby Gun (last appearance in Question #1; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Betty (a studio assistant; no further appearances)
• Jackson (a small town policeman; no further appearances)
• A production assistant (first appearance; next appearance in Question #13)

Synopsis:
Myra invites Vic Sage to a seedy motel for a final sexual encounter. She tells Vic that she is going to run for mayor and won't be able to see him again. Vic then begins investigating the murders of two men killed by pellet guns. He suspects the killer is Baby Gun, the man who nearly killed him.

Clues lead the Question to Pete Carstairs, a suburban land developer. When he goes to question Carstairs Vic learns that the land upon which his community was built is a toxic dump. The two murdered men were blackmailing Carstairs, so he hired Baby Gun to kill them.

Vic goes on television to announce the danger to the community. When he returns to Carstairs he finds the developer dead from poison. He also finds Baby Gun raiding his refrigerator. The Question points out that Carstairs poisoned the food, and Baby Gun becomes violently ill. The Question drags him away, unconcerned about whether or not the killer survives ingesting the poison.