
She walked out of the building and quit the GCPD the next day, disgusted and broken. He begged for his life, and Montoya ultimately couldn't pull the trigger. Tracking him down at his girlfriend's apartment, Montoya beat his girlfriend unconscious and drew a gun on Corrigan. Corrigan walked, and Montoya took it upon herself to bring him to justice. In the GCPD's investigation, they failed to build an airtight case against Corrigan, who had a fake alibi provided by his girlfriend and paid off the officer who had loaned him the gun he used to kill Allen from the gun locker. He was then shot fatally in the back by Corrigan. He started to build a case against Corrigan, where he later found one of his informants on Corrigan murdered.

Montoya refused, so Allen began his own independent investigation on Corrigan, thinking that if he could get Corrigan exposed and brought to justice, it would help halt Montoya's downward spiral. Allen was cleared, but Montoya's obsession with exposing Corrigan escalated from there.Īllen noticed his partner's obsession and gradual change in overall attitude and behavior, and tried to persuade her to let the Corrigan issue drop. In her pursuit of the bullet, Montoya clashed with Corrigan, eventually beating the name of the buyer out of him. To prove that Allen killed in self-defense, the GCPD needed to recover the bullet. A corrupt crime scene investigator named Jim Corrigan stole and sold the bullet that killed Black Spider on the Internet. To save both himself and Montoya, Allen shot the villain. Montoya and Allen were ambushed by the second Black Spider. Her life was still in chaos, however, especially her family while her younger brother knew about her sexuality, her very religious parents didn't, and disowned her upon discovering the truth. Two-Face was put back in Arkham Asylum and Renée was cleared of all the charges. Batman arrived in time to prevent the two from killing each other. Two-Face then became more unstable and the two fought for control of his gun.

When Renée discovered that it was Two-Face who was behind everything, and that he did it because he was in love with her, she was incredulous. He then had the bus carrying her to prison attacked and kidnapped her, making it look like she had escaped. Believing that the only way to have her was by taking everything else away from her, his more sinister side later outed her as a lesbian to the public and had her framed for murder. However, Two-Face was still mentally unstable. She was able to reach the kinder Harvey Dent persona, and he fell in love with her.

When Gotham was destroyed by an earthquake, Renée formed a friendship with the criminal Two-Face. After his death, Montoya took up the "Question" identity to become his successor. Montoya was a long standing detective on the GCPD before being selected by The Question (Vic Sage) to pass on guidance. After Bullock was promoted to Lieutenant, Crispus Allen became Renée's new partner. As partners, Bullock and Renée became close friends. She was partnered with Harvey Bullock when she was promoted to homicide detective by Commissioner James Gordon. Renée Montoya was a police officer in Gotham City.
