He's like DC's answer to Squirrel Girl. No matter how powerful the foe he can always beat them, as long as it's off-screen. Afterwards his conquests always make lame excuses.
Black Adam "Oh, I uh, had a cold. Yeah, a cold. Then I sneezed, it sounded like Shazam, I got hit by a lightning bolt that turned me into an old man, then the Question punched me. That's what happened."
Ocean Master "It was like the hottest day in July! I was sweating heavier than a fat kid at diet camp!"
Sinestro "I was getting my ring resized at the local jewlers when the Question jumped me! He's a menace I say, a menace!"