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[BigJonsson]

I just read it all...

Wow, really good stuff

The ending had me shocked...


I think I've underestimated Batman all these years

 

[Blackcherry]

wow...give some info please, getting me interested

 

[BigJonsson]

Basically a who's who of Batman's foes are all acting weird and he has to figure out who is controlling them all

 

[Dice]

I liked it a lot.

 

[Lyte Edge]

And it's got Jim Lee/Scott Williams doing the art. Jeff Loeb is the writer. Worth looking into even if you don't read Batman comics; there's nothing you need to know about past issues when you read this story; it's all self-contained and done very well in that regard. You get appearances from Catwoman, Robin, Nightwing, Harley Quinn, The Joker, Killer Kroc, The Riddler, Poison Ivy, Superman, and more.

I guess you could say I'm a big Hush fan. Bought both of the hardcover graphic novels and am working on getting most of the toys...DC is doing a Hush action figure line and IIRC Series 3 is about to come out.

 

[BigJonsson]

How many Hush comics are there?

Just the 12 chapters right

 

[BuddyC]

I can't wait till nomo sees this thread.

 

[BigJonsson]

I can't wait till nomo sees this thread.

WHY?

 

[BuddyC]

Actually, I've changed my mind. I'm now awaiting Willco's arrival in this thread. But to explain my previous post...

Jeph Loeb's "Hush" did fail miserably, but it wasn't garbage. It was resoundingly... average. I wouldn't recommend the run to anybody, but it was by no means terrible. It was kind of like Batman Forever-ish, you know? Too "blah" for anyone to admit it's good, but not bad enough for anyone to say it's terrible.

And to explain this post, and give you a source for that quote, I direct you to http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=12589

 

[BigJonsson]

Uh oh


Well they can suck it

 

[BuddyC]

I'm just saying, I'm expecting some humor.

Hopefully.

But to get back on track, I didn't think that Hush was that bad. It certainly wasn't the best Batman comic I've read, but it was entertaining. And Catwoman rocked. Plus it was better than War Games, regardless of the "Well, that's kinda interesting" repurcussions that one sent across Gotham.

 

[BigJonsson]

Well it's no Dark Knight Returns thats for sure

 

[bjork]

It's a good story.

Figures are cool also imo.

 

[ManaByte]

have they done a Hush TPB yet? I have the first five issues or so, but not all of it.

 

[bjork]

I think there's softcovers out... I know there's two hardbacks, as I own those, but I only recall seeing the green one in a softcover.

 

[Dujour]

I really love Loeb's storytelling and liked what was going on with Bats and Selina, but the ending kinda irked me. I liked it at first, it had too many twists for its own good. I think Dark Victory and The Long Halloween were better story-wise. I guess I just have a thing for that noir setting. The figures rock beyond belief. The Superman figure's slightly nicer than Bats' because they go some anatomy wrong on his leg. Harley's my favorite one, though. I

 

[DjangoReinhardt]

It would've been so much better if

Spoiler

the Jason Todd fake-out was real and he was the new addition to the Rogues Gallery

. As such, it was pretty, but hollow like the rest of Loeb's work.

 

[DarienA]

Hush is making another move against Bruce in... I think the Batman Gotham Knights book? And they've already dropped a bombshell in the first part of this new storyline... We thought we knew who Hush was... now though....

 

[Lyte Edge]

Hush is making another move against Bruce in... I think the Batman Gotham Knights book? And they've already dropped a bombshell in the first part of this new storyline... We thought we knew who Hush was... now though....

Wait...WHAT? They're already making it so that Hush isn't who he was revealed to be in the Hush storyline? That doesn't make much sense with some of the events that happened, unless

Spoiler

Tommy

was also working for him?

I don't know if I like that.

Spoiler

Hush should stay dead. Keep the story self-contained. And yeah, I was also hoping Jason Todd was back; it would have been really cool if he was Hush and became a major new villain, not just for Batman, but Robin and Nightwing too.

 

[DarienA]

Spoiler

We briefly see that Hush has someone tied up... and it looks to be Tommy. Alfred sees it as well(Hush had Alfred kidnapped), but during the escape there is an explosion and while Alfred is recovering in the Hospital he knows he saw something important to Bruce but can't remember what it was...

 

[Shinobi]

Anyone got any recommendations for the best Batman stories/miniseries/arc's/graphic novels/etc? I'm gonna hit a comic store on Friday and might pick a few of them up, if they've got any on sale.

 

[Tamanon]

Both are out in TPB.

And for personal favorite Batman's, I'd go with The Long Halloween, I loved that series.