Batman: Hush

Batman Hush (2002-2003) written by Jeph Loeb with pencilling from Jim Lee and colours by Scott Williams. I'll go ahead and say it, this is a fantastic story and deserves a place on your bookshelf, I'm sure that the other two hundred reviews will say pretty much the same. I'm relatively new to comics and Batman especially, with my experience being Year One, The Long Halloween, Dark Victory and now Hush. Luckily, if you've never read a Batman comic I think this could be read without too much trouble if the back cover interest you enough, but I would suggest starting at least with The Long Halloween so you can see how his writing has grown over the years.The story for Hush in a nutshell is that Batman is investigating a kidnapping which involves Killer Croc, Batman digs deeper since it isn't typical Croc only to find this is only a part of something much bigger. The story is full of surprises and a decent cast of characters some of which were a surprise to me. A nice bonus is we see Batman and Catwoman maintain a relationship throughout the arc which adds another element to the story on top of more inner monologue from Batman showing how he feels through the the story. Overall an incredible story and very understandable why is highly ranked as one of the most popular Batman comics, and I'm starting to think Jeph Loeb was born to write Batman comics.Coming from The Long Halloween and Dark Victory the biggest noticeable difference is the penciling and colours, in previous works it was about darker colours and more shadows giving a darker and moody tone without too much detail into the art whereas here the amount of detail and Color is truly superb and adds to this story immensely and alone is worth the asking value.I can't praise Hush enough, it offers a lot to readers, is a well written and contained story with phenomenal artwork and colors. So if you are on the fence about purchasing Hush, don't be, save yourself the worry and immerse yourself into this tale delivered to you by masters of their craft.Hopefully you found this review helpful and happy reading.Updated 11/7/20I decided it was well overdue to re-read one of the most popular Batman comics of all time, I thought it would be a good idea to a few of my thoughts after having more experience reading comics and having read it again. The first thing I would like to say is that despite this in my opinion being an easy and approachable comic for new batman fan I would highly recommend reading Batman The Long Halloween and Batman Dark Victory from Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, since this takes place after the two stories I mentioned I feel it's important to know the history and chemistry between Batman/Bruce and Catwoman/Selina from Loeb's vision and it makes it all the more satisfying seeing them together having seen the previous interactions and adds to the story immensely, plus The Long Halloween and Dark Victory are absolute classics that ANY and every Batman fan should have in their collection even if it's barebones minimum. On top of read TLH and DV I would recommend reading Jim Starlin's A Death in The Family, it does play a part in the story and would benefit readers just as well as TLH and DV. I still think this is a great story but offers different things, I still love Hush but I think TLH and DV are my favourite Batman comics but that doesn't mean Hush should be passed up, where Loeb's previous writings have been dark with a moody Batman tone here we have a conflicted Bruce dealing with his new relationship with Selina as well as the story spanning over more than just Gotham "hint hint" and with these inclusions could be favoured more by fans although I personally still think The Long Halloween and Dark Victory are the very best you can read Batman wise.I'll also try to add more pictures to showcase more of the artwork.Hopefully this review and it's update has helped you.

I'm not as seasoned a comic book reader as many reviewers here, having only come across them recently from the ones I've read, for me this has to be one of the top. For starters seeing the transition from the early books to this, in art, inking and colour, this is a beautiful visual feast. I would compare styling differences of the early films like Forbidden Planet to Blade Runner 2049 all within this book - great job Jim and co. Having seen Jephs name as producer for shows like Agents of shield, this has to be the first story which kept me wanting to read on till I finished, the conflicted thoughts Batman deals with well represented. It is the first and only book I've finished within a day as I couldn't put it done. Superb.

The quality of the content has quite enough positive reviews. This might be a cliché, but it’s a very good rollercoaster ride of a story. All I really want to add is that the top-rated negative review here which states the Kindle version doesn’t work, is unreadable and rotation doesn’t work etc. is quite wrong. Or at least it works just fine on my iPad, and the double-spread pages rotate exactly as expected. There’s another review here stating that it works just fine on the Kindle Fire too, so if you have either of those please don’t let negative reviews of the Kindle version put you off buying this. You’d really be missing something.

Hush is such a great story - I hate it when a comic requires you to have read a thousand other books in preparation for it, with hush you can just pick it up and you are hooked. Jim Lee's drawings are brilliant throughout, 'Hush' - what a perfect name for a villain. The story is clear, great villain, great artwork. Perfect

The artistry is very good, but (and this relates to just the Kindle edition) there are pages that just can't be read. The text is too small and the image can't be expanded or rotated. Very disappointing.

Covering nearly all bases, this graphic novel involves the best from Gotham city; Killer-Croc, Huntress, Clay-Face Catwoman, Nightwing, The Joker [briefly], Two-Face; the list goes on. The story is extremely well written and really had me gripped as the Detective tries to figure out who has studied his methodology and is now countering him at every turn. With the Bat on the back-foot and his recently developed romantic involvement, will Batman be able to solve this case? Recommended for a great read.

Terrific, distills everything great about Batman into one epic tale. Mystery, romance, action, and a right's gallery of villains and allies.

'Hush' is a brilliantly-written, fantastically-drawn book. It's a great introduction to the world of Gotham, showcasing some of Batman's most infamous enemies in a complex, tightly-woven story. It also gives a concise (but engaging) overview of 70-ish years of bat-history, and helps the reader to truly understand what goes on inside the Dark Knight's head.(Also there's a totally awesome Batman versus Superman fight, which is the main reason I wound up buying this book. It didn't disappoint.)