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* ArtEvolution: At the start of the series, Batman is huge and stocky not unlike how Batman looks for most of ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns''(apparently a conscious choice by Jim Lee). However, as the series goes on, Batman becomes slimmer until he resembles Neal Adams' version from the 70's which apparently was NOT a conscious choice by Lee. He would make Batman consistently Miller-like again in AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder.
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* ArtEvolution: At the start of the series, Batman is huge and stocky not unlike how Batman looks for most of ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns''(apparently a conscious choice by Jim Lee). However, as the series goes on, Batman becomes slimmer until he resembles Neal Adams' version from the 70's which apparently was NOT a conscious choice by Lee. He would make Batman consistently Miller-like again in AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder.ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder.
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* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Nightwing, dear God, Nightwing.
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** Somewhat subverted by Talia who only sucker-hits Shiva from behind with a chair... AFTER Shiva just saved her from beibg held kidnapped by Catwoman.
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* Retcon: Subjected to one about itself not long after story’s end. Turns out it wasn’t just Clayface pretending to be Jason, it was Jason all along.
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* Retcon: {{Retcon}}: Subjected to one about itself not long after story’s end. Turns out it wasn’t just Clayface pretending to be Jason, it was Jason all along.
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* TheUnreveal: Hush’s true identity, given the fairly transparent foreshadowing. Led to some InternetBacklash decrying the lack of a compelling mystery.
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* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [A lot of the plan was actually created by ComicBook/TheRiddler.
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* AnotherStoryForAnotherTime: Hush’s backstory and connection to Bruce get deeper explanations years later, during the Heart of Hush story and ComicBook/BatmanRIP.
* ArtEvolution: At the start of the series, Batman is huge and stocky not unlike how Batman looks for most of TheDarkKnightReturns (apparently a conscious choice by Jim Lee). However, as the series goes on, Batman becomes slimmer until he resembles Neal Adams' version from the 70's which apparently was NOT a conscious choice by Lee. He would make Batman consistently Miller-like again in AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder.
* ArtEvolution: At the start of the series, Batman is huge and stocky not unlike how Batman looks for most of TheDarkKnightReturns (apparently a conscious choice by Jim Lee). However, as the series goes on, Batman becomes slimmer until he resembles Neal Adams' version from the 70's which apparently was NOT a conscious choice by Lee. He would make Batman consistently Miller-like again in AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder.
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* AnotherStoryForAnotherTime: Hush’s backstory and connection to Bruce get deeper explanations years later, during the Heart of Hush story and ComicBook/BatmanRIP.
''ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Batman R.I.P.]]''
* ArtEvolution: At the start of the series, Batman is huge and stocky not unlike how Batman looks for most ofTheDarkKnightReturns (apparently ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns''(apparently a conscious choice by Jim Lee). However, as the series goes on, Batman becomes slimmer until he resembles Neal Adams' version from the 70's which apparently was NOT a conscious choice by Lee. He would make Batman consistently Miller-like again in AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder.
* ArtEvolution: At the start of the series, Batman is huge and stocky not unlike how Batman looks for most of
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* BadAss: Come on, it’s Batman. Poison Ivy also qualifies for her effective control of Big Blue.
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* BadAss: {{Badass}}: Come on, it’s Batman. Poison Ivy also qualifies for her effective control of Big Blue.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: Catwoman’s suit, zipped up to just before the breaking point. Shades of ArkhamCity.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: Catwoman’s suit, zipped up to just before the breaking point. Shades of ArkhamCity.
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Batman: Hush is a 12-issue story, out of the monthly Batman comic, published between December 2002-September 2003, written by JephLoeb and illustrated by Jim Lee, Scott Williams, and Alex Sinclair.
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Batman: Hush is a 12-issue story, out of the monthly Batman ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' comic, published between December 2002-September 2003, written by JephLoeb Creator/JephLoeb and illustrated by Jim Lee, Scott Williams, and Alex Sinclair.
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Critically well-liked, and artistically beloved, it marked Jim Lee’s first major return to monthly comics since Heroes Reborn for Marvel in the mid 90s, plus his first collaboration with Jeph Loeb (who to that point had made a name for himself on Challengers Of The Unknown, plus the ''Legends of the Dark Knight'' Halloween specials, ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'', and ''ComicBook/DarkVictory'').
It broke sales and reprint records left and right, worked alongside stories from the comics of the day (namely Lex Luthor being president of these states united, Jim Gordon’s retirement, plus Gotham still recovering from an earthquake and NoMansLand), and had massive repercussions that to a large extent still impact the Bat-universe to this day.
It broke sales and reprint records left and right, worked alongside stories from the comics of the day (namely Lex Luthor being president of these states united, Jim Gordon’s retirement, plus Gotham still recovering from an earthquake and NoMansLand), and had massive repercussions that to a large extent still impact the Bat-universe to this day.
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Critically well-liked, and artistically beloved, it marked Jim Lee’s first major return to monthly comics since Heroes Reborn for Marvel in the mid 90s, plus his first collaboration with Jeph Loeb (who to that point had made a name for himself on Challengers ''Challengers Of The Unknown, Unknown'', plus the ''Legends of the Dark Knight'' Halloween specials, ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'', and ''ComicBook/DarkVictory'').
It broke sales and reprint records left and right, worked alongside stories from the comics of the day (namely Lex Luthor being president ofthese states united, the United States, Jim Gordon’s retirement, plus Gotham still recovering from an earthquake and NoMansLand), ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand''), and had massive repercussions that to a large extent still impact the Bat-universe to this day.
It broke sales and reprint records left and right, worked alongside stories from the comics of the day (namely Lex Luthor being president of
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* EvilIsPetty: Basically, Hush’s calling card.
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** Basically, Hush’s calling card.
** Basically, Hush’s calling card.
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* FauxShadow: There’s a good amount of implication that Luthor or Talia/LexCorp is behind Poison Ivy’s actions and supplied her with Green Kryptonite lipstick with which to control Superman. Turns out to be nothing.
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* FauxShadow: {{Fauxshadow}}:
** There’s a good amount of implication that Luthor or Talia/LexCorp is behind Poison Ivy’s actions and supplied her with Green Kryptonite lipstick with which to control Superman. Turns out to be nothing.
** There’s a good amount of implication that Luthor or Talia/LexCorp is behind Poison Ivy’s actions and supplied her with Green Kryptonite lipstick with which to control Superman. Turns out to be nothing.
* GambitPileup: At a rate approaching or even surpassing those in ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'' and ''ComicBook/DarkVictory''. Hush himself works through nearly every entry on the GambitIndex.
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* XanatosPileup: At a rate approaching or even surpassing those in ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'' and ''ComicBook/DarkVictory''. Hush himself works through nearly every entry on the GambitIndex.
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* TheCliffhanger: Loeb’s SignatureStyle, honed to mind-numbing perfection. Where to start?
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* TheCliffhanger: {{Cliffhanger}}: Loeb’s SignatureStyle, honed to mind-numbing perfection. Where to start?
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** Much of the arc is an InternalHomage to the most iconic Batman stories. Batman gets into a fight with Superman (''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns''), is dealt a seriously debilitating injury (KnightFall), deals with a seemingly resurrected Jason Todd (ADeathInTheFamily), gets into a swordfight with Ra's al Ghul in a desert in the Middle East (the famous O'Neil/Adams run), and contemplates killing the Joker after he crosses the line one too many times (''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'').
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** Much of the arc is an InternalHomage to the most iconic Batman stories. Batman gets into a fight with Superman (''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns''), is dealt a seriously debilitating injury (KnightFall), (''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}''), deals with a seemingly resurrected Jason Todd (ADeathInTheFamily), (''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily''), gets into a swordfight with Ra's al Ghul in a desert in the Middle East (the famous O'Neil/Adams run), and contemplates killing the Joker after he crosses the line one too many times (''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'').
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* Glurge: Bruce reading ‘O Captain my Captain’ at Tommy’s funeral, or so Selina thinks.
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* Glurge: {{Glurge}}: InUniverse, Bruce reading ‘O Captain my Captain’ at Tommy’s funeral, or so Selina thinks.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Batman beats the everlasting shit out of the Joker.
** Batman also does his best to stop Superman giving ‘’him’’ one.
** Batman also does his best to stop Superman giving ‘’him’’ one.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: NoHoldsBarredBeatdown:
** Batman beats the everlasting shit out of the Joker.
** Batman also does his best to stop Superman giving‘’him’’ ''him'' one.
** Batman beats the everlasting shit out of the Joker.
** Batman also does his best to stop Superman giving
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* OneSceneWonder: President Luthor. Finds out Batman kidnapped LexCorp CEO Talia and promises vengeance...[[VaguenessIsComing Soon.]]
** Expanded upon in Loeb’s Superman/Batman series.
** Expanded upon in Loeb’s Superman/Batman series.
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* ShaggyDogStory/BatmanColdOpen: Of a kind. Croc’s kidnapping plot kicks the whole thing off, but gets wrapped up three issues in when Waller carts him off.
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* ShaggyDogStory/BatmanColdOpen: ShaggyDogStory[=/=]BatmanColdOpen: Of a kind. Croc’s kidnapping plot kicks the whole thing off, but gets wrapped up three issues in when Waller carts him off.
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* UnrevealReveal: Hush’s true identity, given the fairly transparent foreshadowing. Led to some InternetBacklash decrying the lack of a compelling mystery.
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* UnrevealReveal: TheUnreveal: Hush’s true identity, given the fairly transparent foreshadowing. Led to some InternetBacklash decrying the lack of a compelling mystery.
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* Villain TeamUp: Loeb’s hallmark. Specifically, the Riddler and Hush being able to convince all the major players to go along with it: Scarecrow gets to do more research, Harley gets to work with the Joker, and the Joker signs on when he hears they’re going to piss on Jason Todd’s lawn.
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* Villain TeamUp: VillainTeamUp: Loeb’s hallmark. Specifically, the Riddler and Hush being able to convince all the major players to go along with it: Scarecrow gets to do more research, Harley gets to work with the Joker, and the Joker signs on when he hears they’re going to piss on Jason Todd’s lawn.
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** Much of the arc is an InternalHomage to the most iconic Batman stories. Batman gets into a fight with Superman (''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns''), is dealt a seriously debilitating injury (KnightFall), deals with a seemingly resurrected Jason Todd (ADeathInTheFamily), gets into a swordfight with Ra's al Ghul in a desert in the Middle East (the famous O'Neil/Adams run), and contemplates killing the Joker after he crosses the line one too many times (''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'').
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** Much of the arc is an InternalHomage to the most iconic Batman stories. Batman gets into a fight with Superman (''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns''), is dealt a seriously debilitating injury (KnightFall), (''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}''), deals with a seemingly resurrected Jason Todd (ADeathInTheFamily), (''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily''), gets into a swordfight with Ra's al Ghul in a desert in the Middle East (the famous O'Neil/Adams run), and contemplates killing the Joker after he crosses the line one too many times (''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'').
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* Glurge: Bruce reading ‘O Captain my Captain’ at Tommy’s funeral, or so Selina thinks.
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* Glurge: {{Glurge}}: InUniverse, Bruce reading ‘O Captain my Captain’ at Tommy’s funeral, or so Selina thinks.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Batman beats the everlasting shit out of the Joker.
** Batman also does his best to stop Superman giving ‘’him’’ one.
** Batman also does his best to stop Superman giving ‘’him’’ one.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: NoHoldsBarredBeatdown:
** Batman beats the everlasting shit out of the Joker.
** Batman also does his best to stop Superman giving‘’him’’ ''him'' one.
** Batman beats the everlasting shit out of the Joker.
** Batman also does his best to stop Superman giving
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* OneSceneWonder: President Luthor. Finds out Batman kidnapped LexCorp CEO Talia and promises vengeance...[[VaguenessIsComing Soon.]]
** Expanded upon in Loeb’s Superman/Batman series.
** Expanded upon in Loeb’s Superman/Batman series.
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* ShaggyDogStory/BatmanColdOpen: Of a kind. Croc’s kidnapping plot kicks the whole thing off, but gets wrapped up three issues in when Waller carts him off.
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* ShaggyDogStory/BatmanColdOpen: ShaggyDogStory[=/=]BatmanColdOpen: Of a kind. Croc’s kidnapping plot kicks the whole thing off, but gets wrapped up three issues in when Waller carts him off.
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* UnrevealReveal: Hush’s true identity, given the fairly transparent foreshadowing. Led to some InternetBacklash decrying the lack of a compelling mystery.
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* UnrevealReveal: TheUnreveal: Hush’s true identity, given the fairly transparent foreshadowing. Led to some InternetBacklash decrying the lack of a compelling mystery.
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* Villain TeamUp: Loeb’s hallmark. Specifically, the Riddler and Hush being able to convince all the major players to go along with it: Scarecrow gets to do more research, Harley gets to work with the Joker, and the Joker signs on when he hears they’re going to piss on Jason Todd’s lawn.
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* Villain TeamUp: VillainTeamUp: Loeb’s hallmark. Specifically, the Riddler and Hush being able to convince all the major players to go along with it: Scarecrow gets to do more research, Harley gets to work with the Joker, and the Joker signs on when he hears they’re going to piss on Jason Todd’s lawn.
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Loeb tied up some threads from this story in his run on Superman/Batman, and eventually went off to Marvel; while Jim Lee went on to draw [[AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder Crazy Steve]] for FrankMiller in 2006, and later still become one of DC’s co-publishers.
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Loeb tied up some threads from this story in his run on Superman/Batman, and eventually went off to Marvel; while Jim Lee went on to draw [[AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder [[ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder Crazy Steve]] for FrankMiller Creator/FrankMiller in 2006, and later still become one of DC’s DC's co-publishers.
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* ActionGirl: Catwoman, Huntress, Harley, Lady Shiva, and Poison Ivy.
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* ActionGirl: ActionGirl:
** Catwoman, Huntress, Harley, Lady Shiva, and Poison Ivy.
** Catwoman, Huntress, Harley, Lady Shiva, and Poison Ivy.
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* BerserkButton: After everything is done, Batman points out to Riddler that Jason's body is still missing. Riddler smugly quips, "Now, that IS a riddle, isn't it?" Cue the mother of all punches from an enraged Batman.
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* BerserkButton: BerserkButton:
** After everything is done, Batman points out to Riddler that Jason's body is still missing. Riddler smugly quips, "Now, that IS a riddle, isn't it?" Cue the mother of all punches from an enraged Batman.
** After everything is done, Batman points out to Riddler that Jason's body is still missing. Riddler smugly quips, "Now, that IS a riddle, isn't it?" Cue the mother of all punches from an enraged Batman.
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* TheCameo: Lex Luthor. Amanda Waller. Talia. Ra’s al Ghul and Superman may also qualify.
* ContinuityNod: Where to start? Being a Loeb story, it's a cavalcade of continuity references, a good deal of them to the Long Halloween and Dark Victory. Here’s a few:
* ContinuityNod: Where to start? Being a Loeb story, it's a cavalcade of continuity references, a good deal of them to the Long Halloween and Dark Victory. Here’s a few:
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* TheCameo: Lex Luthor. Amanda Waller. Talia. Ra’s Ra's al Ghul and Superman may also qualify.
* ContinuityNod: Where to start? Being a Loeb story, it's a cavalcade of continuity references, a good deal of them tothe Long Halloween ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'' and Dark Victory. Here’s ''ComicBook/DarkVictory''. Here's a few:
* ContinuityNod: Where to start? Being a Loeb story, it's a cavalcade of continuity references, a good deal of them to
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** Dent mentions that the Joker broke into Dent’s home and beat him up. This was in The Long Halloween #4.
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** Dent mentions that the Joker broke into Dent’s Dent's home and beat him up. This was in The Long Halloween ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'' #4.
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** Much of the arc is an InternalHomage to the most iconic Batman stories. Batman gets into a fight with Superman (TheDarkKnightReturns), is dealt a seriously debilitating injury (KnightFall), deals with a seemingly resurrected Jason Todd (ADeathInTheFamily), gets into a swordfight with Ra's al Ghul in a desert in the Middle East (the famous O'Neil/Adams run), and contemplates killing the Joker after he crosses the line one too many times (''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'').
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** Much of the arc is an InternalHomage to the most iconic Batman stories. Batman gets into a fight with Superman (TheDarkKnightReturns), (''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns''), is dealt a seriously debilitating injury (KnightFall), deals with a seemingly resurrected Jason Todd (ADeathInTheFamily), gets into a swordfight with Ra's al Ghul in a desert in the Middle East (the famous O'Neil/Adams run), and contemplates killing the Joker after he crosses the line one too many times (''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'').
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* XanatosPileup: At a rate approaching or even surpassing those in TheLongHalloween and DarkVictory. Hush himself works through nearly every entry on the GambitIndex.
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* XanatosPileup: At a rate approaching or even surpassing those in TheLongHalloween ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'' and DarkVictory.''ComicBook/DarkVictory''. Hush himself works through nearly every entry on the GambitIndex.
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* DeconstructorFleet: Not to the extent of TheLongHalloween and DarkVictory, but this story really brings into question Batman’s lone wolf tendencies; plus Catwoman’s; the efficacy of the Rogues; the effectiveness of Batman's detective abilities; his relationships with his family; his relationship with Superman; and ultimately, whether he can really be happy or not. The answer is no.
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* DeconstructorFleet: Not to the extent of TheLongHalloween ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'' and DarkVictory, ''ComicBook/DarkVictory'', but this story really brings into question Batman’s lone wolf tendencies; plus Catwoman’s; the efficacy of the Rogues; the effectiveness of Batman's detective abilities; his relationships with his family; his relationship with Superman; and ultimately, whether he can really be happy or not. The answer is no.
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Critically well-liked, and artistically beloved, it marked Jim Lee’s first major return to monthly comics since Heroes Reborn for Marvel in the mid 90s, plus his first collaboration with Jeph Loeb (who to that point had made a name for himself on Challengers Of The Unknown, plus the Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween specials, TheLongHalloween, and DarkVictory).
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Critically well-liked, and artistically beloved, it marked Jim Lee’s first major return to monthly comics since Heroes Reborn for Marvel in the mid 90s, plus his first collaboration with Jeph Loeb (who to that point had made a name for himself on Challengers Of The Unknown, plus the Legends ''Legends of the Dark Knight Knight'' Halloween specials, TheLongHalloween, ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'', and DarkVictory).
''ComicBook/DarkVictory'').
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* AboveSuspicion: The Riddler, by Batman, due to not changing his MO when all the other villains are mysteriously empowered. Proves to be foreshadowing.
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* BeneathSuspicion: The Riddler, due to not changing his MO when all the other villains are mysteriously empowered. Proves to be foreshadowing.
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** Much of the arc is an InternalHomage to the most iconic Batman stories. Batman gets into a fight with Superman (TheDarkKnightReturns), is dealt a seriously debilitating injury (KnightFall), deals with a seemingly resurrected Jason Todd (ADeathInTheFamily), gets into a swordfight with Ra's al Ghul in a desert in the Middle East (the famous O'Neil/Adams run), and contemplates killing the Joker after he crosses the line one too many times (TheKillingJoke).
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** Much of the arc is an InternalHomage to the most iconic Batman stories. Batman gets into a fight with Superman (TheDarkKnightReturns), is dealt a seriously debilitating injury (KnightFall), deals with a seemingly resurrected Jason Todd (ADeathInTheFamily), gets into a swordfight with Ra's al Ghul in a desert in the Middle East (the famous O'Neil/Adams run), and contemplates killing the Joker after he crosses the line one too many times (TheKillingJoke).(''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'').
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* NearVillainVictory: Twice. They nearly succeed in getting Batman to break his ThouShallNotKill policy and later almost kill Batman outright. Both times, Two-Face sabotages the moment.
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* ActionGirl: Catwoman, Huntress, Harley, and Poison Ivy.
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* ActionGirl: Catwoman, Huntress, Harley, Lady Shiva, and Poison Ivy.Ivy.
** Somewhat subverted by Talia who only sucker-hits Shiva from behind with a chair... AFTER Shiva just saved her from beibg held kidnapped by Catwoman.
** Somewhat subverted by Talia who only sucker-hits Shiva from behind with a chair... AFTER Shiva just saved her from beibg held kidnapped by Catwoman.
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* BerserkButton: After everything is done, Batman points out to Riddler that Jason's body is still missing. Riddler smugly quips, "Now, that IS a riddle, isn't it?" Cue the mother of all punches from an enraged Batman.
** Also, the Joker supposedly shooting Tommy Elliot. Batman internally lists off all the horrors the Joker has already done and decides enough and is just going to beat the Joker to death. It's only the intervention of Jim Gordon that stops him.
** Also, the Joker supposedly shooting Tommy Elliot. Batman internally lists off all the horrors the Joker has already done and decides enough and is just going to beat the Joker to death. It's only the intervention of Jim Gordon that stops him.
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** Specifically, he tips Gordon off to be near the opera house alley when Joker supposedly kills Tommy Elliot. If he hadn't, Batman definitely would have murdered the Joker and morally Hush and the Riddler would have certainly won against Batman lock, stock, and barrel.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Hush has Batman down for the count, ready to end Bruce once and for all. Oh wait, here comes Harvey Dent who shoots Hush (non-fatally) into the river and promptly surrenders to Jim Gordon, basically saving the day.
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* DownerEnding: Bruce and Selina don’t stay together; Jason’s tomb is empty (this gets way worse; Under the Red Hood); and Hush is still out there.
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* DownerEnding: Bruce and Selina don’t stay together; Jason’s tomb is empty (this gets way worse; Under the Red Hood); Riddler knows Bruce Wayne is Batman, and Hush is still out there.
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** Riddler, too, as it turns out, who won't even tell Batman where Jason's body is.
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** Likewise, a lot of coincidences in the attacks make it look like this might be Jason Todd resurrected and driven mad via a Lazarus Pit. Turns out no. Maybe.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Two-Face undergoes surgery to repair his scars. Once his slot in the plan is done, Harvey ''immediately'' reasserts himself as a good guy and pulls a BigDamnHeroes that ultimately saves the day.
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* BatDeduction: Played with. Little tidbits like what tire of the Batmobile was attacked and where Batman fell when his rope was cut are intentionally put in place to lead Batman in a certain direction but it's ultimately all smoke and mirrors to troll Batman. Averted when Hush actually confronts Batman. Batman's internal monologue goes crazy, picking up on ''any'' as to who he is ("He's quoting Aristotle, is he Maxie Zeus? He's dual wielding pistols, is he Deadshot?") but ultimately fails to see the really obvious answer right in his face.
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* BatDeduction: Played with. Little tidbits like what tire of the Batmobile was attacked and where Batman fell when his rope was cut are intentionally put in place to lead Batman in a certain direction but it's ultimately all smoke and mirrors to troll Batman. Averted when Hush actually confronts Batman. Batman's internal monologue goes crazy, picking up on ''any'' indication no matter how tiny as to who he is ("He's quoting Aristotle, is he Maxie Zeus? He's dual wielding pistols, is he Deadshot?") but ultimately fails to see the really obvious answer right in his face.
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** Specifically, Riddler tells Batman in the planning stages of the attack, the villains kept telling each other to everything "hush hush." Soon after, the Scarecrow started to randomly sing "Hush Little Baby" and once Riddler pointed out the correlation, the name stuck.
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* MythologyGag: As Batman and Nightwing run off to stop the Riddler, we see pretty much every noteworthy Batmobile-- from the comics, TV, or film-- on display.
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** Much of the arc is an InternalHomage to the most iconic Batman stories. Batman gets into a fight with Superman (TheDarkKnightReturns), is dealt a seriously debilitating injury (KnightFall), deals with a seemingly resurrected Jason Todd (ADeathInTheFamily), gets into a swordfight with Ra's al Ghul in a desert in the Middle East (the famous O'Neil/Adams run), and contemplates killing the Joker after he crosses the line one too many times (TheKillingJoke).
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** The evolution actually kind of makes sense: during the first half of the story when Batman is the bulkiest, the biggest fight is with Superman, evocative of DKR while Batman becomes his slimmest during his fight with Ra's al Ghul, evocative of the Denny O'Neil/Neal Adams period
** The evolution actually kind of makes sense: during the first half of the story when Batman is the bulkiest, the biggest fight is with Superman, evocative of DKR while Batman becomes his slimmest during his fight with Ra's al Ghul, evocative of the Denny O'Neil/Neal Adams period
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* BatDeduction: Played with. Little tidbits like what tire of the Batmobile was attacked and where Batman fell when his rope was cut are intentionally put in place to lead Batman in a certain direction but it's ultimately all smoke and mirrors to troll Batman. Averted when Hush actually confronts Batman. Batman's internal monologue goes crazy, picking up on ''any'' as to who he is ("He's quoting Aristotle, is he Maxie Zeus? He's dual wielding pistols, is he Deadshot?") but ultimately fails to see the really obvious answer right in his face.
* BodyDouble: The masterminds use Clayface's shape-shifting skills for all they're worth.
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[[caption-width-right:250:"Without friends, no man would choose to live, though he had all other goods."]]
Batman: Hush is a 12-issue story, out of the monthly Batman comic, published between December 2002-September 2003, written by JephLoeb and illustrated by Jim Lee, Scott Williams, and Alex Sinclair.
It was kind of a big deal.
Critically well-liked, and artistically beloved, it marked Jim Lee’s first major return to monthly comics since Heroes Reborn for Marvel in the mid 90s, plus his first collaboration with Jeph Loeb (who to that point had made a name for himself on Challengers Of The Unknown, plus the Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween specials, TheLongHalloween, and DarkVictory).
It broke sales and reprint records left and right, worked alongside stories from the comics of the day (namely Lex Luthor being president of these states united, Jim Gordon’s retirement, plus Gotham still recovering from an earthquake and NoMansLand), and had massive repercussions that to a large extent still impact the Bat-universe to this day.
The plot goes something like this: an old/new enemy of the Batman is striking at him in all new, all-murdery ways. At the same time, the B-man undergoes a deeply introspective deconstruction that brings into question his views on his allies, his villains, and himself. Characters and themes introduced here (namely Dr Thomas Elliot) show up in other cross-media places, like ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' and the ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries Batman: Arkham]]'' series
Loeb tied up some threads from this story in his run on Superman/Batman, and eventually went off to Marvel; while Jim Lee went on to draw [[AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder Crazy Steve]] for FrankMiller in 2006, and later still become one of DC’s co-publishers.
Batman: Hush contains examples of:
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* AboveSuspicion: The Riddler, by Batman, due to not changing his MO when all the other villains are mysteriously empowered. Proves to be foreshadowing.
* AbusiveParents: Part of Hush’s backstory. Also his FreudianExcuse.
* AbsoluteCleavage: Catwoman’s suit, zipped up to just before the breaking point. Shades of ArkhamCity.
* ActionGirl: Catwoman, Huntress, Harley, and Poison Ivy.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Huntress, perennially left out of the Bat-family, and smarting because of it.
* AnotherStoryForAnotherTime: Hush’s backstory and connection to Bruce get deeper explanations years later, during the Heart of Hush story and BatmanRIP.
* ArtShift: Lee uses painted art for flashbacks (lighter softer tones for when young Bruce and Tommy seeing the Alan Scott Green Lantern, and blood red for when Batman flashback-revisits the death of Jason and the crippling of Barbara).
* BackForTheDead: Harold, Batman’s old mechanic from the 90s.
* BadAss: Come on, it’s Batman. Poison Ivy also qualifies for her effective control of Big Blue.
* BadassBoast: “Deep down, Clark is a good person, and deep down...I'm not.”
* BaitAndSwitch: About half-way through, there’s a good amount of set-up dedicated to making you think it’s Jason Todd come back to life and responsible for Bruce’s woes. It isn’t (not until later anyway): it’s Tommy.
* BaldOfEvil: Luthor. Averted with [[spoiler: Harvey Dent]].
* BettyAndVeronica: Talia and Selina.
* BigBad or BigBadWannabe: Hush, depending on how you read his actions.
* BiggerBad: The Riddler. [[JokeCharacter No, really.]]
* BlackComedy: The Joker, in one of the reprint covers, wears a shirt reading “I Killed Jason Todd and all I got Was This Lousy T-shirt.”
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Huntress, thanks to the Scarecrow. Superman, thanks to Poison Ivy. Batman thinks he is due to a tracker Hush implanted in his brain.
* ByTheBookCop: Gordon’s default setting.
* TheCameo: Lex Luthor. Amanda Waller. Ra’s al Ghul may also qualify.
* ContinuityNod: Where to start? Being a Loeb story, it's a cavalcade of continuity references, a good deal of them to the Long Halloween and Dark Victory. Here’s a few:
** The Falcone penthouse shows up in #613.
** Dent mentions that the Joker broke into Dent’s home and beat him up. This was in The Long Halloween #4.
** Scarecrow talks in nursery rhymes again.
** WholePlotReference to the above stories: A mysterious new villain shows up with a new scheme, in the process testing the Batman’s resolve while he deals with his existing Rogues.
* ChekhovsGun: Ash from the Lazarus Pit.
* TheChessmaster: Hush’s default setting.
* TheCliffhanger: Loeb’s SignatureStyle, honed to mind-numbing perfection. Where to start?
** Poison Ivy is controlling Superman.
** The Joker shot and killed Tommy.
** Harvey Dent is back.
*** And reformed. And releasing the Joker from Arkham.
*** Because the Joker didn’t kill Elliot.
** Huntress is brainwashed and crazy.
*** Because the Scarecrow played tiddlywinks with her mind.
** Jason is back.
** But it’s really Clayface.
*** But Jason’s grave is empty.
** It was all the Riddler’s doing.
*** Because he got cancer, and [[MrExposition took a dip in a Lazarus Pit and the resultant insanity let him deduce Batman’s true identity,]] which led to:
*** Him meeting Hush, telling Hush the secret, and the two of them running roughshod over Batman’s life.
* ComplexityAddiction: The Riddler’s MO. Deconstructed like everything else, as it leaves him technically victorious [[spoiler: knowing Batman’s identity]] but unable to do anything about it [[spoiler: or else Ra’s would come for his head]].
* CrazyPrepared: Batman does his best against Superman, [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny thus giving all new fire to many an internet forum war to come.]]
* DatingCatwoman: A central conceit of the story. Deconstructed to hell and back.
* DeconstructorFleet: Not to the extent of TheLongHalloween and DarkVictory, but this story really brings into question Batman’s lone wolf tendencies; plus Catwoman’s; the efficacy of the Rogues; the effectiveness of Batman's detective abilities; his relationships with his family; his relationship with Superman; and ultimately, whether he can really be happy or not. The answer is no.
* DemotedToExtra: The Joker, reduced to a patsy in the newcomer Hush’s scheme.
* DownerEnding: Bruce and Selina don’t stay together; Jason’s tomb is empty (this gets way worse; Under the Red Hood); and Hush is still out there.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Nightwing, dear God, Nightwing.
* EvilIsPetty: Basically, Hush’s calling card.
* FauxShadow: There’s a good amount of implication that Luthor or Talia/LexCorp is behind Poison Ivy’s actions and supplied her with Green Kryptonite lipstick with which to control Superman. Turns out to be nothing.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Hush. By the end of the story, he’s shaken Bruce pretty badly—and years later during ‘Hush Returns’ and 'Heart of Hush’ Batman is still scared of him.
* Glurge: Bruce reading ‘O Captain my Captain’ at Tommy’s funeral, or so Selina thinks.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Gordon’s usual caveat to Batman. Said as Batman throttles Mister J to within inches of life.
* InnerMonologue: To great effect.
* IrrationalHatred: Tim pretends to have one for Selina.
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Batman’s main bone of contention in having a meaningful relationship with Selina. Expanded upon later in the sister story ‘Heart of Hush’.
* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: DC’s first big return to these since those carefree days of the 90s. They went through about six reprints of the Superman-vs-Batman issue (#612) based on the cover alone.
* MeaningfulName: Hush, as parcelled out from the nursery rhyme. From leading authority on the subject, Edward Nigma, “it’s about a child who can never be satisfied."
* MyGreatestFailure: Batman goes through his greatest hits as he beats the Joker to death.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Batman beats the everlasting shit out of the Joker.
** Batman also does his best to stop Superman giving ‘’him’’ one.
* OddFriendship: Batman continually examines his relationship to [[Franchise/Superman Big Blue]] this way.
* OhCrap: Batman lets a huge one go when he sees Poison Ivy mind-controlling Superman.
* OneSceneWonder: President Luthor. Finds out Batman kidnapped Talia and promises vengeance...[[VaguenessIsComing Soon.]]
** Expanded upon in Loeb’s Superman/Batman series.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Tommy towards Batman. Because Bruce’s parents died and Tommy's lived.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Thomas Elliot, old money and childhood friend of Bruce Wayne. Completely new to this story.
** Invoked by Tim and Dick during Tommy’s funeral, but never brought up again.
* Retcon: Subjected to one about itself not long after story’s end. Turns out it wasn’t just Clayface pretending to be Jason, it was Jason all along.
* RoguesGalleryShowcase: The other central conceit of the story.
* SceneryPorn: Just look at the way Jim Lee draws Gotham City.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Tommy. A trait he shares with his evil mentor, the (BlatantLies highly ethical and very lovely Dr Jonathan Crane.
* ShaggyDogStory/BatmanColdOpen: Of a kind. Croc’s kidnapping plot kicks the whole thing off, but gets wrapped up three issues in when Waller carts him off.
* SmugSnake: Clayface as Jason. Shades of Arkham Knight!
* SpannerInTheWorks: Hush did not count on Harvey Dent reasserting himself, and saving the day, after being surgically cured of Two-Face.
* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: But Batman doesn't stay out of Metropolis.
* TookALevelInBadass: The Riddler, of all the people. Lampshaded heavily in-story.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: young Tommy Elliot, just a little too cool and cruel in the way he speaks and acts, especially towards young Bruce.
* TrackingDevice: Hush has one in Bruce’s brain.
* UnexpectedCharacter: Harvey Dent.
* UnrevealReveal: Hush’s true identity, given the fairly transparent foreshadowing. Led to some InternetBacklash decrying the lack of a compelling mystery.
* TheVamp: Poison Ivy and Catwoman.
* VerbalTic: The Scarecrow. Nursery rhymes. Even as Batman beats his face in.
* Villain TeamUp: Loeb’s hallmark. Specifically, the Riddler and Hush being able to convince all the major players to go along with it: Scarecrow gets to do more research, Harley gets to work with the Joker, and the Joker signs on when he hears they’re going to piss on Jason Todd’s lawn.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Bruce and Selina do, until they don’t.
* XanatosPileup: At a rate approaching or even surpassing those in TheLongHalloween and DarkVictory. Hush himself works through nearly every entry on the GambitIndex.
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[[caption-width-right:250:"Without friends, no man would choose to live, though he had all other goods."]]
Batman: Hush is a 12-issue story, out of the monthly Batman comic, published between December 2002-September 2003, written by JephLoeb and illustrated by Jim Lee, Scott Williams, and Alex Sinclair.
It was kind of a big deal.
Critically well-liked, and artistically beloved, it marked Jim Lee’s first major return to monthly comics since Heroes Reborn for Marvel in the mid 90s, plus his first collaboration with Jeph Loeb (who to that point had made a name for himself on Challengers Of The Unknown, plus the Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween specials, TheLongHalloween, and DarkVictory).
It broke sales and reprint records left and right, worked alongside stories from the comics of the day (namely Lex Luthor being president of these states united, Jim Gordon’s retirement, plus Gotham still recovering from an earthquake and NoMansLand), and had massive repercussions that to a large extent still impact the Bat-universe to this day.
The plot goes something like this: an old/new enemy of the Batman is striking at him in all new, all-murdery ways. At the same time, the B-man undergoes a deeply introspective deconstruction that brings into question his views on his allies, his villains, and himself. Characters and themes introduced here (namely Dr Thomas Elliot) show up in other cross-media places, like ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' and the ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries Batman: Arkham]]'' series
Loeb tied up some threads from this story in his run on Superman/Batman, and eventually went off to Marvel; while Jim Lee went on to draw [[AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder Crazy Steve]] for FrankMiller in 2006, and later still become one of DC’s co-publishers.
Batman: Hush contains examples of:
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* AboveSuspicion: The Riddler, by Batman, due to not changing his MO when all the other villains are mysteriously empowered. Proves to be foreshadowing.
* AbusiveParents: Part of Hush’s backstory. Also his FreudianExcuse.
* AbsoluteCleavage: Catwoman’s suit, zipped up to just before the breaking point. Shades of ArkhamCity.
* ActionGirl: Catwoman, Huntress, Harley, and Poison Ivy.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Huntress, perennially left out of the Bat-family, and smarting because of it.
* AnotherStoryForAnotherTime: Hush’s backstory and connection to Bruce get deeper explanations years later, during the Heart of Hush story and BatmanRIP.
* ArtShift: Lee uses painted art for flashbacks (lighter softer tones for when young Bruce and Tommy seeing the Alan Scott Green Lantern, and blood red for when Batman flashback-revisits the death of Jason and the crippling of Barbara).
* BackForTheDead: Harold, Batman’s old mechanic from the 90s.
* BadAss: Come on, it’s Batman. Poison Ivy also qualifies for her effective control of Big Blue.
* BadassBoast: “Deep down, Clark is a good person, and deep down...I'm not.”
* BaitAndSwitch: About half-way through, there’s a good amount of set-up dedicated to making you think it’s Jason Todd come back to life and responsible for Bruce’s woes. It isn’t (not until later anyway): it’s Tommy.
* BaldOfEvil: Luthor. Averted with [[spoiler: Harvey Dent]].
* BettyAndVeronica: Talia and Selina.
* BigBad or BigBadWannabe: Hush, depending on how you read his actions.
* BiggerBad: The Riddler. [[JokeCharacter No, really.]]
* BlackComedy: The Joker, in one of the reprint covers, wears a shirt reading “I Killed Jason Todd and all I got Was This Lousy T-shirt.”
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Huntress, thanks to the Scarecrow. Superman, thanks to Poison Ivy. Batman thinks he is due to a tracker Hush implanted in his brain.
* ByTheBookCop: Gordon’s default setting.
* TheCameo: Lex Luthor. Amanda Waller. Ra’s al Ghul may also qualify.
* ContinuityNod: Where to start? Being a Loeb story, it's a cavalcade of continuity references, a good deal of them to the Long Halloween and Dark Victory. Here’s a few:
** The Falcone penthouse shows up in #613.
** Dent mentions that the Joker broke into Dent’s home and beat him up. This was in The Long Halloween #4.
** Scarecrow talks in nursery rhymes again.
** WholePlotReference to the above stories: A mysterious new villain shows up with a new scheme, in the process testing the Batman’s resolve while he deals with his existing Rogues.
* ChekhovsGun: Ash from the Lazarus Pit.
* TheChessmaster: Hush’s default setting.
* TheCliffhanger: Loeb’s SignatureStyle, honed to mind-numbing perfection. Where to start?
** Poison Ivy is controlling Superman.
** The Joker shot and killed Tommy.
** Harvey Dent is back.
*** And reformed. And releasing the Joker from Arkham.
*** Because the Joker didn’t kill Elliot.
** Huntress is brainwashed and crazy.
*** Because the Scarecrow played tiddlywinks with her mind.
** Jason is back.
** But it’s really Clayface.
*** But Jason’s grave is empty.
** It was all the Riddler’s doing.
*** Because he got cancer, and [[MrExposition took a dip in a Lazarus Pit and the resultant insanity let him deduce Batman’s true identity,]] which led to:
*** Him meeting Hush, telling Hush the secret, and the two of them running roughshod over Batman’s life.
* ComplexityAddiction: The Riddler’s MO. Deconstructed like everything else, as it leaves him technically victorious [[spoiler: knowing Batman’s identity]] but unable to do anything about it [[spoiler: or else Ra’s would come for his head]].
* CrazyPrepared: Batman does his best against Superman, [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny thus giving all new fire to many an internet forum war to come.]]
* DatingCatwoman: A central conceit of the story. Deconstructed to hell and back.
* DeconstructorFleet: Not to the extent of TheLongHalloween and DarkVictory, but this story really brings into question Batman’s lone wolf tendencies; plus Catwoman’s; the efficacy of the Rogues; the effectiveness of Batman's detective abilities; his relationships with his family; his relationship with Superman; and ultimately, whether he can really be happy or not. The answer is no.
* DemotedToExtra: The Joker, reduced to a patsy in the newcomer Hush’s scheme.
* DownerEnding: Bruce and Selina don’t stay together; Jason’s tomb is empty (this gets way worse; Under the Red Hood); and Hush is still out there.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Nightwing, dear God, Nightwing.
* EvilIsPetty: Basically, Hush’s calling card.
* FauxShadow: There’s a good amount of implication that Luthor or Talia/LexCorp is behind Poison Ivy’s actions and supplied her with Green Kryptonite lipstick with which to control Superman. Turns out to be nothing.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Hush. By the end of the story, he’s shaken Bruce pretty badly—and years later during ‘Hush Returns’ and 'Heart of Hush’ Batman is still scared of him.
* Glurge: Bruce reading ‘O Captain my Captain’ at Tommy’s funeral, or so Selina thinks.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Gordon’s usual caveat to Batman. Said as Batman throttles Mister J to within inches of life.
* InnerMonologue: To great effect.
* IrrationalHatred: Tim pretends to have one for Selina.
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Batman’s main bone of contention in having a meaningful relationship with Selina. Expanded upon later in the sister story ‘Heart of Hush’.
* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: DC’s first big return to these since those carefree days of the 90s. They went through about six reprints of the Superman-vs-Batman issue (#612) based on the cover alone.
* MeaningfulName: Hush, as parcelled out from the nursery rhyme. From leading authority on the subject, Edward Nigma, “it’s about a child who can never be satisfied."
* MyGreatestFailure: Batman goes through his greatest hits as he beats the Joker to death.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Batman beats the everlasting shit out of the Joker.
** Batman also does his best to stop Superman giving ‘’him’’ one.
* OddFriendship: Batman continually examines his relationship to [[Franchise/Superman Big Blue]] this way.
* OhCrap: Batman lets a huge one go when he sees Poison Ivy mind-controlling Superman.
* OneSceneWonder: President Luthor. Finds out Batman kidnapped Talia and promises vengeance...[[VaguenessIsComing Soon.]]
** Expanded upon in Loeb’s Superman/Batman series.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Tommy towards Batman. Because Bruce’s parents died and Tommy's lived.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Thomas Elliot, old money and childhood friend of Bruce Wayne. Completely new to this story.
** Invoked by Tim and Dick during Tommy’s funeral, but never brought up again.
* Retcon: Subjected to one about itself not long after story’s end. Turns out it wasn’t just Clayface pretending to be Jason, it was Jason all along.
* RoguesGalleryShowcase: The other central conceit of the story.
* SceneryPorn: Just look at the way Jim Lee draws Gotham City.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Tommy. A trait he shares with his evil mentor, the (BlatantLies highly ethical and very lovely Dr Jonathan Crane.
* ShaggyDogStory/BatmanColdOpen: Of a kind. Croc’s kidnapping plot kicks the whole thing off, but gets wrapped up three issues in when Waller carts him off.
* SmugSnake: Clayface as Jason. Shades of Arkham Knight!
* SpannerInTheWorks: Hush did not count on Harvey Dent reasserting himself, and saving the day, after being surgically cured of Two-Face.
* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: But Batman doesn't stay out of Metropolis.
* TookALevelInBadass: The Riddler, of all the people. Lampshaded heavily in-story.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: young Tommy Elliot, just a little too cool and cruel in the way he speaks and acts, especially towards young Bruce.
* TrackingDevice: Hush has one in Bruce’s brain.
* UnexpectedCharacter: Harvey Dent.
* UnrevealReveal: Hush’s true identity, given the fairly transparent foreshadowing. Led to some InternetBacklash decrying the lack of a compelling mystery.
* TheVamp: Poison Ivy and Catwoman.
* VerbalTic: The Scarecrow. Nursery rhymes. Even as Batman beats his face in.
* Villain TeamUp: Loeb’s hallmark. Specifically, the Riddler and Hush being able to convince all the major players to go along with it: Scarecrow gets to do more research, Harley gets to work with the Joker, and the Joker signs on when he hears they’re going to piss on Jason Todd’s lawn.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Bruce and Selina do, until they don’t.
* XanatosPileup: At a rate approaching or even surpassing those in TheLongHalloween and DarkVictory. Hush himself works through nearly every entry on the GambitIndex.
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