Hush to return

[Captain Jim]

When asked if there are anymore house ads coming like the ones featuring Brainiac and Mongul, Dan Didio said:

Yeah – the next ad will be of Hush, which means he’ll be coming into play in upcoming Batman stories.

When asked if these stories will appear in Batman or Detective, he replied that they'll be in Detective.


Upcoming House Ad:

http://www.newsarama.com/dcnew/FinalCrisis/t_HUSH-motivational-ad.jpg

Full article can be found in Newsarama here (http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=149986).

[Jack Zodiac]

Not a fan of the costume under the jacket. I think he was distinctive enough with the "Dark Man sans fedora" look. But some Dini-written Hush? Sounds good to me!

[filthysize]

Well, good thing it's a one-shot.

[Captain Jim]

Well, good thing it's a one-shot.

Who said anything about it being a "one-shot"? Didio referred to upcoming "stories".

[Choppa]

Does this mean it ties into Final Crisis? Weren't the other ads specifically for FC?

[Captain Jim]

Does this mean it ties into Final Crisis? Weren't the other ads specifically for FC?

No, Didio says...

Those “anti-motivational” ads are there to give broad stroke ideas of the exciting things that are going to be happening in the DCU throughout the year. They’re not just about Final Crisis. Again, the way we structured it is that you don’t need to buy every single book in the DC Universe. Final Crisis is the major event, but these other storylines will be occurring in parallel.

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

Make no mistake, I still have a lot of respect for Mr. Dini, but honestly... if Hush has any life or relevance left in him at this point, then I am Baytor.

[Super Buddies Forever]

Hush was an interesting character who was marred by the ridiculous ending to his debut and his subsequent starring role in Gotham Knights. I'm glad to see him return if it means he's going to be done right. I hate when villains with potential are squandered.

[filthysize]

Who said anything about it being a "one-shot"? Didio referred to upcoming "stories".

:(

I assumed it was, since it's Detective.

[Earl of the RCs]

Hush worked best in the original stories when he was really just another pawn of the Riddler (who was the real main villain of that whole arc, whether folks got that or not). Through one more vote in to the `gotham knights story was messy and conterproductive' (to be kind) set. If his return now has Thommy pleading with Riddler to return to crime so he can have a job and help forming a plan to find and beat down the John Paul Valley who was wearing the Hush custum in the GK story then I might like it, but Riddler turns him down (cause he's working on bigger things)- so Hush hires the REAL Prometheus and they track down the TWO imposters together, then I might like it.

[Jack Zodiac]

I'm sure Hush's return will have something to do with The Riddler's convenient amnesia regarding Batman's identity.

[foxley]

Well, if anyone can do something to make me enjoy the Hush character, it's probably going to be Dini.

[TROUBLEZ]

I would check it out if Loeb were writing it. I still can't believe he originally intended it to be Tommy.

[BrikHed21]

I am not sure if this is a good thing or not. Hush is like Jason Todd... there was potential and the original story lines were decent but the characters just got lost.

[Libaax]

This is good, i think they wasted his potential after the original Hush.

Hopefully Dini can make him interesting again.

[Choppa]

I wonder if we will finally get an ending to the cliffhanger from the last issue of HUSH Knights...er...I mean Gotham Knights.

I'm not holding my breath.

[brundlefly]

Isn't Hush dead? I remember something about a pacemaker/bomb in his heart killing him during the last issue of the atrocious GK series and thought that the book had at least ended on a positive note.

[The Shadow]

Yay. :rolleyes:

If it's anything like Gotham Knights (lame costume BTW) then I'll get to save some money.

[Miss J.]

Yay. :rolleyes:

If it's anything like Gotham Knights (lame costume BTW) then I'll get to save some money.

I'm jumping on this "not-too-excited-about-the-return-of-Hush-AGAIN" bandwagon. Thought he was interesting in the beginning. I don't lie when I say Loeb's Hush got me obsessed w/ B-man, but when he returned, he got lost amidst this Killing Joke re-run with the Joker's attempt at being a somewhat likeable matyr. The whole thing sort of dissapointed me. Hopefully Dini can redeem it and leave the rest of the villians out for a while instead of recycling every rogue B-man's got and making mashed potatoes with it...

[rZi]

Thomas fell into the river didn't he and his body was never recovered? I haven't read returns but i heard it was lame. I think he would work just in that one story, never to be used again.

[Choppa]

Gotham Knights ended on a cliffhangar and was then cancelled before OYL, so no one knows what happened to him.

See? Reading is fun and useful!

[brundlefly]

Gotham Knights ended on a cliffhangar and was then cancelled before OYL, so no one knows what happened to him.

I thought that the implication at the end of that issue was that, following the final panel, Joker then just straight-up killed him with the pacemaker-bomb as opposed to any kind of cliffhanger-ish "Will Hush live or die?" After all, why would Joker have let him go?

Meh. With the back-catalog of great DC villains that go unused, I don't know why Dini is dusting off this overexposed loser to have another day in the sun. Unless, like Jack suggested, he's justa plot device to re-awaken the "reformed" Riddler's memories of Batman's secret ID, which could be pretty cool.

[Miss J.]

I thought that the implication at the end of that issue was that, following the final panel, Joker then just straight-up killed him with the pacemaker-bomb as opposed to any kind of cliffhanger-ish "Will Hush live or die?" After all, why would Joker have let him go?

My impression was Joker was so busy getting the living crap beat out of him he didn't have time to let anyone go. He just got the hell outta there via the sewer...of course, I didn't read the issues, I read the trade which could've been edited as they sometimes are...

I felt a twinge of dissapointing cliffhanger-ism.

[Jack Zodiac]

Meh. With the back-catalog of great DC villains that go unused, I don't know why Dini is dusting off this overexposed loser to have another day in the sun. Unless, like Jack suggested, he's justa plot device to re-awaken the "reformed" Riddler's memories of Batman's secret ID, which could be pretty cool.

S'what I'm bankin' on. As much as I've loved Detective Nigma, I think it's time we saw him take his place as a really dangerous villain again. Especially with the knowledge that Batman is Bruce Wayne.

[brundlefly]

My impression was Joker was so busy getting the living crap beat out of him he didn't have time to let anyone go. He just got the hell outta there via the sewer...

We're thinking of two different issues. The one I'm referring to is in the final issue of Gotham Knights and has Hush with a pacemaker-bomb implanted in his chest and a non-beaten-up Joker holding the remote for it. Hush begs for his life in the last scene and the implication is that then Joker triggered the remote and killed Hush as payback for the physical beating in the scene that you mentioned.


S'what I'm bankin' on. As much as I've loved Detective Nigma, I think it's time we saw him take his place as a really dangerous villain again. Especially with the knowledge that Batman is Bruce Wayne

Would be cool for Nigma to play wolf-in-sheep's clothing for a bit if that happens, concealing his returned memories and play-acting the 'reformed private detective' around Batman to lull him into a false sense of security before springing his trap.

[Miss J.]

We're thinking of two different issues. The one I'm referring to is in the final issue of Gotham Knights and has Hush with a pacemaker-bomb implanted in his chest and a non-beaten-up Joker holding the remote for it. Hush begs for his life in the last scene and the implication is that then Joker triggered the remote and killed Hush as payback for the physical beating in the scene that you mentioned.

Holy crap on a stick. I never got to see this wrap-up...I hate when I'm stuck in missing link limbo.

[brundlefly]

I never got to see this wrap-up...

Sorry, I didn't mean to be a spoiler if you were planning on reading the rest of the GK series. I figured from your earlier posts that you had already read it or knew what happened, but I guess I shouldn't have made that assumption.

If it's any consolation, you really didn't miss anything and it appears that the last issue confrontation between Joker and Hush was meaningless (or is being ignored) if Hush is slated to return soon.

[Miss J.]

Sorry, I didn't mean to be a spoiler if you were planning on reading the rest of the GK series.

Oh, no. No spoiler whatsoever, though I'll keep an eye out for it now that I know...So thanks for that. :)

It's always good to know Joker comes back with a vengeance. I think it's expressed best in the words of Dark Helmet: "evil always triumphs because good is dumb." Not that Hush is good or anything...

[Choppa]

I never made it to the end of "HUSH Knights", but this piece from wikipedia is enough to confirm it for me.

This title was among several which were cancelled at the conclusion of the Infinite Crisis storyline, as part of the "One Year Later" event. The final story arc was left unresolved.

Plus I remember people complaining about the incomplete ending.

[HaroldAllnut]

Make no mistake, I still have a lot of respect for Mr. Dini, but honestly... if Hush has any life or relevance left in him at this point, then I am Baytor.

The Master Baytor?

[Super Buddies Forever]

So, did they ever reveal why Hush wears bandages? His face appears to be scarred, but that was never apparent when he was running around as Tommy Elliott.

Bah. While I'm glad Dini is giving the villain another go (as I think he has potential and would like to see him raised above a poor man's Bane), just thinking about him brings to mind the infuriating non-resolution to Hush and the further muddying of the waters in Knights.

Perhaps giving him a better motivation than "your daddy saved my daddy's life" would help.

[Brodie Bruce]

Hush was a gimmick character. In the end, he's just a thug with bandages on his face. What could he add to Batman?

[DonC]

I'm with Jack and brundlefly, Hush coming back is going to have large implications for the Riddler, a character Dini loves.

[Brack360]

I'm really not a fan of the Hush character and do not want to see him again, but I am cautiously optimistic that Dini will write a good story. His Tec run has been great so far.

[Miss J.]

I'm with Jack and brundlefly, Hush coming back is going to have large implications for the Riddler, a character Dini loves.

Well, if anyone's going to bring Riddler back into the spotlight, Dini could.

I have agree that Riddler's being a Private Dick is a little lame, and temporary. It seems as though Hush coming back would make an excellent segway into Riddler returning to crime. Perhaps his return to the Hush character is simply a sidenote to the real story which will be Riddler-based(?) Or, that's my hope because Hush seems like there's not much too him in the sense that bringing him back will be a huge plot driver, but I do see him being a piece of a puzzle (no pun intended.)

[Captain Jim]

Let me just point out that everybody is making the assumption that Dini will be writing these stories. But isn't Dini only writing somewhere between half and two-thirds of the Detective stories? Could be these will be by someone else.

[Captain Jim]

Btw, this from Newsarama's report of the recent WWLA comic con:

Is Jason Todd ever going to have his own book? DiDio: "He's going to be important in what's going on in the Batman-books" for the next year, specifically mentioning the upcoming Hush storyline. :eek:

[Miss J.]

Not sure why everyone's getting all uppity about the costume under the Jacket. Jim Lee drew that costume in the first Hush. It's no different.

[Choppa]

I hope Jason kills HUSH and vice versa.

[Libaax]

I lost all interest in Hush comeback and in the coming storylines of any bat book when JT has an important part......


Cant they stop throwing JT down our throats like for a month.

I want to read one important bat story without him ruining it...

I go from batman to NW and still cant escape JT, i go to Tec from Batman main and JT is still there jesus...

[Choppa]

^Where are you seeing Jason in 'Tec and Batman? AFAIK he hasn't been in any recent issues.

[Libaax]

I meant i enjoy Tec these days and hope this :

" Is Jason Todd ever going to have his own book? DiDio: "He's going to be important in what's going on in the Batman-books" for the next year, specifically mentioning the upcoming Hush storyline. "

Doesnt mean he will play a big role in Dini's comic.

If Hush returns and JT happens only in Batman main and in GM's run its fine with me since im dont read GM's Batman anymore.

I was fearing the big if and where JT will play so important role in.....

[BrikHed21]

I hope Jason kills HUSH and vice versa.

The bad part about this wonderful therory is in about a year some writter will bring them BOTH back from the dead and make them brothers, father and son, or a new couple....I just wish that DEAD MEANT DEAD.

[Choppa]

The bad part about this wonderful therory is in about a year some writter will bring them BOTH back from the dead and make them brothers, father and son, or a new couple....I just wish that DEAD MEANT DEAD.

Lol, they can have a "domestic partnership", and later it can be revealed that Damian is their son. And to round out the family Bane can be the goofy, drug addict uncle who adds the comic relief. Hhhmm...I smell ongoing...

[BrikHed21]

Lol, they can have a "domestic partnership", and later it can be revealed that Damian is their son. And to round out the family Bane can be the goofy, drug addict uncle who adds the comic relief. Hhhmm...I smell ongoing...

Changed my mind - I now want Hush to return based on this theory