Dini Cuts Into "The Heart of Hush"

[CBR News]

"Detective Comics" writer Paul Dini talks to CBR about "The Heart of Hush," a new five-part arc that sees the return of Hush and ties-in to "Batman R.I.P." Will Hush be the one to finish the Batman, or even succeed him? Find out here.

http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16873

[AlistairCrane]

Sounds exciting! Wonder what role Catwoman will play in this story.

[Will.S]

None of the images work for me.

[CBR News]

Will - problem found and resolved. The image links should work fine, now!

[Will.S]

Will - problem found and resolved. The image links should work fine, now!
Awesome, thanks.

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

Hush has never really exactly been a favorite (character and story), but reading this, I think I'll still check this out. I may have my arms folded, going "okay, convince me" all the while, but I'll be there all the same.

Who knows, giving this one some life finally may be the greatest test of Dini's talent.

[Choppa]

Why is his face all messed up under the mask on the cover for 'tec 846?

[matthewaos]

I love Dini's Detective!!!! I think I'm gonna love this story. Every time I read his stories I say "Now, that's a Batman story"

[pariah-1972]

Why is his face all messed up under the mask on the cover for 'tec 846?Thats the thing i don't understand is sometimes his face is scarred up and sometimes it's not and that makes me wonder why.

[Cornelius Stirk]

This is actually a good idea. People tend to forget that the Hush charcter wasn't as fully fleshed out as they think in Loeb's original; we got a lot of background on Bruce/Tommy Elliot as kids, but' less on what he was about as Hush.

If Dini can somehow make a silkpurse out of the sows ear that was Lieberman's run than he may become one of the great Batwriters.:biggrin:

[pariah-1972]

This is actually a good idea. People tend to forget that the Hush charcter wasn't as fully fleshed out as they think in Loeb's original; we got a lot of background on Bruce/Tommy Elliot as kids, but' less on what he was about as Hush.

If Dini can somehow make a silkpurse out of the sows ear that was Lieberman's run than he may become one of the great Batwriters.:biggrin:I do think there is a lot of potential to be had in Hush mostly because his reason for hating Batman makes very little sense.
But there is something mysterious about all of that which makes me wonder if Hush was actually telling the truth about everything.

Jokers origin wasn't told or delved into for a long time and even know the specifics gets changed often since Joker is the one telling the story.

[Paul Dee]

It's a shame that by the sounds of it this isn't going to retcon out all the Gotham Knights stuff. Even the title of the story hints at a direct link

[Sean Whitmore]

People tend to forget that the Hush charcter wasn't as fully fleshed out as they think in Loeb's original

Somebody thinks Hush was ever a fleshed-out character?

I'd like to sell that person a bridge.


SEAN

[AlistairCrane]

It's a shame that by the sounds of it this isn't going to retcon out all the Gotham Knights stuff. Even the title of the story hints at a direct link

It's not necessary to retcon the Gotham Knights stuff. Just ignore it if you didn't like that run.

[Chiroptera]

I'm really looking forward to this.

With how disappointed I've been in Morrison's big RIP story so far (sorry Grant but the melo-dramatic introspectives just aren't cuttin' it for me) I'm really hoping for a good Bat story.

Dini's work on Detective Comics has been wonderful, he's the only write I know anymore who seems to writer a consistant Batman who's moods, attitudes and choices don't flactuate wildly between storylines.

[Paul Dee]

It's not necessary to retcon the Gotham Knights stuff. Just ignore it if you didn't like that run.

I know that, but it would be nice to think it never actually happened, which is a lot harder since Dini's story touches on aspects of it.

[AlistairCrane]

I know that, but it would be nice to think it never actually happened, which is a lot harder since Dini's story touches on aspects of it.

Well, he kind of has to. Did you see the way it ended? It requires an explanation.

[Paul Dee]

Well, he kind of has to. Did you see the way it ended? It requires an explanation.



As long as Dini's explanation includes reasons why every character in that story acted completely out of character and why aspects of that story willfully pissed upon the Killing Joke then yes, let Dini do his best. If not then the whole sorry mess should be swept under the nearest rug accompanied by jaunty whistling and Heart of Hush should read as "The 2nd sighting of Hush in the DCU"

I know retconning out awful storylines completely can be seen as a lazy exercise but in the case of Hush Returns I think it's necessary because it isn't just one small aspect of the story which jarrs (like Spoiler's death/Leslie Thompkins) but it's the whole sorry thing

[AlistairCrane]

As long as Dini's explanation includes reasons why every character in that story acted completely out of character and why aspects of that story willfully pissed upon the Killing Joke then yes, let Dini do his best. If not then the whole sorry mess should be swept under the nearest rug accompanied by jaunty whistling and Heart of Hush should read as "The 2nd sighting of Hush in the DCU"

I know retconning out awful storylines completely can be seen as a lazy exercise but in the case of Hush Returns I think it's necessary because it isn't just one small aspect of the story which jarrs (like Spoiler's death/Leslie Thompkins) but it's the whole sorry thing

I'm not concerned about that--I'm talking about how the series ended with Hush still having that pacemaker and being left at the mercy of the Joker.