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Summary: I hate this book.
Review: All of it is so dull and dry. I read it and get deja vu - 'didn't that already happen?', 'haven't I seen this plotline before?'. Dick Grayson attempts to connect w/ Batman! Catwoman seduces him like only she can! Villain has to be brought down! Batman wants to kill but then feels bad that he ever contemplated it! It all seems unnecessary, like it's going in a circular pattern. The art is good (great in many spots) but stylistically rather plain. Though in '95 I would've been thrilled.
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Summary: Batman Hush
Review: Batman Hush was extremely dissapointing for me since I am a huge fan of his previous stories. Many comic book fans were dissapointed since they expected a classic. We didn't get a classic but we did get an average story. Batman Hush is a mystery and you'll probably try and figure out who's beneath the bandages unless you collected the issues a year ago. A great part of this book is the art. Jim Lee is a great artist in my opinion and I hope that he'll work with Jeph Loeb in the near future. The only problem is that lots of the characters look the same. Harvey Dent looks like a bald version of Bruce Wayne while Lex looks like a slightly fatter version of Thomas Elliot. Another good thing about this story is the relationship between Catwoman and Batman. Batman reveals to her that he is Batman and then things get a lot more interesting until the end. The end is actually this story's downfall in my opinion. I believe that the story could've been much better if Jeph Loeb had been allowed to write a couple more issues so that he could explain everything a bit more. In conclusion, I believe that fans of comic books should give this a chance since it is extremely popular and lots of people still talk about it right now. I suggest that you read The Long Halloween, Dark Victory, Daredevil Yellow, and When In Rome when it comes out. TLH,DV,and DY are all much better then HUSH and I suspect that When In Rome will also be better since it deals with Catwoman. Jeph Loeb always does well when he's writing about Catwoman.
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Summary: Loeb Does it Again! Lee's Art is Outstanding!
Review: Batman: Hush Vol. 1 & 2, are a nice collector's edition. It should not, however, stop someone from collecting last years monthly story. Loeb is one of the few who can create a tight story with a good plot and has a nack for using multiple characters out of the DC universe. Who is the responsible villain this time: Ivy, Two face, Joker, Riddler, or is it someone else, deep from Batman's past? This story is a little more predicatble than "The Long Halloween" and "Dark Victory" but still is engaging enough to bring the reader in and hold his or her interests until the final pages, even if they figure it out. Again, Batman gets pushed to the edge in a believable way (yes, even though it is a comic, some resemblance of realism must still take place for the reader to enjoy the story). An overall great story that all can enjoy!
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Summary: Loeb Does it Again! Lee's Art is Outstanding!
Review: Batman: Hush Vol. 1 & 2, are a nice collector's edition. It should not, however, stop someone from collecting last years monthly story. Loeb is one of the few who can create a tight story with a good plot and has a nack for using multiple characters out of the DC universe. Who is the responsible villain this time: Ivy, Two face, Joker, Riddler, or is it someone else, deep from Batman's past? This story is a little more predicatble than "The Long Halloween" and "Dark Victory" but still is engaging enough to bring the reader in and hold his or her interests until the final pages, even if they figure it out. Again, Batman gets pushed to the edge in a believable way (yes, even though it is a comic, some resemblance of realism must still take place for the reader to enjoy the story). An overall great story that all can enjoy!
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Summary: Loeb Does it Again! Lee's Art is Outstanding!
Review: Batman: Hush Vol. 1 & 2, are a nice collectors edition. It should not, however, stop someone from collecting last years monthly story. Loeb is one of the few who can create a tight story with a good plot and has a nack for using multiple characters out of the DC universe. Who is the responsible villain thsi time: Ivy, Two face, Joker, Riddler, or is it someone else, deep from Batman's past? This story is a little more predicatble than "The Long Halloween" and "Dark Victory" but still is engaging enough to bring the reader in and hold his or her interests until the final pages, even if tehy figure it out. Again, Batman gets pushed to teh edge in a believable way (yes, even though it is a comic, some resemblance of realism must still take place for the reader to enjoy the story). An overall great story that all can enjoy!
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Summary: One Of The Best Batman Adventures Ever Created
Review: Batman: Hush Volume 2 is the sequel to Volume 1 of the mysterious and exciting Hush series which was a bestseller monthly title that was delivered for a year. Batman: Hush is written by DC COMICS legend, Jeph Loeb [The writer who wrote Batman: The Long Halloween and Batman: Dark Victory, considered some of the best Batman tales ever written] and illustrated by Jim Lee [An artist whose artwork was so amazing that a completely new series of X-Men comics were created to showcase it]. Volume 2 showcases Chapters 6 to 12 in the Hush saga. In the first volume, the Batman nearly fell to his death but after being helped by his childhood friend, Doctor Thomas Elliot, he is restored and takes up his cape and cowl to figure out why his enemies have been overstepping their own customary boundaries. You can expect to see a cast of familiar and fascinating villians of the Batman Universe including The Joker, Harley Quinn, Ra's Al Ghul, The Riddler and a couple of more. The entire Hush storyline is captivating, and very mysterious as readers struggle to discover the identity of "the bandaged man in a trench coat" who colides with the Batman in a few exciting sequences. If you're wondering wheter to buy this book or not the answer is simple...buy it in hardcover. It is awesome and awe-inspiring and with one of the best comic book writers and artists creating it, it becomes a very exciting read to read over and over and over and over [You get it] again.
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Summary: Continuing the best Batman storyarc in years
Review: Collecting the final issues of the "Hush" storyarc by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee; just about everything comes full circle as the storyline comes to a close. Loeb's talent for underwriting comes to a head as secrets are revealed, although I must say that the identity of Hush wasn't something we all didn't see coming. More of Batman's infamous enemies surface: including the Riddler, Clayface, and even the Joker in a pivotal scene. Lee's art is superb as always, and his rendering of Catwoman is plain mouthwatering. Since "Hush" was a huge hit for DC, Loeb and Lee have promised to come back to Batman to write a follow up, but whether or not it can live up to this storyarc will remain to be seen.
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Summary: Continuing the best Batman storyarc in years
Review: Collecting the final issues of the "Hush" storyarc by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee; just about everything comes full circle as the storyline comes to a close. Loeb's talent for underwriting comes to a head as secrets are revealed, although I must say that the identity of Hush wasn't something we all didn't see coming. More of Batman's infamous enemies surface: including the Riddler, Clayface, and even the Joker in a pivotal scene. Lee's art is superb as always, and his rendering of Catwoman is plain mouthwatering. Since "Hush" was a huge hit for DC, Loeb and Lee have promised to come back to Batman to write a follow up, but whether or not it can live up to this storyarc will remain to be seen.
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Summary: The best Batman storyarc to come along in years
Review: Collecting the first five issues of the smash hit year long storyarc "Hush", this first volume is probably the best Batman storyarc to come along in years. DC Comics enlisted legendary artist Jim Lee and visionary writer Jeph Loeb to helm this story in which Batman finds himself in the middle of a hidden conspiracy that involves many of his classic enemies; a conspiracy of which that may be headed by one of them, or by someone he's never expected. Beginning with a kidnapping by Killer Croc, to a confrontation with Poison Ivy in Metropolis where the caped crusader duels with a mind controled Superman; "Hush" is filled with twists and turns from beginning to end, and Volume 2 picks it up with even more twists. Loeb's scriptwork is nothing short of superb, although maybe a bit predictable at some parts, while Lee's art is nothing short of astonishing. All in all, if you missed out on one of the best storylines in comics of 2003, I strongly suggest picking this and Volume 2 up.
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Summary: Am I Going Batty?
Review: Even though my days as an avid comic book collector have been behind me for quite some time, I still check in on my favorite heroes from time to time, via graphic novel, or collected mini-series. I have always enjoyed writer Jeph Loeb's take on either the Dark Knight or Superman, and even his work on the Smallville television series. I was happy to learn that Loeb, along with artist Jim Lee, one of the comics' industry's most sought after talents, acording to those in the know,were putting together a multi-part saga with Batman as the star.
Off the top, I was dismayed at the fact that I was going to have to buy two books to get the whole story. This doesn't make sense since Loeb's The Long Halloween it's sequel Dark Victory, and Public Enemies, were all multi-part tales put into one book. Cash "Cowl" Indeed.
Volume 2 naturally picks up where the first book left off. A new foe calling himself Hush, continues to manipulate Batman's more well known foes, like the Joker, Riddler and Clayface, into doing his bidding. The hook of the story already exposed, it all seemed anti climactic. I know folks compare this 12 part tale to that of Frank Miller's classic Dark Knight Returns but I'm affraid I don't get the comparison. It was only out of my faith in Loeb as a writer that I wanted to see the story through to the end. The art from Jim Lee is still Ok, but I guess my expectations were raised too high, from all I had heard about him.
It's not that the Hush storyline is that bad. I just expected to enjoy it a lot more than I did. The second part of Hush has 192 pages and includes an introduction from Lee, as well as some of his sketchwork.
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