By: A. J. Liberman Publisher: DC Comics Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: DC Comics Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 208 Publication Date: January 04, 2006 Release Date: January 04, 2006
Product Description: Batman knew his deadliest new enemy Hush, who first appeared in the Jeph Loeb/Jim Lee hit storyline, was going to come back, but he never expected him to return so quickly!And with his reappearance come more questions about his true identity, origins and motivations.As the new battle of wits begins, the trail leads to Star City and an encounter with its protector, Green Arrow.
Over Eager In my excitement to see another Batman - Hush encounter I never bothered reading the comments in here. If I had done so before then I would never had bought this title.
The story was....there was no story it's just a mish-mash of what have you. Nothing really ties up to anything. The joker became a mob lord, Prometheus became lame, Hush is no longer calculating but was able to best Talia...WTF.
And Batman...well batman was more like uhm...forgot he was even in the story.
I just wish I never bought the damn thing, then I could have had only good memories of the Hush franchise.
the killing joke 1.5. . . This was an "ok" read...it wasnt bad, it wasnt good either. This is a FARCRY from the original HUSH novel which in my opinion is one the best batman stories ever told. Heres the problem: its uneventful. Nothing great ever happens, hush doesn't even show up that much. He shows up here and there and talks some senseless stuff and thats it. The ending sucked so much i cant even begin to tell you how disappointing it was. The only good thing about the novel is that it sort of "expands" Alan Moore's masterpiece "The killing joke" storyline. Other than that, unless you are a hardcore batman fan, avoid this.
Could have done without it. "Hush" was a tremendous story and this sequel did not do it justice. This was like the Godfather III for me. Standing on it's own, probably not a bad job, but in comparison to its predecessors - completely inadequate.
Like it never happened... After reading the first Hush series, I was absolutely stoked to see Hush Returns on bookshelves. I picked it up immediately. The cover art left something to be desired(I'm very picky over comic art)and the inside artwork was about the same, good, but nothing special. I brought it home and read through it pretty quickly, at first it seemed pretty interesting, except for this whole weird storyline with the Joker(that ends in an extremely disappointing way). Page after page I was waiting for something awesome to happen, waiting for an amazing story like Batman: Hush, but no...nothing...and the comic community has felt the same way. In fact DC has brought Hush back recently with a new storyline and new devious plot and guess what? They acted as though Hush Returns never happened.
Hush Returns Following the Hush books is no easy feat but Batman Hush Returns stands up on it's own. The artwork is top notch and the story line is great. Batman has come a long way and it is good to see the illustration and stories come to life with these new talents.
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