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Batman Hush. What follows?
EdEnigma
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Ok so I am fairly new to batman comics and decided to start reading what others deemed "essential" and among those was Batman Hush, I immensely enjoyed it and was wondering what came directly after in story, is there a comic that picks right up were Hush left off (batman and catwoman ect..) Any help would be much appreciated.
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Second, what are you looking for? If more of Hush, there was an ongoing arch in Gotham Knights starting with Hush Returns.
I'd say Batman & Catwoman would probably be JLA's Crisis of Conscience. It's connected with the reveals of Identity Crisis, but there's a focus on this relationship.
For a further read of a twist reveal when Batman was fighting his rogues in the cemetery, I'd recommend Under the Hood.
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I remember there being a "Heart of Hush" story arc at some point later, I don't remember the title or issues though.
In that pre-New52 continuity, I remember the Red Hood story arc being very good. It ran for a year or so in Batman, from what I remember it rolled out of Infinite Crisis, before Grant Morrison got his hands on Batman.
The Red Hood story arch lead up to Inifinite Crisis (remember RH stole a shipment of kryptonite.) It kicked ass.
"Heart of Hush" was in Detective Comics following Ininite Crisis & once Morrison began working on Batman. The story was written by Dini. I stopped reading Batman during Morrison's reign, so I only know the premise.
The aforementioned "Hush Returns" picks up the character right after Hush. The Hush arch was like the last 24 issues of Gotham Knights.
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I think the beginning was to add doubt to who Hush really was. I do recall the arch had him piss off many of Batman's rogues & end in a cliffhanger.
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People might dislike that Hush Returns picks up where Hush left off. They might dislike that Under the Hood deals with the twist reveal. They might dislike that Batman questions if Catwoman is really a villain and this plays out in JLA: Crisis of Conscience.
The remainder is my opinion, which would be DISAGREE instead of DISLIKE.
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I'm curious when Hush altered his appearance. I recall that in Gotham Knights (just his work with clones.)
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BTW, I disagree with your opinion. I thought the art of Strikes Back looked rushed & the plot seemed too big. Miller looks like he tried to cram too many characters into the story.
If I had to guess, it's blocked out of many a memory.
I know ,most fans hated DKSA. But I love the hell out of it. Went into it expecting to hate it. Partially cause I didn't get to read it till 2008. And had hear all the fan complaints about it. But I found it to be Miller's third best Batman story. Behind Year one and DKR. I like the artwork but think it's the coloring that makes it look kind of off. I would love to see a b/w version of this.
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I've never been the biggest fan of it - it's kind of a weak, one-suspect-mystery, and I've never been much of a Jim Lee fan - but I've never really hated it, either. It's kind of cool to tour the Gotham Rogues Gallery of the early '00s the way it does, I like that it sorta re-established the Bruce/Selina relationship that was in place when I first started reading Batman in the very early 80s, and as a Riddler fan, I think he comes out of it as pretty bad ass (before being put right back in his place by Batman, of course). Not stellar, by any means, but decent enough.
It wasn't perfect, but it was fine for me back then.
I can see why you guys would suggest other stories, but I can also see why others would suggest this particular one.
I' gave this one to my girlfriend, who had no experience reading Batman comics. She loved it, and wasn't bothered by anything that bothered me.