Wait....what?This started out decent and just got worse and worse.First and foremost, CAN NO ONE STAY DEAD!?!Second, what is up with the Joker? He acts completely out of character for the entire book.The Joker is supposed to be predictably unpredictable, he is INSANE! I was like who is this guy dressed up like the Joker? He's terrible. Then it gets all sappy as I hear the "Red Hood" origin story for the umpteenth. Ugh! Boy do I hate that origin story. No I don't want some sob story about the man...

More Hush, less of....whatever the hell else was happening.

Overall, I want to give this a 3.5. I found a lot of parts of it interesting - like, Joker backstory! ANd his very exhausted annoyed, "who the hell is this?!" when they find Prometheus standing in the road actually cracked me up.Barrionueve and Pina have some absolutelty stunning background and ambiance art. The sceenes are perfect. The city looks vibrant, things look shadowed but not dark. The detail of the buildings and the people are astounding. What they're not that great at, is people's fac...

The writing style changes I'm this book. I really didn't like the illustration and how many characters looked very similar. This book did make the joker seem more human though and I liked that.

Ugh, bad writing (too many stories going on at once) combined with some of the worst Batman art that I've ever seen. One panel featured the ugliest Bruce Wayne that has ever crossed my eyeballs. Whew. Yikes, yowza.

I didn’t think much of this at all! The joker was completely out of character throughout and they even tried to retcon parts of The Killing Joke. The story wasn’t particularly compelling either, it didn’t really go anywhere, I’d advise anyone thinking of reading this not to bother.

Batman thought things would settle down now that Hush has been killed. While it was horrifying to learn that his childhood friend Tommy decided to take on the role of a supervillain to get revenge for the death of his father on the operating table of Bruce Wayne's father, Batman had to do what he could to stop Hush's reign of terror. The belief is that he can go back to bringing in the usual coterie of villains.When the Riddler is thrown through a skylight of a museum during a major fundraiser,

This started off with some of the best pacing I've seen in a Batman collection, and I don't know if I've ever been more baffled by the perplexingly erratic and bad quality of what I have to call, by definition, an ending. I loved the beat of the first half so much, in no way slogged by Batman cliches, just sharp with movement and quick with dialogue, and then the last part feels as though someone else stepped in to guess what things were without reading the first part. Nothing wraps up. It sudde...

Some books, like this one, have a terrible reputation: they are mostly hated, sometimes laughed out, or leave people holding their head, sobbing uncontrollably, not comprehending how something so akin to manure could ever be published (other examples of this are Ultimatum, Holy Terror, World War Hulks: Hulked-Out Heroes, to name just a few). You probably have your own list, and I'm sure this would make a great topic for a discussion, or even a sort of "To Avoid" List on Goodreads.And then there'...

Artwork: Pretty good.Story: Did not like it. I hated the story and It went to a cliff-hanger that Left you hanging more. The hanging cliff was not interesting enough for you to keep reading. The cover was excellent.

I remember loving this the first time I read when I was new to comics. It doesn't stand up over time. I liked the idea of villains fighting each other but the uncharacteristic portrayal of The Joker is really strange.

This is a really good follow up on the Hush storyline. It makes the Riddler look like a pussy but makes Hush look incredibly bad ass. I love the portrayal of the Joker in this one and the Killing Joke tie in to Joker's past. I found it interesting that Joker and Penguin would sit around an open fire to consult over the going-ons of Gotham City. It got a little weird at the end when Joker decided to run to the Circus naked though. Why did he take off all his clothes...?

This one is really cool. Batman goes to Starling City, Green Arrow's turf, Hush and The Joker battle for control of the Gotham underworld, and other Batman villains are also involved. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is, I'm not crazy about the very end. The last few pages are kind of a let down.

good story....I liked Hush teaming with Prometheus because both are pretty much 'unknowns.' However, for a graphic novel, the story wasn't complete. It left me wanting to know what happens next, which is great for a story. But graphic novels should be a complete storyline.What book comes next in this story?

A fast paced, shorter (6 issues) follow up to the Jeph Loeb penned Batman: Hush , Hush Returns is a breezy read. We have Hush, who was presumed dead (do any of them really die?) at the end of the first series, return to Gotham with a new plan to bring Batman down and take over Gotham. The Joker - self appointed king of the criminal underworld - does not take to this idea easily. Thus we have Batman, Joker and Hush in a three-way duel. Add to that, the Riddler with a secret of his own, and...

The least believable thing about this collection is that a plastic tarp costs $100.

I stumbled across this one at a used bookstore and was immediately interested. A Hush story that isn't on any recommended reading lists I've seen, where he enlists Prometheus to help him with his ongoing plot against Batman and anyone who gets in the way of him trying to kill Batman. It sounds like it could be a pretty underrated find.It was not. A large chunk of the story is bogged down with incredibly questionable characterization and the writer deciding to continuously reference and call back...

This was the right price in one of the most awesome used bookstores in the USA, so I decided to give it a try.I think it has gotten somewhat of a bum wrap for reasons that are not its own fault. The coloring is a bit off (as in sometimes the ethnicity of characters is hard to decipher or just plain confusing). Also, for some reason, they include Gotham Knights issues 50-55 and then randomly throw in issue 66. I was disappointed to learn that the remaining issues of the Gotham Knights line were n...

I read this comic mainly, because I saw that Green Arrow was going to be in it and I LOVE Green Arrow. But I continued reading it because it was really interesting. Hush was back and that got Batman...scared, not that you saw much of Batman. The main characters were the Riddler, The Joker, Hush and later Prometheus. The Joker was really different than he is in other comics, he was calmer and not so big with the crazy scheme's and things. I know now why the Riddler was hiding from everyone in the...

Unlike its prequel, this one focusses on few characters, still doesn't get a grip on the story. Especially the last part feels like unnecessary diversion and leaves things open ended. Worse is, we don't get much of Batman or his investigating. A huge disappointment.