After reading Long Halloween, Haunted Knight, and Dark Victory, I figured I'd give Jeph Loeb's latest Batman offering a good go. Now, while the previously mentioned books were decent stories, helping give some solid background to Harvey Dent, Dick Grayson, and old Bats himself, they were no where near as ground breaking as Year One or Dark Knight Returns.
That being said, I wasn't expecting any great insights to humanity, the darkness of the human soul, or politics of the current day.
And with Jim Lee doing the pencils, it would at least be a pretty read. And essentially, that's all it was. This series has a very "commercial" feel to them as each issue introduces a character, a minor conflict, and a cliffhanger. There's at least one two-page-panel in each issue, with Jim really showing off his attention to detail. Most of his character models look very similar, but his work has such a great depth of field, it's hard to deny it's beauty.
There's nothing new being told about Bruce Wayne or his enemies or his friends in this story. He's still coming to grips with his parents' deaths. He's still a complete control freak. He's still a lonely, lonely man. SPOILER ALERT! (He also hooks up with Catwoman and reveals who he is to her, which as of late, seems to be the only thing they can do to draw readers. So now half of Bats' enemies and nearly all his "friends" know he's Bruce Wayne. Whoop. Dee. Dooooo.)
Let's hope this is Loeb's last Batman story.Get more detail about Batman: Hush.
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