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mithen

Hush (2002)

Jul 30, 2010 21:37

Jeph Loeb, finishing up a run on Superman, moved on to Batman and the story arc called "Hush" in 2002. "Hush" has its flaws--the key one being that as usual Loeb tends to let his stories end with a whimper rather than a bang--but the middle parts, where Bruce interacts with most of his allies and rogue's gallery in turn, are a lot of fun. The arc ( Read more... )

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theclexfactor July 30 2010, 13:36:04 UTC

If for nothing else, the Clark/Bruce, Clark/Lois/Bruce, and Clark/Lois/Bruce/Selina bits of this arc are compeltely worth it.

mithen July 31 2010, 03:57:49 UTC

I agree, those interactions are pure gold, I love the way Loeb puts them together...

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mithen July 31 2010, 04:03:43 UTC

Jeph Loeb is one of those writers that may be not so good with actual storytelling, but you can tell he genuinely loved the characters he wrote for -- Clark, Bruce, Lois, Selina, Perry... all are so completely wonderful here.

I agree, Loeb's plotting sometimes doesn't hold a lot of water, but damn, he loves the characters. I'll take that over a tightly-plotted, joyless exercise anyday.

Although there's quite a bit of self-loathing (there's probably other better description of it but this is the only one that came to mind right now) here from Bruce: "Clark is a good person, and deep down I know I'm not."

I think "Hush" was the first modern-continuity TPB I read (I read DKR and Kingdom Come before it!) and although I think he writes Bruce over the top at time, I rather like his broody doubtfulness. That line, though, I think was pushing it too hard. I redeem it by deciding that Bruce is defining "good person" in some personal sort of way that doesn't mean exactly what I expect, lol...

I don't think I've noticed this detail ( ... )

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mithen July 31 2010, 04:52:43 UTC

Jim Lee makes Bruce Wayne the sexiest thing ever. God, every page of this is like an eyegasm for me and I love it.

Oh man, yessss. He's just so, so gorgeous. I could admire his Bruce all day (his Batman is good too, but HIS BRUCE...)

ranger_girl0301 July 30 2010, 14:19:56 UTC

He's probably my fav artist ever. I love the way he does the characters.

mithen July 31 2010, 04:53:17 UTC

He makes everyone so gorgeous! I love his Selina so much as well...

rocaw July 30 2010, 15:33:34 UTC

Love Jim Lee! His art is so, so pretty! And his Bruce? *swoons*

Every morning should start with bits of Hush! Thanks for posting! =)

mithen July 31 2010, 04:54:12 UTC

Hush was my first TPB read, and it sealed Bruce/Selina as my canon OTP. She rattles him so badly and he's so cute!