Dear DC Comics: Stop Republishing Hush
Twenty years and 13 rereleases later, “Hush” is back yet again. Warning: Numerous spoilers for the Batman story “Hush” follow.
The new millennium did not start well for DC Comics’ Batman: In both 2000 and 2001, the monthly title failed to crack the top 100 of issues shipped to comic stores — and the first nine months of 2002 looked equally grim. That October, DC signaled a course correction, shipping Batman #608 with a new cover logo and a three-word all-caps cover line that made clear changes were afoot: “IT BEGINS HERE!
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