Another fantastic issue in this incredible Hush storyline. We learn a lot more about Thomas Elliott this issue. Including, I think, why he calls himself Hush. About 10 years ago, when Thomas had finally had enough of his mothers ridicule, he finally confronted her. Partly because of his emotions and partly because she was taking steps to cut him off from his entire family fortune. He tried to reason with her, but she wouldn't listen. So as he pushed the life out of her body, with a pillow over her head, he just kept repeating . . 'Hush! Hush! Hush!'. Anyways, Bruce does indeed save Selina. Did you expect anything less? And after a few months of recovery, she makes it her sole mission to relieve him of all the undue stress of the family fortune. She doesn't know if he's alive or dead, but she's not taking the chance. She leaves him with nothing but lint in his pockets. We also see Zatana this issue, as she gives Selina a little mystical help with the healing process. And, in case you also weren't sure, Batman does indeed defeat the re-bandaged man. The one that's still wearing Bruce's face. Of course he had some help from Nightwing and Robin . . Alfred also . . but, he does go down. Unfortunately, they don't find any remains, so . . you know he's still out there somewhere. I thought this was a great story-arc. I think Paul Dini did a fantastic job with the scripts. I also came to love Dustin Nguyen's interpretation of this character. I know. I was a little critical of his work when he first came on this series. But, I gotta' say, as time went along, the look that he gave this book really stated to appeal to me. I thought his stuff in this issue was fantastic. Now I just have to read the next issue of Batman to see how this RIP storyline is going to wrap up. The Bat-books have some great story-lines going on right now. It's a good time to jump on board.
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