Haunted from the past
It´s the first clash between Hush and Batman and the big revelation of Hush´s true identity. Loeb really messed up with my mind, I´ve never thought that could be Harvey Dent, I was thinking that maybe he was Tommy, but it makes sense since Batman is being haunted from ghosts of his past and it´s quite natural that Loeb felt right bringing up this character. I just don´t know how could he operate and maneuver so well behind the scenes, moving the strings of all Batman´s villains, including Ra´s Al Gul and in this issue Scarecrow, it just doesn´t make sense; also how could he keep several steps ahead of Batman, getting to the point of even mocking him for being the "world´s greatest detective"; concluding why did he pretend to be Harvey Dent? Who was Huntress refering to? Was Hush or someone else? There´s some questions that need to be answered. Hush´s identity is a bombastic revelation and I think that the hard core fans of Batman didn´t liked it at all (it´s something that Brubaker used years later with Captain America). Other than that this issue was very good, with decent dialogues, nice ramifications of Batman/Catwoman relationship and Batman/Robin relationship. Batman is very distracted: losing a friend, begginig a new thing with Selina, having a foe pulling his strings, all those things, despite the fact that Loeb pulled the oldest trick in the industry, are very well writen by him, in a fashion that allows Jim Lee to shine and really become the star in this series. I first bought this because of Jim Lee and still recommend this book for whoever like his art.
4 out 5
