Batman: H2SH

Batman Hush Saga

by Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee (Penciler), Scott Williams (Inker)

Two legendary creators, one incredible story! Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee return to the Batman saga that changed the Dark Knight forever with the sequel to the original Hush, H2SH!

A mysterious villain from Batman’s past has returned, leaving the Dark Knight’s world upended. Now he must use ever resource and every tool in his belt to save both his city and himself. From the legendary creators Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee, the sequel to the original Hush saga has finally arrived, heralding a new age for Gotham and everyone who lives there.

Collects Batman #158-163

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Batman, Graphic Novels Comics, Dc Comics

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2026

About the author

Joseph "Jeph" Loeb III is an Emmy and WGA nominated American film and television writer, producer and award-winning comic book writer. Loeb was a Co-Executive Producer on the NBC hit show Heroes, and formerly a producer/writer on the TV series Smallville and Lost.

A four-time Eisner Award winner and five-time Wizard Fan Awards winner (see below), Loeb's comic book career includes work on many major characters, including Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, Hulk, Captain America, Cable, Iron Man, Daredevil, Supergirl, the Avengers, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, much of which he has produced in collaboration with artist Tim Sale, who provides the comic art seen on Heroes.

Reviews

[Belfry · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't care that this isn't done, I'm rating it now. This deserves zero stars, maybe half a star for the art, but even that feels half-assed. You do not write Batman shooting a gun. You especially do not writing Batman shooting a gun at his son's head. You do not have Damian breaking Alfred's murderer out of prison for a team-up. The writing is terrible. Every single person in this story is out of character. Nothing makes sense. This feels like a story that's 20 years too late and even 20 years ago this would have sucked. I have not felt this insulted by a comic in a long time. One of the supposed three editors this book has should have read this script and immediately tossed it in the trash where it belongs. Garbage ideas, garbage execution, somebody needed to tell Jeph Loeb "no."

11/14 edit: Nygma time?? Are you FUCKING kidding me?!

[Thaddeus Tuffentsamer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great start to the next Hush story.

Batman is trailing leads in Gotham, to discover an old nemesis is up to new games.

Strong start to the next installment.

[Julia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitiv noch geiler als Teil 1. Jetzt Check ich erst, wie krass die den Plot im Film einfach verkürzt und vor allem geändert haben. Ziemlich unnötig, weil der Plot im Comic viel besser war und der große reveal von Hush war krasser. Jason pookie ich liebe jede cameo von ihm, auch wenn es hier nur Clayface war und er Jason hat aussehen lassen wie 30. Ich mochte die Hush Comics sehr, weil einfach fast jeder Batman villain aufgetreten ist und das voll funny war, die alle mal so direkt hintereinander zu sehen.

[Flynn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Poop from a butt

[Jamie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having read each issue separately and after the countless delays for some issues, I had very mixed feelings about this sequel to Batman: Hush.
But…after reading Chapters 1-6 all in one go for the first time, I can say that while it isn’t nearly as good as the first Hush story, I did enjoy this First Part of H2SH.
The artwork by Jim Lee is really what merits 4 stars for me with this book, but the actual story itself is more a 2.5 or 3 star rating.
I did like the range of characters and the initial concept of Batman feeling forced to save Joker’s life, but then the rest of the story seemed kind of desperate to clutch at anything of excitement, regardless of whether or not the story was taking an interesting turn.
The first 2-3 issues are quite strong, but then it gets a little weaker towards the end.
I’m not that excited now for the Second Part of H2SH, and I am not sure whether I will buy the issues separately again (as I did for Issues 1-6) but I will of course read Volume 2 eventually either way.

[Mike Jozic · Rating 1 out of 5]

For real, one of the stupidest comics produced by a major publisher in recent memory. Considering the talent and resources involved with this project, they should have been able to (at the very least) lazily stumble through a sequel story and put out something that, sure, was marginal but at least not aggressively dumb. Clearly, Jeph Loeb must have considered this and said, "Wanna bet?" and Jim Lee, not to be outdone, said, "Hold my beer."

And the Continued in H2SH2 bit at the end was utterly comical. Gesundheit, gentlemen.

[Tristan Bishop · Rating 1 out of 5]

I never was a fan of the original Hush storyline but after 20+ years HOW did anyone approve this. The mystery is incredibly boring and for this plot to work they have to ignore decades of character development of the batfamily members. The mystery is incredibly weak, there really is no progression made in this book. Sure, this only PART ONE of this new Hush story. Why anyone would be excited for the rest is beyond me.

[Keegan Schueler · Rating 2 out of 5]

Man so split on this book but I’m definitely giving it more benefit than others. The art is good but the story just makes it so difficult to love what they were trying to do. Batman acts out of character, the rogues gallery just does whatever they feel like, and the Bat Family just acts dumb. I am excited to see where part two takes this but this is just a disaster with good looking art.

[Chad · Rating 2 out of 5]

We'll see if Loeb and Lee can pull this out with the rest of it. There's so much out of character here. Batman uses a gun, not only uses it but shoots Jason in the head with it. The whole Riddler's new stupid look. This is just dumb. So far it just seems to be a series of shocking moments and nothing of a story.

[Axon Figure · Rating 2 out of 5]

La decepción del año.

[Cyril]

this was very meh and a disappointment overall, can't see how part 2 will fix it
2.75 stars