Beyond that, however, the fact that even a copy of Nightwing would turn on Batman like that and corrupt everything he ever taught him hits much closer to home than some mystery character that has supposedly been Bruce’s friend since childhood in Batman: Hush. When Terry McGinnis fought Hush for the first time, he was absolutely destroyed by him as he couldn’t compare to Nightwing skills. Not only was the clone of Nightwing a better Hush reveal than the original due to its unexpected nature, but that also made him a more formidable opponent in combat.
Plus, the fact that it was basically Dick Grayson all along perfectly explains how he had intimate knowledge of Bruce Wayne and why he was on his dark mission of cruel and misguided justice. There's a reason DC's animated Batman: Hush changed so much about the original. In Batman Beyond, however, no one would expect this incarnation of Hush to be a clone of Nightwing. Batman: Heart of Hush (or the Batman by Paul Dini Omnibus - much better).
In the original story, the reveal was akin to an episodic crime show where the guest star always turns out to be the killer. is Batmans first encounter with the Joker, some like reading it as a sequel to. The secret identity of Batman Beyond’s Hush is a better reveal than the first. Since it was Nightwing’s goal to eradicate crime, Hush became obsessed with doing just that, except he took things a bit too far and crossed the line into villainy. After Nightwing was almost killed by the Joker years ago and taken to the hospital, Amanda Waller took samples of his DNA and created a clone, one with intimate knowledge of Batman and the entire Bat-Family. While this version of the classic villain has basically the opposite motives as his original counterpart, his mission makes sense when it is revealed who Batman Beyond’s Hush really is: a clone of Dick Grayson. He then takes his plan a step further by plotting to destroy all of Neo-Gotham so that the corruption he believes has taken over the city can be washed away.
3 by Adam Beechen and Ryan Benjamin, Hush has seemingly returned and is running around Neo-Gotham, killing all of the original Batman villains even though most were either retired or reformed. Related: Nightwing Created Batman Beyond Completely On Accident In the end, Hush is revealed to be Elliot who wanted to take his revenge on the Wayne family because Bruce’s father saved his mother’s life after Elliot plotted to kill his parents and claim his inheritance when he was just a child. As soon as Elliot comes to town, however, a new villain comes into the picture as well, a criminal mastermind known as Hush who aligns himself with a number of Batman’s villains – most notably Riddler – to ruin Batman’s reputation. The storyline begins with Bruce reuniting with his childhood best friend Thomas Elliot who returns to Gotham after making a name for himself as a brain surgeon. While Batman: Hush has become one of the most iconic Batman stories to date, spawning an animated film adaptation as well as seemingly influencing certain aspects of the latest DC film The Batman, the storyline's big twist is much better when it happens again years later in Batman Beyond.īatman: Hush by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee details the return of one of Bruce Wayne’s oldest friends and the simultaneous rise of one of his greatest villains.