Beautiful Artwork - Rated 
I cannot recommend this or its sequel highly enough for the art alone its worth its weight in gold. honestly its beautifuly drawn it also has a gripping plot with batman faceing off agains many of his previous villians and even superman.
Incredible - Rated
I sat and though about the title for this review for a couple of minutes and 'incredible,' I'm afraid to say, was the best I could come up with to describe this book.
As a child I would read comics my father brought back from work. Second hand, many folded, dog eared comics at that. This book was my reintroduction after many years and I have to say a big 'Thank you' to Mr Loeb and Mr Lee for it. My bookcase now labours under the weight of a great many more graphic novels now.
The writing is very clever and I really did not see the ending (of vol. 2 that is) coming. Jim Lee's visuals (and remember this medium is as much about the visuals as it is the story) are quite frankly sublime and, in some instances literally take your breath away.
The negative reviews I see here quite baffle me. I heartily recommend this book, a work of art in every sense.
Don't buy the hype. - Rated 
As Batman stories go, this is not the worst. Not in its best moments does it ever approach being one of the best.
As a detective story, it really is bordering on pathetic. A mysterious new villain (the "Hush" of the title) is out to get Batman; who could it possibly be behind those natty, invisible man-style bandages!?! Oh, by the way, on a completely unrelated note, Bats is having flashbacks to an old childhood friend never before seen or mentioned in the Bat-canon who Bruce Wayne was apparently closer to than anyone as a child, but who left his life under regrettably awkward circumstances years before. Among the other suspects are... Alfred, maybe? I don't mean to spoil it for you, but it really is just that blatant. Really.
Jim Lee draws superheroes well. They're big, they're burly, they're baroque. His women are lithe and have tiny waists. He's a master at choreographing action scenes. these qualities are where this books strengths lie.
The episodic nature of the story is basically an excuse to trundle out the rogues gallery for one more go-round as hush manipulates all of Bats' old villains into once more, one at a time attacking the dark knight (as if they ever needed manipulating into such an act before...) and Bats fights them off, one by one.
On that level, it's fun. On every other level, it's seriously deficient. The detective story is a tacked on excuse for the villain showdowns, transparent from the first chapter. the human element is soap operatic in the worst sense of the term. One off-the-cuff peck from Catwoman sends bats into such a mire of reflection and self doubt that i just wanted to reach into the panels and scream "GET OVER IT!!!!!!" at the guy. What is he, fourteen?
Seriously. As no brainer action stories go, this is alright. That's the very best thing i can say about it.
Best Batman Book ! - Rated
This was one of the first batman graphic novels i bought, and was very impressed. Great story, with all the normal characters playing key roles. Also, the Batman/Catwoman romance finally comes to fruitition. Beautiful artwork as well.
Highly reccommended !
Gorgeous and clever - Rated
Lets face it, graphic novels are a graphic medium, which means that good art work is equally as important as good writing. Jim Lee is God. that's all there is to it. The man can create pictures that are beyond anything else i've ever seen and Hush really doesn't dissapoint. Combine that with Jeph Loeb and well, it doesn't get that much better. OK, so it doesn't revolutionise the genre but not everything needs to. Sometimes it's good just to read a beautiful and clever piece of work. This is one of those times.
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