Spoilers for Hush 2 Prelude!DC Comics’ Batman has more villains in his rogues gallery than he can sometimes fit in Arkham Asylum, with Hush being one of his deadliest and most unique foes thanks to a past that’s inexorably linked to The Dark Knight in ways that define the character. Premiering as the titular foe in an iconic comic story from over two decades ago, Hush returns to the fold with a new mission and costumed look that puts his original design to shame.

Introduced in 2002’s Hush, by Jeff Loeb and Jim Lee, Hush, aka Tommy Elliot, was the childhood friend of Bruce Wayne, who, after Bruce’s Crime Alley loss and eventual transition into Batman, used his skills as a world-renowned surgeon to moonlight as a supervillain looking to ruin both Bruce and Batman’s life.

In the special prelude to the long-awaited Hush sequel included in...