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''Batman: Hush'' is a '' and supervising producer for the TV show '' Smallville '', brings to ''Hush'' his trademark romanticism, which comes through most clearly in the romance that blooms between Batman and Catwoman . Jim Lee's art style, which ran across a surprising number of DC Comics characters in this story, has become the main style shown in advertisements, posters, and calendars distributed by DC. Lee has also done alternate covers for all issues of DC's big event, Infinite Crisis , and is collaborating with game programmers on the look of the upcoming DC Comics MMORPG . PLOT SUMMARY ''Batman: Hush'' begins with Batman foiling the ransoming of a hostage, only to find his old enemy, Killer Croc , involved in the kidnapping. Swinging though Gotham City in pursuit of Catwoman , who stole the ransom money as Batman was battling Killer Croc, Batman's batrope is cut and Batman falls to the ground, fracturing his skull. Near death, Bruce Wayne 's butler, Alfred Pennyworth , calls on Bruce's childhood friend, Thomas Elliot , now a renowned brain surgeon, for help. Batman recovers, and finds out that it was Poison Ivy who had forced Catwoman to steal the ransom. After saving Catwoman from Poison Ivy and Killer Croc, a romance blooms between Batman and Catwoman. The two track Poison Ivy to ''. In fighting Jason, Batman realizes that this is not really his old friend brought back to life, and it turns out to be Clayface taking the identity of Jason. Batman, having found a device planted in his computer, follows the evidence to a bridge, where he finds that his trusted yet disfigured and mute mechanic, Harold, was responsible for the device in the computer. Apparently someone had helped treat Harold's condition in exchange for the betrayal, but Harold is shot and killed by Hush before he could mention who the mastermind is. It is then revealed that Batman's childhood friend, Thomas Elliot, was behind the bandages of Hush. In the ensuing battle, Elliot is apparently killed by a surgically reconstructed Harvey Dent and falls into the water, but when Batman searches for him, his body is nowhere to be found. Nights later, it is revealed that the true mastermind of Hush is none other than The Riddler . The Riddler had cancer and used a Lazarus Pit to heal himself. Through the pit, the Riddler deduced Bruce Wayne and Batman were one and the same. The Riddler then teamed with Dr. Thomas Elliot who had been jealous of Batman's fortune as a child after his parents were murdered. Elliot had plotted to murder his own parents in order to gain their fortune, but Batman's father, Dr. Thomas Wayne, had saved Elliot's mother, thus delaying Elliot's inheritance. The Riddler currently knows Batman's identity (but Batman convinces him not to tell anyone, since a riddle everyone knows the answer to is worthless). EXTERNAL LINKS
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