Published on December 22nd, 2002
This storyline is about Hush, a new villain in the Batman universe, yet here we are in part 3 and he makes only a one panel cameo, standing on a rooftop watching Batman and saying, "All men by nature desire knowledge." I suppose the big bad not even being in the story yet is supposed to build suspense. Besides that, Killer Croc escapes from Arkham thanks to Batman because Batman wants to follow him to see where the $10 million in ransom money went. Croc and Catwoman meet up but were told by someone else to meet there. Croc gets captured again by Amanda Waller, who I was surprised was around in DC back then. The final page has Batman and Catwoman kissing on a rooftop. I'm guessing this wasn't the first time they kissed...but I really didn't think that was a big thing until Tom King ramped it up into a non-wedding event. I just looked it up and I was totally wrong. They first kissed in Batman #3 in 1940. Jesus Christ. So it was always a thing. Funny how comic books are still doing this when it was first done in 1940. I'd say something like, "Are they out of new ideas?" But I guess Hush is at least a new character. During the 12 months that this storyline was published in Batman, the book was the #1 best selling comic for 11 of the 12 months. I have two questions: what month was it not the best selling comic book? And if it was so successful, why did they wait 23 years to do a sequel? **1/2
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