Screen Rant

  • The animated adaptation of Batman: Hush improved the comic's story with a new twist ending. 1 / 8

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  • Completed in late 2003, Batman: Hush is still regarded as a classic Batman storyline. 2 / 8

  • The year-long storyline pitted Batman against a new villain named Hush. 3 / 8

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  • Hush was eventually revealed as Dr. Thomas Elliot - a childhood friend of Bruce Wayne. 4 / 8

  • The twist, however, was that The Riddler helped Hush and had learned Batman's secret identity. 5 / 8

  • Many Riddler fans felt it was out of character for him to keep Batman's secret. 6 / 8

  • The movie fixes this by revealing Hush to be a new persona of The Riddler. 7 / 8

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  • This twist justifies the Riddler's need for secrecy, as he's fooling the villains and Batman. 8 / 8

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