Hush (comics)

Hush
Hush, as seen in the art from Batman #619 (September 2003). Pencils by Jim Lee.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	As Tommy: Batman #609 (January 2003) As Hush: Batman #619 (September 2003)
Created by	Jeph Loeb Jim Lee
In-story information
Alter ego	Thomas "Tommy" Elliot
Partnerships	Ventriloquist (Peyton Riley) Riddler Jason Todd Prometheus Murmur
Notable aliases	Bruce Wayne, "The Identity Thief"
Abilities	Genius-level intellect Skilled world-class surgeon Master of disguise (via plastic surgery) Mastery of all aspects of the medical sciences Brilliant strategist, tactician, manipulator and deceiver Peak physical conditioning Great physical strength Skilled hand-to-hand combatant and marksmanship

Hush is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, as the long lost brother and commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. Hush first appeared in Batman #609 (January 2003), as part of the 12-issue storyline Batman: Hush where he was created by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee.

Hush resurfaced in Batman: Gotham Knights, and later in Detective Comics and Batman: Streets of Gotham. He has recently reemerged as the architect behind several of the events of Batman Eternal.

Dr. Thomas "Tommy" Elliot was a childhood friend of Bruce Wayne, and was also born into a wealthy family. The two boys often played a stratego-like game together, and Tommy taught Bruce to think like his opponents and to use their abilities against them in order to win, which proved useful years later when the latter became Batman. Tommy despised both his abusive father and his frail, submissive mother, who came from poverty and willingly endured every abuse dealt to her and her son to keep her lavish lifestyle. For all their failings, however, Tommy's parents made sure he was well-educated, in particular teaching him about the philosophy of Aristotle, which he often quotes.

Driven by his desire for independence and wealth, Tommy severed the brake line of his parents' car, causing a crash that killed his father and injured his mother; his mother, however, was saved in an emergency operation by Dr. Thomas Wayne, which enraged young Elliot. While at a summer camp with Bruce, Tommy attacked a boy and ended up in a psychiatric ward; he blamed Bruce and his mother for his outburst. He is soon released by an intern named Jonathan Crane soon to be known as Scarecrow.