Hush Returns in Batman #158 and DC has revealed variants covers and more!

Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee’s next installment of their celebrated Batman: Hush comic book saga begins in DC’s Batman #158 on March 26, 2025. This new run, collectively called Batman: H2SH, will run monthly for six issues through August’s Batman #163.

Batman #158, written by Jeph Loeb with art and main cover by Jim Lee, Scott Williams, and Alex Sinclair, will feature variant covers by J. Scott Campbell, Gabriele Dell’otto, Dan Mora, Lee Bermejo, Simone Di Meo, Tony S. Daniel, and Sean Gordon Murphy, in addition to several new variant covers by Lee, Williams and Sinclair.

Batman #158, available at retail for $4.99 US (40 pages), will also feature a foil variant cover by Jim Lee, Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair, a “Courtside” card stock variant cover by Tony S. Daniel, and a blank sketch variant cover. Card stock variants will retail for $5.99 US, foil variants will retail for $7.99 US, and the connecting card stock gatefold will retail for $7.99 US. DC will also offer a foil wraparound DC Showcase variant by Sean Gordon Murphy, available from participating local comic book shops and online retailers for $24.99 US.

  • Batman #158 variant cover by Jim Lee, Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair (open to order)
  • Batman #158 variant cover by Jim Lee, Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair (open to order)
  • Batman #158 variant cover by J. Scott Campbell* (open to order)
*art not final
  • Batman #158 variant cover by Gabriele Dell’otto (open to order)
  • All six Gabriele Dell’otto variant covers connecting across Batman #158-163
  • Batman #158 variant cover by Dan Mora (open to order)
  • Connecting gatefold variant cover by Jim Lee, Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair
  • Batman #158 variant cover by Lee Bermejo (1:25)
  • Batman #158 variant cover by Simone Di Meo (1:50)
  • Variant cover by Jim Lee, Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair* (1:100)
*main cover art; no trade dress
  • Variant cover by Jim Lee* (1:250)
*main cover pencils; no trade dress
  • Variant cover by Jim Lee and Scott Williams* (1:608)

*signed by Jim Lee
  • Variant cover by Jim Lee and Scott Williams* (1:608)

*signed by Jeph Loeb
  • Variant cover by Jim Lee, Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair* (1:1,000)
*connected wraparound; signed by Jim Lee and Jeph Loeb
  • DC Showcase variant cover by Sean Gordon Murphy*

*art not final

Loeb and Lee, with collaborators Scott Williams, Alex Sinclair, and Richard Starkings, are keeping their new Batman story under tight wraps, but have revealed an inked preview page from Batman #158 to give fans something to look forward to!


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