Hush Returns in Batman #158!

DC Reveals Variant Cover Plans for BATMAN: H2SH

Cover for Batman #159 is Revealed!

Comics’ Finest Creators Come Together to Celebrate the Next Chapter of DC’s Iconic HUSH Saga

HUSH-Themed Variant Covers Available on Select Titles During February and Beyond

Batman #158 On Sale at Comic Book Shops and Digital Retailers Wednesday, March 26, 2025

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 (shown at top) 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 (not shown), a “Courtside” card stock variant cover by Tony S. Daniel (not shown), and a blank sketch variant cover (not shown). 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.

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!

As to what direction the series will take in the six months that Loeb, Lee, Williams, Sinclair and Starkings are the creatives behind DC’s Batman comic books, take a look at Jason Todd on the main cover to Batman #159! What other twists and turns will we see between Batman #158 and Batman #163?

For fans wanting even more insight into what Loeb, Lee, Williams, Sinclair and Starkings will deliver, a BATMAN: H2SH prelude ran in the back of Justice League Unlimited #1, available wherever comic books are sold.

Finally, as excitement builds toward Batman #158, DC will publish a series of Hush-themed variant covers throughout the month of February by artists Mitch Gerads, Kaare Andrews, Dustin Nguyen, Leirix, Jorge Fornés, Giuseppe Camuncoli and Tyler Kirkham.