is to establish villains as their own entities, occupying their own corner of Gotham City. How Hush Breaks That Moldĭini’s standard M.O. See Detective Comics #826: “Slayride” for a great example of what I’m talking about. Which Dini absolutely highlights with his villains. His style blends elements of classic mysteries, pulps, and 40’s era cartoons and can lead to stories that are both deep and easy to read. Support CBH on Patreon for exclusive rewards, or Donate here! Thank you for reading!ĭini is fantastic at character work, remarkable at world-building, and can capture genre like nobody’s business. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn a qualifying affiliate commission.Ĭomic Book Herald’s reading orders and guides are also made possible by reader support on Patreon, and generous reader donations.Īny size contribution will help keep CBH alive and full of new comics guides and content. But, for my money, the character owes the most to Paul Dini.Ĭomic Book Herald is reader-supported. Hush was originally created by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee for the eponymous story event. The Highlights: Dini’s Hush Trilogy ( Heart of Hush Hush Money The House of Hush ) with Dustin Nguyen And in my opinion, it’s more than worth the money. Batman by Paul Dinigathers everything from his character studies to his continuing sagas. And now, finally, DC has collected much of his comic work into an omnibus.

This is what’s made Paul Dini’s contributions to television, films, and video games so remarkable and have caused him to create or recreate some of the greatest villains in Batman’s history.

The conflicts he writes feel unavoidable as opposed to obligatory, caused by characters who don’t know how to be anything else. Through Batman: The Animated Series (B:tAS) and other works, Dini has proven that Batman, Gotham, and everything between them exists in a world of rumor, suggestion, and uncomfortable silences. Scott Snyder, pulp monster mags.īut Paul Dini’s Batman run is pure radio play. Frank Miller had his hard-boiled detectives. Grant Morrison was inspired by paranoid fiction authors like the Scottish Iain Banks and Americans William S.

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