Chad Burdette
This summer 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 with the six-part “BATMAN: H2SH” saga, running monthly through August’s Batman #163.
While Loeb and Lee, with collaborators Scott Williams, Alex Sinclair and Richard Starkings, are keeping details of 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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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
Jim Lee, Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair Variant Covers:
J. Scott Campbell Variant Cover: (art not final)
Gabriele Dell’Otto Variant Cover:
Dan Mora Variant Cover:
Sean Gordon Murphy DC Showcase Variant Cover:
Blank Sketch Cover: (No Image)
Lee Bermejo 1:25 Incentive Variant Cover:
Simone Di Meo 1:50 Incentive Variant Cover:
Jim Lee, Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair* 1:100 Incentive Virgin Variant Cover:
Jim Lee* 1:250 Incentive Pencils Variant Cover:
Jim Lee and Scott Williams* 1:608 Incentive Variant Cover:
Jim Lee and Scott Williams** 1:608 Incentive Variant Cover:
Jim Lee, Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair*** 1:1,000 Incentive Connected Wraparound Variant Cover:
*signed by Jim Lee
**signed by Jeph Loeb
***signed by Jim Lee and Jeph Loeb
Jim Lee, Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair Connecting Gatefold Variant Cover:
Gabriele Dell’Otto Batman #158-163 Connecting Variant Covers
Jim Lee, Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair Batman #159 Cover
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.
Hush Variant Covers:
Mitch Gerads Batman #157 Variant Cover:
Kaare Andrews Superman #23 Variant Cover:
Dustin Nguyen Detective Comics #1094 Variant Cover:
Tyler Kirkham Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #36 Variant Cover:
Jorge Fornés Poison Ivy #30 Variant Cover:
Giuseppe Camuncoli Nightwing #123: Variant Cover:
Leirix Catwoman #73 Variant Cover:
Gleb Melnikov Harley Quinn #48:
Batman #158, will 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 local comic book shops and online retailers, limited to 2500 copies for $24.99
