I never mentioned anybody by name.

There are so many people who have declared “DC/Morrison/DiDio is the worst, so I stopped reading their books” that there can’t possibly be any left. Yet there are.

That's only really a problem if those ten guys you saw on the message board say that were, or represented, the entire readership.
But actually, they're just ten guys, and so they probably did drop the book, it's just the rest didn't.

"How may of the people who are constantly bashing anything and everything DC are employed by Marvel to do so?"

Well, I'm certainly not, and I've got a long and noble record of bashing Marvel to prove it. Seriously, if that's your only defense, "You're only saying that because you're secretly working for Marvel," you might as well have just made a post that said, "Good point, John! I concede everything you said!"

So wait, the fact that Brian is finding the story fascinating is embarassing?

Really, man, I could take potshots at stuff you like, but you know, I’m not 5 years old anymore….

I appreciate it, Jim, but it's really not worth it.

Potshots are what they are. No need to give them any more notice.

Nah -- more like what's starting to come off *to me* as a series of panting "OMG Grant Morrison is such a genius that even I didn't realize what a genius he is!!!!1111!!! Didja see the way his eyes twinkle when he types!!!1111!!!!! OMG so HAWT!!!1111!!!" -type posts. Probably I'm just being extra-irascible.

(I will note that this weekend I read a Morrison book that I rather liked -- KILL YOUR BOYFRIEND. Probably it helped imnensely that the characters were (a) his own & (b) not superheroes, which means he didn't have a chance to trot out the sort of continuity porn that's going to make fanboys of a certain stripe all hot & bothered. Also, the reference in the back matter to "The Double Deckers" warmed my cold, cold heart.)

So wait, the fact that Brian is finding the story fascinating is embarassing?

Really, man, I could take potshots at stuff you like, but you know, I'm not 5 years old anymore....

now if morrison tied in the story so that maybe an out of place comment from a story written by someone else all of a sudden makes sense

Besides the awesome foreshadowing, Morrison also did that, too, with "Zorro in Arkham"!

There are so many people who have declared "DC/Morrison/DiDio is the worst, so I stopped reading their books" that there can't possibly be any left. Yet there are. The only conclusion I can see is that a few dozen people must be using sock puppets so it looks like there is a large contingent of ex DC readers. Some people are obviously spending more time bashing DC than they spend reading comic books of any type.

Dude, I wasn't taking a shot at you...that's why I separated my two comments with the =====. I thought your comment was spot on

Karl, that’s an amazing piece of sarcasm you wrote there. Well done, sir.

Yes, but is he making fun of the people criticizing the book for not appreciating its brilliance or is he making fun of people blowing the mild cleverness of a simple foreshadowing out of proportion into full-blown brilliance?

Seriously, i couldn't tell.

Heart of Hush was great, because it lacked all pretentiousness, made good use of a lame-ass villain, and had several "hell yeah!" moments for Bat-fans of all stripes and colours.

Also, Heart of Hush was an excellent traditional Batman story.

I haven't liked Batman this much since Moench and Jones were on the book.