This November, Bruce and his childhood friend Tommy Elliot, only this time, it won't be Tommy who has resentment towards Bruce as they grow up. Instead, Bruce will be the one to blame Tommy for ruining his life, turning him into a warped Batman/Hush hybrid.
In the original story from writer Jeff Loeb with art by Jim Lee, Tommy Elliot is introduced into the Batman mythos as a childhood friend of Bruce Wayne's. Tommy's parents were also wealthy, and the two boys often played together. However, Tommy had a darkness within him. Hating his abusive father and mother who took his blows without fighting back, Tommy tried to kill them both by cutting the brake line to their car. While his father was killed, Tommy's cruel plan to be an intentional orphan and inherit his parents' money fails due to Bruce's father Thomas saving his mother.
A few years later, he takes on his own identity as Hush, wrapping his head in bandages and wielding twin pistols. But what if it was Bruce who became resentful of Tommy in an alternate universe?
In the preview image, it looks as though in this alternate Hush story from another Earth in the Dark Multiverse, the Elliots ed the Waynes on their fateful trip to the movies. However, it looks as though the Wayne parents are still the only ones to get murdered. If that's the case, it would no doubt be a strong reason for Bruce to grow a bitter resentment towards his friend. Why did his parents die and not Tommy's? Apparently this resentment will grow as Tommy's did, with Bruce becoming Batman the Silenced, a combination of the Batman and Hush personas. Even so, Tommy will apparently still have a dark streak, ing Gotham's criminal element with great success and powerful allies.
Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Batman: Hush #1 comes to comic book stores on November 3rd.
