DC Comics has announced an all-star lineup of creators who will be joining writher Jeph Loeb and artist Jim Lee for the March 2025 launch of Batman: H2sh. The next instalment of Loeb and Lee’s celebrated Hush saga in DC’s Batman #158 on March 26, 2025 and 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.
Today we’re getting a first look at cover art from across the six issue run
*connected wraparound; signed by Jim Lee and Jeph Loeb
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.
*art not final
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?
Batman #158 will release in comic book stores and on digital platforms on March 26, 2025. It is available for pre-order at your local comic shop. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including Kindle, iBooks, and Google Play.
