Jim Lee's artwork from Batman: Hush serves as the inspiration for a new 7.5-foot tall bronze statue in Burbank, CA.
Weighing in at 600 pounds, the statue was designed by digital sculptor Alejandro Pereira Ezcurra and forged by Burbank’s American Fine Arts Foundry and Fabrication. Those looking to see it in person can do so by visiting the AMC Walkway of Downtown Burbank.
Hush, by Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair, ran in 2002's Batman #608-619 and features a mysterious bandaged villain named Hush attempting to thwart the Dark Knight by way of his most notable rogues, including Poison Ivy, The Joker, Killer Croc, Scarecrow, Clayface, Ra's al Ghul and The Riddler. However, it's later revealed that Hush is actually Bruce Wayne's childhood friend Tommy Elliot.
The story is notable among other things for reintroducing the romance between Batman and Catwoman, though it ends with them breaking things off. Still, it helped lay the framework for what would eventually be explored by Tom King and the company starting in 2016 and continuing in his and Clay Mann's Batman/Catwoman beginning in December.
Source: DC