# Batman fans: Who is Hush? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 19, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-fans-who-is-hush/189568 "2003-07-19T13:07:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mystery\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Mystery\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mystery_Dog)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-fans-who-is-hush/189568/21 "2003-07-28T19:06:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > \*\*D.C. staffers were allegedly told to start dialing the Snuf-Rob number because Robin was going to live- O’Neil didn’t count on the mainstream public not understanding that Todd wasn’t Dick Grayson and getting upset—and allegedly again, the “Robin lives” pages weren’t completed. There were thumbnails, page layouts, and that stupid full-page picture of Batman with the lobotomized grin saying “He’s alive!!!” but that was it. And O’Neil’s whole idea for the 2nd Jason Todd was to make him so obnoxious that the fans would vote to kill. O’Neil’s vision at the time was to have a loner Batman and Robin was in the way of that. \*\* Fenris, I heard a rumor that Marvel staffers tried to mess with the results by mass-dialing the Robin-lives line. They knew that DC wasn’t prepared for that option, and wanted to see DC choke on the wrong result. Have you ever heard this story, and do you know whether it’s true? ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-fans-who-is-hush/189568/22 "2003-07-28T20:55:01Z")
I’ve heard on several occasions that D.C. wasn’t prepared for the “Robin Lives” option, but I’ve never heard the Marvel tried mess with it part. I _like_ it, mind you, and I hope it’s true, but… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-fans-who-is-hush/189568/23 "2003-07-28T21:29:41Z")
I’m not reading comics at the moment (in school, no money), but I _really_ hope it’s not Jason Todd. Jason’s death gave a groovy pathos to Tim Drake’s backstory, and was one of the three superhero deaths never to be actually undone (Bucky and Barry Allen being the others). It would be stupid for DC to undo it. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-fans-who-is-hush/189568/24 "2003-07-28T21:57:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > \*\*Which one? The real Jason or the hubcap-stealing imposter? > > 😉 > > 😃 \*\* Any version. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-fans-who-is-hush/189568/25 "2003-07-29T06:47:42Z")
OK, I’ve got it…if Hush isn’t Harvey Dent, then he’s either… • **The Unknown Soldier** (Watch to see if he scratches his neck) or… • **Mr. Mxyzptlk.** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-fans-who-is-hush/189568/26 "2003-07-29T07:00:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Menocchio \* > \*\*I’m not reading comics at the moment (in school, no money), but I _really_ hope it’s not Jason Todd. > > Jason’s death gave a groovy pathos to Tim Drake’s backstory, and was one of the three superhero deaths never to be actually undone (Bucky and Barry Allen being the others). > > It would be stupid for DC to undo it. \*\* Unless they bring him back as a flesh-eating zombie. That’d be pretty cool. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-fans-who-is-hush/189568.md?page=1)