LogFAQs > #973138476

#53 - Hush
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/5/3/AAJ38fAAEFSt.jpg
He's your Bruce Wayne now, Spirit.

Thomas Tommy Elliot was a childhood friend of Bruce Wayne who, out of jealousy, decided to take him down, using the moniker of Hush. In fact, Hush blames Thomas Wayne for being physically abused by his own father and for the state of his mother after his father was killed in a car accident. Hush returned to Batmans life as Tommy Elliot and carefully orchestrated an elaborate revenge that nearly put the entire Bat-Family through their paces, driving them to their psychological limits. In the end, Hush was forced to retreat, evading capture. He has since resurfaced, masquerading as Bruce Wayne after a series of plastic surgeries calculated to give him a perfect artificial face of Bruce Wayne. With the resources of Simon Hurt at his disposal, Hush traveled to Leesburg in an effort to gather kryptonite for the Court of Owls. There, he took over the small town with the assistance of Furies, Equated, the Society and OMACs, all of which ultimately proved for naught when, during the Battle of Leesburg, Checkmate made its first surprise assault against Darkseids forces, taking Hush unaware and collapsing his burgeoning empire. Tommy now languishes in Zonn Zorrs holding facility under the watchful eye of Sasha Bordeaux.

But there IS a caveat to that - soon enough, thanks to a savvy plan enacted by Amanda Waller and involving Spirit's work as both a heroic partner of sorts to the Bat-Family as well as his growing renown as a surgeon, Hush may soon be... Bruce Wayne again. After working alongside his entire team of medical experts, Spirit has removed large tumeric growths caused by the close contact exposure to kryptonite radiation that riddled Hush's body with cancer. Hush knows that this didn't come free; and he has begun to delight in the notion that his Bruce Wayne facade allows him certain advantages, such as the idea of being offered a house arrest deal that will involve faking the presence of Bruce Wayne in Z'onn Z'orr. The idea that one of the richest men on Earth and Lex Luthor's business rival is siding with Checkmate will bolster the spirits of every refugee entering Castling - and Waller sees a value in that.

So, what we have here is an opportunity for Spirit to finally insert himself in the deep, unrepentantly sticky muck of Checkmate's mission - deceit, secrets on a scale unimaginable, an entire new infrastructure dedicated to manipulating the people of Z'onn Z'orr. An inspiration built around a lie.

Hush loves it. Hush cannot possibly be more excited to get everything he ever wanted. He'll be Bruce Wayne. And the world is going to love him for it, even as the real Bruce Wayne languishes in the bowels of Darkseid's capital.

#52 - 52! 52! We get back to draftees with a pick that was very close to perfect draft value!