One of Batman’s deadliest enemies, Thomas Elliot, AKA Hush, is gearing up to make his supervillain Arrowverse debut in an upcoming episode of Batwoman. The CW‘s Arrowverse shows offer a new spin on the legendary figures from the pages of DC Comics. While early seasons of Arrow featured a slew of Batman villains, like Firefly, Deadshot, and Ra’s al Ghul, it wasn’t until the debut of Batwoman that Batman’s rogues gallery truly came into focus.
Thomas Elliot has already been a presence on Batwoman, played by Gabriel Mann in a pair of episodes that saw him turn to super-villainy and wind up locked up in Arkham Asylum. As the show’s debut season nears its end, it looks like audiences will get to see Elliot don his signature bandages and adopt his famous comic book moniker of “Hush.”
The trailer for episode 18, “A Secret Kept From All the Rest,” puts the spotlight on Tommy, who covers his disfigured face with hospital bandages and dons a pair of silver-colored silenced handguns, looking like a comics-accurate version of Hush. The episode will see him face-off against Batwoman as both characters search for an item that will allow them to decipher Lucius Fox’s journal, which is written in an otherwise foolproof code.
While a relatively recent addition to Batman’s massive roster of psychotic villains, Hush quickly endeared himself to readers with his dark and twisted story and relationship with Bruce Wayne. Elliot idolizes Wayne to the point of dangerous obsession but loathes Batman with a passionate fury. The character debuted in the comics back in 2003 and has since popped up in the Batman: Arkham video games (though without his famous costume). A young version of the character made his live-action debut in the TV series Gotham, but his villainous alter-ego had yet to manifest. Most recently, a version of the character appeared in the animated film, Batman: Hush, which presented a controversial twist that dramatically changed the original comics story.
“A Secret Kept From All the Rest” airs on May 10, and only one episode will remain, the season finale, “O, Mouse!” The season was initially expected to run for several more episodes, but the Covid-19 pandemic caused production to shut down early. It remains to be seen if “O, Mouse!” will be altered to have a more grandiose finality or if the remaining scripts for Season 1 will be carried over to Season 2. Sister shows The Flash and Supergirl have been similarly affected by Coronavirus. Still, fans can rest easy knowing that all Arrowverse shows have been renewed for another season, except for Arrow, which ended its run earlier this year.