{"id":2825,"date":"2025-03-27T08:59:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/?p=2825"},"modified":"2025-03-27T08:59:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:59:26","slug":"short-box-batman-giant-sized-special-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/2025\/03\/27\/short-box-batman-giant-sized-special-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Box: Batman Giant Sized Special Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Batman Giant Sized Special Edition<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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Jim Lee Regular<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Release: Mar 26, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cover: May 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Creators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Writer<\/td>Jeph Loeb<\/td><\/tr>
Artist<\/td>Scott Williams, Jim Lee<\/td><\/tr>
Cover Penciller<\/td>Jim Lee<\/td><\/tr>
Cover Inker<\/td>Scott Williams<\/td><\/tr>
Cover Colorist<\/td>Alex Sinclair<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It’s kind of a misnomer to call this one a “Short Box” given that it won’t fit in any<\/em> box I have..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did not care for “Hush.” I didn’t find the storyline or the titular character at all interesting. Yeah, the art from Jim Lee and Scott Williams was great, but it wasn’t enough to save it for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, I seem to be in the minority in that regard, as it’s considered a classic Batman story and is much loved by fans the world over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So naturally, after all these years, it’s gotten a sequel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I really had no interest in picking it up, given my antipathy towards the original.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But then I learned about this edition of the issue that kicks off the story, and then later saw it in person at the comic shop and I was taken in by the sheer ridiculousness of it and just couldn’t not <\/em>pick it up for the novelty of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, now that I have it, I have no idea what I’m going to do with it. It’s absurdly large, so there’s no easy way to store it, especially since I don’t know that there are any suitably-sized bags and boards <\/a>for a comic like this. And even if there are, I’d have no need for more than one bag and one board, and it’s not really possible to buy just one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just look at the size of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s roughly the size of a typical Artist’s Edition – smaller than the massive
Year One<\/em> AE – though not quite as wide. But it’s much larger than even a Treasury Edition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As with the original, the main thing the sequel has going for it is the art, and that is well served by the ridiculous size of this ridiculous comic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as with the original that’s not enough to make me care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I couldn’t resist the novelty of this giant comic, but that’s not enough to keep me from telling “H2sh” to sh2sh..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Born and raised in the sparsely populated Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Jon Maki developed an enduring love for comics at an early age.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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