MAFEX No.105 – Batman Hush

Description

The MAFEX No.105 – Batman (Hush Ver.) by Medicom Toy is widely considered one of the definitive 1/12 scale action figures of the Dark Knight ever produced. Sculpted by PERFECT-STUDIO, this release directly captures Jim Lee’s iconic artwork from the legendary 2002–2003 DC Comics storyline Batman: Hush.

Featuring classic blue-and-gray color blocking, a massive wired fabric cape, and smooth articulation engineering, it sets the standard for comic-accurate action figures.

🎨 Sculpt, Aesthetics & Comic Accuracy

• Jim Lee Art Style Fidelity: Every line of the sculpt—from the tall, razor-sharp cowl ears to the defined musculature and tactical utility belt—faithfully mirrors Jim Lee’s pencil work from the Hush storyline.

• Classic Blue & Gray Suit: Features a rich navy-blue cowl, cape, gloves, trunks, and boots set against a matte gray body suit with a crisp black Bat emblem across the chest.

• Massive Posable Wired Cape: The fabric cape is tailored with four internal posable bendable wires woven throughout. This enables vast, dramatic silhouette sweeps, gliding spreads, or tight draped wraps around his body.

• Unmasked Bruce Wayne Sculpt: Includes a highly detailed unmasked head sculpt capturing a stern, rugged Bruce Wayne with realistic hair texturing.

⚙️ Product Features & Advanced Articulation

• Dynamic Range of Movement: Built on Medicom’s MAFEX body system with butterfly shoulder joints, double-jointed elbows and knees, and multi-segmented torso ball joints that allow for crouching, mid-air leaping, and landing poses.

• Discreet Joint Tolerances: Articulation cuts are subtly integrated into muscle contours, preserving the comic aesthetic without ugly structural gaps.

• 1/12 Scale Precision: Standing at 6.30 inches (16 cm) tall, it scales naturally beside other MAFEX DC releases like Superman, Hush, Catwoman, and Nightwing.

📦 Box Contents and Accessories

The No.105 release includes a wide array of swappable gear to recreate key moments from the comic arc:

• Base Batman Figure with posable wired fabric cape

• 3 Head Sculpt Assemblies:

  • 1 Standard stoic masked head

  • 1 Gritting teeth / angry masked head

  • 1 Unmasked Bruce Wayne head

• Multiple Interchangeable Hands:

  • 1 Pair of closed fists

  • 1 Pair of open / relaxed hands

  • 1 Pair of weapon / Batarang gripping hands

  • Hands pre-sculpted holding Grapple Guns (loaded and extended variants)

• Tactical Accessories:

  • 2 Batarangs

  • Grapple Gun accessories

• MAFEX Clear Poseable Figure Stand with adjustable support arm

The Batman: Hush storyline—written by Jeph Loeb with legendary artwork by Jim Lee (published in Batman #608–619 from 2002 to 2003)—represents one of the most celebrated runs in DC Comics history.

In Hush, Batman is depicted at his physical, intellectual, and tactical peak as an experienced crime-fighter, forcing him to navigate a sprawling mystery that weaponizes his entire rogue’s gallery while forcing him to confront deep-seated personal trauma.

🧬 Origin and Context in the Hush Storyline

While the general origin of Bruce Wayne—witnessing the murder of his parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne, in Crime Alley—remains foundational, Hush recontextualizes his past by introducing a crucial, previously unseen childhood element:

• Thomas “Tommy” Elliot: As a child, Bruce’s best friend was Thomas Elliot, a fellow brilliant heir to a wealthy Gotham dynasty. Unlike Bruce, Tommy harbored deep resentment toward his abusive father and overbearing mother, going so far as to sabotage his parents’ car to murder them for their fortune.

• The Failed Murder: Bruce’s father, Dr. Thomas Wayne, performed emergency surgery and saved Tommy’s mother, frustrating Tommy’s attempt to inherit the family wealth. When Bruce lost his parents shortly after, Tommy envied Bruce for gaining independence and wealth, planting the seeds of an obsessive hatred.

• The Rise of “Hush”: Decades later, Tommy Elliot becomes a world-renowned neurosurgeon. Joining forces with the Riddler (who discovered Batman’s secret identity), Elliot adopts the moniker Hush—a bandage-wrapped mastermind who manipulates villains like Killer Croc, Poison Ivy, Joker, Clayface, and Ra’s al Ghul to methodically dismantle Batman’s life.

🎨 Visual Aesthetic & Jim Lee’s Art Style

Jim Lee’s pencil work defined the modern standard for comic book hero art, presenting Batman as an imposing, hyper-detailed force:

• Anatomical Precision: Batman is drawn with massive, chiseled musculature, defined cross-hatching, and realistic proportions that project absolute physical dominance.

• The Classic Blue-and-Gray Palette: Departing from pure black armor, Lee brought back the iconic dark navy-blue cowl, cape, trunks, and boots set against a medium-gray suit body, contrasted by a textured, segmented gold utility belt.

• Sweeping Cape Dynamics: The cape is drawn with expansive, sprawling folds and dramatic serrated edges that engulf the frame, reinforcing his status as a spectral creature of the night.

⚙️ Character Arc & Key Themes in Hush

• Emotional Vulnerability & Romance: Hush explores Bruce Wayne’s deep trust issues. During the storyline, he lowers his guard and opens up to Selina Kyle (Catwoman), eventually revealing his true identity to her and attempting a genuine romantic relationship.

• The Burden of Paranoia: Because the mystery operates on a grand scale, Batman is pushed to suspect everyone—from his closest allies in the Bat-Family to his oldest friends like Superman (who falls under Poison Ivy’s mind control, leading to a brutal brawl using a Kryptonite ring).

• Morality Under Fire: The storyline pushes Batman to his absolute moral limit, particularly when he believes the Joker has murdered Tommy Elliot, nearly driving Bruce to break his sacred “no-kill” rule before being talked down by Jim Gordon.

📦 Premium Collectible Highlight

For 1/12 scale collectors seeking to capture Jim Lee’s classic comic artwork directly on display, Medicom Toy’s release remains a flagship figure.

MAFEX No.105 – Batman (Hush Ver.)

Sculpted by PERFECT-STUDIO, this release faithfully translates the 2002 comic art into dynamic plastic form.

• Posable Wired Fabric Cape: Features four internal bendable wires along the hem to recreate Jim Lee’s sweeping cape silhouettes.

• Unmasked Head Sculpt: Includes an alternate unmasked Bruce Wayne head alongside stoic and angry masked expressions.

• Tactical Arsenal: Packed with Batarangs, Grapple Guns with loaded/extended lines, and dedicated gripping hands.

Batman (created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, making his debut in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939) is one of the most iconic, enduring figures in modern mythology. Unlike most comic book superheroes, Batman possesses no superhuman abilities, alien physiology, or divine blessings. Instead, he represents the absolute pinnacle of human physical, mental, and technological potential—a mortal man who turned personal tragedy into a lifelong crusade against crime.

🧬 Origin: The Tragedy of Crime Alley

The core of Batman’s character is forged in grief, vengeance, and a profound commitment to preserving human life:

• The Incident: Eight-year-old Bruce Wayne, the sole heir to the wealthy Wayne family fortune, was walking home from a theater with his parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne. In a dark alleyway (later dubbed Crime Alley), a desperate mugger named Joe Chill held them up at gunpoint. A panic ensued, and Chill shot and killed both Thomas and Martha right in front of the young boy.

• The Sacred Vow: Standing over his parents’ bodies in the rain, Bruce swore an oath to rid Gotham City of the evil that took his parents’ lives.

• The Journey of Self-Mastery: Bruce spent his youth traveling the globe, training under world-class martial artists, forensic scientists, escapologists, detectives, and tacticians.

• The Birth of the Bat: Returning to Gotham as a young man, Bruce realized that skill alone wasn’t enough—he needed a symbol that would strike fear into the hearts of a superstitious and cowardly lot. When a bat crashed through his study window at Wayne Manor, he chose his mantle: Batman.

🎨 Visual Design & Iconic Appearance

While Batman’s look evolves across comic eras, film adaptations, and video games, his silhouette remains instantly recognizable:

• The Cowl & Ears: A dark mask concealing his identity, featuring pointed ears and an intimidating, shadowed eye brow.

• The Cape: Designed like bat wings, his scalloped cape serves a double purpose—creating a terrifying, monstrous silhouette in the dark and acting as a lightweight glider for aerial navigation.

• The Batsuit & Crest: Ranging from tactical Kevlar/carbon-fiber armor to flexible bulletproof weaves, featuring his iconic Bat Emblem centered on the chest as a target plate for armor protection.

• The Utility Belt: A segmented, gold or yellow tactical belt housing his vast array of non-lethal gadgetry.

⚙️ Skills, Mindset, and Dual Identity

• The World’s Greatest Detective: Bruce’s sharp intellect is his greatest weapon. He is a master strategist, criminologist, polymath, and polyglot capable of solving complex cases and outsmarting cosmic gods.

• Peak Human Physicality: Through rigorous training and diet, Bruce operates at peak human strength, agility, speed, and endurance. He is a master of over a dozen martial arts, including Ninjutsu, Krav Maga, Jiu-Jitsu, and Judo.

• The Sacred “No-Kill” Rule: To avoid becoming the very monster he fights, Batman adheres strictly to a code: no firearms and no killing. Every gadget and combat maneuver is engineered to subdue or incapacitate.

• The Persona of Bruce Wayne: To the public, Bruce Wayne plays the role of a shallow, carefree billionaire playboy and philanthropist. In reality, “Bruce Wayne” is the mask, and “Batman” is his true identity.

🛠️ Iconic Arsenal & Support Network

Batman’s war on crime is supported by a subterranean command center—the Batcave—and an array of custom military-grade vehicles and gadgets:

• The Arsenal: Batarangs (custom throwing weapons), Grapnel Guns, Smoke Pellets, Explosive Gel, and Cryptographic Sequencers.

• Vehicles: The heavy-armored Batmobile, high-speed Batcycle (Batpod), and aerial Batwing.

• Key Allies:

  • Alfred Pennyworth: The Wayne family butler, surrogate father, medic, and moral compass.

  • Jim Gordon: Gotham Police Commissioner and Batman’s trusted ally within the law.

  • The Bat-Family: Partners including Dick Grayson (Nightwing), Barbara Gordon (Batgirl/Oracle), Tim Drake, and his son Damian Wayne (Robin).

📦 Key Action Figure Lines & Collectibles

Batman is one of the most produced characters in action figure history across various scales:

• MAFEX (1/12 Scale): Known for hyper-accurate comic representations like MAFEX No.105 Batman (Hush Ver.) with wired fabric capes.

• INART (1/12 & 1/6 Scale): Premium high-end figures featuring realistic sculpts, detailed armor plates, and fabric suits (e.g., INART Arkham Origins Batman).

• S.H.Figuarts / McFarlane Toys: Diverse offerings spanning movie adaptations (Dark Knight, The Batman) and classic comic runs.