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Batman #163 By Jim Lee And Jeph Loeb Delayed Till End Of March 2026

Batman #163 by Jim Lee and Jeph Loeb, the final chapter of H2SH, has now been delayed seven months until the end of March 2026



Article Summary

  • Batman #163 by Jim Lee and Jeph Loeb now delayed seven months, releasing March 25, 2026
  • The long-awaited finale to H2SH pushes Batman fans' patience as delays continue to mount
  • New Batman volume by Matt Fraction and Jorge Jimenez advances while #163 remains unfinished
  • Speculation grows if H2SH Part Two or further Jim Lee collaborations will ever see release

This is extraordinary, isn't it? I mean, seriously now. Batman Volume 3 #163, by Jim Lee and Jeph Loeb, was previously delayed by five months after it was rescheduled for release at the end of January 2026. Well, it has now been delayed another two months until the 25th of March, that's seven months in total and over a year's delay on the original publication plan as well. When it is published, we will have had seven issues of the new Batman volume 4 by Matt Fraction and Jorge Jimenez published, with the eighth already at the printers. Well, Jorge isn't Publisher, President and CCO of DC Comics, I suppose, and didn't have a Superman movie to promote… but that was back in the summer. What's the excuse now? It looked as if Jim Lee had finished the pencils with one of the final pages posted to social media. Maybe he's drawing the comic book backwards and has only just started? And is the main Batman series really going to have to avoid mentioning Jason Todd, Barbara Gordon and the rest until we find out what happens to them at the end of H2SH? Same about the Hush suspects as well?

Another Page From Batman #162 By Jim Lee And Jeph Loeb
Jim Lee Instagram reel screencap

And even if we get the final issue of  H2SH Part One, will we ever get Part Two, meant to be its own mini-series, let alone H3SH? It will join the 1963 Annual and Pearl Of The Deep with Alan Moore, WildCATS with Grant Morrison and All-Star Batman And Robin The Boy Wonder with Frank Miller in Jim Lee's bottom drawer of unfinished projects…

  • BATMAN #163
    (W) Jeph Loeb (A/CA) Jim Lee, Scott Williams
    The shocking conclusion to H2SH Part One with Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee! Will Batman survive Hush's revenge when his only allies are his greatest enemies? Retail: $4.99 3/25/2026
Batman #163 By Jim Lee And Jeph Loeb Delayed Till End Of March 2026
Batman #163 by Jim Lee and Jeph Loeb

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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of comic books The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne and Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from The Union Club on Greek Street, shops at Gosh, Piranha and Forbidden Planet. Father of two daughters, Amazon associate, political cartoonist.
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