The Dark Knight

Over the course of more than 70 years of comic book stories, plus dozens of animated and live action adaptations across film television and video games, Batman's secret identity has only been deduced a handful of times -- and more often than not by friends rather than foes...

Design: The Clark&Kent Ad Agency riffs on its name with a Superman-inspired business card that transforms into a telephone booth. Opinion: Stephen Totilo says goodbye to his longboxes in a piece pondering the implications of digital comics. ...

TV: A new international poster for The CW's Green Arrow series, Arrow, starring Stephen Amell is now making the rounds online. Movies: Anthony and Joe Russo (Welcome to Collinwood, Arrested Development, Community) have signed to direct the Captain America: The First Avenger sequel...

Holidays: It's Memorial Day in the United States today. We hope you had a great weekend (and a good day off today, if you're observing the holiday). Opinion: Mark Waid discusses the positive effects that file sharing have had on his new Thrillbent digital effort, and what it might mean for other creators...

Yes, yes, Avengers: You've had your day, being much-beloved and breaking box office records and everything. But this summer superhero movie showdown is only getting started, as Warner Bros. is patiently reminding everyone with two new television spots and a host of still images showcasing Christopher Nolan's final Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises... Read More ...

Art: Colleen Coover pays homage to an almost legendary rejected '90s Marvel Comics try-out page that teamed Wolverine and Queen's Freddie Mercury. Digital: Dark Horse Digital is having a 10 percent off sale April 27-29 for fans who sign up for the publisher's newsletter by Thursday...

Hold on to your diapers, The Dark Knight fans, a new doll from Japan may just teach us how Heath Ledger's Joker character got those scars. New preorder images of Japanese toymaker WorldBox's "1/6 Lakor Baby Single" doll indicate that perhaps the Joker may have been a handsome little agent of chaos from the time he could walk/fire automatic weapons...

Decals: Don't actually try to use these legally, but NS-FX's Dark Knight brake light decals are at least fun to look at. Gaming: Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 is dropping its planned Magneto House of M DLC skin due to objections from Spanish royalty regarding its similarities to King Juan Carlos...

Justice League alliances and sidekicks aside, Batman's most solid of bros is no doubt Jim Gordon. This is especially evident in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins and Dark Knight films, where Gordan supports Batman so much, he's willing to outright hunt down his crime fighting compatriot in the name of...

It's an idea that's no doubt occurred to countless fans, but David Rose is the real human being (and real hero) who made it happen: the opening animation for the 1960s Batman television series remade in high definition and starring cartoon versions of Christian Bale, Heath Ledger and Gary Oldman from 2008's The Dark Knight...