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If you were worried DC Collectibles had already shown its hand earlier this month with the reveal of its upcoming New 52 Swamp Thing and Supervillains series Deathstroke action figures, today's full September solicitations release ought to put the toy and statue segment of your mind at ease.

If you aren't familiar with Kris Anka by now, you should be. A talented comic artist, he may currently be best known for his comic book fashion sense, specifically the costume redesigns he did for the recently relaunched Uncanny X-Force -- including the return of Mohawk Storm...

Awesome: Hey, it's Colonel Sanders cosplaying Dragon Ball Z style in Japan. Fans: If a camera crew approaches you and asks what "Hentei" is, your best bet is probably to just turn and walk the other way. Movies: Guy Pearce poses as the villainous Aldrich Killian in a new Iron Man 3 poster...

Video: The party rises (on) in MakeEmLaugh's Bane's World. Manga: New images of the full-color Dragon Ball Z manga are now online, which you can check out up close in the digital edition of Weekly Shonen Jump. Movies: Guys, you probably shouldn't join COBRA...

Digital: If you've been enjoying the new DmC video game, Titan Comics has launched the first of a two-issue series of tie in comics called DmC: Devil May Cry: The Vergil Chronicles on ComiXology that might be up your alley. Toys: Both Batman and Bane versions of Kaiyodo's Revoltech The Dark Knight Rises Tumbler are expected to arrive in the second quarter of 2013...

Hockey fans all over North America spent the weekend celebrating the return of the NHL season after a lengthy lockout. And while I confess I'm not a hockey fan, I can certainly sympathize. So too could a group of cosplayers in Toronto, Canada who, led by Bane, took to the streets to play a game of street hockey in all their super hero (and super villain) sartorial splendor...

In one of those "I can't believe none of us thought to do this sooner" moments, one fan of The Dark Knight Rises has merged the masks of Batman and Bane. In an ideal world, Christian Bale would put this on and combine his Dark Knight voice with the dulcet tones of Tom Hardy's Bane, leading to roughly 10 billion "such a lovely, lovely voice" jokes on the internet...

Square Enix displayed unpainted prototype versions of their Play Arts Kai The Dark Knight Rises Batman and Bane action figures first at SDCC and later during NYCC, and now that the figures are available for pre-order, proper official product images of their painted incarnations have surfaced online...

Marvel is no longer the only superhero game in town on Wizkids and NECA's HeroClix TabbApp. Starting in November fans will be able to pick up special TabbApp-compatible HeroClix figures based on DC Comics characters, including New 52 versions of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, plus The Dark Knight Rises-style Bats, Bane and Catwoman...

Square Enix gave fans an early look at very gray prototypes of its The Dark Knight Rises Batman and Bane Play Arts Kai figures this past summer at SDCC, but Tokyo Game Show attendees are the first to see the upcoming 8" figures in living color...