The Dark Knight Rises

Opinions about The Dark Knight Rises are a little bit mixed here at ComicsAlliance, but I think we can all agree that Tom Hardy's swaggering, vest-tugging portrayal of Bane is a delight. Still, there are more than a few questions left about Bane in the film, and not just about where he received his obvious Broadway musical training...

Following the release of a roughly 3-minute short last week, director Derek Kwok and Henri Wong of Parabucks Co. have released their full stop-motion animated Batman: Dark Knightfall short, successfully wrapping the tale of Hot Toys' 1/6 scale The Dark Knight Rises Batman fighting the Joker's thugs, a bizarre morping version of the Clown Prince of Crime himself and the big bad Bane...

Our friends at Moviefone have been working with comics artist Dennis Culver (Edison Rex) to depict how the Batman of Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy could conceivably defeat the Avengers of Joss Whedon's film. Scenarios were suggested by Moviefone readers, and the best were selected to be drawn by Culver...

SPOILER WARNING, obviously.

Even though Hot Toys teased a few of its unveilings for the Ani-Com & Games Hong Kong 2012 festival early, it turns out the toymaker still saved plenty of reveals for the show itself. Several notable upcoming 1/6 limited edition collectible figurines were showcased at HT's booth last week in a variety of displays. Th...

So that's one Internet discussion we can put to rest. I mean, I know it's tempting fate to say that, but the evidence is conclusive: Bane's voice was indeed modified between early screenings of The Dark Knight Rises' prologue late last year and the film that was released earlier this month...

When it comes to video games, Batman fans have few complaints in this day and age. Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Gotham City games have been crazy critical and financial successes and even the more modest The Dark Knight Rises mobile game tie-in has received fan praise...

"I am devastated by this tragedy, and my heart is with the victims, survivors and their loved ones. Words fail me," wrote Hans Zimmer on Facebook in the early days following the shocking events of July 20, when 12 people were killed and dozens wounded by a masked gunman at a midnight screening of Zimmer's new film, The Dark Knight Rises, in Aurora, Colorado...

Although cosplay has been present for decades within the comics, anime, and sci-fi/fantasy fandoms, social media has played an integral role in the thriving community of costuming that exists today and cosplay communities such as Cosplay...

Hot Toys is usually associated with its famous 1/6 scale figures, which translate the likenesses of famous movie characters (among other subjects) into hyperrealistic toys that stand around a foot or so tall. In some cases, however, HT will go the extra mile (or, in this case, extra 6 inches) and release an even bigger version of its most in-demand characters...