TheDarkKnightRises

Upcoming: Dark Horse Comics has released a new trailer for its US version of The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia, which arrives on January 29. Gaming: The Walking Dead Episode 5 "No Time Left" is now live on most consoles, Mac and PC...

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...

Wally Pfister -- who shot The Dark Knight Rises for director Christopher Nolan -- is not a fan of The Avengers. The cinematographer, who has worked with Nolan on several movies and won an Academy Award for Inception, recently called Marvel's record-setting film "appalling," taking specific issue with what he called "illogical storytelling ...

Lego let loose a variety of Marvel and DC Universe minifigures back during San Diego Comic-Con this summer and it seems that now, at New York Comic Con, the toymaker has found a few of them proper homes in sets slated to roll out in 2013...

Gaming: The Xbox 360 demo trailer for Avengers: Battle For Earth seems to incorporate plenty of The Avengers movie flavor. Tech: Ten One Design's pressure-sensitive Pogo Connect Bluetooth Pen for the iPad is now available for pre-order for about $80, with a scheduled shipping date of October 31...

Video: Julie Sokolow chronicles Ed Piskor, Jim Rugg, Tom Scioli and Jasen Lex's trip to the bi-annual basement sale at New Dimension Comics. Shopping: A permanent One Piece store has opened in Tokyo, selling more than 10,000 different licensed products based on Eiichiro Oda's manga/anime...

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...

How great is Christian Bale? Wait, before you answer that based on his performances in Christopher Nolan's Batman movies or his recent trip to visit victims of the Aurora shootings, you might want to read this story about a four-year-old who really, really wanted to meet the man who played Batman...