Awesome Batman

LEGO enthusiast Peer Kreuger made motorized scale models of the Tumbler and the Bat from The Dark Knight Rises. You can vote to make them official LEGO toys here and here. More pics here.

Turns out Bane survived being shot by a cannon (if Bats can recover from a spinal injury, why not?) and is now trying to live a normal life in Gotham. Props to Chris Kattan for getting the voice right.

Be the reckoning of your next costume party with this rubber replica of the mask that Bane wears in The Dark Knight Rises. Available in kid and adult sizes. Start practicing your Bane impression.

Alex Farnham imagines how other celebrities – including fictional ones – might have auditioned for The Dark Knight Rises. We would’ve wanted to see Jack Sparrow match wits with the Joker.

No mere cash-in, The Art and Making of The Dark Knight Trilogy was made by Batman fans for Batman fans. It features interviews and articles by the cast and crew along with tons of pictures.

LEGO fanatic _Tiler took the Tumblers and Bat from The Dark Knight Rises and managed to convey their forms perfectly in these tiny little creations made from just a handful of bricks each.

UD Replicas has released an updated version of their Batman motorcycle suit. As always, the leather and Kevlar jacket, pants, gloves and boots can be worn separately. Batpod not included.

Shot on a budget of a few hundred bucks, Danny Shepherd and his friends shot this fan film which reminds us of Dick Grayson’s grown up alter ego, Nightwing. Though he still takes a punch like Robin.

Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy comes to a close with The Dark Knight Rises. Warner Brothers takes a look back at the retelling of Batman’s story, featuring scenes from all three movies.

(NSFW: Language) The Dark Knight arrives just in time to save Jim Gordon and his family from Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face. Unfortunately Bats still doesn’t quite get this alter ego thing.

Hot Toys turns their ultra-realistic DX series to the characters of The Dark Knight Rises. This 1/6th scale Batman figure has 32 points of articulation and interchangeable parts. More at Hot Toys.

UK-based apparel shop Lazy Oaf collaborated with DC comics to release a line of fly Batman clothing and gear. The shirts, sweatshirts and T-shirts feature large prints of Batman and his logos.

At the San Diego Comic-Con, DC Comics gave away real life versions of the masks worn by the Court of Owls, a group of villains from the Batman comics. You can find the masks for sale on eBay.

Features interviews from the cast and crew of Batman TV shows and movies, including Adam West, Tim Burton and Chris Nolan. To be included in The Dark Knight Rises Blu-ray set this Holiday.

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon aired an exclusive trailer spoof of The Dark Knight Rises, one where all characters are voiced by Pee-Wee Herman. Pee-Wee would make for a great Joker.

(NSFW: Language) The Dark Knight of today is joined by The Boy Wonder of the past to take on the deadly Bane with a little gymnastics and some good old-fashioned flim-flam. Pow! Bam! Thwak!

Artist DuksArts used his creative skills and Photoshop to create this awesome illustration of The Dark Knight in about three hours. Here, we see the whole process boiled down to 3 minutes.

This is the hero that London deserves, but not the one that it needs right now. We’ll laugh at him, because he can take it. Because he’s not our hero. He’s a jester. He’s Fred Flintston- er Batman.

Wanna know how we got this smile? It’s because of Hot Toys’ upcoming DX Joker 2.0 collectible figure. A highly realistic replica of the late Heath Ledger’s portrayal of the infamous villain.

SWEAR TO MEOW! Tumblr blogger GorillaSushi turned his friend’s cat Jasper into The Dark Knight, capable of killing rats just by staring at them (cue theme song). Thank goodness for Photoshop.

Some of the most powerful heroes and the craziest villains in the DC universe star in the launch trailer for LEGO Batman 2. Also the Batmobile loses all its wheels and Joker gets away.

Front Page Films and CollegeHumor are back with another skit about Nolan’s Batman. Rachel Dawes and the Commish finally figure out that he’s Bruce Wayne, so Bats has to convince them otherwise.

Neptune Canada was shooting underwater footage in the Pacific off of Vancouver when they spotted this unusual jellyfish-like creature, which transformed itself into an awfully familiar shape.