Those of you out there that haven’t quite got your fix of the Dark Knight will be pleased to know that all the bonus pre-order skins for Rocksteady’s latest Batman adventure are now available for download on your console of choice for only $4.99 or 400 Microsoft points.

Here’s the rundown of all the skins available in the pack, also check the image above for a quick look:

- 1970s Batsuit Skin
- Year One Batman Skin
- The Dark Knight Returns Skin
- Earth One Batman Skin
- Batman Beyond Batman Skin
- Sinestro Corps Batman Skin
- Animated Batman Skin

If, for whatever crazy reason, you haven’t had the chance to pick up the game and are wondering if it’s worth your time, be sure to check out our full review of the game. Either that or you could just trust that nearly 5 million people probably aren’t wrong and just blindly pick the game up.

Whatever works for you.

Click the image below for the much larger, much more badass version:

Lakers & Celtics; Ali & Frazier; Yankees & Red Sox; and in comics it’s the Avengers fighting the X-Men. We’ve brought together the biggest writers, biggest artists and biggest characters for the biggest story we’ve ever told. This is the kind of high-octane action-packed story that fans demand while also having a profound effect on every character involved—and reshaping the Marvel Universe in its wake. (Axel Alonso – Marvel Entertainment Editor-in-Chief)

The series, according to Marvel, will be a twelve issue, bi-weekly event that will feature writers Brian Michael Bendis, Jason Aaron, Jonathan Hickman, Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker all sharing the writing duties. In the art department, Avengers vs. X-Men will be drawn by Olivier Coipel, John Romita Jr. and Adam Kubert.

The first issue of Avengers vs. X-Men will arrive in April of 2012.

For more info, check out Marvel.com.

When you take everything into account, I’ve written over 200 issues. I’m very, very proud of that, and what we have coming up this summer gives me the opportunity to go out on a high note. I know enough about showbiz to know that’s a great time to go.

- Avengers/New Avengers/Ultimate Spider-Man
writer Brian Michael Bendis
(Announces to CBR that he’ll be ending his eight
year run on the Avengers titles in 2012)

‘Quoted’ is a look at some of the powerful, informative and sometimes outrageous quotes from the world of comics including the characters themselves, the writers who create them and comic fans who read them.

Any thoughts true believers?

The Amazing Spider-Man is set for release on July 3, 2012 and stars Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man, along with Emma Stone, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Rhys Ifans, and more.

Keeping that in mind, Image has officially announced that Torres is hard at work on a follow-up to the original series and he’s signed on a couple new faces to help him bring hell to our doorsteps and they’ve brought a preview of the first issue!

The following is from the official press release by Image:

Spanish comics scribe El Torres has enlisted the intricately detailed artwork of Enrique Lopez Lorenzana and coloring of Fran Gamboa, to render even the beastliest citizens of Nancy’s Hell as breathtaking.

This 4-issue Grindhouse inspired miniseries presents the follow up to last years’ NANCY IN HELL miniseries, a take-no-prisoners tale of one woman versus the greatest evil. Now with the Gates of Hades left wide open, not even the angels in heaven can save our world from the hordes!

The book will be arriving in both standard print and digital format on January 25th, 2012.

While the book originally spawned out of the Wolverine solo title in the closing hours of Dark Reign, Daken took on a life of its own when writers Daniel Way and Marjorie Liu took it out on its own. While it wasn’t always the best direction, it more often than not made for an entertainingly (albeit very violent) look at what made the son of Wolverine tick.

The series’ final issue should be (according to solicits) #21, which will be released in February.

This title joins the growing list of books Marvel has axed over the past couple months such as Alpha Flight, Destroyers and Nick Spencer’s Victor Von Doom and should be coming to a close with issue #20, which arrives in stores in January of next year.

The most frightening thing, aside from the fact that this was actually a really strong series and shouldn’t have ever even come close to being cancelled, is that there are a number of other titles, such as Avengers Academy and my precious Thunderbolts to name a few, that actually fall short of the sales numbers that X-23 was pulling in but still remain in Marvel’s release lineup.

Could they be on the chopping block next?

A sizable amount of Marvel’s catalog of animated features and television shows has been available for some time on the service with more being added throughout the year. This includes titles such as the X-Men cartoon which also aired on Fox, the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon and The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes animated series to name a few.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to go find out who Spider-Man is picking for his Secret Wars team.

(Thanks Matt D!)

The three pictures appear to be shots of Oscorp Industries, Spider-Man kicking some butt in a subway (or factory?), and finally what appears to be Peter Parker’s apartment.

According to Dee Brown’s Twitter page, an official trailer for the came should be coming sometime in the near future and, with the Columbia Pictures film set to be released on July 2nd, 2012, we also have an idea of when to expect the full game to hit shelves.

Those that feel compelled to spend some money still have the ability to do so with DCUO’s pricing plans, which will also give you bonus items, more inventory slots, etc. Here’s the breakdown of the plans:

Free Access – Just like it sounds. Download and play the game for free. You also get all ongoing game updates (except DLC packs).

Premium Access – This next level of access opens up to you if you spend at least $5 in the in-game store. Premium Access grants you added benefits that improve your experience in the game, such as more inventory slots, more character slots, bank slots and more free Vault tickets. So all you have to do is pick up some cool items in the store or buy a DLC pack and you unlock Premium Access. The best part? Once you unlock Premium Access you keep it for the life of your account.

Legendary Access – With Legendary Access you can unlock the maximum level of features and benefits. To unlock Legendary Access you can pay for a $14.99 per month game pass, or save big with a discounted multi-month pass. Lifetime members are automatically granted Legendary access. Legendary Access also includes all DLC packs at no extra charge.

So, why are you still reading this? The streets of Gotham City aren’t going to save themselves. If you’re interested in playing with the gang here at POA, make yourself available to the USPS3 server and toss your user name to us via the contact form or in a comment below.