Hundreds of thousands of voters made them appear.
Empire Magazine’s covers for this very very special issue (out next month).
(Some say surprisingly) Bane won the favour of the public online, thus being the first image to be revealed. But no fret, both covers are online as of today and here they are.
With Ledger‘s mesmerizing performance as The Joker expectations are high for this villain and many are waiting to see if Bane/Tom Hardy is actually as much of a thrill in action as the photos suggest.
If you were following the voting then you will know that Bane unsurprisingly won the public count and was revealed first with Batman coming in shortly after. As I said before, fans are just desperate to see more of Bane and it’s the comic book movie trend (and in some ways the James Bond saga too) that after the first time we’ve seen an actor portray Batman and his universe, the villains take center stage and our interest in the build-up lies with them.
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