BATMAN DAY IN BETHESDA TODAY AT BETHESDA ROW BARNES AND NOBLE - FREE COMIC BOOK

Stop by Barnes and Noble at Bethesda Row today - Batman Day! - to pick up a FREE copy of this Detective Comics #37 Special Edition. Enjoy the original Batman adventure, "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate," as well as a reimagined version and other stories of the Dark Knight. The Caped Crusader is 75 this year.

The free book is while supplies last, so it's safe to say going earlier is better than going later.

SURREAL BATMAN ART AT WESTFIELD MONTGOMERY MALL (PHOTO)

I found this surreal Batman artwork in the Wentworth Gallery in Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda.

It appears to be a cross between Dali and a bad lounge happy hour.

But it's redeemed by the classic Adam West Batmobile, which Chris Nolan should have studied more closely.

DARK KNIGHT RISES CUSTOM CAKE (PHOTOS)

Here's the cake for the ultimate Batman fan: A custom Bat-cake complete with replica Tumbler and Bat in pursuit.

Cardboard stand-ups of Catwoman and the Dark Knight round out this creative display for the release of the Dark Knight Rises Blu-ray and DVD at the Giant Food on Westbard Avenue in Bethesda.

DARK KNIGHT RISES POSTER VANISHES FROM BIG PLANET COMICS WINDOW FOLLOWING COLORADO TRAGEDY

Remember that Dark Knight Rises poster in the front window of Big Planet Comics on Cordell Avenue?

Gone.

After the Colorado shootings, the poster has been removed.  In related Big Planet news, the third issue of Batman Incorporated that had been scheduled to go on sale Wednesday was postponed until August 22.

Artist Chris Burnham said releasing the violent comic now would be "wholly inappropriate."

BIG PLANET COMICS READY FOR DARK KNIGHT RISES, BEFORE WATCHMEN

Big Planet Comics on Cordell Avenue is decorated for this Friday's blockbuster, The Dark Knight Rises, and the controversial new Before Watchmen comics series.

NEW 

BIG PLANET COMICS 

STOREFRONT IN 

TRIANGLE TOWERS 

LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT 

Another Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row Exclusive!!! 

Big Planet Comics has moved into its new downtown Bethesda location, in Triangle Towers on Cordell Avenue.  Adding color and light to the new storefront are these awesome Batman and Superman logo signs in the window.

The Superman logo remains the best of all superheroes.  This is one of the better Batman logos, although I'm still partial to the Batman Forever version.