This is Kryptonite Batman from Series 4 of the DC Direct Superman/Batman line. I have a confession to make, one that will become more obvious as I post the rest of my collection. I was on the fence about this figure based solely on the production photos from DC. I read somewhere online, however, that the figure glowed in the dark. Nowhere did DC Direct ever mention this fact (as it turns out, the production photos of this figure are photos of the translucent variant).
Well, I love things that glow in the dark. I'm not sure why, but it's always been that way. So as soon as I heard that this figure did just that, I had to have it.
I also really like the style of this figure, which is based on the art of Ed McGuinness; the figure has an overly-muscular look, which I like despite the quasi-cartoonish feel it imparts. (I happened to get my brother the Nightwing from this line, and believe the McGuinness design works incredibly well in that instance.) Kryptonite Batman is not exceptionally articulated, and his large muscles put him in a perpetual "imaginary lat syndrome" position with his arms flared out slightly, but all in all this guy holds a special place in my heart.
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