--- description: The Dark Knight gets a closeup title: Ben Affleck As Batman: Check Out the Newest Picture image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81c04ff26d0f63f9/69869d32e8524b58666040ab/btvmij8cmaatzvi.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Check Out the Newest Picture of Ben Affleck As Batman  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jul 24, 2014 9:56 PM CUT  Ben Affleck as Batman Ben Affleck as BatmanDCComics.com  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jul 24, 2014 9:56 PM CUT For Batman’s seventy-fifth birthday, DC Comics is displaying a new, dark image of Ben Affleck as the Caped Crusader at its San Diego Comic-Con booth. The image was part of a montage celebrating various depictions of Batman in comics, TV shows, movies and games, [according to](http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2014/07/24/batman-75th-anniversary-montage-wall "undefined") the DC Comics website. Affleck is set to star as Gotham’s dark knight in the upcoming _Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice_ film opposite Henry Cavill, who played Superman in 2013’s _Man of Steel_. The new movie is set to drop in 2016. **MORE:** [See Every Batman Logo From the Past 75 Years — All In One Gif](http://time.com/41410/batman-logos-gif/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3031131/batman-ben-affleck/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3031131/batman-ben-affleck/"},"headline":"Check Out the Newest Picture of Ben Affleck As Batman","datePublished":"2014-07-24T21:56:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:20:27.458Z","description":"The new Dark Knight gets his close-up","url":"https://time.com/3031131/batman-ben-affleck/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81c04ff26d0f63f9/69869d32e8524b58666040ab/btvmij8cmaatzvi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81c04ff26d0f63f9/69869d32e8524b58666040ab/btvmij8cmaatzvi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Batman - Ben Affleck","caption":"Batman - Ben Affleck","creditText":"DCComics.com","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3031131/batman-ben-affleck/","name":"Check Out the Newest Picture of Ben Affleck As Batman"}}]}] ```