{"id":4429,"date":"2012-07-17T15:22:48","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T15:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/wine-bar-displays-the-artful-side-of-batman\/"},"modified":"2012-07-17T15:22:48","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T15:22:48","slug":"wine-bar-displays-the-artful-side-of-batman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/wine-bar-displays-the-artful-side-of-batman","title":{"rendered":"Wine Bar Displays the Artful Side of Batman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-18148\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/JasonLiwag-InThisCornerTheBatman.jpg\" alt=\"JasonLiwag-InThisCornerTheBatman\" width=\"250\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As anticipation builds for the release of <em>The Dark Knight Rises<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;\">\u2014<\/span>the new Batman movie coming out this Friday<span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;\">\u2014<\/span>the Batman universe is getting attention in more than just movie theatres.<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend&#8217;s San Diego Comic-Con had a massive display of all the existing Batmobiles and Mattel is releasing a new line of licensed action figures. 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