12 Best Comic Book Movie Trailers Ever

5. The Dark Knight Rises (Teaser #1)

Pretty much any of the trailers from the marketing campaign for The Dark Knight Rises could've made this list, because they did a great job on all of them, with the 3rd and 4th being particularly excellent examples.

But this, the first teaser, gets the nod as it so readily creates an insane amount of excitement, sets the scene for where the movie is, and perfectly establishes the themes and tone of it. Starting off with that callback to Batman Begins, and then Jim Gordon talking about Batman having to come back, it's clear this trilogy is coming full circle for its epic conclusion.

You've got Gordon smashing the bat-light, talk of a new evil, and Bruce Wayne doing push-ups in some sort of cell, teasing the big new threat, and Bats' comeback. Throw in that wonderful shot rising up the falling buildings becoming a bat-symbol, the mysterious chanting, and then THAT last scene of Batman backing away from Bane, and you've got a fantastic teaser that does exactly that.

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