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Dark Knight’s Tumbler, Bat-Pod to make Philly stops

The Tumbler, the armored and heavily armed version of the Batmobile from Christopher Nolan’s caped crusader trilogy, will make a few stops in the area next week.Fans can also see and get photographed with the Bat-Pod, a menacing mega-motorbike formed from parts of the Tumbler in the second film, The Dark Knight (2008), sequel to Batman Begins (2005). It’s part of a promotional tour, of course, for the third installment, The Dark Knight Rises, due in theaters July 20.

    by By Peter Mucha<br/>INQUIRER STAFF WRITER<br/>
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The Tumbler, the armored and heavily armed version of the Batmobile from Christopher Nolan's caped crusader trilogy, will make a few stops in the area next week.

Fans can also see and get photographed with the Bat-Pod, a menacing mega-motorbike formed from parts of the Tumbler in the second film, The Dark Knight (2008), sequel to Batman Begins (2005).

It's part of a promotional tour, of course, for the third installment, The Dark Knight Rises, due in theaters July 20.

Although some fans have shown up dressed as characters at previous stops, don't expect to see the likes of actual stars Christian Bale (Batman), Anne Hathaway (Catwoman) or Tom Hardy (supervillain Bane).

The dates:

May 29, 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., Franklin Institute.

May 30, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Walmart, 2200 Wheatsheaf Lane, in Philadelphia's Port Richmond section.

May 31, times to be announced, Mercer County Waterfront Park, home of the Trenton Thunder, One Thunder Road (Cass Street), Trenton

For more details, go to the tour's website, the tour's Facebook page, or its Twitter page, @tumblertour.