The first figure releases in Hot Toys' Quarter Scale collection was based on The Dark Knight Rises Batman. The figure, which was first teased on July 25th, 2012, was fully revealed two days later. This Batman comes with all the bells and whistles and leaves nothing behind.

The quarter scale Batman figure went up for pre-order on August 2nd, 2012 through Hot Toys' North American distribution partners, Sideshow Collectibles. Hot Toys released a gallery of the full production figure through their Facebook page on September 19th, 2013, and a couple of weeks after Batman began shipping in North America.