Topps has announced that it has acquired a license from Warner Bros. Consumer Products to produce trading cards based on the DC Comics character Batman.  This deal represents a return of the license to Topps, which first produced cards based on Batman nearly four decades ago. 

The first product under the license will be a card series based on Batman Begins, which premieres on June 17th.  The card series will street on the movie premiere date, an unusual release schedule mandated by Warners in order to keep the movie images that will appear on the cards from appearing prior to the film's release.