CHICAGO – Following an early tease at some “The Dark Knight” toys back on Feb. 15, 2008, MTV on Wednesday now exclusively has released an image montage of new collectible statues, busts and movie props from DC Comics.

While we feature a few of these new “The Dark Knight”-themed images below, see all eight and more in our comprehensive “The Dark Knight” image gallery!

The Batman (here) and Joker (here) busts will be available on June 25, 2008. The Batman (the second image below) and Joker (the first image below) statues will be available on July 9, 2008. The Batman (here) and Joker (here) one-to-six scale collector figures will be available on July 2, 2008.

The grappling launcher prop replica (second from the bottom below) will be available on July 16, 2008. Finally, the batarang prop replica (the last image below) will be available on July 23, 2008.

By ADAM FENDELMAN Editor-in-Chief HollywoodChicago.com adam@hollywoodchicago.com