Ever wantd to dress up as the Dark Knight but had zero idea where to begin or the time to even make the costume? Well good news friend, because here's the first part of the ultimate guide in assembling the ultimate Batman costume,

After two years, countless hours and a ton of elbow grease, one dedicated cosplayer has managed to craft the fabled XE suit from Batman: Arkham Origins.

Barry Allen is looking to the New 52 for his latest costume, as The Flash season 6 has a new look for the scarlet speedster.

With the 80th anniversary of Batman being…well this year actually, Warner Bros. was looking to celebrate almost a century of the caped crusader with a roadshow museum where all his greatest suits and the abomination outfit from the end of Gotham would be put on display with Batmobiles, props and leftover penguins that had rocket launchers attached to them. The only problem? These suits were disintegrating quicker than the unused condoms in my wallet.

Dressing Michael Keaton up in a leotard and giving him circus trunks to wear on the outside would have ruined the illusion of the dark and Gothic world that Tim Burton was looking to create in his Batman film, forcing the director and his crew to come up with a more imaginative take on the idea of the caped crusader that didn’t just look good on camera, but also made sense within the context of that world.

Gotham was always running on a finite clock, with an endgame that would eventually culminate in Batman making his appearance. And ye gods, does he look bad.

The most wonderful thing about cosplay, is that anyone can do it and anyone can be anyone else. There’s a global community out there, made up of fans and people who have turned their passion into a career. It doesn’t matter what your skill level is or how much experience you have either, as everyone starts from square one and builds on that burgeoning talent. But sometimes, you might not have the time or the equipment to create a costume from scratch. I get that it can be daunting. I understand that some times, you just want to go have fun and be in character. Fortunately, websites like Procosplay are here to help. If you’re looking for a costume in a hurry, they’ve got your back.

For DC’s Shazam, which is basically what happens when somebody makes a Superman movie where the main character isn’t a sulking superhuman whose greatest strength is creeping people out with a CGI top lip, that wardrobe cost was pretty high. In fact, it cost the better part of $1 million to make each of the Shazam costumes. Each of them, as the flick wound up with ten super-suits for the film shoot.