Above: A screenshot of Batman vs. Scorpion

The folks at Midway openly enjoy toying with us by slowly trickling out names of the new characters in their games.  In a Thursday panel dedicated to MK vs. DC, they announced that the Joker and Green Lantern would be jumping in the game.  They also announced that Jax and Kitana would be let out of their cages for the game.  

Plus, if you get your hands on one of the limited edition copies of the game, you'll be treated to an MK vs. DC comic book, illustrated by John Tobias, who's working with Jimmy Palmiotti on the game. 

These characters will join those already announced: Batman, Superman, the Flash, and Catwoman from DC as well as Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Sonya, Shang Tsung, and Liu Kang from MK.

I didn't hear if the Joker would be bringing a magic pen trick to his fights or not.

You could find these Why So Serious? dollars as part of a scavenger hunt for The Dark Knight at last year's Comic-Con (Warner Brothers)

This Friday the eagerly anticipated sequel to Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins opens and the buzz about The Dark Knight is that it kicks ass. Kevin Smith posted on his blog that "It's the Godfather II of comic book films." But the buzz for the film began generating at last year's Comic-Con with a viral marketing campaign (whysoserious.com) and scavenger hunt from Warner Brothers. On July 26 of last year the altered dollar bills (pictured above) started circulating at the Con. The rumor was that funny money was a clue and would lead to something big on Saturday. Warners didn't deliver a Dark Knight panel at the Con but if you participated in the scavenger hunt you were able to unlock an exclusive Joker photo and teaser trailer. Who knows what surprises may lurk at this year's Comic-Con. But I'll bet we have a lot of Jokers showing up.