MOST EXPENSIVE BATPOD
SOLD AT AUCTION
A Batpod motorcycle fromThe DarkKnight Rises (USA, 2012) sold at the 2016
Prop Store Live Auction (UK) on 27Sep2016 for £312,000 ($404,393).
But it’s not the most expensive Batman
memorabilia sold at auction. On 19^ Jan 2013,
a Batmobile (far right) used in the 1960sBatman^TV show sold at the Barrett-Jackson car auction
in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, for $4,620,000
(£2,897,770), inclusive of the seller’s premium.LARGEST X-MEN COLLECTION
As of 28^ Jun 2012, Eric Jaskolka’s (USA) hoard of X-Men
memorabilia ran to 15,400 individual items when counted in
West Des Moines, Iowa, USA. Eric began his collection
in 1989, initially concentrating just on comic books
and branching into X-Men toys two years later.LARGEST SUPERMAN
COLLECTION
Marco Zorzin (BRA) had
gathered 1,518 individual items
related to the Man of Steel
as of 14^ Feb 2016. Marco is
such a huge fan of Kal-El, the
last Kryptonian, that he has
officially changed his middle
name to “Superman”. His
super-collection includes all
the Superman films starring
Christopher Reeve on VHS tape,
along with a themed thermos
flask, lunch^ box, baseball cap,
wrist watch, headphones and
an inflatable punch bag.Eric’s
favourite items
are four unreleased
prototypes of X-Men
statues and figures that
never went into
production.Longest gap
between character
appearances in
Marvel Cinematic
Universe movies
The character of
Thaddeus “Thunderbolt”
Ross, played by William
Hurt (USA), made
his screen debut in
The Incredible Hulk (USA,
2008). His second outing
was not for another
7 years 328 days, however,
in Captain America: Civil
War (USA, 2016).Most property damage
in a superhero movie
The cost of the damage
to the city of Metropolis
(plus a Wayne Enterprises
satellite) during Superman’s
climactic battle with General
Zod in Man of Steel (USA/
CAN/UK, 2013) has been
put at $750 bn (£610 bn).
The film sees an entire alien
world (Krypton) destroyed
too, an event that also
features in Superman
(USA/UK/PAN/CHE, 1978),
starring Christopher Reeve.Most prolific TV, film
and theatre stuntman
Roy Alon (UK, 1942–2006)
worked on 937 TV, film and
theatre productions as
either a stunt co-ordinator,
performer or 2nd Unit
Director. These comprise
148 films (including all four
of the Christopher Reeve
Superman movies and most
of the James Bond series),
739 TV shows, 13 theatre
productions and 37 adverts.Shortest stuntman
Kiran Shah (UK, b. KEN)
stood 126.3 cm (4 ft 1.7 in)
when measured on 20 Oct- He has appeared
in 52 movies since 1976
and performed stunts
in 31 of them, including
being perspective stunt
double (for long shots
during action scenes) for
Elijah Wood in the Lord
of the Rings trilogy (NZ/
USA, 2001–03).
At
the same
sale, the Batsuit
from The Dark
Knight Rises sold for
£192,000 ($248,857),
while Bane’s outfit
fetched £96,000
($124,428).