Batman will have two new vehicles to travel around in and fight Parademons with in next year's Justice League . (Some smallahead.)

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The Batmobile packs even more firepower in Justice League. (Photo: Clay Enos)

visited the Leavesden set of the Zack Snyder-directed DC movie last Friday, during which time production designer Patrick Tatopoulos took the invited press on a tour of the sets to show off Batman's new rides.One new Bat-vehicle is the Night Crawler (or, simply, the Crawler), a four-legged vehicle designed to travel through tunnels and scale walls. It has a narrow cockpit, which Batman operates almost like a forklift driver, and four spider-like legs that can puncture through concrete allowing him to scale or break through walls. It also has weaponry, including flamethrowers for toasting Parademons (as we saw in concept art in the production war room). The overall vibe reminded me of those DARPA robot dogs , but big enough to carry a few people and with more insect-like legs.The other new vehicle is the Flying Fox, a giant aircraft that looked larger than a B-52 Stratofortress -- Batman can park the Batmobile inside it and it has multiple floors -- and serves as a mobile command center for the Justice League. The cockpit is closer to the back of the craft than a traditional aircraft whose cockpit is at the front. Bruce Wayne and Alfred Pennyworth retrofitted the Flying Fox for the needs of this mission.Tatopoulos explained that the thinking behind both the Crawler and the Flying Fox is that they're older Wayne Industries and Wayne Aerospace craft built for the military but that Bruce Wayne and Alfred Pennyworth have since retrofitted for the needs of this mission.The Flying Fox is based at an old Wayne submarine hanger on the docks of Gotham, a relic of World War II. The Flying Fox can take off vertically and land on water, as seen in movie concept art of the aircraft hovering on the water in front of Bruce's lake house.The Batmobile is the same as in Batman v Superman, but has been even more weaponry now to battle such otherworldly menaces as Parademons. Check out this official photo of it on the set of the Wayne hanger taken last Friday.The Dark Knight's costume begins looking much the same as it did in BvS, but as the story progresses he tweaks and augments it into what costume designer Michael Wilkinson referred to as the "Tactical" Batsuit. It's not the mech armor from BvS, but it has more armored plating strapped to it in sections and a cowl with gold-tinted goggles that are also somehow tied to the piloting of his vehicles. There's some extra enhancement on his right arm, which Wilkinson said the thinking behind was that the forty-something Batman might have an old injury he needs to compensate for.For more of what I learned on the set of Justice League, check out the stories below!