Ben Affleck stepped back into the spotlight, on Saturday, at Comic-Con fan convention in San Diego, in support of the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Almost two weeks after Affleck and estranged wife Jennifer Garner announced plans to divorce, the 42-year-old star sat next to co-stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams and Jesse Eisenberg for the DC Comics panel discussion -- Ben's first public appearance since announcing his split from Jen.

Ben was seemingly in good spirits, but kept talk to Batman and didn't let on to any details of his personal life -- other than that his son Samuel is a fan of the Caped Crusader. He told the story of running into Christian Bale, who last played Batman in Christopher Nolan's popular films, saying:

    "I had this really weird experience where, before we started this movie, I was getting my kid a Halloween costume -- my son, who is really into Batman, wisely -- and we went to the costume store in Los Angeles. It was pretty empty, and I was in the aisle and I hear, 'Oi...' I turned around and it's Christian Bale. And there he and I are standing in the Batman costume [aisle]. I said, 'Look man, you know, you're the best. Like, what do you think? You got any tips?' He says, 'Make sure you can piss through that suit."


Affleck was wearing his wedding ring, though he dug his left hand into his pocket when he made his way to a waiting car after the panel wrapped. Ben recently returned from Atlanta where Jen's filming Miracles From Heaven. The two shared a rental property - Ben in the guest house - so he could spend time with the kids after their trip to the Bahamas the week before.

So back to Batman ... Deadline reports Ben will team up with Geoff Johns to co-write a stand-alone Batman movie that Affleck will direct and star in after he completes his adaptation of Live By Night. The script will reportedly be ready before the end of the summer, before Affleck shot LBN which he'll also direct and star in. That's a gangster film set during Prohibition, co-staring Zoe Saldana and Sienna Miller.

Batman v Superman is set for release on March 25, 2016 and Ben and his co-stars debuted the first trailer for the highly-anticipated film ...