Bane (DC)
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[[File:BatmanVengeanceofBaneV1-1.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Bane in Batman: Vengeance of Bane v1 #1.]] | [[File:BatmanVengeanceofBaneV1-1.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Bane in Batman: Vengeance of Bane v1 #1.]] | ||
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| + | His heavily pregnant mother was brought to [[Santa Prisca (DC)|Santa Prisca]] to the prison of '''Pena Duro''' (Translation: The Hard Stone) where the unborn child was to be charged with the crimes of his father under the medieval codes of the island nation. Due to being a male child, he came to fall under Santa Priscan law and made to serve out his life sentence. Similarly, his mother was sent to reside in the prison walls where she was her son's guardian. As he grew, he along with his mother were in the protective care of the infirmary but she to waste away in the prison. The young boy came to learn life within the prison and knew every corner of Pena Duro including the harsh life amongst its prisoners where he saw them murdering one another. By his 6th birthday, his mother had given up on life and passed away in the infirmary where she was denied a Christian funeral and instead her body was thrown into the shark infested waters around the island. After his mothers death, the warden had the boy placed within the general population and forced to fend for himself. (Batman: Vengeance of Bane v1 #1) | ||
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| + | One day, he became curious about [[Gotham City]] and asked Bird about it who told him that it was the greatest city in the world. Bane then asked who ruled it to which Bird told him about the mysterious vigilante called the [[Batman]] who ruled the night and targeted criminals. This intrigued him and sparked his interest in meeting the Dark Knight. (Batman: Vengeance of Bane v1 #1) | ||
===Breaking the Bat=== | ===Breaking the Bat=== | ||
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===Personality and attributes=== | ===Personality and attributes=== | ||
[[File:BatmanV2-23-4BaneTextless.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Bane in Batman v2 #23.4 Bane.]] | [[File:BatmanV2-23-4BaneTextless.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Bane in Batman v2 #23.4 Bane.]] | ||
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| + | Life in Pena Duro had made him as hard as the prison with him not crying after the death of his mother as he felt she was too weak to live in such a place. (Batman: Vengeance of Bane v1 #1) | ||
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===Powers and abilities=== | ===Powers and abilities=== | ||
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| + | Within Pena Duro, he went through an intense physical regime in improving his body where he did a thousand push-ups, sit-ups and pull-ups a day. Instead of sleep, he used to meditate for four hours at night (Batman: Vengeance of Bane v1 #1) | ||
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| + | On Santa Prisca, he became a test subject in the army's experiments in the use of the drug known as '''Venom'''. He came to survive injections that killed five other test subjects whose hearts exploded from use. This pleased the people in charge who then performed surgery on Bane that led to implants in his skull through which the drug could be administered directly into his brain. The super-steroid drug was noted for its complexity yet ease through which it could be replicated. Within the body, it stimulated the adrenal glands whilst another ingredient targeted the corpus callosum segment of the brain thus fusing its right and left hemispheres. (Batman: Vengeance of Bane v1 #1) | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*Bane was created by Chuck Dixon, Doug Moench and Graham Nolan where he made his first appearance in Batman: Vengeance of Bane v1 #1 (January, 1993). | *Bane was created by Chuck Dixon, Doug Moench and Graham Nolan where he made his first appearance in Batman: Vengeance of Bane v1 #1 (January, 1993). | ||
| − | *Artist Graham Nolan in [www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/03/regular/style/comics/r_style_comics051603.htm The Washington Post] commented on the characters creation, ''"Actually, Chuck Dixon came up the idea for an evil "Doc Savage" and I designed the character."'' | + | *Artist Graham Nolan in [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/03/regular/style/comics/r_style_comics051603.htm The Washington Post] commented on the characters creation, ''"Actually, Chuck Dixon came up the idea for an evil "Doc Savage" and I designed the character."'' |
*Writer Chuck Dixon said in an [https://www.newsarama.com/9878-bane-of-his-existence-from-dc-comics-to-dark-knight-rises.html interview] that, ''"Since I was so skeptical about our success, Denny assigned me to come up with the origin of this character, who we were calling Doc Toxic at the time, and write an extra-length special for me. I think Denny was relying on my obsessive approach to this stuff. He knew I’d sweat it. The name “Bane” popped out at me while looking through a thesaurus to compile a list of possible names. That’s the name I kept coming back to when I thought of him and I eventually brought everyone else around to calling him that."'' | *Writer Chuck Dixon said in an [https://www.newsarama.com/9878-bane-of-his-existence-from-dc-comics-to-dark-knight-rises.html interview] that, ''"Since I was so skeptical about our success, Denny assigned me to come up with the origin of this character, who we were calling Doc Toxic at the time, and write an extra-length special for me. I think Denny was relying on my obsessive approach to this stuff. He knew I’d sweat it. The name “Bane” popped out at me while looking through a thesaurus to compile a list of possible names. That’s the name I kept coming back to when I thought of him and I eventually brought everyone else around to calling him that."'' | ||
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Bane is a male comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Bane
His heavily pregnant mother was brought to Santa Prisca to the prison of Pena Duro (Translation: The Hard Stone) where the unborn child was to be charged with the crimes of his father under the medieval codes of the island nation. Due to being a male child, he came to fall under Santa Priscan law and made to serve out his life sentence. Similarly, his mother was sent to reside in the prison walls where she was her son's guardian. As he grew, he along with his mother were in the protective care of the infirmary but she to waste away in the prison. The young boy came to learn life within the prison and knew every corner of Pena Duro including the harsh life amongst its prisoners where he saw them murdering one another. By his 6th birthday, his mother had given up on life and passed away in the infirmary where she was denied a Christian funeral and instead her body was thrown into the shark infested waters around the island. After his mothers death, the warden had the boy placed within the general population and forced to fend for himself. (Batman: Vengeance of Bane v1 #1)
One day, he became curious about Gotham City and asked Bird about it who told him that it was the greatest city in the world. Bane then asked who ruled it to which Bird told him about the mysterious vigilante called the Batman who ruled the night and targeted criminals. This intrigued him and sparked his interest in meeting the Dark Knight. (Batman: Vengeance of Bane v1 #1)
Breaking the Bat
Secret Six
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of history was created with a different timeline of events.
In the aftermath, he was kept detained at a wing in Arkham Asylum where his mind was seemingly broken as a result of his earlier encounter with Batman. However, this was simply part of his plan to rule Gotham from within the prison and orchestrated his attacks against Batman from there. (Batman v3 #59)
Afterwards, the Asylum was subjected to a Joker Toxin attack that was responsible for killing 500 people that included staff and prisoners. Among the day included Bane who seemingly died from exposure to the gas in a brutal event that came to be regarded in Gotham as A-Day. (Infinite Frontier v1 #0) Following his death, people began to use the symbol of Bane as a sign of strength and as a rallying cry with banners as well as art of him being put up in Little Santa Prisca. (The Joker v2 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Life in Pena Duro had made him as hard as the prison with him not crying after the death of his mother as he felt she was too weak to live in such a place. (Batman: Vengeance of Bane v1 #1)
Powers and abilities
Within Pena Duro, he went through an intense physical regime in improving his body where he did a thousand push-ups, sit-ups and pull-ups a day. Instead of sleep, he used to meditate for four hours at night (Batman: Vengeance of Bane v1 #1)
On Santa Prisca, he became a test subject in the army's experiments in the use of the drug known as Venom. He came to survive injections that killed five other test subjects whose hearts exploded from use. This pleased the people in charge who then performed surgery on Bane that led to implants in his skull through which the drug could be administered directly into his brain. The super-steroid drug was noted for its complexity yet ease through which it could be replicated. Within the body, it stimulated the adrenal glands whilst another ingredient targeted the corpus callosum segment of the brain thus fusing its right and left hemispheres. (Batman: Vengeance of Bane v1 #1)
Notes
- Bane was created by Chuck Dixon, Doug Moench and Graham Nolan where he made his first appearance in Batman: Vengeance of Bane v1 #1 (January, 1993).
- Artist Graham Nolan in The Washington Post commented on the characters creation, "Actually, Chuck Dixon came up the idea for an evil "Doc Savage" and I designed the character."
- Writer Chuck Dixon said in an interview that, "Since I was so skeptical about our success, Denny assigned me to come up with the origin of this character, who we were calling Doc Toxic at the time, and write an extra-length special for me. I think Denny was relying on my obsessive approach to this stuff. He knew I’d sweat it. The name “Bane” popped out at me while looking through a thesaurus to compile a list of possible names. That’s the name I kept coming back to when I thought of him and I eventually brought everyone else around to calling him that."
Alternate Versions
- In Old Lady Harley v1 #3 (2018), an alternate version of the character appeared in a post-apocalyptic future where the villains ruled the world. On this Earth, Bane suffered from a partially crippled body due to years of Venom abuse leaving his body near skeletal in frame. By this point, he had a pair of daughters who operated in similar costumes as him and were known as the Bane Twins. He oversaw a gladiatorial arena where contestants fought one another within the ring.
In other media
Television
- In The Batman, Bane was an antagonist in the animated series where he was a number of appearances with him being voiced by different actors. This version was a South American mercenary that was a slim man in an all black bodysuit and had a Venom injector control on his hand that transformed him into a huge red skinned super-strong individual. In "Traction", he was voiced actor Joaquim de Almeida where he was hired by three crime bosses who wanted someone to eliminate Batman. In "Team Penguin", he was voiced by actor Ron Perlman and was part of a crime crew assembled by the Penguin. In "The Batman/Superman Story", he was voiced by actor Clancy Brown in Part 1 where he was hired along with a number of other Gotham criminals to ambush Superman.
- In Harley Quinn, Bane appeared in the setting of the comedy animated television series where he was voiced by actor James Adomian.
Films
- In Batman and Robin, Bane appeared as a minor antagonist with no dialogue in the live-action film where he was portrayed by former wrestler Robert "Jeep" Swenson. This version was identified in background material as Antonio Diego.
- In Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, Bane had a brief appearance in the animated film with no dialogue. He was among several supervillains that tried to claim the billion dollar bounty on Superman. During a fight with Batman, the Dark knight used a Batarang to knock out Bane's Venom tube whereupon he defeated him with a single kick.
- In The Dark Knight Rises, Bane appeared as a leading antagonist in the live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Tom Hardy.
Video games
- In Injustice: Gods Among Us, Bane appeared as a playable character in the setting of the fighting video game where he was voiced by actor Fred Tatasciore.
- In Injustice 2, Bane appeared once again in the setting of the fighting video game where he was once more voiced again by actor Fred Tatasciore.
Appearances
- Batman: Vengeance of Bane v1: (1993)
- Batman v1:
- Detective Comics v1:
- Secret Six:
- Bane:
- Batman v3:
- Infinite Frontier v1: (2021)
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