Bane (DC)
Bane is a male comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Bane
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
Powers and abilities
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 [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 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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