Character Review: Bane

Character Review

Name: Bane

Appearance: DC Comics and Batman cartoons

Bane is a character that grew up in South America, living in prison most of his life. He used his time to lift weights and grow stronger. He later started using a highly dangerous drug called Venom to help him gain muscle and strength (Steroid-like). While in prison, he heard stories about an amazing crime fighter in Gotham City. He then decides he has one goal in life to defeat Batman. Bane breaks out of prison and heads for Gotham City to fulfill his dream.

The first thing he does is to break every villain out of Arkham Asylum. His plan is simple, wear Batman down and then move in for the kill. Batman spends all week bringing the worst of the worst criminals back to prison. During this time, Bane watches from the shadows, observing Batman’s every move, every fight stance.

After bringing in the last of the escaped criminals, Batman heads home for Wayne Manor. He enters his house to discover Bane waiting for him in his living room. Tired and beaten up, Batman is no match for the Venom powered villain. Bane defeats The Dark Knight by breaking his back over his knee. Bane then takes the broken Batman and throws him off a rooftop in front of all of Gotham City. Bane says that he is now the ruler of the Criminal element in the city.

Bruce Wayne’s replacement Batman, (Formerly programmed killer Jean-Paul Valley) ends up beating Bane into a comma. Bane for a while stopped talking and simply kept to himself in the Asylum.