He reads as many books as he can get his hands on, builds up his body in the prison's gymnasium, and learns to fight in the merciless school of prison life. Though imprisoned, his natural abilities allow him to develop extraordinary skills within the prison's walls. Born to serve the life sentence of his father, Bane's childhood and early adult life are spent behind the walls of Peña Duro, an infamous prison located in Santa Prisca. The origin of Bane has similarities with another fictional character, Alexandre Dumas' Edmond Dantes. The link between Bane and King Snake was introduced by writer Scott Beatty. In the pages of Azrael, O'Neil introduced Bane's perception of Venom as both an addiction and the weakness responsible for his earlier defeats. O'Neil had previously created Bane's hellish birthplace of Santa Prisca in The Question and the drug Venom in the storyline of the same name (published in the pages of Legends of the Dark Knight #16-20, and later reprinted as a graphic novel). It is also unclear how much input was provided by Denny O'Neil (veteran writer of the Batman books, then Group Editor for the Batman family of books, and author of the novel adaptation of Knightfall).

Dixon wrote the character's first appearance (Vengeance of Bane), with art by Graham Nolan. In many adaptations he is more simplistic and thug-like than his comic book counterpart.Ĭhuck Dixon, Doug Moench, and Graham Nolan created the character for the Knightfall storyline, although it is unclear what elements were introduced by each of the two writers (Dixon and Moench). He returned to the silver screen in 2012's The Dark Knight Rises, portrayed by Tom Hardy, which has several influences from the Knightfall Story Arc. Pro-wrestler Jeep Swenson played him in the 1997 film Batman & Robin. Despite their history, he has sometimes had Batman's financial backing and direct assistance.īane has appeared in some other media adaptations of Batman, including Batman: The Animated Series, its sequels and spin-offs and its successor, The Batman. He is best known for breaking Batman's back in the 'Knightfall' story arc.Īlthough primarily a villain, Bane is a complex character and has worked to take down drug lords. Although his dependency on Venom is an immense weakness, Bane has been one of Batman's most intelligent and physically powerful foes. He develops super strength through a forced experiment involving the drug Venom.

Originally intended as a 'dark mirror' of the highly disciplined and multi-skilled pulp hero Doc Savage, Bane spends his childhood in the hellish prison of Pena Duro on the corrupt South American island nation of Santa Prisca.

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