Bane | |
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![]() Bane, as he appeared during the Knightfall arc in Detective Comics #666 (July 1993), art by co-creator Graham Nolan (pencils), Scott Hanna (inks), and Adrienne Roy (colors) | |
Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 (January 1993) |
Created by | Chuck Dixon (writer) Graham Nolan (artist) |
In-story information | |
Species | Metahuman |
Team affiliations | Suicide Squad Secret Society of Super Villains Secret Six League of Assassins Legion of Doom |
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Bane is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Chuck Dixon and Graham Nolan, the character first appeared in Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 (January 1993). He has become one of the superhero Batman’s most enduring enemies belonging to the collective of adversaries that make up his rogues gallery.
In his comic book appearances, Bane is an international criminal with a mix of brute strength and exceptional intelligence. Born and raised in the Peña Duro prison on the Caribbean island of Santa Prisca where he served a life sentence for his elusive father King Snake's revolutionary ways, he serves as a test subject for the super-steroid known as "Venom". Bane uses his enhanced strength to escape and heads to Gotham City, where he defeats and breaks the back of its protector, Batman. Famous for having symbolically "Broken the Bat", Bane is often credited as the only villain to have bested Batman both physically and mentally.[1]
The character has been adapted in various media incarnations, having been portrayed in film by Robert Swenson in the 1997 film Batman & Robin, and Tom Hardy in the 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises, and in television by Shane West in the Fox series Gotham. Henry Silva, Héctor Elizondo, Danny Trejo, Fred Tatasciore, JB Blanc, and others have provided Bane's voice in animation and video games. IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time ranked Bane as #34.[2]