| Comics | Post-Crisis • Post-Flashpoint |
|---|---|
| Movies | Burtonverse • The Dark Knight Trilogy |
| Shows | DCAU • The Batman • Gotham |
| Games | Arkham Series |
| “ | I am Bane - and I could kill you… but death would only end your agony and silence your shame. Instead, I will simply… BREAK YOU![1] | „ |
| ~ Bane immediately before he breaks Batman’s back |
| “ | An artist shouldn’t repeat herself. You risk alienating your audience. Who wants to see the same thing every time? You must grow. Change. Be unpredictable. Unexpected. Unknowable. The serpent sheds its skin and it is reborn. And that is a good thing, no?[2] | „ |
| ~ Bane on his path to redemption |
Summary
This man was born in the prison of Peña Duro, where he would have to serve a life sentence in the place of his father. He grew up in the prison, and killing one of his fellow prisoners, the guards bestowed a name upon him: Bane. The prison guards locked Bane in a pit for ten years as penance, expecting him to die, but he survived and became a legend to the other inmates. Bane trained his mind and his body and was eventually chosen as a test subject for a drug called Venom. Bane was the only subject who survived the test, and he was subsequently given surgery so the drug could be injected directly into his brain. After faking his own death to escape Peña Duro, Bane returned to free the inmates, kill the warden and steal a helicopter so he could travel to Gotham City, home of the man that Bane wanted to destroy: the Batman.
Bane would go on to free the inmates from Arkham, allowing them to wear down Batman and weaken him, then he would break into Wayne Manor and incapacitate Alfred just in time for Batman to return. Bane proceeded to beat Batman down and ultimately break his back, making him the only man to have “broken the Bat”. Bane practically ruled Gotham City until he was defeated by Azrael, although he would eventually escape prison and become a recurring foe of Batman.
At some point, Bane would come to believe that his father was Thomas Wayne, which would make him the half-brother of Batman. While this was eventually proven false, it allowed Bane to spend time with Batman, which led to him beginning a journey to find his real father. During his journey, Bane would find redemption, stopping several criminals and nearly sacrificing his life to save Batman. After being rejuvenated by a Lazarus Pit, Bane left to begin a new chapter of his life, now a changed man.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 9-A, 8-C with Venom
Name: Bane, The Bane of Everything Holy, his real name is unknown
Origins: DC Comics, first appeared in Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 (January 1993)
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: Human
Powers and Abilities:
- Superhuman Physical Characteristics
- Acrobatics (Hypermobility & Self-Momentum; As shown here[3])
- Enhanced Senses (Enhanced Hearing; Heard the underwater approach of Killer Croc[4])
- Photographic Memory (Eidetically memorized the pages of a Parthian text[5])
- Supernatural Willpower (Capable of surviving things that would kill a normal human being through sheer determination[6])
- Genius Intelligence
- Skilled Hand-to-Hand Combatant (Has fought with the likes of Batman, Azrael, Nightwing and many other members of the Bat-Family on several occasions)
- Information Analysis (Could tell that Batman was weakened based on his movements and he could tell that Jean-Paul Valley wasn’t the real Batman.[8] Somehow knew that Batman was only feigning being under the control of Poison Ivy[9])
- Stealth Mastery (Escaped the sight of Tim Drake, who had been trying to sneak up on him, and got behind him without being noticed. Managed to hide in the short amount of time before Killer Croc arrived.[4] Broke into Wayne Manor[10])
- Weapon Mastery (Shot a balloon out of the sky with a sniper rifle.[11] Briefly contended with Ra's Al Ghul in swordsmanship[5])
- Hacking (Hacked into the contact system on the doors of Wayne Manor.[10] Hacked into a billboard[12])
- Statistics Amplification via Venom (Can inject himself with Venom to enhance his strength)
Resistance to
- Electricity Manipulation (Only suffered minor pain from having his arm electrocuted.[13] Withstood an electrical charge that gradually grew more powerful[14])
Attack Potency: Small Building level+ (Has traded blows with Batman[15] on multiple[16] occasions[17] and is stated to be second only to him as a perfect physical specimen.[10] Fought on par with Pre-Hush Killer Croc.[4] Stomped KGBeast.[18] One-shot Nightwing and later easily harmed him.[16] Easily harmed the Joker[19]), Building level with Venom (Effortlessly broke Killer Croc’s arm and one-shot him with a kick.[20] Physically[21] superior[12] to Azrael. Stated to hit as hard as a Venom-amped Bird, who cracked Azrael’s ribs[22])
Speed: Superhuman movement speed (Hourman stated that normal humans can’t move at speeds like Bane[3]). At least Supersonic+, possibly Hypersonic+ combat speed (Comparable to Batman and has fought him multiple times. Dodged a kick from Azrael while injured.[12] Easily caught a kick from Nightwing[16])
Lifting Strength: At least Class 1, possibly Class 5 (Had an evenly matched grapple with Batman[23]), higher with Venom (Much stronger than his base self)
Striking Strength: Small Building level+ (Comparable to Batman and stronger than Nightwing), Building level with Venom (Much stronger than his base self. Superior to Azrael)
Durability: Small Building level+ (Can take hits from Batman. Tanked a kick from Nightwing[16]), Building level with Venom (More durable than before. Took attacks from Azrael)
Stamina: Superhuman (During his time in Peña Duro, he did intense exercises every day: a thousand push-ups, sit-ups and pull-ups and meditation for four hours instead of sleeping.[7] He could continue fighting despite taking several hits, stabs and slashes, he literally ignored having Batarangs shot into his back and still survived being beaten down by Azrael.[12] While in Blackgate Penitentiary, he ran twenty miles every day for six months and swam through a thirty-knot current with no problem.[18] Escaped a prison hundreds of feet below the surface without showing signs of fatigue.[5] Easily climbed up a cliff in the middle of a hurricane with 120 mph winds[24])
Range: Standard Melee Range, Hundreds of Meters with firearms
Standard Equipment: A harness that supplies him with Venom[7], although he stopped using it after Knightfall.
- Optional Equipment: A sniper rifle, a rocket launcher, a flashlight, a gun that fired darts of Venom, a net gun, a stuffed bear with a knife hidden inside of it
Intelligence: Genius. Bane was able to go from being illiterate to reading three books a day and learning how to read in six languages. He read all of the books in the Peña Duro library, of which there were thousands, and read many more books that were smuggled in to him.[7] He was able to single-handedly deduce that Bruce Wayne was Batman.[9] He is a master strategist and a student of every military leader and conqueror in history.[10] He was able to recognize a chess play even though he’d never seen a chessboard before,[25] and merely a day later, he was challenging Ra’s Al Ghul in a game of chess.[26] Ra's Al Ghul regarded Bane as an equal to the greatest minds that he’d ever known.[5] He is also a skilled chemist that could recreate Venom with only a little bit of help.[22]
Standard Tactics: Prior to and during Knightfall, Bane rarely ever fought without Venom, but after Knightfall, he would never use it. He is almost exclusively a hand-to-hand fighter that occasionally makes use of guns.
Weaknesses: Removing the tubes feeding him Venom will cause him to lose his enhanced strength, and using more Venom causes him to gain a dependency. However, after his defeat at the hands of Azrael, Bane swore off using Venom and overcame his dependency, so it is no longer an issue.
Gallery
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Notable Matchups
Victories:
- Harry Potter (Wizarding World) Harry's Profile (Bane had 2 days of prep. Speed was equalized)
Losses:
- Arcane Vi (League of Legends) Vi's Profile (Speed Equalized)
- Taiga Saejima (Like A Dragon) Taiga Saejima's Profile (Speed was equalized, Distance was 30 meters, Location was in Kamurocho at nighttime, Both did not have prior knowledge nor prep time, Current Saejima and Venom-Amped Bane was used)
Inconclusive:
References
- ↑ Batman Vol. 1 #497, July 1993
- ↑ Batman: Gotham Knights #47, January 2004
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 JSA: Classified #17, November 2006
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Detective Comics Vol. 1 #660, May 1993
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Batman: Bane of the Demon #4, June 1998
- ↑ Azrael #39, March 1998
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1, January 1993
- ↑ Batman Vol. 1 #490, March 1993
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Batman Vol. 1 #495, June 1993
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Batman Villains Secret Files, October 1998
- ↑ Batman Vol. 1 #491, April 1993
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Batman Vol. 1 #500, October 1993
- ↑ Salvation Run #6, June 2008
- ↑ Secret Six Vol. 3 #23, September 2010
- ↑ Detective Comics Vol. 1 #701, September 1996
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Batman: Bane, 1997
- ↑ Detective Comics Vol. 1 #736, September 1999
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Batman: Vengeance of Bane #2, October 1995
- ↑ Detective Comics Vol. 1 #740, January 2000
- ↑ Batman Vol. 1 #489, February 1993
- ↑ Detective Comics Vol. 1 #666, September 1993
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Azrael #37, January 1998
- ↑ Batman: Gotham Knights #35, January 2003
- ↑ Azrael #38, February 1998
- ↑ Batman: Bane of the Demon #2, April 1998
- ↑ Batman: Bane of the Demon #3, May 1998
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