Will Bane return?

[Guts/Batman]

Or has he run his race?

If you trhink he will return, how soon do you think he will return?

[Matt]

I think that his tale is well and truly told.

He has accomplished all his known goals - he's beaten Batman, claimed Gotham as his own, kicked his Venom habit and now has found his Father.

Unless something new is introduced, then I fail to see how his story could be interesting to the average reader.

[Guts/Batman]

Agreed. I don't see him returning but even the dead return in comics, especially now in DCU.

I don't discount anyone being gone permanantly. I think DC has something planned for DCU yet. But it won't be for a while.

[Sean Whitmore]

Perhaps I'm being overly pessimistic, but I fully expect Bane to return. Most likely in a group of super villains, during a prison breakout scene, with no explanation of what he's doing there.

Such is the fate of most super villains who fall out of the limelight.


SEAN

[ExoKnight]

Bane will return one day. Just depends on the writer and what story they want to tell. Bane is a major Bat-Villian that is very unlikely not to be used again.

[The Wayner]

I'd have to say he'll return, too. Not sure when, but one day...

[1HELLBOY]

I'd like to see Bane come back and "restore" order in the world of Bat-Rogues. He could go after and kill Black Mask and Hush, since they seem to be the ones who are cuasing the most trouble in Gotham. Then he could "claim" the crown for himself. And here's where I run into trouble. It's a vicious cycle. He'd probably let all the power go to his head.



Hmm. Maybe he could be HIRED by Black Mask to kill Hush. He succeeds and then turns on and kills Black Mask. Then goes into hiding, biding his time until he's ready tos strike again.


Then there's the matter of his resurrection. They'd have to come up with a plausible story for him.

[Lester C.]

Bane will return sooner or later because he was the man in the nineties and sooner or later a future comic book writer with fond memories of that period will bring him back along with Jean Paul Valley. All this is assuming he doesn’t buy it during Infinite Crisis or one of it tie ins as a you know there are going to be a lot of characters checking out. Then again they brought back a lot of one off that died during our words at war a couple years ago like Guy Gardner which is good as I’m a big fan of that guy.

[Nick Kal]

I would hope so. I think he'd be a great allie or enemy to Black Mask. And imagine him and Jason Todd meeting up. Oh yeah!

[The Wayner]

I'd like to see Bane come back and "restore" order in the world of Bat-Rogues. He could go after and kill Black Mask and Hush, since they seem to be the ones who are cuasing the most trouble in Gotham. Then he could "claim" the crown for himself.

That sounds like a damned fine idea.

[Buried Alien]

It'd be hilarious if Bruce Wayne dies during INFINITE CRISIS, and Bane replaces him as Batman (with Jason Todd returning as Bane-Batman's new Robin). The ultimate irony. :)

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

[Alan2099]

He'll be back. I think his best story is already behind him, but he will certainly be back.

[pennywisdom]

Is his story over? Yes. Will he still come back anyway? Yes. Will it be a poorly-written attempt to cash in on an image? Yes.

As long as they don't attempt to pass him off as Bruce's brother, at least it won't be THAT bad.

[pennywisdom]

It'd be hilarious if Bruce Wayne dies during INFINITE CRISIS, and Bane replaces him as Batman (with Jason Todd returning as Bane-Batman's new Robin). The ultimate irony. :)

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)
lmao. I'm sure that will go over well.

[Chad G.]

Bane will return sooner or later because he was the man in the nineties and sooner or later a future comic book writer with fond memories of that period will bring him back along with Jean Paul Valley. All this is assuming he doesn’t buy it during Infinite Crisis or one of it tie ins as a you know there are going to be a lot of characters checking out. Then again they brought back a lot of one off that died during our words at war a couple years ago like Guy Gardner which is good as I’m a big fan of that guy.

It seems on the boards, our words are at war quite often. :p Just playing.

Anyway, when did Guy bite it during the Imperiex saga. I don't remember that, and I read it not too long ago.

[1HELLBOY]

That sounds like a damned fine idea.



Thanks, I do my best. :D

[Sean Whitmore]

Anyway, when did Guy bite it during the Imperiex saga. I don't remember that, and I read it not too long ago.


It didn't receive a lot of space. It was like, one panel in the JLA one-shot, showing Guy getting skewered by an Imperiex probe.

When Guy next pops up is in Action Comics, he is under the control of a demon or some such thing. He apparently tries to drag Superman into Hell, then double-crosses the demon and "escapes" back to life with Superman. (It's been a long time :) )


SEAN

[Chad G.]

It didn't receive a lot of space. It was like, one panel in the JLA one-shot, showing Guy getting skewered by an Imperiex probe.

When Guy next pops up is in Action Comics, he is under the control of a demon or some such thing. He apparently tries to drag Superman into Hell, then double-crosses the demon and "escapes" back to life with Superman. (It's been a long time :) )
SEAN

Thanks Sean. :)

[Chad G.]

I'm gonna take a minute to sound off here. The entire character of Bane made me both insanely pleased and disgusted with the Batman story and character at one time. On one side, you have this awesome new uber-villian for Batmans rogues gallery. Big, smart, powerful, charismatic, and a brilliant tactical planner. HE was able to do what had very rarely been done. Break the Bat. I was enamored by Bane when he first appeared, and after he broke Batmans back, I was just like WOW! And the way he dod it was brilliant. Instead of taking him on at full force, wear him down. Like I said a minute ago, brilliant tactical and strategic battlefield planning.

And then entered Jean Paul Valley. Very few characters have irritated me more than he has over the years. Aside from the fact that the whole multiple personality and schitzo problem thing drove me up a wall, he was replacing the Batman. THE BATMAN! And I don't care if he was still wearing the suit, he was NOT Bruce Wayne, and I know he wasn't intended to be. But he was a second rate vigilante. And the ease with which they allowed him to take Bane down is the main reason fro my disgust. He was absolutely crushed by Jean Paul. That was disgrace to everything that Bruce had established over the years. That he could be destroyed by Bane, and yet Bane gets walked over by Valley. Pitiful.

The point I'm trying to make trying to make in this ramble is that Bane had the potential to be the GREATEST Batman villian ever. I truly believe that. And to see him cheapened disgusts me. I hope that someday Bane returns, but only as the worthy opponenet that he once was. I wouldn't have it any other way.

[Sean Whitmore]

And the ease with which they allowed him to take Bane down is the main reason fro my disgust. He was absolutely crushed by Jean Paul. That was disgrace to everything that Bruce had established over the years. That he could be destroyed by Bane, and yet Bane gets walked over by Valley. Pitiful.


I understand the implication that bothers you (Az beat Bane so therefore Az could beat Batman"), but there are a number of factors you have to consider about the fight.

1. Bane was only able to beat Bruce after softening him up. In all of their subsequent fights, Bruce has trounced him fairly easily.

2. Bane was a drug addict at the time, and was going through serious withdrawl when fighting Azbats.

3. Bruce himself has said numerous times that Azrael's skill is ridiculously high thanks to "The System" that controls him.

So cut Jean Paul some slack. Anyway, he's dead, so 'eff him. ;)


SEAN

[Chad G.]

I understand the implication that bothers you (Az beat Bane so therefore Az could beat Batman"), but there are a number of factors you have to consider about the fight.

1. Bane was only able to beat Bruce after softening him up. In all of their subsequent fights, Bruce has trounced him fairly easily.

2. Bane was a drug addict at the time, and was going through serious withdrawl when fighting Azbats.

3. Bruce himself has said numerous times that Azrael's skill is ridiculously high thanks to "The System" that controls him.

So cut Jean Paul some slack. Anyway, he's dead, so 'eff him. ;)


SEAN

True in several ways. I just thought that Bane would have been the perfect villlian. And was wasted over time. Good points though.

[Guts/Batman]

So cut Jean Paul some slack. Anyway, he's dead, so 'eff him. ;)


SEAN

We don't know that he's dead... ;)

[Sean Whitmore]

We don't know that he's dead... ;)


Well, he's as dead as anyone in comics is. Which means, "until he comes back". :)


SEAN

[marshal99]

1. Bane was only able to beat Bruce after softening him up. In all of their subsequent fights, Bruce has trounced him fairly easily.
SEAN

I don't think you can say that Bruce trounced him fairly easily , it was never easy and it certainly wasn't a trouncing. Yes , batman did have the edge in their battles but it was a slight edge , on another given day , Bane might well have won.

[Alan2099]

It'd be hilarious if Bruce Wayne dies during INFINITE CRISIS, and Bane replaces him as Batman (with Jason Todd returning as Bane-Batman's new Robin). The ultimate irony. :)

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)
Nah. Bane is going to be the new Robin! Just picture him in the old Dick Grayson costume with his normal bane mask thrown over it. It'd be great.





And by "great", I mean "completley friggin's hilarious".

[Erebus]

Nah. Bane is going to be the new Robin! Just picture him in the old Dick Grayson costume with his normal bane mask thrown over it. It'd be great.





And by "great", I mean "completley friggin's hilarious".

Hilarious, but at the same time disurbing.

[dazzler_slave]

Nah. Bane is going to be the new Robin! Just picture him in the old Dick Grayson costume with his normal bane mask thrown over it. It'd be great.





And by "great", I mean "completley friggin's hilarious".


LOL! Oh god that's a frickin funny visual! Thanks for making my afternoon!

[Taskmaster]

Wasn't Bane last seen wrestling in Mexico somewhere :D :p

Seriously I'd love for him to come back, but they need a good reason since he's pretty much reformed at this point

[Lester C.]

Wasn't Bane last seen wrestling in Mexico somewhere :D :p

Seriously I'd love for him to come back, but they need a good reason since he's pretty much reformed at this point

I agree he went from a bad *** villain to a b list member of the Bat Family.

[1HELLBOY]

I just had an idea.


Now, I know that he finally kicked his Venom habit and that he was fighting the GOOD fight for a while.


But, what if, while on Venom, it kind of built an..."extra" immune system for him. Kind of like a parasitic "virus" in his body. But not harmful. So that even though he wasn't using it, it was still there, in the back of his mind. And then, once he died, it kicked in, and brought him back to life. And then the very thought if him dieing drove him insane, and he's been in hiding, biding his time until he returns.


Sounded better in my head.

[Alan2099]

I thought he was much more intresting when he was addicted to Venom and had the wires tubes running into him.