Following the announcement of Tom Hardy signing to portray the complex villain Bane in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises," CBR News takes a look at the origins and life of the man that broke the Bat.
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01-31-2011, 10:55 AM #1Mild-Mannered Reporter
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CBR: DC FLASHBACK: Bane
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01-31-2011, 12:31 PM #2New Member
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Can anyone recommend any good Bane-centric Bat-man TPBs?
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01-31-2011, 12:41 PM #3New Member
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Knightfall and Knightsend classic!
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01-31-2011, 12:47 PM #4/ Namrepus
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Though Bane is not in it at all, I would recommend Batman: Venom, as it showcases the Dark Knight's struggle with drug.
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01-31-2011, 01:06 PM #5Senior Member
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Bane is also one of the main villains in the out of print Batman: Legacy trade. He also appears in a few of the No Man's Land trades. Other than that, all there is really the 3 Knightfall saga trades and the Secret Six trades.
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01-31-2011, 01:34 PM #6misanthrope
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The ones that were mentioned already, plus these three by Chuck Dixon:
Vengeance of Bane (Bane's origin)
Vengeance of Bane II (deals with the aftermath of Bane's defeat in Knightfall)
Batman: Bane of the Demon (Bane encounters Ra's al Ghul and Talia; takes place between Vengeance II and Batman: Legacy)Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something. - Robert Heinlen
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01-31-2011, 01:54 PM #7misanthrope
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Also:
JSA Classified #17-18 (Bane versus Rex and Rick Tyler)
Checkmate #12 (Bane's rigging elections in Santa Prisca and runs afoul of Greg Rucka's Checkmate)
The "Tabula Rasa" and "Veritas Liberat" arcs in Gotham Knights, which revealed Bane's true parentage and set him on the redemptive arc that led to his current characterization in Secret Six.Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something. - Robert Heinlen
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01-31-2011, 10:54 PM #8GL #2814.5
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I would urge toward leaving the Bat out of this search and simply reading Simone's Secret Six once Bane is featured. Not only is this incredible characterization for Bane, but it's also comic reading at some of it's best for most of the run thus far.
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I've got a great idea. How about we keep blaming the other party. Yeah. That's healthy.
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02-01-2011, 06:04 PM #9Gotham Guardian
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I wouldn't encourage anyone to ignore the Batman tales, but I certainly affirm the excellent work Gail is doing with the character is S6.
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02-01-2011, 06:36 PM #10BANNED
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Bane was badass in the first S6 arc. The way he handled Junior throwing bricks at him was impressive.
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I've never been a Chuck Dixon fan...am I really missing out by not reading any Bat related stuff he has done?
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02-02-2011, 08:56 AM #12misanthrope
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If Dixon's work is not to your liking, then I'd say just check out Bane's origin (Vengeance of Bane) and leave off the other two Bane stories I listed that Dixon did. Personally, I thought that Vengeance 2 and Bane of the Demon were both excellent, but if you're just trying to get a grasp of the character and are not a fan of Dixon's writing, they're not as 'essential' as his origin. Vengeance 2 has Bane in Blackgate prison after his defeat by AzBats at the end of Knightfall and deals with how he recovered from that downfall, while Bane of the Demon is the backstory for how he hooked up with Ra's and Talia prior to Legacy. If either of those two story scenarios appeals to you, you might overlook your aversion to Dixon and check them out. But if not, you can skip out on them and just read the synopses/summaries somewhere online to get the gist of what happened in them. Originally Posted by chrisgiff
(I'm just assuming here that you've already read Knightfall, which Dixon also contributed to.)Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something. - Robert Heinlen
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02-02-2011, 06:13 PM #13In the shadows...
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I appreciated this recap of Bane's history.
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02-02-2011, 07:05 PM #14BANNED
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I'm surprised that no one has linked to this article that probably inspired the CBR piece. It's a really informative piece about why Bane is important.
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/0...ing-down-bane/
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02-02-2011, 07:35 PM #15BANNED
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Thanks for posting. Somethings I already knew, but others parts were very insightful. Originally Posted by Jake V
Before, I was never that big of a fan of Bane. I felt his creation was too gimicky, and served as a plot device (okay they did give him a legit backstory, but still). I took a hard time taking a super-steroid luchador as a credible villain for Batman. Knightfall was a great concept, but it ended up being too bloated and gimicky for me to care.
Of course, in retrospect, I actually really dig Bane as a villain. I love Count of Monte Cristo origin and the evil Doc Savage thing going on. And with Nolan, I expect what the character has always deserved: an intelligent interpretation.
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