But while the movie version was grounded, and effective in striking fear into the hearts Gotham City's citizens, the true comic book origins of Bane are rather different. Unlike many of Batman's most famous foes, Bane was not created alongside the DC heroes of the mids, or even in the following years as DC Comics took shape. Since he was a later creation, Bane has only one primary origin story, which may be the darkest and most brutal in Batman's entire Rogues Gallery. Due to this national corruption it was decided that, should Bane's mother birth a male child, the baby would carry out his father's sentence. Of course, Bane was born a male child and thus he was raised in prison. His mother quickly died, which meant Bane had to learn to fend for himself and outsmart the prisoners around him.
Bane's Comic Book Origin Story
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Raised in a prison on the island of Santa Prisca for the crimes of his father, Bane dedicated his life to honing his mind and body into a perfect weapon. In order to wage his unending war on injustice, Batman has developed his body as perfectly as he has his mind. A man who stands in many ways as his exact opposite—a physical marvel and a genius without peer.
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He defeated the Batman in combat and manipulated the citizens of Gotham City with skilled oratory until Batman's recovery and return. He displayed his personality predominantly through expressions in his eyes. Bane's physical appearance was defined by his mask, which inhibited the excruciating pain that agonized his body to bearable levels.
Bane is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Bane is usually depicted as an adversary of the superhero Batman and belongs to the collective of enemies that make up the Batman rogues gallery. Possessing a mix of brute strength and exceptional intelligence, Bane is often credited as the only villain to have "broken the bat" [ clarification needed ] both physically and mentally. O'Neil had previously created Bane's 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 trade paperback.
