Bane (DC Comics) (nonfiction)

Bane as portrayed by Tom Hardy in The Dark Knight Rises.

Bane is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Dennis O'Neil, Chuck Dixon, Doug Moench, and Graham Nolan, he made his debut in Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 (January 1993).

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" both physically and mentally.

He is the son of another one of Batman's enemies, King Snake.

Fiction cross-reference

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Nonfiction cross-reference

External links:

• Bane (DC Comics) @ Wikipedia

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