

In Vengeance of Bane II, Bane would defeat his addiction to Venom and turn away from his desire to conquer, deciding he was "innocent." Resolving to find his father, Bane's search for his past, and subsequent redemption, would be the driving force for several years, with occasional lapses, influenced by Ra's Al Ghul. Jean Paul Valley, assuming the mantle of the Bat, exploited this reliance on the drug and handed Bane a crushing defeat. Venom made him more powerful than most of his foes, allowing him to defeat the likes of Killer Croc, Robin and even Batman himself. Character EvolutionĬharacterized initially as an amoral product of a corrupt prison system and an unscrupulous super-soldier program, yet ultimately fated for greater things, Bane was shown to be savage in physical combat and shrewdly calculating in matters of strategy. The steroid Bane uses appeared previously in the Batman story Venom. He was conceived as a darker take on Doc Savage, with inspiration from the Count of Monte Cristo and Mexican luchador culture. Creation Baneīane was created by Chuck Dixon, Doug Moench, and Graham Nolan and first appeared in Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1. Bane and his trio traveled to Gotham, intent on taking over. Returning to the prison, Bane held the Warden hostage and escaping by means of a helicopter, along with Bird and his longtime allies Zombie and Trogg. Believing him to be dead, Bane was tossed into the sea, where he freed himself. Meanwhile, the Warden, attempting to rid himself of Bane, nominated him to participate in an experimental process to create a super powered soldier, which included the drug known as Venom. Vision of his FutureĪ new inmate from Gotham City, Bird, told Bane of another "king" known as the Batman. Gifted with physical prowess and natural intelligence, he spent his time in study, meditation and exercise, honing his body and mind to the peak of human potential.

As he grew to adult hood he became feared and respected, the "king," of Peña Dura. He was named by the warden after committing his first murder as an adolescent. Born into a life sentence for the crimes of his father, the boy who would become Bane was raised from birth within the harsh prison known as Peña Dura (“Hard Rock”), in the Caribbean Republic of Santa Prisca.
