Bane

**Bane** is a supervillain who uses a drug called Venom to enhance his strength. He is an archnemesis of Batman. He was a member of the Legion of Doom.

## Physical appearance

Bane is a fairly large Hispanic man. He has dark brown eyes, is muscular in appearance, and seems taller than the average man. He wears brown cargo pants and a sleeveless black muscle shirt that is tucked in his pants. His belt has a fairly large buckle. He wears black gloves and black boots. He also wears a black and white Lucha Libre mask.

## History

### Origins

When he was young, Bane escaped an island prison in the nation of Santa Prisca. Bane gained abnormal physical strength as a result of having undergone experiments involving a derivative of the drug venom. He became known as "The man who broke the Bat" when he broke Batman's back, forcing Bruce Wayne to give up the Batman persona while he recuperated.
He was active as an enemy of Batman by 2004.

### Doom

Vandal Savage gathered Bane and other enemies of the Justice League to explain his failure to them. He revealed that he had been there to witness the origin stories of many heroes, yet had done nothing to stop them. To make up for this and finally gain control over humanity, Savage had stolen plans from Batman that exposed the League's weaknesses. He sent each villain in to conquer a different hero. Bane desecrated Jason Todd's grave and buried Batman alive in it. However, he left the hero buried alive. Savage's Legion of Doom reconvened at their base but were horrified to learn that Bane had not killed the Dark Knight. This meant the downfall of their plans and the League attacked. As a last-ditch effort to defeat the heroes and assert his control over humanity, Savage decided to kill the whole race and start over. He launched a missile into the sun to destabilize the human species. However, the world was saved by "God" (in reality, Doctor Manhattan).

### Black Mask's venom operation

Bane eventually gained power in Santa Prisca, and the island became the largest site of venom production in the world. He shipped it to Black Mask in Gotham. However, their operations were eventually interrupted by Kobra and his cult, who wanted to take over the business and use the drugs for their terrorist agenda. Batman sent in the Young Justice team to assess the conflict, but they got caught up in the middle of everything. The teen heroes formed an uneasy alliance with Bane to rid the island of Kobra's men, but the terrorist double-crossed them. Bane announced his intentions to build a weed empire all the way from the Caribbean to Gotham, citing that no one wanted steroids anymore. Unfortunately for Bane, the heroes were able to incapacitate him.

## Resources

### Abilities

* **Multilingualism:** Bane can speak Spanish and English.

### Equipment

* **Spanish guitarra:** Bane possesses a Spanish guitar to strike fear into the hearts of his enemies.

### Powers

* **Super strength:** Already strong to begin with, venom provides Bane with additional strength.

## Appearances

* *Suicide Squad: Assault on Arkham Abridged*
* *Justice League Doom Abridged*
* *Young Justice Abridged*
	+ "Don't Call Us Sidekicks" (mentioned)
	+ "Black Ops and Family" (mentioned)
	+ "Guerrilla Warfare"