Bane

*If I did not break all The Batman's bones...I guarantee you, I broke his spirit!*
―Bane after breaking Batman.[src]
**Bane** is an enemy of Batman who uses a chemical called Venom to gain super-strength.

## Bane

* Venom off
* Venom on

### Affiliation

Crime bossesBatman
Ellen Yin
Black Mask
Lex Luthor
Robin
Batgirl
Superman
Rumor

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Joaquim de Almeida (*Traction*)Ron Perlman (*Team Penguin*)
Clancy Brown (*The Batman/Superman Story Pt. 1*)
Hiroki Yasumoto (Japanese)
Hector
Cantolla / Jose Mendez (Spanish)
Thierry Murzeau (French
Erich Rauker (German)
Stephan Karlsén (Swedish)

## Physical Appearance

When Bane is normal, he has grey skin and a black suit that covers his face;he wears a tube that injects Venom into him. With Venom, his skin turns red and his eyes turn yellow,and he becomes giant and bulky.

## Personality

Bane is a calculated hitman. When he attacked the truck with money, he made it seem like a simple robbery, but instead it was a trap made up for Batman. Even on venom, his intellect remained intact, his attacks were still calculated, and he even outsmarted Batman, because when he thought Bane was defeated, he caught him off-guard by sprinting out of the smoke, and beating him up. He does not seem to learn from his errors however,as he does not change his techniques or methods,as he tried luring Batman again later with a bank robbery and always lost to electricity injected in his venom.

## History

Not much is known about his past,except that he comes from South America and voluntarily had experiments performed on him in the Amazon. He acquired the Power Infusion Module (The equipment that delivers his Venom),a system of tubes that stretch around his body, activated by a dial on his hand.It was said to be a prototype.

    In *Traction*, he was hired by mob bosses to defeat Batman. He attacked an armored truck as a distraction to lure Batman. He then faced Batman. He was quickly defeated,but he then injected Venom into him and easily took down Batman,breaking multiple bones and causing internal bleeding. With the Batman gone, Gotham was under Bane's mercy. Batman refused to sit down and do nothing. With the help of Alfred,Batman constructed the Batbot to battle Bane. He encountered Bane at a bank. The two had a tough battle,with the Batbot taking alot of damage. Batman then thought quickly and inserted a live wire into Bane's venom pump,knocking him out.

In *Brawn*, Joker stole Bane's Venom from GCPD Evidence Lock-Up and used it to rampage throughout the city.

In *Team Penguin*, Bane attacked a Gotham bank when he was messaged by the Penguin, asking if Bane wanted to join a supervillain gang that the Penguin was organizing. Before Bane could reply, he was captured by Batman, Batgirl, and the hero's new sidekick Robin.

In *Rumors*, he was one of the villains captured by Rumor but was later released from his cell and was taken down by Robin.

In *The Joining, Part 2*, he fought the Joining along with Joker, Penguin and Mr. Freeze.

In *The Batman/Superman Story Pt. 1*, Bane was one of the supervillains alongside Mr. Freeze, Black Mask, and Basil Karlo who was hired by Lex Luthor to attack Superman,although Batman and Robin stopped them.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Nigh-Superhuman Conditioning:** Without his Venom, Bane's natural strength, speed, stamina, reflexes, agility, metabolism, intelligence & vitality were at peak-human limits. He was strong enough to rip open an armored truck with his bare hands in his base form.
* **Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced):** Bane's combat skills were almost near Batman's level,even without Venom.
* **Tactical / Strategic Genius:** Bane was able to "Bait" & "Trap" Batman, when he was needed for his missions. With that being said,he is not smart enough to adapt and change his style.
* **Venom Serum:** The Power Infusion Module which delivered Venom, a super-soldier serum, to his system, Bane gained a certain set of extraordinary physical powers.
	+ **Superhuman Muscle Mass:** As a result of the Venom infusion, Bane gained a rapid increase in muscle mass and became nearly the actual size of a bank vault.
	+ **Superhuman Strength:** Bane was shown the strength to be able to rip open a bank's vault's door as well as other feats of incredible superhuman strength.
	+ **Superhuman Stamina:** Bane was shown to not tire after hours of exertion during fighting.
	+ **Superhuman Durability:** Bane had bullet-proof skin and was highly resilient to physical trauma.
* **Demolitions**
* **Tactical Analysis**Bane using Venom.Bane using Venom (season 3-5 intro).

### Weaknesses

* **Technological Reliability**: Bane would become powerless and vulnerable if he loses access to his Venom.
* **Electricity:** A powerful jolt inserted into the Venom pump is strong enough to subdue him.
* **Tubes:** The tubes that lead the Venom supplies all over his body are fairly weak.

## Appearances

### *The Batman*

#### Season 1

* *Traction*
* *The Rubberface of Comedy* (Cameo in a photo)

#### Season 4

* *Team Penguin*
* *Rumors*
* *The Joining, Part 2* (cameo)

### *The Batman Strikes!*

* Issue #4
* Issue #12
* Issue #20
* Issue #29
* Issue 32 " How to Take Out a Room Full of Goons
* Issue #39 (Cameo)
* Issue #42

### Toys

* Bane
* Batman vs. Bane (re-release)

## Trivia

* Although Venom, the source of his powers, is never referred to by name in the series,it is, however, called "Venom" by Alfred in the "Junior Detective Challenge" extra on the DVD of Season 1.
* Bane is one of the few characters to get recast,with the others being Angel Rojas,Hugo Strange,Basil Karlo.
* Like most of the villains from *The Batman*, his looks are unique compared to animated series and comics.
* Concept art depicted Bane with a closer look to the traditional Bane,having him wear a luchador outfit of sorts.
* Fans of the show have joked about Bane looking like Four Arms from *Ben 10.*

## References

1. ↑ http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0409/24/index.htm