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When it comes to '90s comics, few writers set the tone for DC Comics quite like Chuck Dixon, whose work with Graham Nolan ...
Comic readers had never seen Batman so broken and beaten by a relatively new foe. "Knightfall" put Bane on the map, ...
32 years ago today, Bane became the first ever character to break the Batman, and he left a permanent mark on the Dark Knight. In Batman #497, chapter eleven of the “Knightfall” storyline ...
It's not easy for newer characters to earn a membership in that elite club, but Bane destroyed all barriers as easily as he snapped Batman's spine. The massive Knightfall crossover cemented Bane's ...
Still it is evident when reading Knightfall that the voice of Bane in the film fits the dialogue here perfectly. Hearing Tom Hardy’s voice was almost instantaneous. What was odd though is the vo ...
Knightfall tells the tale of the rise of Bane, who has orchestrated a deadly and daring assault on Gotham City's infamous Arkham Asylum. This releases some of the city's dangerous inmates ...
As veteran Batman writer/editor Dennis O’Neil writes in his novelization of Batman: Knightfall: Bane would grow to manhood there, in that place of misery and despair, would learn what he knew of ...
Batman used nearly every trick in the book to try to take down Bane and still wound up with a broken back a la Knightfall. Watching Bane repeatedly punch Batman's armored cowl until it splintered ...
The first live-action portrayal of Bane came in 1997’s “Batman and Robin,” in which he was played by pro wrestler Robert “Jeep” Swenson. The “Knightfall” storyline was later loosely ...
Bane literally “broke the Bat” in the classic 1990s Knightfall comic book storyline, when he broke Batman's back and took over the Gotham underworld. The character is enhanced with a super ...
Make no mistake, this entire run is BATMAN VS BANE. And not just any face-off between them. This is King's modern sequel to Knightfall, Bane's debut storyline which saw him stalk Batman for a year ...