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    Character » Bane appears in 1056 issues.

    Born sentenced to life in prison for the crimes of his father, the boy who would be come Bane learned that the strong survive, and the strongest become king. Forging himself into the pinnacle of physical and mental potential and becoming "king" of his prison, he learned of the Batman, "king" of Gotham City . Escaping and studying his quarry, Bane challenged and defeated Batman, becoming known as "The Man Who Broke the Bat".

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    #1  Edited By k4tzm4n  Moderator

    There seems to be a lot of confusion surrounding the popular DC Comics villain Bane. Some seem to believe he's this large brute who can throw down with heavy hitters like Thing or Superman, while others believe he's a total idiot with no skill. Thankfully, he's neither. The following are key points about (pre-New 52) Bane that everyone should know:

    -Intellect-He does indeed have genius level intellect and a photographic memory. This doesn't mean he can read moves like Taskmaster, but he has memorized complete pages of of text from a dead language. He's smart, not an idiot like many forms of media have passed off.

    -Skill-He is indeed skilled. How skilled? He's not as good as Batman, but he's by no means far behind, either. Bane has given Batman numerous good fights, as well as held his own against the likes of Jean Paul Valley and swiftly defeated Dick Grayson twice. He's good, but he's not a top 5 kind of guy by any measure.

    -Venom-His best feats are off venom. Off venom, it can be disputed Bane physically falls under the peak human-enhanced human range. Bane was literally only on venom during the Knightfall saga and more recently, twice during Gail Simone's Secret Six. The Knightfall levels of venom increase his muscle mass, therefore granting low level superhuman strength (speculated at the 2 ton range max), increased pain tolerance, and with large muscle mass naturally comes a slightly improved durability level.

    -Speed-He's not slow and/or clumsy. He's reacted before police could pull the trigger, dodged numerous batarangs, blocked arrows, etc. He has no feats on par with the likes of Daredevil (blocking/cutting bullets), but he has plenty that place him in the peak human range in that regard.

    -"Broke the Bat!-Saying "he broke the Bat" holds no actual weight in a debate. It's not difficult to understand what went down in Knightfall, but somehow the mass majority skew it out of proportion. It's simple, Bane wanted to fully defeat Batman, both body and mind. By forcing Batman to face a virtually endless gauntlet, it forced Batman to an all-time low point in terms of physical condition and the mental toll of the event had its own weight, too. When he knew Batman was at his weakest, Bane stepped in to end it. He didn't believe he couldn't beat Batman otherwise, but it was to add insult to injury. His end game plan, if you will. So, please remember that unless Bane has prep and access to his opponents rogue's gallery, the phrase means nothing.

    -For Forum Use-For matches, please realize Bane is not going to beat characters like Wolverine, even if he's on venom. Bane is a solid street level combatant, but he's not close to being one of the biggest threats in that roster. Off venom, he can have amazing fights with Batman, but ultimately it's one he isn't going to take a majority. On venom, it could be disputed otherwise. Please keep that in mind when making matches for him.

    New 52 Bane

    • Retains his hatred for Batman.
    • Appears to be stronger than before (increase in size, sends Batman flying with strikes, able to overhead throw a large boulder)
    • Durrability/pain tolerance is still impressive, was able to quickly recover from an electric attack by Batman.
    • Appears to still be smart (broad use of vocabular, not speaking like a brute)
    • And here's the catch, this new venom/toxin/formula makes him smarter.
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    #2  Edited By TheGoldenOne
    Cool  thread. A lot of people don't really understand the character.
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    #3  Edited By k4tzm4n  Moderator

    I plan on making one of these for all of my favorite characters. I tried my best to make it accessible for everyone. Only a few key bullet points with things I believe are mandatory regarding the character. Hopefully it helps.

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    #4  Edited By entropy_aegis

    LOL

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    #5  Edited By InnerVenom123

    It's sad that this thread is necessary. But great job, nonetheless.

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    #6  Edited By Mercy_

    Thank you

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    #7  Edited By Billy Batson

    How high would you rank him in fighting skills?
    BB

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    #8  Edited By ragdollpurps

    K4tz's Baner hard at work.

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    #9  Edited By k4tzm4n  Moderator

    @Billy Batson said:

    How high would you rank him in fighting skills?
    BB

    If we're going by the Marvel handbook system, I'd give him a 6/7.

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    #10  Edited By entropy_aegis

    @Billy Batson said:

    How high would you rank him in fighting skills?
    BB

    K4tz's website ranked Bane a high 6 in h2h combat(there were 7 levels in total with levels 4-7 having 3 sublevels each).

    Others on the same range as Bane were Black Canary,Daredevil,Connor Hawke and Captain America etc.

    Note this is strictly h2h,no weapons of ANY sort whatsoever.

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    #11  Edited By k4tzm4n  Moderator

    I feel like this should be sticky'd in the battles thread, lol.

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    #12  Edited By morpheus_  Moderator
    @ragdollpurps said:

    K4tz's Baner hard at work.

    LOL.
     
     
    Good work, K4tz.
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    #13  Edited By k4tzm4n  Moderator

    Thank you.

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    #14  Edited By k4tzm4n  Moderator

    I think I'll do the same for a few other characters. Any requests?

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    Rhino & Shocker.

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    #16  Edited By k4tzm4n  Moderator

    @_slim_ said:

    Rhino & Shocker.

    Sure.

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    #17  Edited By InnerVenom123

    @k4tzm4n said:

    I think I'll do the same for a few other characters. Any requests?

    Venom and all symbiote weaknesses in general. People always think that all it takes is a tuning fork and a lighter....

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    #18  Edited By ReVamp

    @k4tzm4n: Props. Congratulations. Thank you.

    Prolationanks. I don't know what came over me :P

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    #19  Edited By Phaedrusgr

    Thanks for posting this thread. It was necessary...my eyes had started feeling pain from the recent Bane battles.

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    #20  Edited By morpheus_  Moderator
    @InnerVenom123 said:

    and a lighter....

    Don't force my hand.
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    #21  Edited By InnerVenom123

    @Morpheus_ said:

    @InnerVenom123 said:

    and a lighter....

    Don't force my hand.

    ONE TIME, MORPH.

    ONE. TIME.

    And then that same writer made him laugh off a fire trap.

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    #22  Edited By morpheus_  Moderator
    @InnerVenom123 said:

    @Morpheus_ said:

    @InnerVenom123 said:

    and a lighter....

    Don't force my hand.

    ONE TIME, MORPH.

    ONE. TIME.

    And then that same writer made him laugh off a fire trap.

    Don't forget Electro's blast. 
     
    Mackie's Venom is unstoppable until he meets Spider-Man.
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    #23  Edited By InnerVenom123

    @Morpheus_ said:

    @InnerVenom123 said:

    @Morpheus_ said:

    @InnerVenom123 said:

    and a lighter....

    Don't force my hand.

    ONE TIME, MORPH.

    ONE. TIME.

    And then that same writer made him laugh off a fire trap.

    Don't forget Electro's blast.

    Mackie's Venom is unstoppable until he meets Spider-Man.

    It wasn't just a blast, it was Electro in dire fear, fighting for his life.

    Exactly.

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    #24  Edited By k4tzm4n  Moderator

    @Morpheus_ said:

    @InnerVenom123 said:

    @Morpheus_ said:

    @InnerVenom123 said:

    and a lighter....

    Don't force my hand.

    ONE TIME, MORPH.

    ONE. TIME.

    And then that same writer made him laugh off a fire trap.

    Don't forget Electro's blast.

    Mackie's Venom is unstoppable until he meets Spider-Man.

    The lighter and newspaper is cringe worthy, but the rooftop performance vs Spider-Man was awesome. Until...ya know, Carnage gave him an upset stomach and what not...lol

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    #26  Edited By Afro_Warrior

    @k4tzm4n:

    If you could do one on Deadshot as well, that would be great.

    Sometimes people assume he's just your standard B-list Bat villain with a gun. So it'd be nice to correct those views, when they pop up.

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    #27  Edited By RainEffect
    @entropy_aegis said:


    K4tz's website ranked Bane a high 6 in h2h combat(there were 7 levels in total with levels 4-7 having 3 sublevels each).

    Others on the same range as Bane were Black Canary,Daredevil,Connor Hawke and Captain America etc.

    Note this is strictly h2h,no weapons of ANY sort whatsoever.

    What is this website you speak of? I'm interested.
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    #28  Edited By k4tzm4n  Moderator

    @Afro_Warrior said:

    @k4tzm4n:

    If you could do one on Deadshot as well, that would be great.

    Sometimes people assume he's just your standard B-list Bat villain with a gun. So it'd be nice to correct those views, when they pop up.

    Honestly, I think there's only a rare few that don't respect/understand Floyd.

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    #29  Edited By moviegeek17

    Great points man and a great thread

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    #30  Edited By k4tzm4n  Moderator

    @moviegeek17: Thank you.

    @RainEffect: It's a forum I made awhile ago on proboards. It's less flashy and there's far less users (therefore it hits slow points a lot), but on the plus side, it's troll free. I won't post a link here, but I'll PM you one if you want.

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    #31  Edited By k4tzm4n  Moderator

    It's possible I'll make one for Floyd. I'll gladly take other requests and make them if I think I'm qualified for the character.

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    A thread like this should be made for many other characters.

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    #33  Edited By SexualLobster

    Thank you, I saw Juggernaut vs. Bane once and vomited into my clown shoes.

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    #34  Edited By Hit_Monkey

    @Afro_Warrior said:

    @k4tzm4n:

    If you could do one on Deadshot as well, that would be great.

    Sometimes people assume he's just your standard B-list Bat villain with a gun. So it'd be nice to correct those views, when they pop up.

    Exactly

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    #35  Edited By TheRedRobin96

    Green Arrow, I would do it but I am to lazy. I do understand the character better than most but I think you would do a better job than me at actually writing it all out.

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    #37  Edited By joshmightbe

    I did a joke Bane thread a while back that back fired on me because of the sheer amount of people without enough knowledge on Bane to realize it was a joke

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    #38  Edited By Watcherg6

    Yea thank you for this Thread, and mostly thank you for explaining it in knightfall better, it explains why there are almost no good cartoons with Bane, I still hope Bruse timm will make a knightfall movie, but it'll probly take a while.

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    #39  Edited By AmazingFantasy15

    I blame the skewed perception of bane on the Batman and Robin film (damn you Joel Schumacher (director) Akiva Goldsman (Writer) and Robert Swenson (played bane)!).

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    #40  Edited By k4tzm4n  Moderator

    @Watcherg6: You're very welcome.

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    #41  Edited By ReVamp

    @k4tzm4n: A Gorgon / Deathstroke one?

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    #42  Edited By TheWatchMan

    Very well said!

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    #43  Edited By k4tzm4n  Moderator

    @ReVamp said:

    @k4tzm4n: A Gorgon / Deathstroke one?

    Morph is the man for either of those!

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    #44  Edited By k4tzm4n  Moderator

    @TheWatchMan: Thank you.

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    @k4tzm4n: This awesome and helps people who dont understand the character much,well understand him,have you done any more of these?

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    #46  Edited By k4tzm4n  Moderator
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    #47  Edited By Silver2467
    @Morpheus_ said: 
    Good work, K4tz.
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    #48  Edited By ReVamp

    You made one for Crossbones? And it disappeared!?

    sadface.jpg.

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    #49  Edited By k4tzm4n  Moderator

    @Silver2467: Thanks.

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    #50  Edited By laflux

    @k4tzm4n: please please do one on spider-man. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!

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