Warning ! Spoilers forThe Joker # 8

The brutal villainBanehas a new pedigree tale , and it reveals the shocking reason why he hatesBatman . regrettably , it does n’t live up to the rogue ’s previously established backstory that moderate him to conquering the Dark Knight in an iconic fight .

SinceBatman : Knightfall , Bane has proven himself a suitable opponent of the Caped Crusader . Unlike Batman ’s psychologically thrilling villain , Bane confront a forcible challenge . break the Dark Knight ’s back and putting him out of delegation for a while , he should theoretically be one of the most respected criminals in Gotham City . Although he has had his parcel of reinvented backgrounds , a new version expands on his differences from other rogues . The potentially controversialnew twist regarding Banecomes inThe Joker # 8,written by James Tynion IV and Sam Johns with art by Rosi Kämpe and Guillem March .

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As Vengeance inquire her own origins , she comes across a document detail “ Bane Mark II : Vengeance . ” After open up it , she learns the the true about herself and her predecessor that had long been go on a closed book from both her and fans . “And so I read how I was made , any why . The Bane labor had go away all to well . He internalized his hatred for his enemy so deeply he never realized it was planted there . ”It change by reversal out , Bane had been programmed tohate Batman without any additional motive .

Unlike previous backstories involve Bane attempting to test his own strength on the unbeatable Dark Knight , this one hit some sensation of personal stakes . Similar to the Winter Solider , Bane ’s score has been reduce to a delegacy and he has been turned into a cat’s-paw . Functionally , this reveal is meant to rise Vengeance as a grapheme , as Bane is only a bit of her backstory . Although the twist tote up some interesting circumstance to the revised events ofKnightfall , it feels like an unearned footer to the story that dramatically impacted the Batman mythos . As Vengeance live on onto explain that Bane “ failed ” because he could n’t be controlled , her words seem more in line with his show eccentric . “He was too clever , too charismatic . He could not be controlled . ”

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Vengeances continue to work out onBane ’s influence in Santa Prisca , as the loss leader “ valued the symbol of Bane . ”His accomplishment of take down the Dark Knight for a time of year earned the island a reputation , causing other Carry Nation to fear them . If they could produce a soldier who defeated the seemingly invincibleBatmanin paw - on - hand combat , they might be able to do veridical equipment casualty with an army of Banes . Although the unexampled backstory exact something special away from the only villain who has gotten the best of the bat , it also reveal thatBaneeventually even beat his programing .

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