The decades - long feud betweenBatmanandBanehas always been about the nous , never the heftiness , even though pop media would have most consultation   believing the opposite . Their relationship is , intelligibly , limit by Bane breaking the back of the Bat in an unfiltered display of   brute force out during theKnightfallarc . Such an human activity of brutality is hold up to be associated with furiousness and , thus , the physicality of a fight .

As a result , most spin - off media likeThe Dark Knight uprise , theArkhamgames , and even Joel Schumacher’sBatman & Robinshowcase Bane outmatching Batman on a forcible storey . Whenever the sight of Bane break Batman ’s back is replicated , it ’s typically showcased in a room whereBane outfights Batman in a fighting situationand he separate his back simply because he ’s stronger than the hero . In the actual comedian , though , Bane outmatching Batman has petty to do with physical strength .

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Heading intoBatman#497 by   Doug Moench and Jim Aparo , Bane puts Batman through a rigorous gantlet , knowing that he will be physically and mentally exhausted after . Bane frees countless yardbird from Arkham Asylum , forcing Batman to spend all of his vitality endeavor to scoop them back up . By the time Bruce returns to the Bat Cave in the issue itself , a bracing Bane is waiting for him . Batman can barely put up a combat before Bane lifts him high in the air and bends him over his knee . Bane breaking Batman ’s backisn’t presented as a exam of strong point as much as it is a tactical accomplishment .

Bane ’s neat accomplishment is outfox Batman , not outwrestling him in a fistfight . The former   Peña Duro inmate uses Batman ’s gumption of obligation against him , knowing not only how hard the Dark Knight will mould to ensure these outlaw are off the street , but how much it ’s go to wear him out in render to do so . Bane want to face Batman at his weak and that is incisively what he gets , so he quick take reward by destroy his back .

While Bane is sure enough an imposing opposition and many adaptation have done interesting things in presenting him as a strong-arm terror , it feels like a miss opportunity to know that few adaptations have spotlight the brainpower he ’s always had . Bane is just as much of a tactical geniusas he is a strong juggernaut . In the same sense , Bane’svictory overBatmanhas always been as much more of a genial victory than a strong-arm profits .

Comic book art: Batman faces the four Robins: Nightwing Dick Grayson, Red Hood Jason Todd, Red Robin Tim Drake, and Robin Damian Wayne.

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