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Name: Bane
Group: Secret Six, Suicide Squad, Secret Society of Super Villains
1st Appearance: Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1
(January, 1993)

"You will know my name one day. And on that day you will beg for mercy. You will scream my name! SCREAM IT! "
— Bane

Bane is a super-intelligent world-class fighter and tactical genius who enhances his great physical strength with a steroid called Venom, making him one of Batman's greatest and most dangerous enemies. In addition to being one of the only men ever to independently figure out Batman's secret identity, he has also been an anti-hero, a government agent, a mercenary and a dictator. He has been a member of the Secret Six, the Suicide Squad and the Secret Society of Super-Villains.

His name is Bane; he knows no other name(s) than this.

Born to serve the life sentence of his father, Bane's childhood and early adult life were spent behind the walls of Peña Duro, an infamous prison located in Santa Prisca. His mother was imprisoned with him as his guardian, and remained so until she died when Bane was only six years old; at her 'funeral', Bane was forced to bear witness to her corpse being callously thrown by prison guards from the cliffs of Punto De Tiburon into the shark-infested waters. Though imprisoned, Bane's natural abilities allowed him to develop extraordinary skills within the prison's walls. He read as many books as he could get his hands on, built up his body in the prison's gym, and learned to fight in the merciless school of prison life. Despite his circumstances, he appeared to have found teachers of various sorts during his incarceration, ranging from hardened convicts to an elderly Jesuit priest, under whose tutelage he apparently received a classical education.

However, he committed his first murder at the age of eight, stabbing a criminal who wanted to abuse him but another criminal, Trogg arrived and the two then engaged in a fight with young Bane being knocked over the railing and ultimately falling to the ground below, having sustained a head wound. In his dream, he saw Osito walking into the light and then met a man who was his future self with his adult self telling him to conquer fear. Eventually, after spending thirty-one days in a coma following his accident, young Bane awoke but he was no longer a child. In fact, he had become a man. That night, Bane killed his would-be abuser, with the warden eventually arresting him and confining him to the Cavidad Obscura, a cell below sea level, where Bane was imprisoned for ten years. During that time, as Bane grew, he learned to swim, a necessary skill for survival, as the cell naturally flooded each night at high tide; meditate and even conquered fear.

During his years in prison, Bane carried a teddy bear he called Osito (Spanish for "little bear"), whom he considered his only friend. Unbeknownst to most, Osito had a hole in his back to hold a knife that Bane used against anyone who bullied him.

Bane ultimately established himself as the "king" of Peña Duro prison. The prison's controllers took note and eventually forced him to become a test subject for a mysterious drug known as Venom, which had killed all other subjects. It nearly killed him as well, but he survived and found its effects enhanced his physical strength, although he needed to take it every 12 hours (via a system of cables pumped directly into his brain) or he would suffer debilitating side-effects.

Description
Name: Bane
Group: Secret Six, Suicide Squad, Secret Society of Super Villains
1st Appearance: Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1
(January, 1993)

"You will know my name one day. And on that day you will beg for mercy. You will scream my name! SCREAM IT! "
— Bane

Bane is a super-intelligent world-class fighter and tactical genius who enhances his great physical strength with a steroid called Venom, making him one of Batman's greatest and most dangerous enemies. In addition to being one of the only men ever to independently figure out Batman's secret identity, he has also been an anti-hero, a government agent, a mercenary and a dictator. He has been a member of the Secret Six, the Suicide Squad and the Secret Society of Super-Villains.

His name is Bane; he knows no other name(s) than this.

Born to serve the life sentence of his father, Bane's childhood and early adult life were spent behind the walls of Peña Duro, an infamous prison located in Santa Prisca. His mother was imprisoned with him as his guardian, and remained so until she died when Bane was only six years old; at her 'funeral', Bane was forced to bear witness to her corpse being callously thrown by prison guards from the cliffs of Punto De Tiburon into the shark-infested waters. Though imprisoned, Bane's natural abilities allowed him to develop extraordinary skills within the prison's walls. He read as many books as he could get his hands on, built up his body in the prison's gym, and learned to fight in the merciless school of prison life. Despite his circumstances, he appeared to have found teachers of various sorts during his incarceration, ranging from hardened convicts to an elderly Jesuit priest, under whose tutelage he apparently received a classical education.

However, he committed his first murder at the age of eight, stabbing a criminal who wanted to abuse him but another criminal, Trogg arrived and the two then engaged in a fight with young Bane being knocked over the railing and ultimately falling to the ground below, having sustained a head wound. In his dream, he saw Osito walking into the light and then met a man who was his future self with his adult self telling him to conquer fear. Eventually, after spending thirty-one days in a coma following his accident, young Bane awoke but he was no longer a child. In fact, he had become a man. That night, Bane killed his would-be abuser, with the warden eventually arresting him and confining him to the Cavidad Obscura, a cell below sea level, where Bane was imprisoned for ten years. During that time, as Bane grew, he learned to swim, a necessary skill for survival, as the cell naturally flooded each night at high tide; meditate and even conquered fear.

During his years in prison, Bane carried a teddy bear he called Osito (Spanish for "little bear"), whom he considered his only friend. Unbeknownst to most, Osito had a hole in his back to hold a knife that Bane used against anyone who bullied him.

Bane ultimately established himself as the "king" of Peña Duro prison. The prison's controllers took note and eventually forced him to become a test subject for a mysterious drug known as Venom, which had killed all other subjects. It nearly killed him as well, but he survived and found its effects enhanced his physical strength, although he needed to take it every 12 hours (via a system of cables pumped directly into his brain) or he would suffer debilitating side-effects.