Bane Anatomy Explored - Why Does He Wear A Mask? Can He OD on Venom? Is He Immortal?

Bane Anatomy Explored - Why Does He Wear A Mask? Can He OD on Venom? Is He Immortal?
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[riicky]

I like what Batman Beyond did with Bane, showing him confined to a chair on life support after his body's been ravaged by Venom.

[hraefn]

I love the post venom bane. It truly shows his mental fortitude and strength. He fights and beats the addiction and rebuilds his muscles on his own. Later storylines where he goes vigilante, venom free, are astounding. Bane is unique in that he's not really a true villain. His only desire was to defeat batman...and even then not kill him. Just prove he was superior. When he lets that go he becomes a lethal anti-hero.

[Ligmaballin]

People generally underestimate how smart Bane is, but to be fair the cartoons always portrayed him as a brainless muscle head. That's probably one of the good things about Dark Knight Rises, he felt like a threat and not a big goofball with muscles.

[wrathnyx]

I think Bane is one of the most underrated Batman villains. Intelligent, powerful, and is literally a man of his word. I love that he doesn't use lies or deception

[madslayer]

Bane has on record beaten batman multiple times without venom. Batman even stated that he has a hard time knowing wether bane is using venom or not. Implying that he's nearly just as impressive without it. Bane matches batman in literally everything exept strength where he surpasses in and that's without the drug. With it theres no contest

[Jaymze]

13:43 - any who uses that argument has forgotten the Knightfall story. Bane put Batman thru a gauntlet consisting of the rouges gallery before they met at Wayne Manor. When they finally met, Batman was worn almost to nothing. With all his superiority and chemical enhancement, Bane still had to stack the deck against Batman.

[lopaka]

The mask is a movie concept.
In the comics he wore a Lucha Libre mask. The Venom was injected straight into his brain.

[wokenlunatic]

Bane today is pretty much a Kingpin of Gotham (which I got no problem with that, Bane is one of Batman’s Greatest and Dangerous Villain ever, The Fact that Bane almost put The Dark Knight on The Self Forever after give him a Bat-Breaker make him terrifying)

[RialVestro]

Yes he can OD on Venom, it's actually happened in a few different story lines. Other characters have also ODed on Venom including the Joker who took Bane's Venom in a video game and then was later revealed in a sequel game to have left him terminally ill because of an over dose of the drug since he took more at once than Bane ever did.

[realbrigidtenenbaum]

I like the theory that Bane is also on Venom in the Dark Knight Rises. It's implied several times that the mask does far more than just pump painkillers into his body to ease the pain of his injuries, given that he can even smash concrete with his bare hands and his strength diminishes when the mask is damaged.

[johnsw]

Can he OD on venom? Dude, you can OD on water. If venom was a real thing, of course you could OD on it

[anthonya]

I always like the story arc of Bane when it was first introduced.
And he was smart in how he was able to beat Batman.
Batman's failure was he let his ego get in the way thinking he could beat him when he was so run down from going 24/7 going after all the criminals the Bane released.
And Batman didn't even listen to those closest to him when they told him to rest before going after Bane.

On the flip side, Bane didn't beat Batman when he was at his best. Which tells me Bane could not beat Batman.
Which he didn't in the end.

[TimRHillard]

I liked what Bane was in Nolan's Batman. Much more believable.

[jorvon]

TDKR Bane is still my favorite, he doesn't even need venom his mask pumps and anesthetic Into his body that blocks pain from his injuries and allows him to hit so hard and be fine. Plus all his training, he's a human tank.

[Macketiplasiman]

Nice coverage of this great villain. One of my favorite villains.

[dtvtcmb]

If you guys still have question whether Bane takes off his mask in the Dark Knight Rises, the answer is YES. He drinks water and eats food just like everyone else, switching to injection of anaesthetic through blood. His face is, well … just normal. Based on the way he talks his mouth and nose are fine. So he is just Tom Hardy under the mask.

[Justin-Theobald]

In the novel batman venom bruce wayne became addicted to venom pills because he couldn’t save a girl from drowning. He became so addicted he was willing to kill Jim Gordon So bruce locked himself in a basement until he was rehabilitated. Alfred was shocked at the state of him when came out. It shows for all the money, gadgets and training he is still mortal man.

[ryugar]

So Bane is just a guy high on steroids, Batman is a martial artist with tech, and Joker is a deranged man .... All so simple yet beautiful...

[DavidJohnson-ytdv]

you also have to remember that when bane broke batmans back when they first met, he had worn him down mentally and physically, so he never deafted him at his best

[jonvia]

I remember being front row watching Dark Knight Rises while living in Hollywood. Though the Bane V.O. was horribly mixed to the rest of the movie, the character was unforgettable and I still quote Bane lines to this day!