[cjflan32]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

I'm basically on the same boat. I took a quick liking to Bane but Knightfall itself was a mess, the Vengeance of Bane one-shots that bookend things work better for the character than the main event. He was very much created as a '90s gimmick to humble the hero like Doomsday with Superman. Now where I contest that Bane rises above the likes of Doomsday is that he isn't just a monster, there's an underlying human story with room for potential depth and exploration that later writers could work with. Backing things up though, yeah both in-universe and in the real world Bane is going to be forever trapped by being created for that one big headline moment which was very '90s. I get why Paul Dini and Bruce Timm were not initially impressed by the character and his debut on the animated series wasn't flattering but even they seemed to soften their stance because in the new adventures Bane was treated more seriously.

Yeah Bane > Doomsday by a wide margin. I don't recall Nolan being enamored with Bane either but I thought he did a good job making him a credible threat to Batman (which he is) for the finale.