10 Shockingly Dark Origins Of Comic Villains

Bane was born in the Pena Duro Prison on the island nation of Santa Prisca. Due to Santa Prisca law, the child inherited the life sentence of his father, Sir Edmund Dorrance. At age six, his mother died and he watched as her body was tossed from the cliffs around the prison. The young boy learned to build his body and mind at an early age, keeping a knife in his teddy bear. He also found teachers and mentors who would aid him to achieve his personal goals.

Bane eventually became the “king” of the prison and controlled much of the population. The actual controllers of the prison were angered by this and feared the now huge man so they forced him to take part in the experiments that they were conducting with the mystery drug Venom. It nearly killed him but the strong-willed man survived and it enhanced his already considerable strength to super-human levels.

The newly enhanced villain broke free with a few others and traveled to Gotham for the purpose of challenging Batman. Bane was fascinated by Gotham as a city ruled by fear of the Bat. He began by challenging some of The Dark Knight’s rogues like Killer Croc and the Riddler before cracking the walls of Arkham Asylum wide open. His path to the Gotham Guardian was inevitable.