10 Things DC Comics Wants You To Forget About Bane

6. His Role In The Secret Six

Since he totally got his butt handed to him by some whiny Bible-basher, creative teams have been loathe to actually use Bane in any further comics. He's definitely cropped up from time to time, but never has he approached the level of interest and respect that he earned during the first half of Knightfall. Perhaps one of the most...interesting uses of the character in recent years was during Gail Simone's run on Secret Six, which took the established-villains-as-anti-heroes-plus-jokes set up of Suicide Squad and, well, gave it a different name. And took away Amanda Waller. Which is a huge mistake, if you ask us. Serving alongside Catman, Deadshot, Scandal, and Rag Doll, Bane's position on the team was as again as more of a lethal enforcer than a master strategist. Occasionally his kooky, foreign ways of thinking came at odds with the more traditionally villainous members of the team, but for the most part he just smashed things. He was also the team's comic relief a lot of the time, especially when it came to the fatherly relationship he had with colleague Scandal Savage. He does get a shot at leading the Six for a time, but it's clear that Bane has eyes on a very different prize: he doesn't want to eliminate Batman any more, he wants to be Batman. Somehow a grudging respect for his former adversary becomes a glowing admiration, as he tells civilians he rescues to tell people the Dark Knight was responsible, before eventually giving Dick Grayson his blessing as stand-in Batman whilst Bruce Wayne was back in time (long story). Unsurprisingly, Bane The Batman Fanboy is not a portrayal we've seen much of before or since.