In The Dark Knight Rises, when Doctor Crane is presiding over the kangaroo court, Bane is seen sitting quietly at the back playing with a piece of twine - a slightly disarming choice that is wholly fitting with his eccentricity. But look a little deeper and the moment is actually an allusion to Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities", which Jonathan Nolan has admitted was a major influence of the story. In that Madame Defarge sits knitting while watching public beheadings - and the character link serves to foreshadow the tragic revelations of Bane's past, as well as explaining in some way his hatred of the upper classes.
11. The Radios
The hand-held radios used by the Gotham City Police Dept that are seen in close up when Gordon maps out how to take down the bomb, are marked with an old DC Comics logo.
