How Absolute Batman Reinvents Bane For a New Universe

DC's Absolute Batman bid is presently successful the midst of its 2nd large communicative arc, "Abomination," which pits this rookie Dark Knight against a reimagined mentation of Bane. As we saw successful contented #9, Bruce Wayne is hopelessly outmatched against his bigger, stronger, and seemingly smarter foe. And with contented #11, we present person much penetration into who Absolute Bane is and what unholy process transformed him from a humble state combatant into a hulking assassin successful the Joker's employ.

Read connected to larn however Absolute Batman #11 reinvents Bane's root story, but beware of afloat spoilers for the contented ahead!

Absolute Bane's New Origin Story

Initially, astatine least, it doesn't look arsenic though Bane's root communicative is being radically overhauled for this caller universe. Narrated by Agent Alfred Pennyworth, who profoundly regrets not telling Bruce much astir Bane earlier the second made his ill-fated travel into the Ark-M prison, this contented recounts Bane's traumatic puerility connected the land of Santa Prisca. Bane's begetter is the person of a radical of rebels attempting to escaped their location of its imperialist invaders. Both begetter and lad are captured and doomed to walk years warring for endurance wrong the infamous Peña Duro prison.

The lad who volition go Bane grows beardown wrong the walls of Peña Duro, biding his clip until helium and his allies tin marque their escape. Bane's begetter clings to the inspirational awesome of the quetzal, a vertebrate the rebels usage arsenic a awesome of their independence. Each night, the begetter asks the lad if helium tin spot the vertebrate flying escaped successful his mind. But Bane sees lone the representation of a white, skull-shaped bird, 1 that volition yet travel to signifier the look of his iconic mask.

Eventually, the afloat grown Bane leads his allies to freedom, and they hole to tempest the mainland and decorativeness their guerrilla warfare erstwhile and for all. But conscionable arsenic they onshore connected the beach, Bane is stopped by a mysterious fig dressed successful white. This is our champion look yet astatine the Absolute Universe's Joker.

Art by Clay Mann. (Image Credit: DC)

Though we don't cognize precisely what speech plays retired betwixt the 2 men, the Joker makes an connection to Bane that the second accepts. Bane returns to his begetter and promptly crushes the antheral to decease successful his almighty embrace. It's the archetypal of galore lives Bane volition assertion successful work to Joker.

From there, we spot hints of the unspeakable translation Bane underwent successful Ark-M. In this universe, Venom isn't simply a super-steroid that gives Bane intolerable strength, but 1 that unlocks the afloat imaginable of his mind. Not lone does helium sorb warring styles and conflict strategies similar a voracious computer, helium tin consciously power the precise cells of his body. Of the galore unspeakable trial subjects wrong Ark-M, Bane is arguably the pinnacle, hence wherefore Dr. Arkham refers to him arsenic "the prime."

Art by Clay Mann. (Image Credit: DC)

Later successful this issue, we spot what Joker offered successful speech for Bane's servitude. Joker has transformed Santa Prisca into the idyllic paradise Bane and his begetter ever dreamed of. Bane himself adjacent has a woman and household helium returns location to visit. It's a testament to conscionable however almighty the Absolute Universe's Joker is that helium tin reverse the fortunes of full nations astatine a whim.

Absolute Batman's Startling Transformation

Issue #10 showed a captive Bruce making respective flight attempts from his compartment successful Ark-M, lone for Bane to look each clip and painfully subdue him again. Bane promises to interruption Batman astatine the extremity of that issue, and present we spot however that script supposedly plays out.

Alfred envisions what helium knows indispensable beryllium the 3rd and last confrontation betwixt the 2 men. We spot Batman lure Bane into a trap, detonating respective booby-trapped cars, lone for the villain to look unscathed. Bane past savagely beats Batman earlier utilizing Batman's ain ax to portion disconnected some of his arms. Finally, Bane past bludgeons his hostile into submission.

Bane is thing if not respectful of Batman's moxie. He admires Batman's determination to support warring nary substance the odds. Moreover, helium sees Batman arsenic the imaginable last trial taxable for Ark-M's scientists, the 1 susceptible of surviving each hellish experimentation and emerging the different broadside arsenic the eventual warrior. That's what seemingly happens here, arsenic Batman is pumped afloat of Venom, healed, and transformed into a gun-toting super-soldier.

Art by Clay Mann. (Image Credit: DC)

Except that Alfred's imaginativeness doesn't needfully align with reality. This is the destiny helium fears for Batman, but not the 1 that has unfolded conscionable yet. He doesn't cognize that Bruce has reunited with his champion person Waylon, present transformed into a hideous, super-strong crocodile monster. That confederation mightiness conscionable springiness Bruce the borderline helium needs to yet escape.

Alfred besides doesn't recognize that Bane has a acold antithetic program successful caput for breaking the Bat. He wants to crush Bruce's tone by targeting his remaining friends - Harvey Dent, Eddie Nygma, and Oswald Cobblepot. We person to ideate Bruce's parent Martha (who's inactive precise overmuch live successful this universe) is besides successful sedate danger. Bane whitethorn privation Batman to flight Ark-M, lone for him to neglect to support those helium cares astir the most. The stakes are surely precocious arsenic "Abomination" reaches its midway point.

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