Bane

Bane is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Chuck Dixon and Graham Nolan, he first appeared in Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 (January 1993). The character is an adversary of the superhero Batman and belongs to the collective of enemies that make up his rogues gallery. With a mix of brute strength and exceptional intelligence, Bane is often credited as being the only villain to have "broken the bat".

IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time ranked Bane as #34. The character has been substantially adapted from the comics into multiple forms of media, most notably being portrayed by actor Tom Hardyas the central antagonist of the 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises.