When Batman: The Animated Series' creators introduced Bane only under duress. They thought the character's comic book story ...

DC Comics recently launched its Absolute Universe to critical and commercial acclaim, with Batman’s corner of this new reality shaping up to be one of the most different and dark places of them all.

In 2012's The Dark Knight Rises, filmmaker Christopher Nolan turned to Tom Hardy to bring a new, grounded version of Bane to life on screen. The actor put a unique new spin on the villain, and one was ...