Bane's Ultimate Weakness Has Returned To DC, Worse Than Ever Before
Warning! This article contains spoilers for The Joker #13
As the Jokerstands on the brink of his own existence, Bane’s kryptonite, his one and only weakness that has proven to weaken him in the past, has returned worse than ever. Bane is one of Batman’s most formidable villains as he is constantly supercharged with Venom which gives him superhuman strength. However, the Venom isn’t the only reason Bane is threatening as he also has an incredibly high intellect and is a genius-level tactician. While Bane is easily one of Batman’s most dangerous villains, he has one weakness that cuts his ferocity in half and makes him a much weaker version of himself, a kryptonite that is back with a vengeance.
In The Joker#13 by James Tynion IV, Guiseppe Camuncoli, and Cam Smith, Banes clone/daughter who goes by the name of Vengeance has tracked the Joker to the home of an obscenely wealthy family in Texas. The Sampsons have captured the Joker and plan on eating him, but Vengeance has other plans for the Clown Prince of Crime. After brutally dispatching the whole cannibalistic family, Vengeance is about to finish off the Joker once and for all, that is, until Bane shows up and stops her.
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With the end of this issue, fans know that Vengeance will be in Bane’s life for at least the immediate future which will make the supervillain incredibly vulnerable. Bane’s kryptonite, as weird as it sounds, is having a daughter he cares for. The last time Bane had a daughter was during Gail Simone’s original Secret Six. Bane adopted Scandal Savage, the daughter of the immortal villain Vandal Savage, and her presence in his life immediately made him weak. Bane became so vulnerable
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