Bane

Bane was a henchman of Poison Ivy.

History
Bane was originally a prisoner, named Antonia Delia, in the South American prison of Pena Duro, who was serving a life sentence for murder, and was also the sole surviving volunteer for Dr. Woodrue's "Project Gilgamesh". She was selected to be the test subject for military experiments involving the drug, Venom and was Dr. Woodrue's first successful subject. Woodrue first had her hair permanently removed, and then had five holes drilled into her skull with the largest at the base of the back of her skull. She was strapped down in front of a large audience of foreign dictators, American military generals, commanders, commissars, sheiks, and terrorists to an operating table, where massive, concentrated overdoses of Venom were purposely pumped into her skull and circulatory systems. Through the Luchador-style mask that she was forced to wear - one with five tubes that were snaked into her skull - Delia was seen writhing and screaming in agony for roughly fifteen seconds before she began to change. Originally, Delia was comparatively scrawny and diminutive, but when Venom started to take effect, she turned into a hulking monster with superhuman strength, or the "ideal killing machine", in Dr. Woodrue's words.

After Dr. Pamela Isley became Poison Ivy, she took the newly christened Bane with her to Gotham City to act as her enforcer. Bane helped scare the Golums (a street gang of punks) from their hangout at the abandoned Turkish Baths, as well as assisted in freeing Mr. Freeze from Arkham Asylum and retrieving his cryogenic armor from Arkham's Criminal Property Locker.

At Freeze's hideout, the Snowy Cones Ice Cream Factory, Batman and Robin, along with Commissioner James Gordon and the GCPD, investigated the hideout for clues to Freeze's whereabouts. During the investigation, Batman and Robin discovered that Ivy was close by after they got a dose of her pheromone dust. After they followed its direction, Batman and Robin began to look for Ivy, only to be confronted and challenged by Bane, who proved more than a match for them with her ferocious strength. Ivy and Bane successfully escaped arrest and fled.

Bane eventually accompanied Freeze to Gotham Observatory, assisted him in taking control of the new telescope, and placed Freeze's icicle bombs around the area.

When Batman, Robin, and Batgirl arrived to stop them, Freeze ordered Bane to kill Batman's two young comrades while he fought the Dark Knight himself. Bane encountered Robin and Batgirl in a cave within the cliffs on which the Observatory was built, pinned them both against a wall, and attempted to strangle them to death. Robin and Batgirl kicked Bane's main supply tube, which disconnected it from the back of her head and stopped the Venom circulation to her brain in the process. That, in turn, caused Bane massive withdrawal, and quickly reverted her back to her normal self. Bane was left behind by Robin and Batgirl as they escaped, but what happened to her afterwards, was ultimately left ambiguous, as there was no evidence that she died in the fall of the Telescope Platform that occurred shortly afterwards.

Powers

 * Enhanced Physiology: Due to Bane's use of the drug Venom she possessed incredible strength, stamina and endurance through her injections of Venom.

Weaknesses

 * Diminished Intellect: Bane lost most of her intellect after having the drug Venom pumped into her Limbic System, only capable of making grunts and growls as Ivy's assistant.
 * Power Limitation: Bane is powerless without her Venom, making it an easy vulnerability.

Notes


 * For the film, Bane was portrayed by two actors. Michaela Reid portrayed the Antonia Delia portion of the role when Venom was not in the character's system. And Pro Wrestler Jordynne Grace in the role when Bane is on Venom.