I Am Bane

Tom King — 2017

Monster Men. New costumed vigilantes. Mad doctors. Each new threat has brought Batman--and Gotham City--to the brink. But it was all a smokescreen for the real threat in the shadows...Bane. The man who has physically tested the Dark Knight like no man before is back to finally break the Bat. Can a battered, exhausted Batman fend off one of his greatest foes ever? Written by breakout star Tom King and illustrated by David Finch and Mikel Janin, the newest installment of this best-selling, critically acclaimed graphic novel series sees the Dark Knight take on Bane in their deadliest confrontation yet! Collects BATMAN #13-18.

Reviews

Dimitris Papastergiou@s4murai

Jul 1, 2023

I liked it! Batman VS Bane. Good stuff. Not something that's gonna shock you, but a solid story with amazing artwork!

Sans@sans

Sep 11, 2021

I've been really hard on the recent floppies of this series. It's made me wonder, is it him or is it me? This proved it's him. This was good. The Bane plot was tightly written, well told, pulled me in and kept me reading. The other stories served a purpose, they gave backstory and peeks into otherwise unseen slices of life. So what happened? After the farce of a wedding, shit went downhill fast and I'm still not onboard for King's currently dragging plots and "hey, see, it'll all tie together! eventually!" attitude. The last several months have been chocked full of those terrible filler episodes you inevitably get in every anime series and I'm tired of reading filler and getting told to wait because the payout will all be worth it. Because that's what I was told regarding Heroes in Crisis and that was one of the biggest disappointments I've ever sat through. He pulled it off with Mister Miracle though! But Scott's story didn't drag like HiC and this series has since issue 50. A few bad issues I can understand. It's tough to write something for three years straight. 25 bad issues is pure burnout. So yeah, King was really good at his job. This proves it.