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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 110. Chapters: Boba Fett, Barb Wire, Dale Gribble, Leela, Bane, List of Cowboy Bebop characters, Samus Aran, Jonah Hex, Death's Head, Lobo, Bishop, Strontium Dog, Stephanie Plum, Captain Cold, Brad Bellick, Yuna, Midnight Run, Sol Badguy, Captain Falcon, Ilana Verdansky, Hunter-warrior, Technet, Man with No Name, Zapan, Lockdown, March Hare, Fiona Glenanne, Rikku, Jango Fett, Sir Guy of Gisbourne, Spike Spiegel, Burt Gummer, The Fall Guy, Jazinda, Iria: Zeiram the Animation, Jon Sable, Cad Bane, Durham Red, Angela, Middenface McNulty, Rick Deckard, Cinnamon, Devcon, October the 31st, Gatecrasher, Jonas Glim, Massacre, Shiver Man, The Coltons, Bounty. Excerpt: Bane is a fictional character who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 (January 1993), and was created by Chuck Dixon, Doug Moench, and Graham Nolan. Bane has been one of Batman's more physically and intellectually powerful foes. A virtually unstoppable juggernaut, he is best known for breaking Batman's back in the "Knightfall" story arc. IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time ranked Bane as #34. Tom Hardy is set to play Bane in the finale of the Christopher Nolan film trilogy The Dark Knight Rises. According to his creators, Bane was originally intended as a "dark mirror" of the highly disciplined and multi-skilled pulp hero Doc Savage. Chuck Dixon, Graham Nolan, and Doug Moench created the character for the Knightfall storyline, although it is unclear what elements were introduced by each of the two writers (Dixon and Moench). Dixon wrote the character's first appearance (Vengeance of Bane), with art by Graham Nolan. It is also unclear how much input was provided by Denny O'Neil (veteran writer of the Batman books, then Group Editor for the Batman family of books, and author of the no...
