Comments on: Top 100 Comic Book Battles: 45-41

By: Danny Potter

Danny Potter — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:12:45 +0000

Bane took a personal quest to destroy all of Ra's al Ghul's Lazarus Pits. and the killing joke was awesome even if you didn't care for the content just look at the storytelling mechanics that Moore utilized, This book helped people stop looking at batman and seeing Adam West. (seriously just look at the scene changes in the book, panel to panel this book is brilliant)

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:57:57 +0000

Oops - That "Anonymous" post was me. For some reason most of my posts yesterday were either anonymous or showing someone else's name. danjack - you're not alone. Jim Aparo's work was always to drab and lifeless for me.

By: danjack

danjack — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:28:29 +0000

i hated Aparo's work on Bane Vs Batman. Ugh. Anyone else?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:52:05 +0000

Has Alan Moore written anything worse than The Killing Joke?

The lesser issues of Promethea (particularly the final issue). Most of Tomorrow Stories (except Jack B Quick and Greyshirt which are great).

By: Rusty Priske

Rusty Priske — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:33:35 +0000

Bane in Secret Six is hilarious. His over-over-over protective attitude towards Scandal is worth the price of the book alone.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:58:12 +0000

Actually, Nitz, you should check out the current Secret Six series. Bane is semi-reformed and refuses to use Venom anymore because it's immoral. He's kind of the straight man to the rest of the lunatics in the group and makes for some damn good storytelling.

By: sgt pepper

sgt pepper — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:49:17 +0000

Comic Book Legend: With We3, Grant Morrison inadvertently created lolcats.

By: Wolfsbane

Wolfsbane — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:30:10 +0000

isse three of We3 is great and the fight with 4 and the gov't is well worth being on the list. Bane will hopefully get his second great moment in secret six, he's done squat (unless you count killing judomaster in Infinite Crisis) since then.

By: chad

chad — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:34:41 +0000

once again the list keeps rising in good choices. most i read we3 i agree was sad. Bane proved how to beat Batman. as for the battle with the white Martians . batman greatest weapon is his mind he is always covering bases. as for the killing joke it did two things proved how nasty and disturbed the joker really is and also what a strong and powerful woman Babs is . not to mention how batman figures out that the joker will never change and is a true sociopath. even though to me the killing joke is one of the most disturbing batman books ever next to ArkhamAsylum.

By: Zee

Zee — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:30:44 +0000

I'm still hoping for Jean Paul Valley Azrael vs. Bane in Batman #500.

Merry Christmas.

By: Da Fug

Da Fug — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 03:23:38 +0000

Has Alan Moore written anything worse than The Killing Joke? It's one of the most disappointing things from my childhood that I've reread. I got the recolored version out from the library and while the coloring is WAY better in hand than anything I saw on the internet and the Bolland art is pretty, the story is just pointlessly vile. I was absolutely underwhelmed. And I can remember waiting on pins and needles to buy the original when the house ads starting appearing in everything DC put out back then. Reading The Killing Joke just makes you appreciate John Ostrander (and Kim Yale?) all the more.

By: The Mutt

The Mutt — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:43:49 +0000

Why was 6 afraid of 7?

Because 7 8 9.

By: Crash-Man

Crash-Man — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:36:19 +0000

I think We4 was a mastiff...

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:34:22 +0000

Just for the record, We4 was a bullmastiff, not a bulldog.

By: Tom Fitzpatrick

Tom Fitzpatrick — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:57:33 +0000

Good joke.
One of my favourites.
I tell it sometimes.

By: Craig M.

Craig M. — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:51:25 +0000

I never thought about it, but the way the entry about Bane breaking Batman's back reminds me of this character on MadTV back in the day. It was a Mexican wrestler whose whole gimmick was the promise the he would "break you, like so, with my knee."

By: Ortiz

Ortiz — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:10:23 +0000

WE3 is really a heart-breaking story, it tells a lot about the concept of humanity. Batman beating down the Hyperclan was awesome, at that time I loved the JLA, ahh, those good times. Peace.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:31:09 +0000

Well, like I said, it seems his only goal was to beat up Batman, and he did that, so I guess he didn't feel like he needed to do anything else.

By: Nitz the Bloody

Nitz the Bloody — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:27:54 +0000

Has Bane done anything interesting since the Knightfall/Knightquest/Knightsend mega-arc? It seems like he's the super-villain equivalent of the premature ejaculator; one big move, then no follow-up.