Superstar artist David Finch (Wonder Woman)—along with bestselling writer Tom King—completes his run on the Dark Knight in Batman Vol. 3: I am Bane, featuring the ultimate battle between Batman and his arch-foe, Bane!
He is not a joke. He is not a riddle. He is not a bird or a cat or a penguin, not a scarecrow or a plant or a puppet. He is not a fairy tale or a circus act, a broken friend or a regretful mentor. He is no rich boy pretending to be a knight.
He is Bane. The Batman invaded his home, scarred his mind and broke his back. Now Bane has returned to Gotham City for a single purpose: break the Batman once and for all. But first, he’ll destroy everyone the Dark Knight has ever loved…or loathed.
The young heroes who’ve worn the mantle of Robin. The cops, crime-fighters and vigilantes who make up Batman’s army of allies. Even the madmen and monsters that haunt the halls of Arkham Asylum. Batman will need all of their help—and more—to fend off this unstoppable challenger.
Because both Bane and Batman know one thing: only one of them will walk away from their final confrontation unbroken…
Collects Batman #16-20, #23-24 and stories from Batman Annual #1.
Continuing in a great direction
"The entirety of the story is just one big confrontation between batman and bane, and it's very, very enjoyable for it's own sake, and makes a lot of it's own drama for the difference between the two, but besides the actual confrontation, the actually leading in and additional drama to plot isn't really there. Could've been a lot more enjoyable if the tension and story was allowed to build a bit more first, to add to the actual story. Besides the emotional drama and confrontation between the two, there isn't a large amount of depth or tension to story, besides a few scenes and moments. An issue or two of work would have made the story more ideal."
