DC Comics has had major success with the relaunch of their entire line of superheroes under The New 52 banner last August. New origins, new costumes, and new continuities all play a part in the reboot of the best known characters in the DC regime.
Entertainment Weekly scored a preview of the upcoming Batman: The Dark Knight #6, featuring the first look of the revamped version of Bane in DC's The New 52 universe.
Bane was the Caped Crusader's arch enemy who literally "broke the Bat" by snapping his back over his knee in the 1993 story arc Knightfall, leaving the Gotham City hero crippled.
What is interesting about the upcoming cover is that it pays literal and full homage to that iconic storyline, suggesting that Bane will once again prove to be Batman's ultimate foe, and that there may not be a complete revised encounter for which he is famous for.
Bane was also Christopher Nolan's choice to be the main adversary in this summer's final film in his Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, and will be played by Tom Hardy. While the big screen version retains the general masked appearance of the character, it will be grounded in lot more in reality, a staple in Nolan's storytelling. Even so much that Hardy is also physically not as tall as Christian Bale. The trailer to The Dark Knight Rises has brief glimpses of Bane looking down upon a beaten Bruce Wayne in addition to several shots of the playboy millionaire limping around with a cane. So there is a strong possibility that the film may mirror Knightfall in some key plot points.
