Bane, the villain who broke Batman�s back in Knightfall, steps out of the shadows and into the spotlight in this new collection of classic stories! First, discover Bane�s origin story in an epic that leads from a hellish South American prison to the streets of Gotham City, as Bane�s obsession with destroying Batman begins. Then, on a quest to learn the identity of his own father, Bane crosses paths with one of Batman�s greatest foes: Ra�s al Ghul, the immortal Demon�s Head, who attempts to recruit Bane in his plans for world domination.