Bane Creators Chuck Dixon and Graham Nolan Team Up For 12-Issue Miniseries

Bane will reunite with his original posse -- the Z-list villains Bird, Trogg, and Zombie -- while the character's creators Chuck Dixon and Graham Nolan reunite to put him through his "ultimate" adventure in Bane: Conquest, a 12-issue monthly maxiseries launching in May.

The character, who first appeared in the Vengeance of Bane miniseries before serving as the big bad behind the fan-favorite Knightfall storyline in which he broke Batman's back.

Besides those iconic storylines, Dixon and Nolan tackled a number of Bane-centric stories in the '90s, including Vengeance of Bane II: The Redemption and Batman: Bane of the Demon. For a time, Bane's stories all seemed to flow through them, much the same way Dan Jurgens took point on any stories featuring Doomsday! in the years following The Death of Superman.

Bane: Conquest is described as "a twelve-issue series that will push him to the limit! Bane is seeking to create a global criminal empire with the help of his original gang, Bird, Trogg, and Zombie. The Man Who Broke The Bat moves beyond Gotham to find new cities to conquer and new enemies to crush. He won't stop until he stands at the top of the world of crime! For Bane, it's all about CONQUEST."

It's not the first time DC has brought together beloved creative teams from decades past to revisit some of their most popular characters recently. Besides Jurgens on Action Comics right now, recent miniseries or one-shots have seen John Ostrander return to Suicide Squad and Cary Bates once again tackle Captain Atom.

"It's very exciting to return with Chuck to a character we so love and are so identified with," said Nolan. "DC has allowed us to return him to his roots, bring back old friends and create new characters that will rock Bane and Batman's world. Dixon, Nolan, Bane…what's not to love?! This is, without a doubt, going to be the ULTIMATE Bane adventure!"

"Always happy to be re-united with Graham and this is an especially heady experience returning to our most significant contribution to the Batman mythos," said Dixon. "The best aspect of this project is that it's not a cameo or nostalgia tour for Graham and I. It's more like we're back after all this time to work on a truly epic story about Bane and we haven't lost a step."

Bane: Conquest #1, written by Chuck Dixon with art and cover by Graham Nolan and colors by Gregory Wright, hits shelves May 3rd.

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