Batman: One Bad Day: Bane #1

Batman: One Bad Day - Bane #1 is another excellent addition to the one-shot series. It's a comic that truly matches the personality of its subject, filled with violence, pride, and venom. Read Full Review

Another great addition to the One Bad Day series, a story full of darkness and sorrow that highlights the darkness that flows through Bane's veins, a definite recommendation to any fan of the Gotham world. Read Full Review

Batman One Bad Day: Bane is a fascinating character study. Its a story about an old man (even if Bane is not old in years) who sees his life as a failure even though he did something incomparable. Williamson, Porter, and Morey have taken a villain who did what none had done before him and turned him into a broken individual withering in the light of his own success. Read Full Review

Of all the one-shots so far, this is the onealong with John Ridley's Penguinthat feels the most like an evergreen story giving a villain a much-deserved spotlight. Read Full Review

Porter delivers some beautifully detailed art in the issue. There is a lot of action in the story and Porter is able to give both the personal story and the action a great, unique look. Read Full Review

It's a solid-one-shot story that showcases an ex-addict's battle with survivor's guilt after sobering up through the lens of a usual villain. Read Full Review

Batman: One Bad Day: Bane is more than meets the eye, sometimes the bad day that shaped our lives can happen on our best day. I recommend briefly re-reading more of Bane's early stories, and Batman: Venom. Then dive into this steroidal cocktail of Bane! Read Full Review

Batman fans who have been following since Bane's initial introduction in "Knightfall" are well aware of how unevenly he has been used and the story does a good job of trying to encapsulate all the different aspects of the character from his early days as a calculating behemoth in peak physical and mental condition to his addiction storylines with the fictional Venom drug. Read Full Review

It's not bad but Bane is a character that really has so much potential and this issue breaks things down in a way to simplifies his pathos instead of building upon it to return him as the juggernaut character he should be. Read Full Review

'Batman: One Bad Day: Bane' #1 is one of the stronger additions to the One Bad Day series. However, some rushed story keeps holds it back from being a truly great standalone. Read Full Review

Batman: One Bad Day: Bane #1 is a great story that's paired with art that undercuts what could be quite the tearjerker of a tale. Read Full Review

I don't have many complaints about the story itself and I enjoyed reading it in the moment. However, I don't think it's something that will stick with me. TheOne Bad Dayconcept is terrible and Howard Porter's art isn't my thing but I don't think either of those complaints break the story. Some people will love this comic and others will be indifferent, but I don't see anyone hating it. If it sounds like something that will interest you, I say give it a go! Read Full Review

Avanvolk

Mar 05, 2024

You know what, I actually really enjoyed this. Way more than I thought I would! Williamson put a clever spin on the "one bad day" idea; rather than focusing on the day that made Bane into a villain, he chose instead to turn the day Bane beat the Batman into the one bad day that ruined him thereafter. It was a surprisingly heartfelt redemption story for Bane, and I actually quite appreciated it. Howard Porter dished out some terrific art too, perhaps with the exception of that one fight scene with the microscopicly small panels. Overall, a great entry and one of my favourites of this series so far.

Comics Code Authorities

Feb 18, 2023

I have to say I enjoyed this one pretty well. It's probably the best Bane story I've read since "I am Bane." This isn't the first time Bane has attempted to renounce venom or a life of crime and it won't be the last. In fact I wouldn't be a bit surprised if in his next appearance it will be as though this never happened, knowing today's comics as I do. So I'm not going to get my hopes up for any kind of follow up where we'll learn what becomes of him and his young new companion (who we'll probably never see or hear from again either) next. "Venom" has always been one of the great post-Crisis classics. It's interesting to see Bane finally come face to face with the inventor of the drug that made him into a madman and almost destroyed him. The "One Bad day" series has been mostly so-so, but I'd say this is one of the better ones. And that's saying something since I haven't been much of a fan of most modern Bane stories. But I would recommend it to any readers who are fans of the character. more

Afre

Jan 18, 2023

It's not perfect, but it's good. There are some issues here, I really think this could've been longer, but I enjoyed it. Bane has been one of my favorite Batman rogues, so I was excited for this.

daspidaboy

Jan 19, 2023

this issue had a good resolution, great art, great action, and great character work for Bane.

Psycamorean

Jan 25, 2023

This is pretty good. It's serviceable. I honestly think Bane is a joke of a character, and this issue kind of reinforces that. Which is fine by me.

liolia

Sep 18, 2023

I really liked this story for Bane! It was nice to see him doing something new and different. I thought that the span of the story was too big for this one shot, but it was still pretty interesting.

RKS

Jan 19, 2023

Not a bad story but the resolution is pretty generic. I'm also not a big fan of the art. They should have just hired Kelley Jones to do the issue.

Loafy Trophy

Jan 20, 2023

While One Bad Day: Bane doesn't manage to hit the highs of the Riddler and Freeze issues, Williamson puts together a solid, interesting story that falls right in the middle of the road. There were some fun callbacks to Knightfall and I like the concept of Bane and Batman setting aside their differences to end the distribution of venom. The ending was a little goofy, but the real problem for me is Howard Porter's art. His pencils just look so sloppy to the point it took me out of the story multiple times.

Aussie Dad

Mar 10, 2023

There have been some very interesting storylines previously in the One Bad Day series. Sadly this is not one of them.