Batman: The Dark Knight #6 Preview

Bane comes to the New 52 in Batman: The Dark Knight #6, in stores February 22 from Paul Jenkins and David Finch! I think I may see the movie mask under that getup, but other than that this is the Bane we know as the man who broke the Bat… and who looks ready to do so again, just in time for The Dark Knight Rises!

Batman's darkest fears resurface in this stunning conclusion to the opening epic as the Dark Knight confronts the mastermind behind the toxin being injected into Gotham City's criminals. But the conspiracy behind the toxin runs deeper than he could possibly have imagined. Time is running out - and the entire structure of Gotham City's society is at risk, unless Batman can find a path to overcome the man who once broke his back: Bane!

Hear Tom Hardy as Bane in 'The Dark Knight Rises'

Check out this clip, shot on location at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, director Christopher Nolan's stand-in for Gotham City in The Dark Knight Rises. It's a pretty climactic moment, so even though you're just listening to Tom Hardy as Bane, it is a teensy bit spoiler-ish. It's also pretty interesting what Hardy does with Bane's voice and accent. Check it out, let me know what you think!

Here's the description of the scene:

After Bane [Tom Hardy] blows up the football field [check my other video for the explosion scene] when 86 of the Gotham Rogues [Hines Ward] runs to make a touchdown after the kick off [this is what we were told was going on during filming] he comes out to address and strike fear in Gotham [us]. The raised part you see is whats suppose to be left of the football field. He comes out and pulls the microphone from the dead? ref [which is just a dummy] on the ground outside the tunnel where he comes out with his thugs and someone he has prisoner. He also drags out some big crazy device thats supposedly the means of our destruction....i'll annotate what he says becuz honestly [and you can hear me and my friend laughin about it with the mask he had on, mixed with his accident, mixed with how he was doing the voice it sounded like an old man with a respirator on. Not sure if that has anything to do with Bane's medical background and drug experiments