It's the finale of Bane: Conquest and, true to form, it's an explosive ride with plenty of action and an unsatisfying 'story' tacked on. It's over a year since the series began and I'm still not sure what it's all about. At a dramatic moment in issue #12, Bane screams that he will 'stand as…

It’s been a while since the last issue of Bane: Conquest hit the shelves so you’re forgiven for not remembering what’s going on (What’s that? You’re not reading this series? Well, I can’t really blame you). Fortunately, even if you (wisely) skipped a few issues, this is a straightforward one that you can jump into without…

Bane: Conquest #10 is the third issue in a row in which a showdown is heralded but not delivered. I have low expectations for each issue but at the moment even these are not being met. It’s as if Dixon has too many issues to fill and has to come up with a dull, new…

Bane: Conquest #9 is not all action, unlike several earlier issues of the series. Instead, it’s funny, gruesome and always extraordinary but readers should be warned that, despite its proximity to the series’ end, the plot doesn’t progress much. This is because issue #9 is (like issue #8 before it) a set-up issue designed to…

If you’ve been on board the Bane train for Conquest so far then you know by now that it’s a slow-moving, action-heavy series with little consideration for logic or characterisation. Issue #8 doesn’t cover much distance in terms of plot but if you’ve been enjoying this ride for the insanity and nostalgia, this could be…

This time in Bane: Conquest…Bane falls asleep! Issue #7 also continues the tale of Bane and the Serpent, picking up right where we left off in issue #6 with an overblown action scene that swings wildly between the ridiculous and the dramatic. Bullets fly, daring escapes are attempted, Bane shouts in Spanish and a Kobra…

Issue #6 of Bane: Conquest marks the beginning of the series’ third arc. ‘The Sword’ started strong but faltered due to poor characterisation and ‘The Challenge’ was just nonsense, albeit with the fun addition of Catwoman; can ‘The Serpent’ fare any better? The book opens with an introduction to Bane’s next nemesis, Naja Naja (the…

Every month I open the newest issues of Bane: Conquest and I say to myself, "Please let this one be good, please let this one be good, please let this one be good."  And month after month, issue #2 aside, I end up being disappointed.  Reviewing this comic is quickly becoming a chore.  Worse than…

  This week in the pages of Bane: Conquest, Catwoman is coerced by Russian authorities to spy on a society of international thieves.  Meanwhile, Bane and Dionysius form a bet that just so happens to involve the exact same organization.... Catwoman's story: Our story opens with Catwoman meeting up with a fence to discuss stolen…

Yesterday, I read two comic books.  One was Batman #26.  The other was this totally generic comic that lacked even a hint of intrigue and resorted to a paint-by-numbers approach that eliminated any sort of unconventional storytelling elements.  It's not that this comic was bad (although it does have one very bad part), but the…

The warden threw a party in the county jail.  The prison band was there and they began to wail.  The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing.  You should've heard them knocked-out jailbirds sing. Let's rock, everybody, let's rock! Sorry.  I know that's probably a dated reference that many of you won't get,…

Bane: Conquest is a 12 issue maxi-series bringing back Chuck Dixon and Graham Nolan to tell the further adventures of the character they helped create, BANE!  And let me tell you, when I first heard about this, I was excited beyond belief.  Dixon has had his fingerprints all over the Batverse.  If you look back…