Bane is the guy that came from a prison on the other side of then planet in order to plan and execute Batmans downfall to a T, all for no other reason than to humiliate him simply because he exits. No revenge, no big idealisitc vision, no incomprehensible mental disorders at play. He simply wanted to take down the baddest mofo he could find. No one else has taken Batman out of play like that, or managed to test or upset his legacy with the same results, not even Ra's or Joker. To Batmans second greatest villain (Ra's Al Ghul) Bane is a heir more worthy than even the detective. Bane and the Joker are the only two to ever beat Ra's in a game of chess. Batman never beat Ra's in a game of chess did he? No. Bane is criminally underrated and under-used. Now that he's off the venom he should be smarter and more dangerous than ever. Instead writers have him moping around the planet looking for his daddy.