What Year Was His First Appearence?
It was 1993.
Bane made his debut in Vengeance of Bane #1, and into Batman #487 and Detective #656 in early '93. The Venom super steroid which gave him strength derived from the Legends of the Dark Knight storyline 'Venom'.
I think the bigger question is why? Why the hell was Bane created? Send that character into outerspace on a rocketship with Doomsday and the rest of 90s comics.
-Why the hate on Bane? If anything I want to see more of him in the current and future comics
I agree with this, Bane was probably the most dynamic rogue created since Ra's Al Ghul or the mishandled KGBeast. The 90s, even with the negative Image-Marvel influence was alot more creative and consistent on the bat mythos in my view compared to this decade and how the writers appear intent to dismantle the continuity built up over the past few decades.