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Does Bane believe that the most infamous injury he dealt to Batman was actually a mark of honor? An encounter with a random henchmen makes it seem the villain's back-breaking move should only be reserved for a select few.
Nothing was more humbling for Batman than when an attack from Bane ended with the Venom-enhanced monster nearly severing his spinal cord. Bruce Wayne was put out of commission and had to depend on others to fill in for him as Batman while he recuperated. Since the epic "Knightfall" attack, Bane's reputation skyrocketed, with whispers of his devastating attack spreading like wildfire through the criminal underground. Batman did learn from his experience, though, and while Bane hasn't been able to repeat his most well-known attack, the one time was more than enough to show how seriously people should take a villain like Bane.
As such, Bane's reputation scored him a position on the mercenary team Secret Six and while he was off of Venom at the time, he was just as brutal as ever. He got his chance to prove so when the team was abducted by a group of elites eager to play out "The Most Dangerous Game" in Secret Six #25 by John Ostrander and R.B. Silva. While separated, each member shows they are just as capable on their own as they are together. As the Six dispatch their captors one by one, Bane approaches a hunter who begs for his life. Bane tells the man that he broke the back of Batman, and while he considered doing the same thing to the fearful hunter, he says it "would sully a great warrior--to be grouped with you."
Instead, Bane just rips off the man's arms and beats him to death with his own limbs, a markedly more horrific thing than he ever did to Batman. It is interesting to see how Bane characterizes his most notable attack, since it's usually used as an example of how dangerous the villain is. Instead he treats it as a badge of honor given to his most worthy foe.
There's no doubt that Bane is one of Batman's greatest antagonists. Few villains have the mind to plot out such methodical traps for the Dark Knight and even fewer have the muscle that Bane does. Breaking Batman's back was the culmination of a well-orchestrated plan that recognized Batman could only be taken down by exhausting him physically and mentally. Breaking Batman's back was a triumph for Bane, but in many ways, it shows how deeply he understood his opponent. Bane could easily dispatch a number of challengers by snapping their spines, but it would only cheapen his greatest moment and his greatest enemy. In the most odd way possible, breaking Batman's back is a symbol for how much Bane respects him as an adversary.