Bane masks have become a hot commodity amid the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent requirements state and local governments have enacted. By Ryan Parker No one cared who I was until I put on the ...

Bane was an admirable foe in The Dark Knight Rises, pushing Batman to his absolute limits with his sheer strength, but it was the way his mask actually works that made the DC villain even more ...

Bane is hailed by some for being Batman's only opponent capable of taking him out mentally and physically - but why does he wear a mask? Batman fans will remember Bane being trapped in the Pit ...

Perhaps people are engaging in a little bit of wishful thinking, since the comic-book origins of the mask involve protective/pain-killing gas, which is what makes Bane such a force with which to ...

Turn to Hollywood, which has been an oft-cited source for standards of masculinity, and you can find plenty of on-screen badasses who rocked masks. Take Bane as a recent and prominent example.

Unfortunately, Bane's mask puts the audience through auditory hell. Bane's voice becomes extremely muffled under the mask, which creates an issue when Bane goes on long tirades about economics and ...