Eduardo Dorrance (Gotham)

Gotham‎ and Pennyworth
Real Name	Eduardo Dorrance
Main Alias	Bane
Affiliation	Delta Force, League of Shadows, Formerly U.S. Military
Base Of Operations	Gotham City
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Public Identity
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Mercenary, Terrorist, Leader of the Delta Force
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Green
Origin
Universe	Gotham (TV Series)
Creators	Dennis O'Neil · Chuck Dixon · Graham Nolan · John Stephens · Iturri Sosa
First Appearance	"Pena Dura" (January 31, 2019)
Last Appearance	"They Did What?" (April 18, 2019)

Eduardo Dorrance is a mercenary and terrorist known as Bane who uses a drug called Venom to enhance his physical strength.

History

Origins

At one point Eduardo Dorrance joined the army and served alongside James Gordon. Both men became friends and saved each others' life on more than one occasion. During the war, Gordon earned Eduardo's respect and gratitude, but Jim eventually decided to leave the army in order to return to Gotham City and join the GCPD. Shortly after, Dorrance and the rest of his military task force were captured during the war in Santa Prisca and imprisoned at Peña Duro, which he would later describe as "the darkest hell on earth".

Left there to die by the government, Eduardo and his fellow soldiers were forced to endure the cruel games of the prison guards. They would choose one of the soldiers and bury him alive, then take bets on whether he could dig his way out or not. But when he managed to free himself from his grave, they would bury the soldier even deeper and play again. All of Eduardo's fellow soldiers died during their prison sentence, leaving him as the sole survivor of the squad who managed to endure the games of the guards. When Nyssa al Ghul came to Peña Duro, Dorrance stood out to her and she pulled him out of the prison, promising to give him a new purpose.

No Man's Land

Four years after Jim Gordon had left the military, Eduardo Dorrance was put in command of the Delta Force by Nyssa and sent to Gotham City, seemingly to help restore it from its No Man's Land status.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Venom Usage
  • Superhuman Strength
  • Superhuman Reflexes
  • Superhuman Speed
  • Superhuman Stamina
  • Superhuman Durability
  • Accelerated Healing

Abilities

• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced)
• Martial Arts
• Tactical Analysis
• Weaponry
  • Firearms
• Intimidation
• Deception
• Leadership
• Military Protocol
• Survival
  

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Guns/Firearms
• Life Support Suit
• Venom

Notes

• This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the television series Gotham, Pennyworth and its tie-in webseries and shorts, Gotham Stories and Gotham: A City Gone Mad. It is an adaptation of Bane. The original character was created by Dennis O'Neil, Chuck Dixon, and Graham Nolan and first appeared in Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1.
• Bane was portrayed by Shane West.
  

Trivia

• This is the second version of Bane to have an official real name, the first being Antonio Diego in Batman and Robin
• The name Eduardo Dorrance is an allusion to Edmund Dorrance, Bane's father in the comics.

Related

• 4 Appearances of Eduardo Dorrance (Gotham)
• 5 Images featuring Eduardo Dorrance (Gotham)
• 1 Quotations by or about Eduardo Dorrance (Gotham)
• Character Gallery: Eduardo Dorrance (Gotham)

Footnotes

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