CLEMSON — In the graphic novel Batman: Knightfall, Bruce Wayne suffers from burnout after spending all of his nights as the masked vigilante known as Batman. During this same struggle, Batman is attacked by an enemy named Bane, who wanted to break the Dark Knight’s spirit, as well as his back.
Bane’s attack on Batman worked for a short time, as Bruce Wayne struggled with the way things ended and how the man who replaced him, Jean-Paul Valley (a.k.a. Azrael), had become violent and was tarnishing Batman’s reputation.
Wayne eventually pulled himself up in order to save Gotham City from Bane and his own reputation from Jean-Paul.