You know how many times I've heard that? "Rest in peace, Batman!" "There's no escape, Batman!" "Time to die, Batman!" Every night. Over, and over, and over. For so many years. "This is the end, Batman!" Every. Damn. Night. And yet...I'm still here. 
Appearing in "I Am Bane, Part Five"
Featured Characters:
- Batman In a vision, flashback and main story
Supporting Characters:
- Gotham In a vision and flashback
- Gotham Girl In a vision, flashback and main story
- Martha Wayne In a vision and flashback
Antagonists:
- Bane (Flashback and main story)
- Joker (Vision)
- Psycho-Pirate (Appears in flashback and main story)
Other Characters:
- Bronze Tiger (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Catwoman (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Jewlee (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Nightwing (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Punch (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Red Hood (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Robin (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Thomas Wayne (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Ventriloquist (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Alfred Pennyworth (Mentioned)
- Commissioner Jim Gordon (Mentioned)
- Duke Thomas (Mentioned)
- Tim Drake (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Santa Prisca (Appears in flashback and main story)
- United States of America
- Gotham City (Flashback and main story)
- Arkham Asylum
- Batcave (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Gotham Harbor (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Wayne Manor (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Gotham City (Flashback and main story)
Vehicles:
- Batwing (Appears in flashback and main story)
Synopsis for "I Am Bane, Part Five"
Day 5: As Batman and Bane engage in a violent and brutal fight, Batman thinks back to how often his opponents believe this to be the end of him. Even Batman believed that he wouldn’t survive the plane crash that first introduced him to Gotham Girl but yet he’s still here. Batman reflects on how Gotham Girl saved his life and how with her powers, she could be Gotham’s salvation.
With every punch Bane threatens Batman with what he will do once Batman is finally dead. He will kill anyone and everyone important to Batman. And once they are all killed, he will sit on top of one of the city’s skyline gargoyles and watch Gotham burn as the people look up in despair.
Bane begins to get the better of Batman, Bruce near death hears the voice of his mother calling him home. Bane enraged, screams for Batman to acknowledge him and yells “I AM BANE.” Batman responds that he has forgotten something and that while he is Bane, Bruce is still Batman. In that moment, Bane had left himself vulnerable and a smashing headbutt knocks him unconscious.
Batman delirious from the pain speaks with his mother and reminds her that he did not do this for himself, he did this because Gotham Girl needed help, so he helped her. He doesn’t want to die and give up, he went through all this because it’s the right thing to do. His mother responds that Bruce doesn’t need a good death for her to be proud of him.