Bane: Conquest #10

Issue ten of the twelve-part Bane: Conquest finds the hulking, masked villain bloodied but not broken, looming large on Graham Nolan's cover as a green-costumed gunman walks away, speech bubbles declaring "Forget it, Bane — you're on your own!" The image of an abandoned, battle-scarred Bane surrounded by a crowd of armed figures sets a genuinely tense tone for "The Reaper Part Two." Chuck Dixon and Nolan's collaborative series keeps delivering, and this penultimate stretch of the run looks like it's pushing Bane to his limits.