Bane (Earth-925)

Bane is a major enemy of Spider-Woman, who uses of the substance which gave her the spider-venom abilities to induce artificial superhuman abilities for himself. Born in Peña Duro, a prison in Santa Prisca, Nicaragua, he was sentenced for a crime he did not commit duo to his father's actions. When he grew up, Bane read all he could and trained everytime, becoming both a genius and a master martial artist. Escaping from captivation by causing a prison break, he recruited all of his fellow inmates to create a faction known as the Secret Empire to bring their views of justice to the world. His nightmares with a human spider while on his travels led him to Venom, the substance which would grant him powers, as well as Spider-Woman.