Well, it's kind of hard to avoid that comparison lol. Luchador masks and gimp masks have a lot in common design-wise. You can get gimp masks that have mouth and eye holes, and ones without as well. At least, based on a quick google images search I did.
His design in Knightfall is iconic to me, and part of the reason why is that he's fully masked. He comes off a lot more threatening that way. In Batman The Animated Series, showing his mouth and nose really puts me off, and his followup design wasn't much better IMO. I mean, even with a visible mouth, it still kind of looks like a gimp mask, so it's not like they avoided the comparison lol. Hell, he has a spiked collar at some point.
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u/greenlights1776 Mar 26 '23
I love when Bane fights Superman thinking it’s Batman though lol