Bane would destroy Croc, Seeley just threw Croc fans a bone. Bane has destroyed him multiple times in the past and will do so in the future in any fight not written by Tim Seeley. I love Seeley but you could tell he had a bone to pick with Bane. He had Croc whining about Bane as early as Eternal #18. Either way that whole series came around the time when Bane was in a jobbing phase of his career, those poor feats in Eternal dont add up to his showings in Talon, Arkham War etc.
Hence I called it PIS and a few years later its more than evident regardless of what a certain strawman poster might think. Croc has indeed been upgraded in SS but his "upgrade" is merely the result of him in a super team and not because the writer was actually seriously interested in making him more powerful. When he goes back to Arkham his power will deflate to its previous levels. Sustainable power upgrades go hand in hand with story and character arcs that resonate with fans and other creators. Its why Jason Todd's chop has been forgotten.
Bane on the other hand is now moving towards Ra's al Ghul status in his upcoming series, King's run cemented him as THE Anti-Batman and the one villain who represents Batman's own destruction. He just became the Batman character of the month for April over in Reddit in only the third feature under the deadliest threat to Batman category.
He was voted 4 by fans on Comicsalliance Batman's greatest villains list losing out only to Joker, Ra's and Dent.
Croc on the other hand is doing absolutely nothing in Suicide Squad, movie or comic. Once Dixon is done I can see Bane popping by in Tec and All Star Batman as the main villain.
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