BATMAN by Brian Michael Bendis
There’s a new villain in Gotham. He’s a young, up and coming gangster, he’s had enough with the current status quo.
He begins: I’m the boss here now. We’re under new management. I’m telling you, this is how things are going to be: NEW RULES in this house. MY RULES. We’ll branch out. Take over Gotham, one neighbor after the other. Nobody is going to stop us. This time, we make the city our own. Anyone messes with us? We kill him.
Gordon? We kill him.
The Bat? We. Kill. Him.
To punctuate the meeting, New Boss attacks and kills B-Listman. Now we know he’s a man we have to be afraid of.
New Boss has a new drug that will make the streets go crazy… Kryptonian growth hormone. Whatever the hell that is.
Nightwing shows up. He makes a joke. The punchline is “Blue Beetle is lame”. Because Blue Beetle is a not an A-Lister, he doesn’t deserve respect, y’see. Also he dresses like a Blue Beetle. LAUGH YOU SHEEP.
Here comes Killer Moth. He’s funny, everyone laugh at him!
Crossover issue. Superman is in Gotham. He faces a drug dealer. The drug dealer says “Y'know, I didn’t believe you actually existed!”
Batgirl talks to Bruce. “Why do I have to be BatGIRL? It feels so unfair!” After that, a comic site runs an article: BENDIS THE FEMINIST FIGHTS THE GOOD FIGHT FOR US ALL
Here comes Killer Moth again. He probably has a serious mental disorder. Also, he’s funny, everyone laugh at him.
Batgirl faces New Boss. She’s beaten to a pulp in a weirdly sexual manner to prove what a badass he is. After that, nobody talks about it.
New Boss fights Batman. New Boss screams “IT’S DONE. THIS IS YOUR FAULT. YOU LEFT ME WITH NO CHOICE. YOU BROUGHT THIS UPON YOURSELF,” regardless if it makes sense or not in context.
New Boss is defeated, turns into a massive crying snivelling bitch. Twelve issues later he comes back, and we’re supposed to still see him as a badass.