Batman Eternal, book 1
Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV et Collectif2014

They call him the Roman. Once, he ruled Gotham City. Then a new wave of criminals and crime-fighter - costumed freaks and caped vigilantes - pushed him out. Now Carmine Falcone has returned, determined to rebuild his empire and bring Gotham back to the time before the Bat, a criminal heyday of dirty cops, untouchable mobsters and bullets in the street.

Falcone is starting an all-out gang war in Gotham , and even the police are on his side, targeting Batman rather than criminals. Worst of all , Jim Gordon is locked away in Blackgate Penitentiary, set up to take a fall in devious plot. Soon there won't be a cop or a cape in Gotham powerful enough to stop the Roman.

But this war is only the beginning ... Deep beneath Gotham's surface , a profound evil stirs. And even the world's greatest detective might miss the clues pointing to a plan far larger than one crime lord- a conspiracy that could involve every villain Gotham's ever faced!
(Collects Batman Eternal #1-21)