The Outline
HENCH's story is told over 11 issue-length chapters:
Ch. 1: The Problem
ACT I -
Russ, Peter and Sweets are looking for blackmail material against the Takehashi clan when they are discovered by a rent-a-cop. There's a scuffle when a shot is fired and Mr. Superior shows up to investigate.
Mr. Superior is, at first glance, your typical comic book superhero: spandex, jack boots and a cape flapping in the breeze.
Superior makes a quick example of Sweets while Peter turns tail to run. Inexplicably, Russ stands his ground and comes out swinging against the metahuman who can easily take him down. It's at this moment that the classic set up of superhero beating up the bad guys is turned on it's head and the reader realizes that the protagonist of this story is the criminal and not the guy in the cape. After a brief, one-sided scuffle, Superior punches Russ into a flashback-
ACT II:
MIDPOINT (REVERSAL)
They have the same confrontation as in the original intro and Russ get's knocked out into a flashback where we're introduced to Aviana and him stealing from the mobster again. This time he steals a briefcase with money and a thumb drive inside as well as the cell phone. (Need to introduce Russ's notebook of metahuman dossiers early on here)
ACT III:
CLIMAX
Then we meet Scoop, Brick, and Pete. Scoop makes Russ an offer he can't refuse.
Russ is defeated and dropped off at jail by Superior