Batman and the Outsiders #2: Pages 3-4

And now, the secret origin of Baron Bedlam as told by the man himself:As if the poor collaborating bastard wasn't warm enough with his shirt, sweater and jacket, they had to give him a Nazi Olympic medal on top of it. But I'm getting side-tracked... Origin, right! Ok, the first thing you need is a good motivation. Bedlam's? The indignity of his father being some kind of accountant. Hey Batman! Tell him about the time your parents got slaughtered in a back alley. (But don't mention how bourgeois they were.)
A villain's origin should contain a memory of happy times, so that when they ultimately turn to villainy, they are tragic figures. Bedlam remembers those good times... when he could have his way with any woman in Markovia at gunpoint.
Facial disfigurement is always good. Doctor Doom? After a machine designed to communicate with his dead mother blew up on his head, he made matters worse by pressing a red-hot mask on his face. Baron Bedlam? Used a bad pick-up line and girl smashed a wine bottle in his face. But it's not fair to compare...
Next we need to build him up with evil deeds... like hanging girls who wouldn't sleep with him. Good times...
Now a reversal of fortune, and I don't know a better reversal of fortune for a filthy Nazi than SGT. F%/&*IN ROCK!
After the war, the Markovians took a break from chasing Frankenstein away from their borders long enough to hang Bedlam's dad. Oh the irony! Question: If Bedlam is in his 20s in 1945, how old is he today (1983)? He's in his 60s and should really be thinking about retirement instead of going up against the Batman.
Now that he's highly motivated, it's time to get into costume and... get a job and work for 40 years, then spend your pension on mercenaries (and not that many by the look of things).
Oh! Foreign policy ZINNNNG, Batman!
Finally, every villain needs a good plan. With Bedlam, it's consolidating a modest army of mercenaries in one of the world's tiniest countries and invading every country on its borders (to start). Lichtenstein, France and Belgium might fall at that.

Now that Batman knows all about Bedlam, he desperately needs Black Lightning to do something. Quick! Bedlam's going for his pants!
Ok! Batman's safe! Bedlam's got a taste for Foxy Luscious (his pet name for him), and maybe Lucius doesn't mind. Well, I guess he better not mind or else it's the gallows with him.
So Batman's like, "Dude! You so had him! What da f--- is wrong witchoo?" And like, Black Lightning's all like, "Bats, man! I'm a high school teacher and I read books, even if my role is totally unanaloguous to anything in said book, so how 'bout you show some respect, bitch!"

And Metamorpho goes all like, "..." cuz he's still a pile of passed out. I guess we need to turn the page...