Well, y'know, the whole soldier thing is what I'm thinking of, which Tim is pretty much in line with. Since there is no Robin in Year One, I'm carefully going to let you guess what I meant while I go hide in the bat-bunker. Nevertheless, your primary use of gangs when beginning always has reminded me of Year One. Even though Miller makes Batman into a jerk, at least the take makes sense.

EDIT: Also, our avatars match up pretty well thematically