I guess I'm just going to throw it out there. I don't know if it's gonna be a novel, a screenplay or a comic book, but what I want to do is this:
>Megacorps A has the head scientist of Megacorps B murdered
>The murder doesn't go as planned, the hitman has to flee the scene and leave the body behind
>Police gets invovled
>Neither A nor B want the police involved, because they don't want the cops anywhere near their dirty laundry and rather sort these things out between themselves
>A middle-aged cop who had been relegated to a desk job gets the assignment since his corrupt superiors don't think he'll ever be able to solve the case
>Cop sees this as a chance for his comeback
>Starts investigating
>Eventually digs up enough dirt to implicate Megacorps A
>Commissioner dismisses him, gives him a "promotion" and tells him to shut up about it
>Cop refuses to accept this, digs up dirt on the commissioner and forces him to resign
>New commissioner lets it go to court
>It gets dismisses in a mock trial, because, guess what, the courts are corrupt, too.
>New commissioner ends up dead in a tragic car accident
>Cop either gets killed or goes vigilante, may pave the way for a sequel
That's my basic idea so far, I'm in the process of fleshing things out. And deciding on the medium, I guess.