Bane  

In the “New 52” comics, Batman was not in Gotham during the events of “Forever Evil”. Penguin became Gotham’s mayor, criminals started to organize, and Bane had his own evil agenda to rule Gotham. Since the best way to rule the criminals of Gotham is through fear, Bane became Batman, and set out to instil fear in the hearts of Gotham’s villains. Since Bane fought criminals, the people of Gotham started to support him, and Bane promised them a safe haven. Much like in the movie “The Dark Knight Rises”, Bane gains complete control of the city, the GCPD is defeated, so they can’t stop him, and everyone relies on Bruce Wayne to arrive and fix this mess. Batman eventually comes back, defeats Bane and works together with Jim Gordon to restore Gotham to its former glory the best he can.