Great report! Thanks for sharing, I am trying to follow in your (and many others) footsteps on the comic style reports. I really enjoy reading these.
On gangs. I might start a separate thread on them. I have used them in three games running. They are very brittle, but add a lot of visual gravitas to the game. We are currently using a League with "Company of Heroes", and the other with "Call to Arms", mainly to create very different opponents. Hordes of troops appeals to my sense of Soviet tactics in any case, and our games are currently set in 1920's Russia.
Looking forward to your next Bat-Rep, Gary!
Matt