This was the implication behind the ending of Mark Miller's Nemesis

That Nemesis was just some rich shitbag who was paying a lot of money to have a good time by fucking with everyone and that there would be more assholes like him

It's not the best comic, but it's funny when you remember that despite the fact that it was published by one of the edgy, free-for-all publishers, they wouldn't let the president be Obama