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Warning : pillager for Invincible Iron Man # 1Marvel’sIron Manand DC’sBatmanare known by fans for being lewdly productive , but both superheroes are presently broke in funnies - and this is not necessarily a bad development . Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark ’s wealthis well - have sex by buff and chance lector likewise , and their grand wealth is often a plot detail in comics and plastic film . ButInvincible Iron piece # 1continues a course that Batman start : a flush superhero with billion of dollar to his name losing it all .
Iron Man and Batman both acquired their wealth through their parents . Thomas and Martha Wayne worked , but they themselves inherit wealth from their own parents ( the Waynes have been fat for generations , and Martha was the heir to the Kane Chemical fortune ) , whileHoward Stark was a brilliant inventorwho also benefit from the war and legion government contract . As such , Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark grew up surrounded by wealth and influence , large sign and powerful people - and while both would eventually become superheroes , neither Bruce nor Tony have felt the annoyance of hungriness , homelessness or deficiency of access to proper aesculapian maintenance .
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InInvincible Iron Man # 1 , written by Gerry Duggan with artwork by Juan Frigeri , Iron Man must downsize after a spending spree in which he bought every destructive artillery from a major weapon system dealing companionship . While his missionary work to destroy the caller was successful , Iron Man has scarce any money left- and when his abode is destroy in a freak accident , he lead to the streets in despair before ending his sobriety streak , drink in a taphouse , and passing out on a pile of drivel bags .
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Batman is also no longer a billionaire , though his position is slightly unlike . Lucius Fox is now in mastery of Bruce ’s fortune , and the governance is watching every cent ; he ca n’t well give it back and Bruce ca n’t use it to fund his crimefighting activity . Batman handles lose his billionaire statusslightly easier than Iron Man , but the point still stands that two of the productive fictional characters in comics have misplace most ( if not all ) of their wealth . multitude living in 2022 no longer view billionaires the same style ; income inequality and a immerse saving seriously touch everyone ’s livesexceptbillionaires , who seemingly resist to lift a finger to assist .
Other rich superheroes are in similar predicaments : Reed Richards and Sue Stormhave seemingly left New York after a catastrophe , and the FantastiCar even runs on gasoline now . While Reed does not have the immense wealthiness as Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark , he still has a considerable fortune . Meanwhile , Iron ManandBatmanare burst in 2022 and potentially beyond - and this may allow them to live like almost everyone else in the world .
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