Money, money, money, who has the most money!

Superhero here, supervillain there…DC and Marvel have many superheroes and supervillains, and some are damn rich…richer….richest!

Superheroes are the protectors of the ones who can’t protect themselves from evil, they are the selfless saviors of many to thwart the evil-doers or the supervillains.

But, superheroing doesn’t come cheap, nor are they paid to fight evil. That’ll be absurd, right? Saved Mr. James from getting eaten by a wormhole—$2 million, stopped a dark god from obliterating Earth-$75 quadrillions, like the supervillains who just have to steal and trick people and their businesses. Or maybe like Mr. Cash$tealer stole $5 million from Zwizz bank…hmm…that can happen after all villains have it in their portfolio itself…to steal!

But still, that’s just absurd right!?

But as we know looking at the gadgets and technology invested for their personal needs or to help their allies triumph over evil, DC & Marvel have a bunch of financial superheroes too. Some were born rich, while some had their alter egos successful in their business. The villains are also not left behind. Albeit, born into riches and powers, the addiction to dominance is everything and all of them have a common goal. World domination or absolute control over everyone, and some have the resources in illegal ways.

Let us look at 19 of the richest super ones within two of the greatest comic universes, DC and Marvel, as money is one of the few things that make the world go round.

Estimated Wealth: =$80 Billion

Lex Luthor inherited a good fortune and gained massive profits using his own companies and his brain. He built his empire in illegal ways. He has rebuilt his fortunes after he lost shares many times. His Lex Corps sees Wayne Enterprise as a competitor and Superman as an alien nuisance.

Estimated Wealth: $80 Billion

Being raised in the Stark family, Tony Stark has inherited the family business. Being an Avenger, he bankrolls the team with advanced tech and funds. He is a brilliant inventor and a great businessman. He has lost his fortunes many times but has reclaimed his wealth. He has different versions of the Iron Man suit.

Estimated Wealth: <$100 Billion

An immortal eco-terrorist and leader of the League of Assassins,  and infamously known as Demon’s Head. He has studied the arts of science and medicine. During his long life span, Ra’s al Ghul has accumulated a vast amount and uses it to finance his evil organizations. He has financed organizations legitimately as well as illegally. But his plans to destroy humans have been thwarted by Batman many times.  

Estimated Wealth: $100 Billion

It’s a big debate like who’s the richest, Tony or Bruce, Bruce is as Wayne Enterprises is too diversified and reaches farther than Stark Industries which was mainly into weapons and stuff until a while.

Born into the Wayne family, Bruce Wayne holds significant influence over the Wayne shares. Bruce has a good stock and makes a hefty profit even when not in charge. He funds the Justice League and Justice League of America, Titans, and Teen Titans. He is a great detective, inventor, and a great businessman. His Batcave is full of expensive toys. 

Estimated Wealth: >$100 Billion

Yeah, Dick Grayson is richer than his adopted father, Bruce Wayne. The first Robin became one of the richest overnight when after Alfred’s death at the hands of Bane revealed that he left all of his money to Dick Grayson and being Bruce’s ward, he has a share already. Heavily compensated by the Wayne estate, Alfred Pennyworth had huge earnings. Dick Grayson with his wealth and the help of Barbara Gordon transformed Blüdhaven into a better place for the poor. 

Estimated Wealth: >$100 Billion

Vandal Savage, older than Ra’s al Ghul with countless huge stacks of time has collected a huge amount of wealth. Born Vandar Adg, a Cro-Magnon, he has accumulated a mass volume of fortune in several millennia. He uses the fortune for world dominance, but each time the Justice League steps up and foils it.

Estimated Wealth: >$100 Billion

After acquiring Frost family’s fortune, Emma Grace Frost became one of the wealthiest characters. She has been on both sides of the law. She also paid for the mutant island of Utopia. She abandoned her family’s wealth and made her fortune. She also has a profitable share of Hellfire Trading Corp. With her fortune, she has helped her people buy safe homes.

Estimated Wealth: =$125 Billion

Dr. Victor Von Doom is one of the most powerful supervillains in the Marvel Comic Universe. He’s the monarch of the sovereign nation of Latveria. Albeit, he’s a supervillain, he ensures that no one is hungry in his country. He is ready to spend his money on the care of his people. Dr. Doom has several patents for his inventions and owns all the assets of Latveria.

Estimated Wealth: $125 Billion

Charles Xavier was born into a privileged life of wealth. The X-men and the whole campus of Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters are funded by Prof. Xavier. With smart investments, he made a lot of money, and it was his funding that bankrolled Krakoa into becoming a country and later his resources helped in marking it as a new homeland for mutants.

Estimated Wealth: >$125 Billion

Roberta Da Costa aka Sunspot is one of the wealthiest students of Professor X. Hailing from a wealthy Brazilian family and inheriting them after his father’s untimely demise, he secured himself a place in the Hellfire Club. Sunspot bought the Advanced Idea Mechanics, one of the criminal organizations, and turned it into his range of Avengers. 

Estimated Wealth: >$125 Billion

Ozymandias of Watchmen is a self-made man. Though he was born into a wealthy family, he gave away all for charity and started from scratch. With his impeccable IQ, he remade more fortune. He runs a multi-billion-dollar corporation doing good. But things didn’t quite work out as was imprisoned for the murder of three million people in New York City.

Estimated Wealth: >$125 Billion

Teth Adam is the totalitarian ruler of a nation, Kahndaq, rooted in the Middle East. Kahndaq is rich in oil, of which Adam has a good share. Black Adam has personal access to all of Kahndaq’s resources, and so technically he profits from them all. 

Estimated Wealth: $260 Billion

Namor, the ruler of Marvel’s Atlantis, possesses immense riches and controls the Earth’s abundant natural reserves. This monarch has been on the good and bad side of morals, but his kingdom owning the rights to sunken treasures, has gained more profits on various occasions.

Estimated Wealth: >$1 Trillion

The clone of Jean Grey, Madelyne Pryor, has joined forces with the demons of Limbo, and lately given the throne by Magik, she owns all of the treasures of Limbo, and the realm of Limbo is full of treasures. Her massive palace in Central Park, which arose after her truce with Jean Grey, and the Limbo Embassy in Manhattan make her fanthomously wealthy. Her wealth amounts to a surplus amount of riches.

Estimated Wealth: $90 Trillion

T’Challa is the King of Wakanda, the only source of the rare and most powerful metal on the planet, Vibranium. He has inherited a pretty impressive amount of wealth from his father too and using vibranium-based tech he got even more wealthier. He’s also one of the bankrollers for Avengers.

Estimated Wealth: >$100 Trillion 

Blackagar Boltagon is the King of the Inhuman Kingdom. He has used his immense wealth to rebuild Attilan many times, implying that he’s a lot richer than it seems. Being the monarch of one of the oldest kingdoms on Earth, he is the owner of many priceless heirlooms, and apart from these he also owns a nightclub in NYC and makes a huge profit.

Estimated Wealth: <$150 Trillion

Diana is the princess of Paradise Island, Themyscira, an island that has weapons, and lots of gold. She has expensive suits and an armory. She is also the daughter of Zeus and has attained celestial levels. She is a clever businesswoman and has also worked as an army nurse to becoming a military intelligence officer (promoted to higher ranks), civilian employee, businesswoman, etc. She is also the only ambassador of Paradise Island.

Estimated Wealth: $150 Trillion

Arthur Curry, the King of DC’s Atlantis is fantabulously wealthy. Being on the good side with the surface world, he must have had many profitable treaties with the surface world. Atlantis’ advanced technology shows how rich his kingdom is in technology and money. His kingdom flows with a surplus amount of wealth.

Estimated Wealth: >$200 Trillion

Thor Odinson, the God of Thunder, an Avenger, and main of all he’s the king of Asgard which makes his wealth far greater than anyone. Asgard has treasures that no one has seen and has treasures of all kinds over its eons of existence. He has also seen the rebuild of Asgard many times from powerful forces of evil equal or powerful to the ones in Midgard.

There are many more like Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic), Logan (Wolverine), Oliver Queen (Green Arrow), Karen Starr (Power Girl), Waren Worthington III (Archangel), Danny Rand (Iron Fist), Ted Kord (Blue Beetle), Ras al Ghul, Janet Van Dyne (Wasp), Michael Holt (Mister Terrific), Carter Hall (Hawkman), Matt Murdock (Daredevil), Maxwell Lord, Carol Ferris (Star Sapphire), Zatanna, Wilson Fisk, and many more. DC and Marvel deliver high-octane packed action and navigate the complexities of lawful and wrong pursuits. However, we know, money isn’t everything! They are just one of the few factors that mold you. 😉

^{Pic Credits: DC/Marvel Comics}