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Mr Pims
12-08-2005, 03:27 PM
Recent discussion at millarworld of Forbe's magaizine's 15 richest fictional characters got me thinking... who are the richest characters in the Marvel Universe, and what are they worth?

Consider the following characters - I'm sure there are more - all of them seriously well-to-do to downright filthy rich:

The Fantastic Four
Ben Grimm/The Thing
Tony Stark/Iron-Man
Charles Xavier/Professor X
Namor (has the resources of the sea at his disposal, which may be, ironically, relatively illiquid)
Dr Doom (a monarch, so a little like Namor - has a country at his disposal, but perhaps not as liquid as the corporate billionaire-types?)
T'Challa/Black Panther (another monarch - as above?)

(Of course, some villains are undoubtedly wealthy, but it is hard to estimate the value of their illicit fortunes: eg what was the value of King Pin's crime empire at its height?)

Any thoughts?
El Santo
12-08-2005, 03:31 PM
The Fantastic Four, with the exception of Ben Grimm, are having trouble accessing their riches, from what I've heard. Emma Frost is also reasonably wealthy. T'Challa has control of a rare, valuable mineral (Vibranium), and is likely to be a very, very rich man.
The Fury
12-08-2005, 04:07 PM
There is a possibility that...aside from the people who rule countries as that might be a bit unfair.

Warren Worthington III is the wealthiest character.

Ignoreing the monachs, Xavier did once ask Warren to help him financially, Tony Stark and the member so f4 have at some point lost a lot of money. While Warren has remained at very very rich all the time.,
thik_3rd
12-08-2005, 05:32 PM
i think worthington's company is a subsidiary's of stark enterprises. so i doubt he'd be richer than tony.
Sabrinaset
12-08-2005, 05:47 PM
Seemed like the Red Skull must have had tons of money. Seemed like he was bankrolling plenty of menaces in the MU back in the Gruenwald days...
Expletive Deleted
12-08-2005, 06:36 PM
He was running the Watchdog, Resistant, Sweat Shop, Scourge, and ULTIMATUM groups, but I don't know if he was bankrolling them out of pocket.
streator
12-08-2005, 06:38 PM
warren worthington III/archangel
tony stark/iron-man
the fantastic four
xavier
emma frost
viper

...

i'd say stark is the richest.
thik_3rd
12-08-2005, 09:14 PM
nighthawk is loaded
Indigo Al
12-08-2005, 09:18 PM
nighthawk is loaded

Yes!!! What did happen to Richmond Enterprises???
Tommy
12-08-2005, 09:31 PM
The Constrictor is currently very wealthy.

But I think Dr. Doom is probably the wealthiest. He has the ability to build technology on the level of Reed Richards and acquire mystic items just behind Dr. Strange. That implies he has a chunk of change.
Expletive Deleted
12-08-2005, 11:26 PM
But I think Dr. Doom is probably the wealthiest. He has the ability to build technology on the level of Reed Richards and acquire mystic items just behind Dr. Strange. That implies he has a chunk of change.Yeah, but do you really think he actually paid for any of that stuff?
Kevinroc
12-08-2005, 11:47 PM
Yeah, but do you really think he actually paid for any of that stuff?

Shouldn't that mean he's even wealthier than we think if he didn't pay for his stuff? :p
Babylon23
12-08-2005, 11:57 PM
Yes!!! What did happen to Richmond Enterprises???

Both Nighthawk and the company appeared in the latest Thunderbolts. He was getting robbed by Speed Demon at the time, so depending on how much he lost, he might not be as rich as some of the others.
The Fury
12-09-2005, 03:48 AM
i think worthington's company is a subsidiary's of stark enterprises. so i doubt he'd be richer than tony.
Tony Stark lost nearly all his money once. In the 80's I think. so that's only really 5 years ago.

Warren ahs remained wealthy all the time.
Sentry
12-09-2005, 03:52 AM
and recently tony decided to disband the avengers due to lack of funds.

this does not mean he is broke, far from it, but tony does not have as much disposable wealth as he used to.

spent too much of it on 1874 merlot. a great year.

what about moon knight, where does he rank?
Dizzy D
12-09-2005, 06:29 AM
Tony Stark lost nearly all his money once. In the 80's I think. so that's only really 5 years ago.

Warren ahs remained wealthy all the time.

Most of Warren holdings were taken by Cameron Hodge when Warren was declared dead. It has taken him years to get Worthington Enterprises back when he returned as Archangel.

Other rich people:
Sebastian Shaw (basically anybody involved with the Hellfire Club)
Roberto DaCosta aka Sunspot
Sentry
12-09-2005, 07:51 AM
the two that could be really rich are spidy and daredevil , but both have sacrificed money for the life they lead.

good on em,
Tre Styles
12-09-2005, 04:09 PM
Dwayne "Night Thrasher" Taylor is also pretty rich....

So is Kate Bishop of the New Avengers....
DDM
12-09-2005, 04:59 PM
Emma Frost (CEO & founder of Frost Enterprises, an electronics conglomerate; owned the Massachusettes Academy & several other businesses in Snow Valley), billionaire
Selene (self-styled goddess with several lifetimes of wealth), billionaire
Sebastian Shaw (CEO & found of Shaw Industries), billionaire
Donald Pierce (mining magnate), billionaire
Charles Xavier
the late Dr. Moira MacTaggert (she owned Muir Island)
Viper, assassin
Psylocke & Captain Britain (inherited wealth)
Warren Worthington III (inherited wealth)
Tony Stark
Reed Richards (made money from patents of scientific discoveries)
Forge (paid well be the USA government to create weapons)
Arcade, a billionaire with a shady past, used his vast fortune to create Murder World to be paid by others to kill people
Courtney Ross must have some money to run Frasier's Bank & be a member of the Hellfire Club...
long pig
12-09-2005, 07:28 PM
Dr.Strange has an infinite supply of money. He creates gold out of thin air.
CyberCoyote
12-09-2005, 07:57 PM
Ben Grimm is on par with Bill Gates right now. Stark lied about his wealth during Dissed, do we know where he stands? Richmond Enterprises WAS on par with Stark's at one point, but it doesn't get mentioned much anymore.

I still think Reed Richards has the greatest potential (short of said magical gold manufacturing) to be wrenchingly wealthy, but he doesn't pursue such things (although all of Ben's wealth is a fraction of what the FF actually had before losing it all to the Gov)

Wakanda's worth a pretty vibranium penny, and Doom must have cash beyond belief. They've never really shown where his flow comes from, but I'd imagine he has lots of third and forth party arms manufacturers that finance his needs.
Sentry
12-10-2005, 03:33 PM
Ben Grimm is on par with Bill Gates right now. Stark lied about his wealth during Dissed, do we know where he stands? Richmond Enterprises WAS on par with Stark's at one point, but it doesn't get mentioned much anymore.

I still think Reed Richards has the greatest potential (short of said magical gold manufacturing) to be wrenchingly wealthy, but he doesn't pursue such things (although all of Ben's wealth is a fraction of what the FF actually had before losing it all to the Gov)

Wakanda's worth a pretty vibranium penny, and Doom must have cash beyond belief. They've never really shown where his flow comes from, but I'd imagine he has lots of third and forth party arms manufacturers that finance his needs.

why is ben grimm that rich, i dont read any of the fantastic four books???
The Adventurer
12-10-2005, 04:39 PM
He's got a rich girlfriend.

So he's not actualy rich, just has access to riches.
The Fury
12-10-2005, 04:52 PM
He's got a rich girlfriend.

So he's not actualy rich, just has access to riches.
That still doesn't make him rich.

That's like saying Franklin is rich, when it's his dad's money.
DDM
12-10-2005, 05:07 PM
why is ben grimm that rich, i dont read any of the fantastic four books???

Grimm's wealth is fairly recent since JMS took over writing Fantastic Four.
Tommy
12-10-2005, 05:22 PM
why is ben grimm that rich, i dont read any of the fantastic four books???
A bunch of events conspired against the Fantastic Four all at once. For starters to get themselves out of the Latvarian mess they had to hand over a lot of Reed's patents to the government. Then the government took a chunk of change from them and canceled a lot of their funding. Then one of their money managers made off will a large amount of their wealth.

Fortunately for Ben he is not really related to Reed, sue, and Johnny. So his portion (16%) of Fantastic Four Enterprises was more or less untouched. He had never realized before now (other than in a vague sort of sense) that he had been accumulating that much wealth.