What would happen if Bruce Wayne went broke?

[sidekick77]

The problem with this premise is it'd require him to be stupid in order to be poor. Right?

Are you kidding? I'm surprised Bruce hasn't gone broke with as many stories using Wayne money being stolen/embezeled/given away as gimmick. [Hush, Huntress, etc]

[Knight12ify]

The Dark Knight Rises would happen.

[Desean101101]

Are you kidding? I'm surprised Bruce hasn't gone broke with as many stories using Wayne money being stolen/embezeled/given away as gimmick. [Hush, Huntress, etc]

He isn't the only one who check on the family finances. Tim and Damien Keep a close check on it when Bruce sets up Wayne enterprise Projects. Huntress stole about a Million and Then Damien Just caught her, beat her and threw her into a Trash Can before Power Girl could come and save her.

[SuperCooper]

The Dark Knight Rises would happen.

Yeah, except for the part where he uses a multi-multi-multi-million dollar militaristic aircraft to effectively fly a radioactive bomb outside of the city.

[batman23]

go into medicine?

[nosocialize100]

The money is a non-issue. It's simply an excuse to justify how he can have all his toys.

Think about it; if you had virtually unlimited wealth and wanted to use it to fight crime, would Plan A be 'put on spandex and punch people'?

I think cjP's answer here is the best.

[T Hedge Coke]

go into medicine?

How would he afford med school?

Would he, with that early record of studying everything but never completing anything officially, even be worth the risk to a school, especially in light of a sudden, and no doubt newsworthy loss of money?

[new_onslaught]

He would use his back-up fortune.

[melkorjunior]

LOL you know, he probably does have a secret back-up fortune. He keeps it in the same vault he stores his back-up Robins in.

[The Duke]

He'd become Daredevil.

Isn't the premise of Daredevil is that he's just Batman with a hell of a lot less money?

[T Hedge Coke]

He'd become Daredevil.

Isn't the premise of Daredevil is that he's just Batman with a hell of a lot less money?

Daredevil ain't often broke. Dude frequently owns an entire brownstone in NYC tricked out with a private gym and such. And he's a successful high profile attorney.

[Doug Strange]

He would make his money back. Right away. Dudes like that don't stay down. I don't mean determined super-heroes...I mean billionaires. The system is rigged in their favor.

He might be...gasp...only a multi-millionaire for a couple years.

[adkal]

He would use his back-up fortune.

Yup, pretty much.

Previously, it was established he had several wealthy alternative identities he could fall back on, should the need to do so ever arise.

[TheDarkNut]

He'd be called Rorschach. Only he wouldn't kill.

[destro]

He'd probably do what the Punisher does. Not the killing part, but seizing drug money occasionally to fund his activities.