Comment on Do "rich" superheroes have to be rich in order for the story to work?
solrize@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Batman has to be free from the need for a real job, plus be able to run the Batcave research infrastructure that developed the Batmobile and all that. Plus keep Alfred on staff and in on the secret, plus stay with his backstory of Thomas and Martha Wayne being murdered.
Spider-man isn’t rich. If you want a non-rich superhero, you might check him him out.
Or heck, I’m old enough to remember Reid Fleming, the World’s Toughest Milkman.
Goodeye8@piefed.social 1 day ago
Depends on how accurately you want to stick to Batman. If all the gadgets and batcave are necessary then yes, he need to be rich. If it’s just the physical and mental capabilities then he doesn’t need to be rich because he’ll just be Rorschach.
solrize@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I thought part of the legend was that his parents were killed but they had arranged for him to be cared for and educated, probably at a level that the average orphan can’t get anywhere near. Plus there’s all that physical training that he has to do all the time. Like in this story he (at one point) beats the crap out of Harry Potter even though Potter is an Auror with tons of magical combat tricks. I’m unfamiliar with Rorschach so can’t compare.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
You should definitely read Watchmen, it’s fantastic