Wednesday, June 22, 2005
The Cost of Being Batman
Posted by LoganAvatar @ 1:59 PM
You can go watch the crappy slideshow at Forbes.com, which actually has some interesting points, but is still a slideshow, or you can read their estimation here:
Final Cost: $3,365,449
The Training: $30,000
The Suit: $1,585
The Belt: $290
The Car: $2,000,000
The Cave: $24,000
The Alter Ego: $1,109,574
The Butler: $200,000
And that is “Per Year” on a few of the costs. I find it interesting that the belt was even put on there, it seems like the “Gadgets” would have been much better to use. And also: $1,500 for a suit!?! That’s WAY cheap! I would have figured $15,000.
Anyways, I also saw The Forbes Fictional Fifteen, which is pretty cool as well, but I disagree with the Thurston Howell III ranking for the following reasons
A) They say the Millionaire and his wife, not the Billionaire and his wife
B) A Three hour tour on that boat? If he really is a Billionaire (or even a 50 millionaire for that matter), he is on his own boat, which would kick the minnow’s tail.
- Mike D
